The new Phil Veivers?

Unheralded signing, but fast becoming a favourite for me.

Spooky, I was thinking exactly the same thing. Solid player does the little things well.

I said a while ago he was a good signing. Pace and good support play. Also a nice guy. he comes across as a bit of a nerd lol

His backing up in the middle of the park is something we've been desperate for a while - prime example Savelios half break and offload. It'll happen more and more often as players learn he's sniffing around.

I defended him getti 2 years and if he keeps improving as he settles at the rate he is, then I'm very happy he's with us!

If he carries on the way he's playing Lomax might get a sweat on

He's quite good at running facing backwards as well as forward.

Really? McDonnell is solid ala Wellens but Lomax is in a different league imo.

He's also incapable of stringing more than a handful of games together. 30 games
In a season from McDonnell will be better than 10 from JLo regardless of his potential.

It was a no-brainer to sign him for another year, Lomax has got a lot to do to prove his fitness so better to have someone there. All the better for us if he does end up providing genuine competition for Jonny's place.

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J-Lo needs to prove he is our long term option at FB which might be difficult if McD keeps up these performances

Lomax has always struggled with positional awareness in defence where Mr "Radar" Wellens was the best around. McDonnell is currently doing a lot of good things especially in support play but has not really been tested properly in defence. Lomax was good 2 seasons ago but injuries are slowing him down and he now needs to prove himself on the durability front.
If Lomax became available for selection today I think McDonnell would still keep the full back shirt.

Fully fit lomax is better than McDonnell every day of the week without shadow of a doubt.

I think you've firgotten just how good he was. If he gets to that standerd again we will have to wait and see but Lomax is 1000000% better