Quote Originally Posted by jnc90 View Post
He was so good he didn't ever need to leave the centre circle. Been watching loads of old YouTube vids of CCFC highlights recently from the Dave Jones days, forget just how good Macca was, completely controlled the game and made it look effortless. Didn't realise how good we had it in that era and that team.

McPhail didn't control games, very rarely anyway - on the other hand, he seldom gave the ball away. A good, neat player, who liked to keep the ball on the floor and keep the game simple.