Originally Posted by
almostsignedmaradona
Sheff United regular for 45 years. We bought McGoldtick from Ipswich and he looked decent for them but often injured, so there was no fanfare when he joined us. However must say he’s easily one of the best Sheff Utd players I’ve ever seen. Like most Blades and Derby fans you don’t realise how good he is until you see him week in week out. This guy is pure class and stood out a mile in the Championship and had a few games where he was the best player on the pitch in the Premier League.
His strengths are brilliant 1st touch and awareness, very intelligent player who finds space between midfield and attack, brilliant as attacking midfielder creating loads of chances, seems to have eyes in the back of his head, good making simple but killer short passes.
Weaknesses are he has no pace (so getting older has no effect), wasn’t that good in the air and not a natural goal scorer, not much power in his shots, at SU he often looked to pass instead of shooting.
So even though he scored plenty at Derby I don’t really rate him as a goal scorer.
However his quality is pure class, even now he’s an upper Championship level player. Derby fans were shocked at how good he was in league 1, so it’s almost a nonsense he’s playing in league 2. Should easily be the best player in the entire league.
Check out the recent Bladesway YouTube channel and the comments about Didzy. Also check out the David McGoldrick thread on the S24SU forum. He’s still hero worshipped at SU, very hard worker on the pitch and a brilliant attitude, always so humble with a gentle temperament.
You are so lucky to have him and Sheff Utd fans are jealous, with many saying we’d like him to return to play for us in the Premier League next season.
You’ve been warned. My prediction is that after 10 games your fan base will be raving about him saying you never realised he was this good and you’ll be running a pill if he’s the best County player you’ve ever seen. I’ll return in. few months and try not to say “I told you so”