QuoteOr a Faroe Islander or Cypriot? Or American? or Iclander?
Or united federation of micronesian? Surely he mustn't only hate the irish!
Or a Faroe Islander or Cypriot? Or American? or Iclander?
Or united federation of micronesian? Surely he mustn't only hate the irish!
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
So far the wisdom of his choice of Wigan over possible bigger clubs has exceeded expectations, already he has made 16? starts in the EPL.
It wouldn't surprise me to hear that a host of clubs would keep an eye on a prospect like McCarthy. The only thing remarkable about that, is that it makes the news.
It looks to me that his agent is angling for a renegotiated contract just at a time when Wigan look likely to stay up.
His agent seems to have very good contacts. For the last 3 years we've been hearing everything from Barcelona and Real being interested to Liverpool wanting him to eventually replace Gerrard.Originally Posted by geysir
I'd say Wigan was McCarthy's idea, whereas the agent seems to be angling for another move. Wigan has been perfect for McCarthy, a small enough sized club where he can break through under a manager who likes to play football the right way with limited pressure.
It's a shame to hear all this transfer talk about him now, there's no rush to get a big move to someone and rotting in the reserves for a few seasons.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible
The two examples I was giving are top premiership players who were available and wouldve improved the Arsenal team at a relatively low cost. I cant recall any recent Scottish or NI players who were available in recent times that you could say operate at the same level as the two in question. In any case my comment was obviously somewhat tongue in cheek.
Perhaps, how many of those nationalites operate at the same level as the two in question.......anyways tongue in cheek as i said. Hes french, im allowed dislike him and his transfer policies or lack thereof.
Wigan was McCarthy's idea, he chose them over Wolves as his old youth coach from Hamilton is on the backroom staff at Wigan. Mick McCarthy was very interested in signing him.
Wenger likes every player, including his centre-halfs, to play football. Dunne is not simply a backs to the wall defender, but he is limited in his distribution.
Shay Given is also quite poor at the distribution end of things. In terms of stopping the ball there are few better, but I think that the top teams really do take into consideration distribution as an asset. I think Arsenal's ideal goalkeeper would be Reina for example -- fantastic distribution from the back.
If I were Wenger I definitely would have signed Given if available, not so sure about Dunne though.
That explains Senderos and the re-signing of Campbell then!
Thats thrown a spanner in some theory or other allright (especially Senderos)
Anybody watch the game against Arsenal? How did our boy do in midfield?
I only saw the highlights, the build up for one of Wigan's goals where he got his pass through a swarm of defenders.
He was playing a very defensive role. He made a very good tackle to stop a dangerous looking attack.
That's about all he did.
Seen the highlights did you?
Yes I did, and I also watched the match live...is that ok with you?
Well then this comment is hugely unnecessary. Not only is it disparaging and negative, its hugely unproductive.
It'd be acceptable if you gave a summary of what he didn't do that was to your disappointment, but all you did was give a quick quip.
That's about all you did.
Ok then, he gave the ball away almost every time he had it, and only seemed to find a team-mate when he passed it backwards. Did nothing going forward. Just because he's young and Irish doesn't mean everyone has to have a hard-on about him all the time FFS.
That's just plain wrong
From the guardian's match chalkboard
looks like the majority of passes made in his own half were passed back or sideways, and in the opposition half his passes went forward
only two intercepted passes in his own half, both of which were going forward, i.e. playing positively
Thats fair enough, at least now your articulating your opinions.
From my perspective McCarthy played to the managers directives. Watson was playing tip of the diamond and McCarthy was largely protecting the back four. I can only remember one particular pass that he played out to the left back who had cut inside and the ball ran out of play.
Its a sign of his progression that a 6 out 10 display against Arsenal is a sign of his demise to some people at the tender age of 19. Yapsteritis.....
I'm not trying to be controversial or trollish (yapsteritis), but in my opinion he didn't have a great game. I think he looks like a great prospect and looks comfortable playing in the Premier League, which is very encouraging, but he has a bit to go yet.
I watched about 75 mins of the game. I thought McCarthy did ok nothing exceptional but nothing major to fault either, gave the ball away a few times needlessly but seemed to be the only player in Wigans MF with the exception of N'Zogbia who was willing to try daring long range passes etc. One thing that particularly impressed me is his composure on the ball, not rushed at all which is arguably in contrast to Gibson at present. Considering the lad is only 19, he is progressing very well. Wigan is the perfect club for him in the sense that he is looked after by the manager and getting plenty of action to aid his development.
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