Chris McCann

[youngirish]

I see Burnley's Young Player of the Season last year completed the full 90 minutes in the 2-0 defeat of QPR on Saturday and by all accounts had a very decent game.

After following him a little I think McCann could turn out to be one of our most promising young players over the course of this season. He has a cracking left foot and is not shy to have a crack with it. He banged in a few goals last year and hopefully will take up where he left off and mature into a good player.

If Garvan, McCann, O'Brien and Ireland can continue where they left off last season and Timlin can continue his pre-season form for Fulham (I'm sure he'll get a few sub appearances at the start of the season) we might resolve some of our midfield problems before we get too deep into the Euro 2008 campaign.

[tetsujin1979]

Timlin can continue his pre-season form for Fulham
How has Timlin been doing in preseason? I haven't heard anything about Fulham's games

[youngirish]

How has Timlin been doing in preseason? I haven't heard anything about Fulham's games
He has played all the pre-season games starting about 50%. Considering the teams in most friendlies have been mainly the Fulham senior squad from last season with only a couple of young players thrown in I'd say he should get a run out this year. He also got a new contract before the start of the season so he must be rated.