I thought Mallan had his best game yet for us last night, and some of his play was very reminiscent of McGeouch's style.
I think with a bit of time and more games under his belt, Stevie Mallan will prove to be every bit as good as McGeouch - but with the added bonus of goals.
He needs to strenthen up a bit, but last night was probably the most physical I've seen Mallan and that was against a bigger midfield than we have. I have been really encouraged with the progress that Mallan is making, he's getting better game by game. Being honest, I thought he was good for set-pieces but wasn't sure what else he was bringing to the team initially, but I can see how good a player he can be on the basis of his last few games.
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26-09-2018 01:30 PM #1
Is Mallan shaping up to be the new McGeouch?
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I just thought the way he got about the pitch and the areas he was playing in were very reminiscent of McGeouch's style. Probably unfair to compare them, but I liked what I saw from Mallan last night.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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26-09-2018 02:31 PM #8
Boys a fantastic footballer, just wish we could get him in and around the box more often, he could very well end up our top goal scorer!
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26-09-2018 02:34 PM #9
Mallan is a quality player who has started to replicate aspects of McGeouch's play, and is streets ahead of him in terms of a goal threat.
Combine McGeouchs game with "goals" and we have, potentially, a "Better Player" on our hands.
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26-09-2018 03:39 PM #11
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He has other qualities but nothing like Dylan
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26-09-2018 03:43 PM #12
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His qualities will win us a lot of games.Some of the midfield one touch football was excellent and there was another midfield sitting on the bench.
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26-09-2018 03:46 PM #13
Was linking up nicely with kamberi and played a couple of lovely balls over the top for Boyle. I think after a season of working with Lennon he’ll be a top, top player
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26-09-2018 03:47 PM #14
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He's probably more energetic and box to box than Dylan. I'd say his style is similar to someone like Liam Craig. Except obviously better.
He's already improved since pre season in a few aspects of his play. Promising.
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26-09-2018 03:53 PM #16
Very good performance from Mallan last night. He battled and worked hard throughout, made some excellent passes and linked very well with the guys around him. He was competing against some very physical players and did very well. Lets hope he continues to progress, he offers something different fron What we’ve had in midfield in recent years.
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26-09-2018 03:57 PM #17
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26-09-2018 04:00 PM #19
i thought of Dylan as i watched him last night , not quite as classy on the ball but makes up for it with his thunderous shot and seems alot fitter and more robust than McGeough
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26-09-2018 04:08 PM #22
Mallan's: Strengths - shooting, free kicks, passing Weakness - slow about the pitch
McGeoch: Strengths - the ability to keep the ball away from the opponent who could never quite reach it, passing Weaknesses - shooting
Lennon will force Mallan to keep improving the athletic, strength and stamina parts of his game. I think he is already working harder on the pitch.
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He’s more like a replacement for Scotty Allan imo.
Dylan did much more for us defensively.
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I would agree with that.
Dylan was a lot more deep lying.Last edited by Lancs Harp; 26-09-2018 at 04:29 PM.
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Mallon has and will score a lot more goals than Dylan ever will
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Last edited by J-C; 26-09-2018 at 07:38 PM.
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26-09-2018 04:35 PM #28
Just out of interest has Dylan had any game time at Sunderland yet? Is he still injured? Not heard anything.
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He did. Stubbs thought he could play more centrally.
I’d love to see Mallan develop into a more complete midfielder of course but he doesn’t have the defensive qualities yet it seems.
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