Billy Mac

[Matt]

Fulham;

Fulham have signed midfielder Billy McKinlay - and they hope he can play a vital role in developing youth players.

The 35-year-old, who was released by Leicester at the end of last season, is set to feature in the reserves before taking up a coaching role.

"We let a lot of our young lads go out on loan last season and, as a result, our reserve team suffered," manager Chris Coleman told the club's website.

"We're looking at him to help bring the young lads through."

Coleman added: "Billy is under no illusions - he knows that his appearances for the first team will be few and far between.

"He has played at the top level and has a great way about him. Of course, if we need to call upon him, we know he won't let us down.

"After this season he will be working on the coaching side so it's a good signing for us."

Coleman says he is aiming to sign two more midfielders following the sale of Sean Davis and the possible loss of Junichi Inamoto and Martin Djetou, who were on loan at the club last season.

"It's very important we bring in a couple of signings. We need a midfield player, probably two," he said.

"I've got money to spend and I'm hopeful that we can make one signing soon."

Coleman is hopeful of re-signing Inamoto, although there is less chance of a return for Djetou.

[Craig]

Nice one Micky

[Scow]

Good luck to him.

He's been superb for us - I would have kept him, he was on virtually nothing. Much better than bloody McAteer......

[Mark]

I'm sure he could of done that here.

[Matt]

Good Luck to him!

[Steven]

Good luck Billy.

[Ricey]

Never really rated him at all, he never put a foot wrong but the ball bypassed him too much and he rarely got invloved in the game.

Good luck to him though

[Scow]

Never really rated him at all, he never put a foot wrong but the ball bypassed him too much and he rarely got invloved in the game.

Good luck to him though

Are you for real?

I'm sorry Ricey, completely disagree with you mate. He's been superb for us. He played that defensive midfield position with discipline. He never got noticed because it's a position that never gets any credit....

[Mark]

Even i admit he did well for us, and you know what i think about players aged 35+

[Ricey]

Never really rated him at all, he never put a foot wrong but the ball bypassed him too much and he rarely got invloved in the game.

Good luck to him though

Are you for real?

I'm sorry Ricey, completely disagree with you mate. He's been superb for us. He played that defensive midfield position with discipline. He never got noticed because it's a position that never gets any credit....

I'm not saying he is a bad player by any means but last season when he played he offered little except closing down. It's all very well not making mistakes and working hard but at the end of the day you need a midfielder to get involved more and create chances.

It's the same with Davidson, some fans just seem to think just because a player rarely makes a mistake and works hard then they are a good player. However in terms of effectivness Davidson and McKinaly aren't good enough for Leicester and they are too old to have as back ups in my opinion, I'd soner have younger players as back up.

[Scow]

Never really rated him at all, he never put a foot wrong but the ball bypassed him too much and he rarely got invloved in the game.

Good luck to him though

Are you for real?

I'm sorry Ricey, completely disagree with you mate. He's been superb for us. He played that defensive midfield position with discipline. He never got noticed because it's a position that never gets any credit....

I'm not saying he is a bad player by any means but last season when he played he offered little except closing down. It's all very well not making mistakes and working hard but at the end of the day you need a midfielder to get involved more and create chances.

It's the same with Davidson, some fans just seem to think just because a player rarely makes a mistake and works hard then they are a good player. However in terms of effectivness Davidson and McKinaly aren't good enough for Leicester and they are too old to have as back ups in my opinion, I'd soner have younger players as back up.

Davidson is only 27 - So hardly too old.

You need someone to sit deep in midfield and break up attacks and get the ball rolling. McKinlay and Davidson did that very well. There not there to create chances.

[Ricey]

Never really rated him at all, he never put a foot wrong but the ball bypassed him too much and he rarely got invloved in the game.

Good luck to him though

Are you for real?

I'm sorry Ricey, completely disagree with you mate. He's been superb for us. He played that defensive midfield position with discipline. He never got noticed because it's a position that never gets any credit....

I'm not saying he is a bad player by any means but last season when he played he offered little except closing down. It's all very well not making mistakes and working hard but at the end of the day you need a midfielder to get involved more and create chances.

It's the same with Davidson, some fans just seem to think just because a player rarely makes a mistake and works hard then they are a good player. However in terms of effectivness Davidson and McKinaly aren't good enough for Leicester and they are too old to have as back ups in my opinion, I'd soner have younger players as back up.

Davidson is only 27 - So hardly too old.

You need someone to sit deep in midfield and break up attacks and get the ball rolling. McKinlay and Davidson did that very well. There not there to create chances.

Yes Davidson is only 27 but I would still have someone younger as back up because Davidson will always be a consistently average player.

I see your point but after watching McKinlay closely last season I realised he didn't win the ball that much, yes he closed down which I like but in terms of winning the ball he didn't do it as much as I would like. His main problem was speed and getting to the quickly enough before he passed it.

[Scow]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

[Mark]

Stephen Dawson

[Ricey]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

[Scow]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

[Ricey]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

True but I would have Tiatto moving into that space when the over team is on the attack, also Canero likes to roam around so I would have him protecting the back 4 whenever Williams and Tiatto are forward and can't get back quick enough.

[Scow]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

True but I would have Tiatto moving into that space when the over team is on the attack, also Canero likes to roam around so I would have him protecting the back 4 whenever Williams and Tiatto are forward and can't get back quick enough.

But you get the problem that if Tiatto goes forward, and we lose possession, thats when you leave the space to get exploited. Canero has to stick to right back, especially if the opposition play with wingers.

[Steven]

The answer to this is 3-5-2.

[Ricey]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

True but I would have Tiatto moving into that space when the over team is on the attack, also Canero likes to roam around so I would have him protecting the back 4 whenever Williams and Tiatto are forward and can't get back quick enough.

But you get the problem that if Tiatto goes forward, and we lose possession, thats when you leave the space to get exploited. Canero has to stick to right back, especially if the opposition play with wingers.

Well yes but you have to look at the benfits going forward, towards the end of last season we struggled going forward because we played with one neutral midfielder (Muzzy) and a defensive one (McKinlay), because of this we created little a relied on set pieces. We have to be positive in this division or else we'll end of drawing games we should be winning.

[Scow]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

True but I would have Tiatto moving into that space when the over team is on the attack, also Canero likes to roam around so I would have him protecting the back 4 whenever Williams and Tiatto are forward and can't get back quick enough.

But you get the problem that if Tiatto goes forward, and we lose possession, thats when you leave the space to get exploited. Canero has to stick to right back, especially if the opposition play with wingers.

Well yes but you have to look at the benfits going forward, towards the end of last season we struggled going forward because we played with one neutral midfielder (Muzzy) and a defensive one (McKinlay), because of this we created little a relied on set pieces. We have to be positive in this division or else we'll end of drawing games we should be winning.

You do have a point Ricey - But, we were still scoring alot of goals in the Premiership when we had McKinlay in the team earlier on in that season...

[Ricey]

I couldn't think of anyone who could a better job in our circumstances - Who would you suggest?

Well I wouldn't play a ultra defensive midfielder like McKinlay. I would play more of a neutral player alongside the attacking Williams, so maybe someone like Tiatto who can defend but also likes to get forward.

Problem is if you play 2 neutral midfielders, you leave space in front of the back 4 which would get exploited - Look what happened with England.

True but I would have Tiatto moving into that space when the over team is on the attack, also Canero likes to roam around so I would have him protecting the back 4 whenever Williams and Tiatto are forward and can't get back quick enough.

But you get the problem that if Tiatto goes forward, and we lose possession, thats when you leave the space to get exploited. Canero has to stick to right back, especially if the opposition play with wingers.

Well yes but you have to look at the benfits going forward, towards the end of last season we struggled going forward because we played with one neutral midfielder (Muzzy) and a defensive one (McKinlay), because of this we created little a relied on set pieces. We have to be positive in this division or else we'll end of drawing games we should be winning.

You do have a point Ricey - But, we were still scoring alot of goals in the Premiership when we had McKinlay in the team earlier on in that season...

He didn't play much early on in the season though, when he did play we stopped scoring as many but let in less. In this division though we don't need to be defensive.

[Scow]

He started playing after the Wolves game - We then went on that good run and scored quite a few goals in the process. However, I still think you need a defensive midfielder like McKinlay in your team who will sit - No matter what league you are in.

[Ricey]

He started playing after the Wolves game - We then went on that good run and scored quite a few goals in the process. However, I still think you need a defensive midfielder like McKinlay in your team who will sit - No matter what league you are in.

Well I think Micky was totally right to release him