James McCarthy M Celtic b.1990

[paul_oshea]

An Irish couple here on vacation asked me directions the other day and the fella had a Duff Jersey on so I asked if they were fans of the team. He said they go to a lot of the games and are fans...We got to talking and I brought up McCarthy....he had no idea who he was! I thought that was a bit odd.

Whats a "Duff Jersey" :P

[Crosby87]

Sorry kit? I hate that term. Kit is the car from Knight Rider. shirt? uniform? His girlfriend was good looking so maybe that is why he doesn't have time to know who Jimmy Mac is.

[geysir]

I think the emphasis was more on the Duff part of "Duff jersey".

[Stuttgart88]

Whats a "Duff Jersey" :P

It's one of these

[gastric]

Good positive article on McCarthy in today's Indo. The man is onboard. Thank God for that!


http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...y-2587083.html

[tetsujin1979]

Good positive article on McCarthy in today's Indo. The man is onboard. Thank God for that!


http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...y-2587083.html

from that article:

The talented midfielder has been hogging the headlines over the last month after a remarkable episode fuelled by bizarre comments from both Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni and his Wigan counterpart Roberto Martinez.

They gave weight to groundless speculation that Glasgow-born McCarthy -- who was capped in a senior friendly against Brazil last February -- was mulling over changing his international allegiance to the country of his birth

About as close to an admission of guilt as you're going to get from McDonnell

[paul_oshea]

So i did the mini test, not that its a fair reflection, and the guys had heard of henderson and jarvis(not that they were really aware of jarvis only for some decent reviews and now being called into england), both weren't that impressed by henderson, and neither were aware of Mccarthy.

Again, these are 2 english lads, with no affiliation to ireland, but i reckon if you were to ask a lot of these sort of football fans, the answer would be the same.

[paul_oshea]

Sorry kit? I hate that term. Kit is the car from Knight Rider. shirt? uniform? His girlfriend was good looking so maybe that is why he doesn't have time to know who Jimmy Mac is.

No not kit. A duff jersey sounds like a single, unique entity. Whereas it could be a Fulham jersey with Duff on it, or an Ireland jersey with Duff on it. Duff jersey bar stutts link doesn't specifiy....heck it could be a Newcastle jersey!!

[shakermaker1982]

I hope James impresses in training this week and the Trap just thinks **** it I'll play him from the start. An Irish central midfielder who can pass forward? Yes please.

[paul_oshea]

I think people are being a little short sighted, that Trap was just throwing down the gauntlett to james here - with the training comment. The situation we find ourselves in is a lot of players missing through injury. Trap is simply saying to all those vying for a spot, give that bit more, show me what you can do in training, impress me and you will be rewarded.

[Crosby87]

I did the test too just now after being inspired by POSH. Sadly, the only players people in THIS office have heard of are David Beckham and Landy Cakes, Most have heard of Pele, one of the secretaries heard of the Fat Ronaldo and most people recalled an incident where "Two players were headbutting each other in some summer game about ten years ago." Yet most own a Derek Jeter Jersey. (That's A Yankee Kit for my less sophisticated audience.)
Poor James. It's becoming evident that not even Dr Peepee has heard of him and that is who is scheduled to give him his physical later today.

[paul_oshea]

Have they heard of LeBron James?

Cwosby, do you speak in a Sean Connery accent whilst saying in your head(typing) my abbreviated username?

[Stuttgart88]

Has James arrived at Dublin airport yet?

In fairness to O'Donnell, he came around to the "there's nothing in the rumour" position quite quickly as far as I can recall.

From a purely tactical perspective, won't it make more sense to start attacking and then revert to defensive if we get a clear lead? That would call for Gibson or McCarthy to start in my mind.

Also, given that Trap see McC as primarily an attacking option it could mean that he comes off the bench to replace a forward, playing 4-5-1 of sorts, if "lead preservation" is a factor.

[geysir]

In fairness to O'Donnell, he came around to the "there's nothing in the rumour" position quite quickly as far as I can recall.
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With the expediency and dexterity of a Stalinist.

[tetsujin1979]

Has James arrived at Dublin airport yet?

According to fai.ie - http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...r-men&Itemid=8

Republic of Ireland senior squad members will assemble in Dublin tomorrow (Tuesday) to commence preparations for this Saturday's EURO 2012 qualifier against Macedonia at the Aviva Stadium (7.45pm)

[paul_oshea]

Tets i love the way you always take things literally.

[SkStu]

Tets i love the way you always take things literally.

imagine that - people taking things literally... what a novel concept...

*sarcastic*

[geysir]

It would be a difficult task to find literal content in Paul's posts.

[paul_oshea]

imagine that - people taking things literally... what a novel concept...

*sarcastic*

Stutts was making the point that until he lands in ireland he wont believe it.

But tets replied back to tell him when they were arriving in Ireland as though stutts could go out to the airport to see him landing.

Now I wasn't being sarcastic, now I know you were, but I still find that funny.

[tricky_colour]

Whats a "Duff Jersey" :P