A bigger game for wales than it is for us.
If we play for a draw it could go pear shaped big time, so not tooo confident.
We will miss Brady I fear.
They are playing the side that beat Belgium.
I wouldn't start him personally, I'd rather get 60 minutes out of McCarthy and then bring Aiden on.Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
A bigger game for wales than it is for us.
If we play for a draw it could go pear shaped big time, so not tooo confident.
We will miss Brady I fear.
They are playing the side that beat Belgium.
Little bit disappointed with the non-selection of McGeady (wow what a turnaround) but it seems like we are going for the draw. Not a fan of Walters on the right either.
Might line up in a 4-1-3-2 when in possession?
Can't really fault it but kind of fear that team. Negatives...
Nothing on the bench. I think McGeady usually.needs to grow into a game, Long need to be unleashed.
McCarthy doesn't do his best work with Whelan present.
Wales are playing the side that beat Germany and Italy.
They are playing the side that beat Belgium.
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Too true. McGeady, Horgan, O'Dowda, Hayes and Hourihane. An awful lot of running and no less amount of guile in those legs. But sadly all are sat watching the game.
Correct about McCarthy. So it makes it even more galling that the Stoke City midfielder starts the game. Hope Whelan proves me horribly wrong.
McCarthy out,
Meyler IN
Always makes me laugh this. How is it Whelans fault if McCarthy doesn't play well. Pure rubbish.
Here we go boys!
COYBIG!
hoping for a good performance and if we deliver that and wales still win then fair play.
Given that Meyler is starting now, looks like we can already place the blame on Whelan.
Meyler is not a negative really.
Is Bale worth more than the entire Irish team?
20 pages of build up, and nothing on the match. Sums it up so far. Uninspiring
Ward >> Bale
Not on this evidence so far.
We ban their brass band, and hire our own.
Why???
Going pretty much how I expected.
Wales tidy in possession up yo final third, then nothing.
Ireland toxic in possession, Whelan particularly bad. Doesn't seem to know how to turn around with the ball at his feet. Ward and McClean probably brightest. Ward at least looking for the ball and bollocking Glenn out of it.
Everyone else playing 6/10 exactly how they normally play.
Get Whelan off for McGeady wide right, Coleman is isolated out there as Walters is playing up front when we have possession.
Not that funny really. McCarthy's best position is sacrificed a bit when Whelan plays. Whelan plays centrally because he can't really play anywhere else. McCarthy is therefore thrown to the left or right of diamonds or other such unnatural positions. He was very good in games against Sweden (WC), Germany, Italy and France, in particular, on the rare times Whelan has been absent/sacrificed. It doesn't excuse McCarthy completely for not performing better in certain roles but his performance level is generally better in a more predominantly central position.
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