Totally get that , but can you tell me what his strong points are , he seems slow , has a poor kicking game and does not seem a natural organiser

His kicking game is good, and he is the best defensive half back we have. Two good points there.

We need more pace - Mclelland will not give you that - if anything he is slower than Lui

I agree he has shown nothing and I also agree he needs to play alongside Gale for 2 or 3 games before he is written off.
Has Walker ever played HB?
Myler at FB with Gale/Walker in the halves could be a good option.

There’s always excuses for Mclelland not showing us his supposed promise.. he’s had plenty of chances to show us glimpses (full appreciate he’s played in difficult circumstances) but I’m yet to see any. I’ve a gut feeling there’s a good young player in there and Agar needs to get it out of him.. as I said earlier perhaps Long will do that but if not we need to move on

Walker played most of his academy football in halves
Hes not a half tho.

Speaking of Walker im noticing he passing more which is good to see i know he threw an intercepted pass today but that summed up his afternoon. Nothing he tried really came off but at least hes trying.

A top class pacy 6 would help this team big style.

He's not slower than Lui.

Mclelland does look a little over weight.He's got a bit of a belly on him and his face looks podgy.Not sure why this is if hes training every day.He isnt the only one Lui looks a stone over weight.

Perhaps McLelland is more of a Cameron Smith type player than an out an out half - he lacks both pace and awareness for a half. He has other qualities that might be more useful in a different position?

McClelland will be okay once his fitness improves and he gets more game time in a team with an experienced half back and a stronger pack.
I agree, he hasn't shown much in the games he's played, but he's not exactly been given much to work with so far.

We have yet to see his good kicking game , yet again in this one it was poor to say the least

All he ever seems to do is kick to touch, don’t remember seeing many proper attacking kicks, which is fine when we are ahead and trying to run the clock down, but when we are chasing the game, completely defeats the object

Have you seen some of Gales kicking lately? and he is terrific generally. If you are on the backfoot, which we have generally been in each game he has played due to him not getting a chance in a full team, kicking becomes much harder to get right as you are always fighting the pressure Despite this he has acheived some very good ones over the games, if you look with an open mind at it.

So your quite happy to slate Thompson, who has been widely praised, not only on here but by the club and players themselves! But will defend a player who is clearly out of his depth, and who has received plenty of criticism on here!

It really does seem that you just enjoy picking arguments, whilst making it clear that you are right and everyone else is wrong.
Your opinion is just that, and I respect that, we all have our own opinions, but you never seem to respect anyone else’s, just constantly belittling everyone who’s opinion differs to yours

Just one of these people that always takes a contrary opinion/position to what the majority have, like it put's them on some higher plain of knowledge existence and everyone else is wrong. Sometimes the majority of people have an opinion, basically because that opinion is accurate.

Take Agbonlahor in football, most people are praising Leeds, so he needs to be contrary and claim the're a myth, 16th at best.