James McCarthy M free agent b.1990

[tricky_colour]

James McCarthy, Darron Gibson and Tom Cleverley all miss out on the squad altogether with various injuries so Idrissa Gueye partners Gareth Barry in central midfield.

[CraftyToePoke]

Had enough & wants out but the list of suitors is weak - http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0827/812355-mccarthy-out-of-everton-squad-doubt-for-ireland/

[geysir]

Has he any Belgian ancestry?

[Charlie Darwin]

Simon Hart ‏@simon22ph (https://twitter.com/simon22ph) 5m5 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/simon22ph/status/769570992846999552)
Koeman on McCarthy's absence today says it was "a groin problem, we need to decide if it’s an operation"

[CraftyToePoke]

The dance begins.

[tricky_colour]

Has he any Belgian ancestry?


Dunno but he has drank a lot a Stella Artois apparently.

[SkStu]

Dunno but he has drank a lot a Stella Artois apparently.

A friend of mine says he saw him eat a waffle once.

[tricky_colour]

I think Belgium invented chips?

[Eminence Grise]

I think he's had his chips at Everton.

[DeLorean]

Sky Sports Transfer Centre
(http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre)

Sky sources understand Crystal Palace have expressed an interest in signing Everton midfielder James McCarthy. We understand this would be an alternative option to Jack Wilshere if he chooses Bournemouth.

Leicester failed in a bid to sign McCarthy this window, Celtic are also interested in taking him on loan.

We’ve spoken to Everton and their position on this is that they won't entertain offers for him at this time.

[BonnieShels]

What was Leicester's bid for him?

[tetsujin1979]

out for three weeks after surgery: https://twitter.com/Everton/status/773870507364065281

RK: "James McCarthy has had groin surgery and will be out for three weeks." http://bit.ly/2c1fbJk (https://t.co/AGuXgbu3Uq) #EFC (https://twitter.com/hashtag/EFC?src=hash)

[DeLorean]

Just watched that press conference on the Twitter link and he mentioned something about Gibson being "the same" as McCarthy injury wise.

[seanfhear]

Hopefully this will clear up those niggly injury questions that have been associated with James for a while now .

[liamoo11]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37412027

mccarthy and gibson both had groin surgery

[tricky_colour]

Just watched that press conference on the Twitter link and he mentioned something about Gibson being "the same" as McCarthy injury wise.

What struggles to past the halfway line?

[Stuttgart88]

What struggles to past the halfway line?I don't know, what does struggle to past the halfway line?


This would be my Secret Santa present for tricky

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Lynne-Truss/dp/0007329067

[geysir]

I would have some apprehension that a newly converted Tricky could turn into an unrestrained punctuation zealot.

[seanfhear]

I hope this clears up those niggles that James has had for a long time .

[OwlsFan]

I hope this clears up those niggles that James has had for a long time .

Alas not. Looks as if he is out for the Austrian game with a hamstring problem.

[tetsujin1979]

Usual standards of reporting from the Independent today: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/irelands-james-mccarthy-makes-first-start-of-the-season-for-everton-35228975.html
McCarthy has made three starts this season, including Everton's two opening league fixtures. If everyone could reply to the linked article with this, that would be great

[DeLorean]

That's really atrocious stuff. They were speculating the other day whether or not Rooney would partner (the suspended!) Ibrahimovic up front against Arsenal.

[SkStu]

He was pretty poor today although he did some good tracking and made one lovely cross field pass. Crowd seemed to get on his back for any mistake he made so maybe that clouded my analysis

[tricky_colour]

Coleman's late goal made made it look better for him, a defeat would not have been good for him on his return, but it still effectively 2 points dropped.

[Charlie Darwin]

Typical McCarthy. "Injured" for the international but miraculously recovers for the next league game :rolleyes:

[geysir]

Praise the Lord.

Meanwhile Ronald assumes the role of the supreme benefactor, the one who alone decides whether James will travel or not travel to Dublin in March.
Rules around intl call-ups which totally favour the country, don't matter a jot to a guy as elevated as Ronald.

His latest quote
"They are defending the Irish national team and I'm defending Everton. The next international break is in March. It's time enough to focus on the Premier League and in March we will see how the Irish national team is."

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

The nonsense continues.

McCarthy unnamed in the squad this afternoon after Koeman made his point last week.

[DeLorean]

Talk of a loan move to Celtic.

[tetsujin1979]

Suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/james-mccarthy-expected-fit-evertons-12238543

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I retract my previous comment but remain wary of Koeman.

[OwlsFan]

Suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/james-mccarthy-expected-fit-evertons-12238543

I hope he isn't going to be one of those unlucky players who spends his life drifting from one injury to another (cf. Andy Turner).

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Koeman continues to be belligerent about McCarthy.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/koeman-casts-doubt-over-mccarthys-future-at-goodison-35264703.html

If this is him throwing his toys out of the pram because he wasn't allowed to sign Sissoko, you have to laugh, because Sissoko has been rubbish for Tottenham by all accounts.

[DeLorean]

I thought I knew what belligerent meant but now I'm not sure.

[tetsujin1979]

On the bench today against United

[tetsujin1979]

Back in the starting XI today against Watford, Coleman at right full too

[DeLorean]

Interesting as Gueye and Barry also started. The LiveScore app suggests that McCarthy is playing the number ten role, or at least further forward than the other two but I haven't seen any of it myself. They've just gone 2-1 behind though.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Playing well tonight against Arsenal. Lennon could have squared it to him after he occupied a good position unmarked, but rather chose to go it alone and blasted it into the stands.

Can't say he's going missing anyway. He's winning tackles, showing good touches and getting into good positions.

He's not the worst of them, but they're losing again so the pressure cooker atmosphere will continue unabated.

Edit: Just laid one on for Lukaku.

[DeLorean]

I thought he started nervously, which wasn't surprising seeing as his (counter productive) supporters get on his back any time he takes the safer option, even when it's obviously the better course of action. Everton seemed to lose their inhibitions after going behind and just started tearing into it, which suits McCarthy's game down to the ground. He's muscled into a nice few tackles and has picked up a booking. Good old fashioned match now though which Arsenal don't exactly relish. Coleman equalised with a nice header after drifting inside to meet a Baines cross just before half time.

[SkStu]

I thought he started nervously, which wasn't surprising seeing as his (counter productive) supporters get on his back any time he takes the safer option, even when it's obviously the better course of action. Everton seemed to lose their inhibitions after going behind and just started tearing into it, which suits McCarthy's game down to the ground. He's muscled into a nice few tackles and has picked up a booking. Good old fashioned match now though which Arsenal don't exactly relish. Coleman equalised with a nice header after drifting inside to meet a Baines cross just before half time.

did he drift? BBC said he ghosted. Not sure which to believe...

[DeLorean]

Neither really, he was just standing in the middle of the box waiting for the cross. :)

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Good run by McCarthy for the goal making Coleman's job easier.

[tricky_colour]

Coleman was like mustard today.

[geysir]

Once a year you do deliver, Tricky.

[tricky_colour]

Bit like Santa really.:)

[DeLorean]

Koeman gave McCarthy a nice little embrace when he took him off in injury time as well. I've a feeling he was just afraid of McCarthy picking up a second yellow and missing the Merseyside derby on Monday, as Jagielka did moments later. Obviously he was just wasting a few seconds as well but a defensive midfielder wouldn't normally be the guy you'd choose to replace in that situation. It was a badly need outing for McCarthy anyway and great that they got such a positive result.

I think it's safe enough to assume that Koeman does rate him to a certain extent at least. Koeman mentioned in his interview afterwards as well that he was frustrated with Everton's apprehensive approach in the opening twenty minutes, that they were nervous and passing the ball backwards instead of forwards and that they have to learn from the results their more positive play brought thereafter. Hopefully it works out for McCarthy under him as he could be just the man to drag him out of his shell a bit.

[Stuttgart88]

Great to get such a positive result my ar$e :)

"drag him out of his shell a bit". Mr. Trapattoni's description still rings true: "a little shy".

[DeLorean]

Not too encouraging that Everton and Man Utd have been in contact over a potential deal for Schneiderlin.

[DeLorean]

Replaced by Gareth Barry at half time in the Merseyside derby. He seemed to tweak his hamstring near the end of the first half and was receiving treatment. Was playing pretty well too.

[DeLorean]

Everton were putrid in the second half without him and deserved every bit of that sucker punch.

[geysir]

Everton were putrid in the second half without him and deserved every bit of that sucker punch.
You don't sound too grieved by that result on behalf of our Irish lads at Everton?
The football quality was poor, double expresso, hyperactive, adhd stuff.
God be with the glorious golden days when players had skill and time on the ball to display their repertoire of tricks. Now it's all helter skelter, run-around-a-lot.