James McCarthy M free agent b.1990

[tricky_colour]

I think Crosby intends to be surreal though.


Well lets hope so.

[BonnieShels]

Yeah, but that delusion is the surreal part.

It's very real for our Paul.

[Stuttgart88]

Hey Bonnie, I just got a linkedin endorsement from someone who looks like you :)

[BonnieShels]

Hey Bonnie, I just got a linkedin endorsement from someone who looks like you :)

Couldn't have been me. I mean I haven't spent the last week on that pox of a website trying to get a job in Canada.

[Crosby87]

Bonnie I read that you can get land for free somewhere outside of vancouver if you agree to build on it within 10 years.

[KK77]

Tony Barrett from the Times was saying that he was badly missed last night until he came on. He also said and has been saying for a fair while that he has been Everton's best player this season by a country mile. I wonder was he injured??

[Bungle]

I think he was rested for the United match. Bad move by Martinez. Palace are a very tough team to play against. They could have done with James in midfield.

[DeLorean]

Tony Barrett from the Times was saying that he was badly missed last night until he came on. He also said and has been saying for a fair while that he has been Everton's best player this season by a country mile. I wonder was he injured??

Yeah, heard a clip from Martinez this morning. He said that the other changes were just to freshen things up but that McCarthy was carrying a minor knock I think. I think it's pretty telling that he brought him on at 0-2 even though he's more of a defensive midfielder in his role for Everton, he obviously sees him as the guy that makes them tick.

[DeLorean]

Seems to be an ever growing favourite amongst the Everton supporters. I came across this on my facebook travels, one fans dedication...

https://scontent-a-cdg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1922084_10152091513071452_4184660038467034789_n.pn g

[Fixer82]

Seems to be an ever growing favourite amongst the Everton supporters. I came across this on my facebook travels, one fans dedication...

https://scontent-a-cdg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1922084_10152091513071452_4184660038467034789_n.pn g

very good

[back of the net]

Just scored for everton against hull

[DeLorean]

Brilliant, great for him to get off the mark for Everton and to have registered in the season.

[back of the net]

http://balls.ie/football/gif-james-mccarthy-scores-first-goal-everton/

[tricky_colour]

Poor quality video of goal here, start 10 seconds in


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHLVGK6ggfo

[SkStu]

Just on McCarthy, when Coleman won POTY for Everton, there was an incredible amount of comments from fans on their MBs and Facebook groups that McCarthy would have been an extremely close second. It wasn't just a couple of fans saying it either, almost every second post mentioned James. I think that, in a season where Coleman was an exceptional standout in the team, that speaks volumes.

[Stuttgart88]

Yes, footy forums are always right :)

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9322553/transfer-news-manchester-united-interested-in-everton-midfielder-james-mccarthy

McCarthy linked with Man Utd.

[Charlie Darwin]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9322553/transfer-news-manchester-united-interested-in-everton-midfielder-james-mccarthy

McCarthy linked with Man Utd.
Didn't last long.

[BonnieShels]

I wonder if McCarthy was English would those comments be so disparaging?

[Olé Olé]

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/evertons-james-mccarthy-reveals-he-almost-joined-tottenham-and-is-pleased-with-manchester-united-interest-9634474.html

Interview with McCarthy. States he almost joined Spurs but they didn't come up with the cash (mind-boggling given what they spunked away on others). Interesting quotes regarding United's speculated interest. I'd give great heed to the fact that he laughed when saying "We will see what happens."

[ArdeeBhoy]

Good lad, James. One day?

http://celtsarehere.com/james-mccarthy-i-always-wanted-to-play-for-celtic/

[Charlie Darwin]

Sounds like a potentially nasty injury for McCarthy after his shin was stood on. Hopefully it's nothing :(

edit: BBC were being hysterical then as it seems he's played on!

[tetsujin1979]

comparison of James McCarthy and Jack Wilshere ahead of the Everton - Arsenal game this weekend: http://www.squawka.com/news/jack-wilshere-vs-james-mccarthy/162450

[back of the net]

Good lad, James. One day?

http://celtsarehere.com/james-mccarthy-i-always-wanted-to-play-for-celtic/

Just not anytime soon please James

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

McCarthy "better than Wilshere"

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/premier-league-review-james-mccarthy-is-better-than-jack-wilshere-and-why-352-is-not-working-30534511.html

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/ian-snodin-evertons-james-mccarthy-7670021

[Charlie Darwin]

It's great to see McCarthy getting the praise he deserves, but I don't understand all the comparisons to Wilshere around the Arsenal game. They're not really similar players at all. The Arsenal game tonight showed Wilshere's best qualities are around the penalty area, and the only reason he's been pushed back into the McCarthy role is because Ramsey is better than him. If they were both at Everton, they'd be playing alongside one another, not either/or.

The Indo article actually kind of picks up on it. McCarthy reads the game brilliantly, breaks it up and distributes the ball. Wilshere can't tackle for **** but he can create higher up the field, which isn't McCarthy's game to the same extent. I think McCarthy is better pound for pound, but they don't fulfil the same roles.

[Olé Olé]

It could be a case that, as far as the English press are concerned, McCarthy's career trajectory is upward whilst Wilshere's is static or downward. The ol' hype machine cranked out a weight branded 'Expectation' which has sat heavily on the shoulders of Wilshere. On the other hand, whilst receiving plenty attention from other clubs and, to a lesser extent, the press, McCarthy has come from two unfashionable clubs in Wigan and Hamilton. He's at Everton now which accentuates that upward curve, even if potential is being fulfilled (exceeded?).

McCarthy is a cracking player. We're blessed to have him. A bit more aggression like Keane and Vidal would be lovely though.

I wonder does James enjoy a quick toke off a Marlboro light during the summer or a night out?!

[Charlie Darwin]

I wonder does James enjoy a quick toke off a Marlboro light during the summer or a night out?!
How DARE you?!

[Olé Olé]

Understated yet dynamic Irish midfielders do have priors in this regard!

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5b/58/8a/5b588adacde4dba61506f7b7ceffa8bc.jpg

[tricky_colour]

McCarthy "better than Wilshere"

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/premier-league-review-james-mccarthy-is-better-than-jack-wilshere-and-why-352-is-not-working-30534511.html

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/ian-snodin-evertons-james-mccarthy-7670021

I don't want to pee on the parade but are an Irish newspaper journalist and an ex-Everton play entirely unbiased in their opinions?

[Charlie Darwin]

The Indo article is from the English Independent

[DeLorean]

Irish captain when Keane and O'Shea retire? Does anybody else even come close?

[harry crumb]

Irish captain when Keane and O'Shea retire? Does anybody else even come close?

Seamus Coleman.

[Stuttgart88]

Jack Grealish. He'll be 27 by the time Keane retires, and his captaincy of Walsall will have shown his leadership skills.

[DeLorean]

Seamus Coleman.

Not sure I'm mad about full backs as captains. Centre backs or centre midfielders ideally for me. McCarthy looks like a good organiser as well and should have added some more bite to his game by the end of this campaign.

[Charlie Darwin]

Learned some important facts about our James from this thread on the Scotland forum:


McCarthy vs brown is actually a close one. Both cracking players. He is a real loss to our side but brown at his best would keep him out a Scotland side. I used to rage at his decision to play for Ireland but I've subsequently learnt a few things about the circumstances behind it, non SFA related. I am certain he actually wanted to play for us. He won't be "fit" for the game at parkhead. Mark my words.

Presumably the "non SFA related" cicumstances refer to Martinez, who was a secret FAI double agent all along.

[paul_oshea]

So he wanted to play for them, but didnt? That seems strange, but it would go with what was being said on here at the time.

[Charlie Darwin]

I suspected you'd swallow that one hook, line and sinker.

[DannyInvincible]

Learned some important facts about our James from this thread on the Scotland forum:



Presumably the "non SFA related" cicumstances refer to Martinez, who was a secret FAI double agent all along.

I was thinking that must have been the case, because nobody could not want to play for the SFA off their own accord...

[paul_oshea]

No i was asking the question, as I cannot fathom in anyway how a player wanted to play for someone but chose someone else.

I realise you had your tongue firmly in cheek when posting that, but I just find it funny that someone would say "I am certain he actually wanted to play for us." - if he did then I'm sure he would have.

[DannyInvincible]

No i was asking the question, as I cannot fathom in anyway how a player wanted to play for someone but chose someone else.

I realise you had your tongue firmly in cheek when posting that, but I just find it funny that someone would say "I am certain he actually wanted to play for us." - if he did then I'm sure he would have.

Were you not aware of our tried-and-tested methods of persuasion; abuse, intimidation and threats?

[Crosby87]

Some of the lads on the Scotland boards are really funny, I have to say.

[paul_oshea]

Crosby is it true you are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a new yorker than a Shark?

[Crosby87]

My nephew bit me yesterday but he lives in jersey. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank though? Its not bad.
Do you think if the NFL put a team in London full time, that it would be successful?

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Is Crosby American American or cash-in-hand, can't go back to the auld sod or he won't be let back in American?

[Crosby87]

Why, you think I have Ebola?

[paul_oshea]

Brilliant.

It surprises me how many Irish follow the NFL and come to wembley. I think there is nothing more trip than an Irish guy in an NFL jersey walking around central london or drinking pints in Central London pubs wearing one.

I think it works well as a few one-off games I dont think the interest would be there for a whole season because its not really London thats snapping up the tickets its the whole of the UK and Ireland, they make a weekend out of it.

[paul_oshea]

Is Crosby American American or cash-in-hand, can't go back to the auld sod or he won't be let back in American?

You should be able figure out from his posts that he is a full scale narrowback.

:P only joking Crosby.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Basketball and Hockey are far more accessible than American football and Baseball; the latter two being more of the American pastime variety.

I find it hard to believe that Irish people can just pick it up, follow it and understand it properly enough to get the most of it in their twenties or thirties. It's convoluted as f.

You can go to a Basketball or Hockey game not having to study the intricacies of it like a Quantum Physics exam - and even get to see John McEnroe in the courtside seats.

Then again, I say this, but I have seen half a dozen people who probably never heard of UFC a year ago copying Conor McGregor's man bun over the weekend in Dublin.

[BonnieShels]

My nephew bit me yesterday but he lives in jersey. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank though? Its not bad.
Do you think if the NFL put a team in London full time, that it would be successful?

That's in San Jose. I cannot wait to check out a game there.


Brilliant.

It surprises me how many Irish follow the NFL and come to wembley. I think there is nothing more trip than an Irish guy in an NFL jersey walking around central london or drinking pints in Central London pubs wearing one.

I think it works well as a few one-off games I dont think the interest would be there for a whole season because its not really London thats snapping up the tickets its the whole of the UK and Ireland, they make a weekend out of it.

My reading is similar but different in that it's Europeans and a load of Yanks coming to the games.

There is no way would the novelty sustain in the long-term.

LA is priority for the NFL at the minute and Oakland are doing a good job if convincing them that they suck enough to move back.



Basketball and Hockey are far more accessible than American football and Baseball; the latter two being more of the American pastime variety.

Accessible as in the rules?

All sports are relatively simple you'll find. It's the nuance of them that takes time to master.

As a hockey fan of a few years standing it is really only in the last year with a period living in Canada that I'm picking up on certain idiosyncrasies. Same with watching Gridiron for the last 20 years or so.

By the time HT rolled around yesterday in the Lions-Falcons game my dad was calling out false starts and passing interference. It's not that hard to get if you have a passing interest in sports. Incidentally he hates rugby and is pretty much a football, soccer and horse racing guy so he has little interest in any vaguely similar sports.

Baseball is the simplest sport of all. One guy throws the ball at another guy with a stick. That guy attempts to hit it and then runs if he does.

Sure there are certain things that are different or new to the passing viewer but they aren't important on initial viewing. The same way that when you watch crickey learning the difference between yorker, mid-off and spin-bowling is irrelevant at the start.


I find it hard to believe that Irish people can just pick it up, follow it and understand it properly enough to get the most of it in their twenties or thirties. It's convoluted as f.

I find it hard to believe that you find that hard to believe.

The calls in American Football made by the ref are very clear. Compare that with some of the decisions in a rugby union match; going in off the feet, offside, crooked put in, collapsing the scrum, holding on, advantage... Tell me that you have never missed those calls or wondered what the hell a ref was seeing?


You can go to a Basketball or Hockey game not having to study the intricacies of it like a Quantum Physics exam - and even get to see John McEnroe in the courtside seats.

What the hell?


Then again, I say this, but I have seen half a dozen people who probably never heard of UFC a year ago copying Conor McGregor's man bun over the weekend in Dublin.

What;s it to you?

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So this James McCarthy fellow?