James McCarthy M free agent b.1990

[jbyrne]

Unbelievable - additionally why are the FAI not ensuring Trap is aware of the risks of his selection policy.

Not that it is any excuse for Brady or Trap.

is there any proof that trap doesnt know? maybe he is so confident that McCarthy is with us for good that it doesnt matter. we should never cap anyone just to tie the player to us in anycase

[SwanVsDalton]

Hopefully Brady will have got the memo to Trap before this morning's espresso. Should definitely see McCarthy against Norway now, with a view to getting him involved next year.

[greendeiseboy]

[QUOTE=SwanVsDalton;1411871]Hopefully Brady will have got the memo to Trap before this morning's espresso. Should definitely see McCarthy against Norway now, with a view to getting him involved next year.[/QUOT


Agreed. And maybe make them all aware,just in case it still dosent register, that he still wont be tied to us if he plays in the Norway game.

[SwanVsDalton]

Agreed. And maybe make them all aware,just in case it still dosent register, that he still wont be tied to us if he plays in the Norway game.

Absolutely, play him against Norway to show dissuade him from any possible U-turn, then get him in competitively next year when he proves himself.

[third policeman]

is there any proof that trap doesnt know? maybe he is so confident that McCarthy is with us for good that it doesnt matter. we should never cap anyone just to tie the player to us in anycase



He should be playing because he is a manifestly better player than Green, Whelan, Andrews and Gibson. The f.act that we know this and he knows this will inevitably make him wonder whether Trapp has got something against him. At this point playing for Scotland begins to have understandable attractions

[jbyrne]

He should be playing because he is a manifestly better player than Green, Whelan, Andrews and Gibson. The f.act that we know this and he knows this will inevitably make him wonder whether Trapp has got something against him. At this point playing for Scotland begins to have understandable attractions

i dont totally disagree with you but nobody knows how he will perform at international level until he actually plays. he may have missed the end of season camp for good reason but that was the best opportunity for him to get involved full-time. the only realistic opportunity since was the argentina match and that was never going to happen given trap was going to go with the players who know the score and were to be involved in the 4 qualifiers to date

[Sullivinho]

Should definitely see McCarthy against Norway now, with a view to getting him involved next year.

Here's hoping. I'd ideally like to see him given enough time to begin forcing himself in (ala Paul Green) but anticipating a cameo. Prove me wrong Trap.

[Paddy Garcia]

i dont totally disagree with you but nobody knows how he will perform at international level until he actually plays. he may have missed the end of season camp for good reason but that was the best opportunity for him to get involved full-time. the only realistic opportunity since was the argentina match and that was never going to happen given trap was going to go with the players who know the score and were to be involved in the 4 qualifiers to date

Yeah - but I know how those two clowns in the centre of midfield will perform internationally & to say its crap is too polite. He is our 1 solitary CM premiership regular - maybe thats a hint!

[tetsujin1979]

McCarthy set to figure in future plans: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mccarthy-certain-to-figure-in-future-plans-but-trap-unlikely-to-change-the-system-2378540.html

note, from that article:

His club colleague Marc Wilson, who failed to make the bench in Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Slovakia, is in line for an international debut as welland from the official line up on dozens of sites (uefa.com, rte.ie, fai.ie, wikipedia, etc)

Subs: Murphy, Keogh, McShane, Wilson, Gibson, Foley, Cunningham. BTW McDonnell is on twitter if you want to let him know about this - http://twitter.com/#!/McDonnellDan/ (http://twitter.com/#%21/McDonnellDan/)

[seanfhear]

McCarthy and Wilson deserve their chance. Lets hope our team evolves into a better team.

[Exiled]

So does Kevin Foley, Stephen Ward and Seamus Coleman. The first two are regulars in the Premier League but can't get a look in under Trap, and Coleman has hit the ground running at Everton.

[Razors left peg]

For Wigans 2nd goal yesterday McCarthy showed great tenacity and strenght in winning the ball off Joey Barton high up the pitch which eventually led to the goal. I remember last season he marked Gerrard out of the game when he played against Liverpool and I seen him play that kind of defensive game at other times too so I dont buy that he doesnt fit into Traps system.I think this lad is capable of doing whatever job he is asked to do

[Crosby87]

Trap has no choice now the people have spoken and they want James.

[seanfhear]

Trap has no choice now the people have spoken and they want James.
I'm with the people on this one.

[theworm2345]

It's an absolute disgrace that people who are involved in our setup haven't even read the rulebook. I was reading the interview in YBIG with Barry Maguire where he said that Don Givens gave him misleading information regarding eligibility rules. If us lot can learn the rules why not the people who get paid to run our teams!
:shock: Never!

[Sullivinho]

Trap has no choice now the people have spoken and they want James.

Bring on the ginger messiah.

[SkStu]

he's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy!


or maybe thats Stephen Ireland they were talking about...

[Fixer82]

I think he's certainly gonna be up to standard as much as anything we've got.
Thought he did well when he came on against Brazil. Couldn't believe Brady didn't know he could still declare for Scotland

[dan o d]

Bit off topic but this is the line up I'd like to see for the Norway game ................... given Coleman rb dunne st ledger o Shea lb fahey rm McCarthy Wilson cm duff lm Doyle keane ................. Ciaran Clarke , Gibson , long , mcgeady and Cunningham to all get at least 20 mins off the bench

[Stuttgart88]

Hopefully Brady will have got the memo to Trap before this morning's espresso. Should definitely see McCarthy against Norway now, with a view to getting him involved next year.

After everything the FAI has been through with NI & CAS etc. I'd be amazed if they don't know. Brady isn't the FAI anymore so maybe his ignorance on this point can just about be excused.

[The Fly]

You forgot to use this - :rolleyes:

[geysir]

Stutts doesn't do smileys.

[Stuttgart88]

I can barely even bring myself to use a traditional exclamation mark.

[The Fly]

Stutts doesn't do smileys.

"...but if he did, they would probably be the best smilies in the world".

Slice of cheddar anyone?

[paul_oshea]

Chuck Norris doesn't do smileys - stutts doesn't do smilies.

[SkStu]

Chuck Norris doesn't do smileys - stutts doesn't do smilies.

i was going to go down the Chuck Norris route too Paul when i was thinking of responding yesterday... (i didnt in the end as i didnt want to intrude)

Stutts doesnt do smileys, smileys do Stutts.

[SwanVsDalton]

Stutts - as hard as a diamond Chuck Norris statue - doesn't do similes.

[geysir]

Stutts - as hard as a diamond Chuck Norris statue - doesn't do similes.

Unlike you

[tetsujin1979]

Stutts - as hard as a diamond Chuck Norris statue - doesn't do similes.
a diamond Chuck Norris statue isn't as hard as the real thing.

[SwanVsDalton]

What about an actual diamond Chuck Norris? Would be just as hard, but perhaps lacking in rampant sexual charisma. And facial hair.

[Supreme feet]

James McCarthy was just stretchered off against Bolton. Looks pretty serious, have a bad feeling about this.

[The Fly]

Awful news.

Are you watching the game SF?

[greendeiseboy]

Suspected broken leg.......disaster.

All the best James absolutely gutted for you.

[Razors left peg]

Chris Kamara said on Soccer Saturday that the players were gathered around him looking very concerned. Looks bad for him

[The Fly]

Who tackled him?

[Sullivinho]

Terrible news if it's a break. Huge setback for the guy.

[greendeiseboy]

Who tackled him?


Muamba ...wasn't even booked.........fingers crossed till we get an update

[SwanVsDalton]

Ah cripes.

From the BBC text updates:

1531: At Wigan, a poor free-kick from Antolin Alcaraz leaves team-mate James McCarthy struggling to make up ground with Fabrice Muamba bearing down on him. The Bolton midfielder's subsequent challenge leaves McCarthy writhing in agony. He is stretchered off and is replaced in midfield by Mohamed Diame. Not too much wrong with Muamba's challenge, as reflected in the fact that he goes unpenalised by referee Howard Webb. Bolton have looked the likelier so far.

[Supreme feet]

I'm watching the game, albeit with Korean commentary. Think it was Muamba who tackled him. The physio made an 'X' hand-gesture immediately when he got to James, obviously that's not good. He didn't look to be in too much pain as he went off though, looking at his face. Looked more disappointed than anything, certainly not in agony. But I fear the worst.

[The Fly]

Was he stretchered off, or carried off?

Would you be inclined towards ligament damage or a leg break?

[paul_oshea]

either way it looks like he will be out for a while.

This gives trap the excuse nto to pick him even if he plays all the games up until competitive matches, because he wont have been tried out in friendlies....its bad news for us either way and bad news for him if its something serious.

[Supreme feet]

Stretchered off. Hard to say what kind of injury, I didn't see the leg buckling, snapping or anything on the replays.

[The Fly]

That's something I suppose.

[TrapAPony]

This is all I could get on it :

27 McCarthy is going to have to go off and is being replaced by Diame.

26 McCarthy seems to be in a bad way. It will be interesting to see whether he'll be able to continue in this one.

24 Muamba is perhaps a touch unlucky there to avoid a booking for bringing down McCarthy. The Scottish youngster is down injured.

http://live.skysports.com/ScoreCentre/football.html#23/10/2010|1|22|312130

[SkStu]

very bad luck. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

[The Fly]

Chris Kamara just said....."he twisted his ankle underneath his leg, and it looked a bad one".

Make of that what you will.

[Sullivinho]

SSN seem to think it's an ankle injury.

[Charlie Darwin]

Yeah, he's in enough pain without people pointing out he's from Scotland. Hope it's just one of those "looks bad but really isn't" injuries.

[greendeiseboy]

He's still in the ground according to the latest update...not shifted to hospital yet so hopefully not as bad as feared

[Sullivinho]

Run it off James!