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I have to say regards cheating / falling over we have / and have had our fair share, Duffy, Baldwin, Bostock and the worlds worst Cameron, give us Mullins any day of the week please, I'm sure this debate was on other boards when people loved to hate Lee Hughes.
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Yeah, at least Mullin's dives lead to something positive for the team. What is it with Notts and diving centre-backs? Duffy was the absolute worst for that, going down like he'd been shot. The refs bought it most of the time as well.Originally Posted by keldsyke
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I would stick with ML simply because he might have a greater market value? Also, with the way we are currently playing I don't think PM would get the service he needs. ML might be a bit faster reacting in the box than PM but I think they both feed on balls into space for one touch and a dig, ML isn't getting much and neither would PM.
PM is productive for you because you don't squeeze 20 players into a 10 x 10 yd box (To the usuals; 10x10 is a dash of sarcasm)
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Dodgy question really. Langstaff cost us a reported £50,000 and was probably on a fifth of Mullin's salary at best when he came to us. Despite coming from the bargain basement he easily outscored Mullin, and without taking any penalties in the NL season. If it's purely on ability I would say Mullin shades it, if it's on value for money Langstaff wins by a country mile.
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For me in a heartbeat. Langstaff is still a little green and by the time/if he gets his trade off to a tee, he won't be at Notts County. Langstaff doesn't seem to do it in the big games for some reason. I'm not sure why. It's not for lack of effort
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There's two types of diving though. Some players to do it to get something positive for their team - like you said. The other is because they just aren't up to it, or their head isn't in the right place - then it's embarrassing - like Duffy.
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Tough one! Obviously I'm biased towards Langstaff because he's our player. He's a bit younger and is on an amazing journey up through the leagues. Mullin is a different beast and dropped down two divisions for the money to play at a level waaaay below his.
Langstaff scores marginally more goals, but I'd say Mullin is the better all-round player, and I don't think many would disagree. If Langstaff signed for Wrexham and you played us, I'd be more nervous about Mullin than him. And if I were a defender, I'd rather face Langstaff than Mullin for sure. So I think that says everything you need to know.
Whether I'd swap Mullin for Langstaff is another question, given the age difference and how well Macca has fitted into our team and system. As Luke Williams rightly said, he's the King of Meadow Lane.
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Mullin did move to us for the money of course, but that money was on offer elsewhere so it wasn't purely that. That fact we are 45 minutes from his home clinched it, he's said so himself.
Its going to be an interesting summer.
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I think the 'Langstaff doesn't do it in big games' thing is a bit overblown. Last season the big games were against Wrexham and Chesterfield. He scored one against Wrexham and three against Chesterfield.
This season he hasn't scored against teams like Mansfield or Wrexham, but it's obviously harder to score against the stronger teams. I don't think it's a psychological block where he becomes too overwhelmed by being at Field Mill or whatever it's called. It's just the way things went in those games - you can't score every chance in every game.
Mullin is definitely a big-game player though.
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