Something that has been troubling me for some time how ineffective Pawlett is in United’s midfield so I decided to do the stats and even I was shocked by what I found

Last season Pawlett started 14 games. In a season when we strolled the league we only won 4 games he started.

It gets worse of these 4 games one was against Partick. He was subbed after 3 minutes with an injury so that one doesn’t really count. Another of the wins was the 2-1 against Arbroath. That game he was substituted after 80 minutes, scoreline at the time United 0 Arbroath 1.

That leaves 2 wins in a season we won 20 matches.


This season his stats are better but nothing spectacular. We have won 5 games. Pawlett started in 3 of them (although one of them was against non league opposition)

So when we are analysing where our deficiencies are, on a previous thread I laid out our woeful defensive record last season when Connolly started games. Midfield is also a problem . The stats tell a story.

Maybe Micky can improve him as a player but the signs are not looking good.