James McCarthy

[DeLorean]

Indeed, I'm willing these rumours to be rubbished!

[liamoo11]

god hope this isn't true. Whelan wood come in for first leg if whelan git injured would we be looking at o Kane?

[CraftyToePoke]

god hope this isn't true. Whelan wood come in for first leg if whelan git injured would we be looking at o Kane?

I'd say GWs experience will see him start over O'Kane. A dark day lads, thing is I loved Meylers challenge on Hennessy at the time, hindsight etc.

[Diggs246]

The lads on ybig basically want to send McCarthys family a wreath. Yet i cant find one media source to confirm this

[DeLorean]

He's not in the squad for their game at Leicester today.

[DeLorean]

Balls - https://twitter.com/offtheball/statu...64483888451584

[mark12345]

god hope this isn't true. Whelan wood come in for first leg if whelan git injured would we be looking at o Kane?

Look at O'Kane. Just pretend Whelan is injured. Whelan against Eriksen - you'd have to back the Villa man in that battle wouldn't you.
There's plenty of cover without worrying about Whelan - Arter, Hendrick, Brady, O'Kane, Hourihane.

[liamoo11]

Look at O'Kane. Just pretend Whelan is injured. Whelan against Eriksen - you'd have to back the Villa man in that battle wouldn't you.
There's plenty of cover without worrying about Whelan - Arter, Hendrick, Brady, O'Kane, Hourihane.

I was asking who wood play holding midfield if whelan was injured.i can't see Brady, arter or hourihane been a disciplined mobile defensive midfielder. I actually think Hendrick would do a good job there facing the play but I still think o Kane might be most likely r the role but o Neill may feel he is not physically imposing

[DannyInvincible]

According to David Unsworth, McCarthy's injury is "nothing too severe" - it's a tweak - but he will be out for "a couple of weeks": https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017...-on-sidelines/

I would imagine that still rules him out of the play-offs. Even if he was to be just about fit in time for the first leg, he hasn't (and won't have) played a game in months, so it'd be difficult really to see how he could play, never mind start.

[DeLorean]

He played during the week but yeah, still a big ask. Not sure what Newstalk were at with their 'update' above.

[samhaydenjr]

...or MON could pick up with Unsworth where he left off with Koeman

[geysir]

...or MON could pick up with Unsworth where he left off with Koeman

It's not the same without Koeman, is it?

[liamoo11]

According to David Unsworth, McCarthy's injury is "nothing too severe" - it's a tweak - but he will be out for "a couple of weeks": https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017...-on-sidelines/

I would imagine that still rules him out of the play-offs. Even if he was to be just about fit in time for the first leg, he hasn't (and won't have) played a game in months, so it'd be difficult really to see how he could play, never mind start.

Thank god for that lads were making it sound like he tore it off the bone.

[liamoo11]

Thank god for that lads were making it sound like he tore it off the bone.

Out for 2weeks according to sky sports which I'd say basically means no tear on the mri and his hammer feels a bit sore when he sprints if he is due back in 2 weeks he will be running and doing ball work this week and back to full sprinting by the next week to be able to play by that weekend. Some lads don't half over exaggerate

[Olé Olé]

PHEW.

That was some exaggeration alright. Think he'll be important for the away match if he's fit. Otherwise, Whelan is in for Meyler.