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He does seem to run down cul de sacs quite a lot but I guess that's to be expected from a young winger. Not overly bothered about a player that wants to run at a defence rather than pass it sideways or backwards. He will need to improve that side of his game though.

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Think it shows that for all the tactics and systems and false 9 chat, having a winger that can beat a full back and put in a cross is still one of the best ways of scoring.

Good reason why we should be trying to nab the wingers from Ross County.

Their stats (regardless of it being in championship) are impressive.

Hope we have taken a look at least

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Aye scored some cracking goals just like against Partick.

 

Needs to prove it for us though - which he's not done yet in a pressure situation (showboating when we are already 2-0 up against St Mirren or Partick is the easy bit)

If he indeed was the Dundee star man, then it could be argued he has already started to show it in pressure situations. I expect most of his games for Dundee were under the pressure of trying to avoid relegation.

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https://www.modernfitba.com/blogs/2019/6/13/the-david-turnbull-archie-an-analytics-love-affair

 

An article on Turnbull but it had this snippet at the end:

 

Who will be the next Scottish youngster to leverage first team opportunities into a big move? I’d say the safest bet is Aberdeen’s Connor McLennan. Like Turnbull, McLennan (19) was first flagged back in the summer of 2017 when, as a 17-year old, he he had the third highest age adjusted goal production for players with more than 1,000 minutes of developmental football.  He also showed up in this season’s Scoring Chance Key Passes numbers as being one of the most impactful players in the league…only James Tavernier averaged more per 90 than McLennan.

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Unfortunately for McLennan, many of his key scoring chances created will have fallen to May

Hahahaha. I think 7 assists is a more than decent return for his first season getting regular game time. He doesn't take free kicks or corners either.

 

He should be a first pick player this season. All the more reason we could imo justify signing a couple of older players

Yeah, should absolutely be his place to lose now.

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Connor McLennan is going to make it with us.  He looks like he's got what it takes and has a good mentality... at 19 y/o he's already doing well and making a contribution to the first team.  As a young winger, he will have some ropey games... probably quite a few next season.  There are obviously some things he needs to work on - like getting his head up earlier, etc.

 

However, overall it's obvious that he's going to develop further and will probably have a good career at this level.  Not saying he'll make the dizzying heights of a Ryan Fraser, but we should be looking at extending his contract asap - just in case he takes a flyer at the start of next season.

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