John Egan or Simon King

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Who is the better defender ???

John Egan
2
67%
Simon King
1
33%
 
Total votes : 3

John Egan or Simon King

Postby fan_of_mulligan » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:01 pm

Who do you think is the better defender out of John Egan and Simon King ???
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Re: John Egan or Simon King

Postby Garawa » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:38 am

Tough one! King was superb but I think Egan has the ability to play higher and for longer so he just edges it for me.
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Re: John Egan or Simon King

Postby Kent_UckyFriedGills » Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:48 pm

I have been lucky enough to have seen both play.It is a tough decision because both have played brilliantly for us.King was fantastic in our promotion season and it was like having an extra CB on the pitch where he would throw his body on the line for the club.His positional sense was excellent.I`m confident if King had not got injured in the pre-season before our league 1 campaign we would have comfortably stayed up.Egan is basically the same player,fully committed,great timed tackles,body on the line etc.I would say Egan edges it because he is younger,and going forward he is a big threat in attacking areas.

Egan will go on to play premier league football,and King certainly would have had he not got his injuries.
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Re: John Egan or Simon King

Postby lidbid46 » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:20 pm

I'm not sure; both were/are excellent players for us. I am sure that injuries to either of them affected/ affects our team greatly and it is a real blow that Egan is going to miss a big chunk of our push for promotion in the next few weeks. It certainly sounds like he was missed today.
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