James McCarthy M Celtic b.1990

**Closed Account** · 02/02/2011, 4:29 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

promoted to the senior squad according to Ken Early: http://twitter.com/#!/kenearlys/statuses/32849078249324545

although the second part, if true, is baffling

That would make the squad something like this:

Given
Westwood

O'Shea
Clark
Coleman
Dunne
St Ledger
S Kelly
O'Dea

Wilson
Gibson
Whelan
Green
Lawrence
Treacy
Duff
McCarthy

Keane
Walters
Doyle
Long
Best

Wait until you see the uproar for Stokes/Fahey/McGeady getting dropped, no-one is ever happy despite the fact you can only start 11 players. Get over it lads, you're not the manager so your indignation is wasted.

**cornflakes** · 02/02/2011, 4:41 PM

Mcgeady in pre-season, Trap doesn't rate the SPL and I cant think of any logical reason why Fahey isn't picked

**Philly** · 02/02/2011, 4:56 PM

Fahey has being starting lately for Birmingham and saved our asses against Armenia, so it's an odd choice to exclude him and include the likes of Green who has been poor for Derby of late.

**tetsujin1979** · 02/02/2011, 4:57 PM

ah, Birmingham playing on Sunday as well, might be the same reason for demoting Stokes

**SkStu** · 02/02/2011, 5:02 PM

Fahey instead of Green (fckin hell, still?!) and Ward in as a defender and i would be realtively happy with that squad, truth be told. Performance is still everything however.

Manager P W D L %W %D %L
Staunton 17 6 6 5 35.29 35.29 29.41
Trapattoni 28 10 11 7 35.71 39.29 25.00

**SwanVsDalton** · 02/02/2011, 5:09 PM

Where's Foley?

Mentioned somewhere he's injured but he appears to be available for Wolves tonight...

**Scooby Doo** · 02/02/2011, 5:14 PM

Can anyone confirm that the Wales match is viewed as a friendly as opposed to a competative game that would ultimately tie McCarthy to Ireland. Not that I envisage him ever changing sides. Just curious.

Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere already.

**TrapAPony** · 02/02/2011, 6:32 PM

As long as Green doesn't play that squad looks fine. Fahey should be ahead of him. Not too bad though.

**Yard of Pace** · 02/02/2011, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by joe_denilson

Wait until you see the uproar for Stokes/Fahey/McGeady getting dropped, no-one is ever happy despite the fact you can only start 11 players. Get over it lads, you're not the manager so your indignation is wasted.

We can't discuss team/squad selections and offer opinions with others? I didn't realise, I'll go cancel my foot.ie membership.

**Noelys Guitar** · 02/02/2011, 7:52 PM

Now thats a bit better. I take it Fahey and Stokes have been excluded due to playing on Sunday.

**Paddy Garcia** · 02/02/2011, 8:05 PM

Thank you Trap! I thought you would never do it!

**Charlie Darwin** · 02/02/2011, 8:15 PM

Looks like Trap's looking at McCarthy as a wide midfielder rather than central.

**SwanVsDalton** · 02/02/2011, 8:15 PM

Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia

Thank you Trap! I thought you would never do it!

McCarthy? But he already had...

**Sullivinho** · 02/02/2011, 8:18 PM

Originally Posted by TrapAPony

As long as Green doesn't play that squad looks fine. Fahey should be ahead of him. Not too bad though.

Agreed. Fahey ain't no world-beater but he's surely a Green-beater. Healthy enough looking squad anyway.

**shakermaker1982** · 02/02/2011, 8:25 PM

Common sense has prevailed.

**Closed Account** · 02/02/2011, 8:25 PM

Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

We can't discuss team/squad selections and offer opinions with others? I didn't realise, I'll go cancel my foot.ie membership.

I was referring to the indignation in this and another thread calling for Traps head fo omitting McCarthy. Surely you can see the difference between that and normal discussion.

**paul_oshea** · 02/02/2011, 8:42 PM

Good to see, futile if he doesn't get game time though.

**Stuttgart88** · 02/02/2011, 9:35 PM

Originally Posted by elroy

Saw most the game last night and certainly wouldnt have said James was excellent or stood out. However I will say that once he went off that Wigans midfield was no where near as good as it had been in the first half.

People used to say similar stuff about Roy Keane. He wasn't Messi but his mere presence on the pitch and continuously doing the simple stuff brilliantly meant that he was missed when not there. I'm not sure a modern pundit would appreciate Roy Keane. Not flash enough.

**Crosby87** · 02/02/2011, 11:21 PM

[QUOTE=Stuttgart88;1447629]I'm not sure a modern pundit would appreciate Roy Keane. Not flash enough.

Like he retired so long ago that its a whole different generation of pundits Stutts.