Kilkenny Vs Cork City

midfield and defence are strong enough to cope but if any injuries this is where will struggle

could nearly afford to have 3 strikers injured and get away with it

p.s. isnt it great to be chatting about football :ball:

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Originally Posted by A face

Well no harming in having another quality midfielder but we have yet to see the best of Gamble, if his distribution gets a bit better he should be good, and if he stands up to opposition a bit more, that is one advantage that a player like Reynolds has over Joe, if you are having any problems, he can just elbow someone in the face and that is problem sorted for another two minutes.

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Agreed. I think Gamble is an absolutely excellent player, I'd go as far as to say if we'd had him all season we'd have won the league, but Reynolds gives an extra dimension- a bit of nastiness that we don't really have

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Originally Posted by Éanna

Reynolds gives an extra dimension- a bit of nastiness that we don't really have

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Ya, we need a bit of a scumbag to get in there amoungst the opposition IMO. Gambles 'harsh but fair' though I think (but not a scumbag) and we'll prob see him improve again this season. How old is he? 22/23? The break should do him wonders coz he came in after the full english season last summer, he must have been wrecked at the end of our season!

I dunno Face, I thought Gamble was well able to look after himself when the going got tough. As far as I remeber he out-Reynoldsed Reynolds in the RSC last time. Hit him a crunching tackle early on, and wound him up a fair bit throughout he game.

Gamble is still a bit rough around the edges, but he will be a huge player for CCFC this season, if his form is continued.

reckon in gamble we have finally found a replacement in reyolds as well

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Originally Posted by thecorner

reckon in gamble we have finally found a replacement in reyolds as well

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He's a very similar player to reynolds, and a better one, but he doesn't have that much experience. When you look at our squad we do lack a lot of experience

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Originally Posted by Éanna

When you look at our squad we do lack a lot of experience

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which is where hopefully derek will come in

colin t,georgie and woodsie in the middle lots of experience as well

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Originally Posted by Gary

As far as I remeber he out-Reynoldsed Reynolds in the RSC last time. Hit him a crunching tackle early on, and wound him up a fair bit throughout he game.

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What that the game where he got sent off right beside all the city fans .... yeah remember that game alright !! :D

But yeah ... its about time that City gave as good as they get !! when other clubs are getting away with murder.

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Originally Posted by A face

But yeah ... its about time that City gave as good as they get !! when other clubs are getting away with murder.

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thats exactly the problem the last couple of years...granted georgie does it sneakily :D but we need to get a bit more aggresive

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Originally Posted by thecorner

thats exactly the problem the last couple of years...granted georgie does it sneakily :D but we need to get a bit more aggresive

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thats been the way for a good few years. reynolds is the only midfielder we've had since patsy who could really mix it IMO

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Originally Posted by A face

What that the game where he got sent off right beside all the city fans .... yeah remember that game alright !! :D

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The 1-4 walk in the park game. Happy days.

I think Gamble playing the full season could be the key for us this year.

He played really well in the unbeaten run towards the end of last season. Not afraid to look for the ball and hang on to it.

Hopefully he'll be a bit like Fenlon and Doolin were with Shels.