Callum Paterson

[Enoch Mort]

Re: Callum Paterson

As far as I am concerned he is history. I wish him well for the future and hope he is totally ineffective every time he plays against us.

[Freitag 4.17]

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As far as I am concerned he is history. I wish him well for the future and hope he is totally ineffective every time he plays against us.

Exactly this. Some of our fans have a penchant for pining over really average, ex-players.. which is a bit cringe IMO.

[J R Hartley]

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And we can’t change our style now he’s gone.

I said he was one of the reasons, not the only reason.

Its hardly surprising we are having difficulty changing our style of play when the squad is mainly built in the mould of Neil Warnock.

It certainly changed for the better when Harris was getting a tune out of Tomlin and Pato was on the bench.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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Paterson was one of the reasons we couldnt change our style of play. His second touch was usually a tackle. Hes just a battering ram.

Excellent description of his play .

I was horrified when I saw he was in the Scotland team. Is this what it has come too I thought.

Good hardworking professional, not a very good football player.

[dml1954]

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When he played on the right we were characterised by time wasting tactics and lumping the ball forward, its no surprise that our excellent early season performances became turgid hoofball affairs once he was introduced on the right.. He was a good nuisance, but he's showed nothing to suggest that he could play the role Ralls did or still does. I was a unclear on that was what I was trying to get at when saying he couldn't play in midfield, but thought it was implied as the person I was replying to specifically mentioned Ralls. By the time we'd sold him, Paterson was almost completely ineffective and having a strop if he was brought off. He's a character and he works hard, but he was almost certainly on good money as one of Warnock's favourites and exactly the kind of player we need to be moving away from if we want to watch football where the ball's on the floor for more than 10 minutes a game

Lamenting Ralls whilst bigging up Paterson's contributions in the promotion season is a strange one considering Ralls was a key part of that side, starting 37 games and playing the full 90 in all but one, with a hamstring injury the only thing keeping him from playing in the remaining games (coincidentally that spell included that brief wobble against Sheffield United, Wolves & Villa). By contrast, Paterson started 23 games, playing over 1,000 fewer minutes than Ralls. Surely if Paterson was this great midfielder, he'd have played more than the apparently work shy Ralls?

Also, Paterson's current side are one of the few below us in the table, which surely refutes your point that we wouldn't be languishing where we are if the almighty Callum Paterson were still in the side?

First of all, Sheff Wed are playing with a six point deduction, so check the table and see where they would be without that. Also they are one of the biggest clubs in the division (ground, squad, fanbase), so it was always likely that they would put a run together and get out of it. With regard to Ralls, I was referring to his performances this season which have been lacklustre to say the least and pointing out that some of Patersons effort and commitment wouldn't go amiss now with players like Ralls and Bacuna. Paterson played in 32 league games (35 in total)in the promotion season and scored 10 goals and if you remember he missed the first two months of the season because he was recovering from the Cruciate injury he had at Hearts. His record therefore stands close comparison with Ralls, who only scored 7 goals, and Paterson in my opinion was therefore also a key part of that side.

[Heisenberg]

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First of all, Sheff Wed are playing with a six point deduction, so check the table and see where they would be without that. Also they are one of the biggest clubs in the division (ground, squad, fanbase), so it was always likely that they would put a run together and get out of it. With regard to Ralls, I was referring to his performances this season which have been lacklustre to say the least and pointing out that some of Patersons effort and commitment wouldn't go amiss now with players like Ralls and Bacuna. Paterson played in 32 league games (35 in total)in the promotion season and scored 10 goals and if you remember he missed the first two months of the season because he was recovering from the Cruciate injury he had at Hearts. His record therefore stands close comparison with Ralls, who only scored 7 goals, and Paterson in my opinion was therefore also a key part of that side.

Slagging off Ralls and Bacuna now. Give it a rest you negative bastard.

[dml1954]

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He absolutely did not. Why make shit up?

Unless you don't know the difference between centre midfield and playing behind the striker?

He absolutely did. You were obviously not watching - what a surprise !

[Freitag 4.17]

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First of all, Sheff Wed are playing with a six point deduction, so check the table and see where they would be without that. Also they are one of the biggest clubs in the division (ground, squad, fanbase), so it was always likely that they would put a run together and get out of it. With regard to Ralls, I was referring to his performances this season which have been lacklustre to say the least and pointing out that some of Patersons effort and commitment wouldn't go amiss now with players like Ralls and Bacuna. Paterson played in 32 league games (35 in total)in the promotion season and scored 10 goals and if you remember he missed the first two months of the season because he was recovering from the Cruciate injury he had at Hearts. His record therefore stands close comparison with Ralls, who only scored 7 goals, and Paterson in my opinion was therefore also a key part of that side.

Dry your eyes mate, his fat bottom waddled out of town ages ago.

[Heisenberg]

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He absolutely did. You were obviously not watching - what a surprise !

He played about 4 games as a right midfielder and less than that in central midfield.

It's not as if you're always biased and wrong, is it?

[dml1954]

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Excellent description of his play .

I was horrified when I saw he was in the Scotland team. Is this what it has come too I thought.

Good hardworking professional, not a very good football player.

Most of his caps for Scotland have been at full back haven't they ? Did you see any of the goals he scored for us ? The one away at Brentford in the promotion season sticks in my mind - look it up.

[dml1954]

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Dry your eyes mate, his fat bottom waddled out of town ages ago.

All I said is that we could have done with some of his effort and commitment this season. Also, his ‘fat bottom’ played a big part in our promotion, so for that we should all be grateful and not slagging him off continually.

[dml1954]

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He played about 4 games as a right midfielder and less than that in central midfield.

It's not as if you're always biased and wrong, is it?

Seeing how you appear to have appointed yourself as god on here, give us a breakdown of exactly where he played in each of the 35 games he played for us in 2017/2018. You haven't got a clue really have you - its all hot air.

[Heisenberg]

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Seeing how you appear to have appointed yourself as god on here, give us a breakdown of exactly where he played in each of the 35 games he played for us in 2017/2018. You haven't got a clue really have you - its all hot air.

Attacking central midfield for 26 games

Right midfield for 4

Right wing back for 3

Right back for 1

Central midfield for 1


Now prove me wrong

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

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if we were serious about being a side challenging for promotion, he was not the answer to any of the questions

I get why people don't rate Paterson but I don't understand this - he was the top scorer in a side that won automatic promotion 3 years ago (and he was out injured for half that season as well)!

That was also the last time he was used effectively by any of our managers. It's clear that he wasn't - and isn't - a striker. But as an attacking centre midfielder bursting into the box and getting on the end of crosses, he was brilliant. One of those players with a natural knack of being in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately he spent the next two years with his back to goal doing nobody any favors.

I'll also venture that he was the most instinctive finisher we've had here since Chopra.