McCormack - Fitness & Weight

[dasdeid]

The time McCormack gets himself match fit the season could be over.
Now seen twice and woefully off the pace and question why played
Do you think a long term investment when becomes FREE in the summer ?

(Where else would you question another's appearance ... when a professional footballer)

[Handsome_Devil]

He'll only be free in the summer if he comes to agreement with Villa which is far from certain given the size of his contract.

Anyhoo, we all said before he was confirmed we only had a chance of getting him, even on loan, if there was an issue with his fitness/attitude. Arguably it's a positive it's his fitness and not attitude that's the problem...if he's in the right mood it shouldn't take him four months to get up to pace to at least contribute in the Scottish league. Against Hibs he obviously did nothing going forward but given his position and the score he was quite right to err on the side of caution - I was worried when he came on but he made sure the left flank was never hugely exposed which was much more important than trying something and being left a wheezing wreck 80 yards from our goal.

Whether or not it works out till the end of the season is still too early to say imho.

[wellin]

I questioned whether McCormack would be a good signing when it was made known he was carrying an injury. He's only here for a short time so by the time he's match fit and up to speed proper the season could be over. hopefully he can knuckle down, work hard on his fitness. We may see the best of him in a few weeks.

[sieb1886]

Jury's out IMO. Could be a great signing, could be a donkey signing. As ever, time shall tell.

[LawSteelman]

If he can get fit and into stride then he can be a good signing for us. The guy has ability, no question of that but as we found out last year with Nadir Ciftci, if he's not up to speed with match fitness then he won't offer much. Unfortunately there are some similarities between this situation with McCormack and last year with Ciftci.