As well as a lack of quality, there's a real lack of depth in midfield as well. Neither Browne or Molumby are world beaters, but the centre of midfield looks light numbers wise with them missing. Hendrick as well of course but he may well be finished with Ireland. Maybe surprising that Jack Taylor hasn't made the cut given the injuries to others. Maybe someone like Lawal might be called up as cover after the Under 21 qualifier.
id be all for a back 4 of
coleman - collins - omobamidele - oshea
we are weak at lb and oshea is more than capable.
Delighted with that squad to be honest (Brady a strange one maybe) and can't but be happy with O'Brien, Szmodics and Azaz finally getting the call ups they deserve. All 3 of them add another element to the squad and its potency. Will be an interesting camp and hopefully a few green shoots.
I was going to let the argument die down, but I guess this has to be acknowledged with a :) !Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I guess I just get frustrated at how you (but not only you) get very uppity at the least questioning of Bazunu. I don't understand how he's so above criticism. I think there's more than an element of truth to Snapshot's post comparing him and Travers.
Could say the same about Omobamidele and Obafemi in terms of not really playing lately (or at least having had long spells on the bench, though they've been playing a bit the last month or so); I think we have better options there. Keane the obvious one up front, and plenty of options at centre-back, even if Egan and Duffy are injured.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Manning as you say isn't without his critics (defensively) at Southampton and has been dropped once or twice, but I still think he has to be in there if we're going to address the wing-back issue. To still have Brady/Coleman/O'Dowda as our options is a worry. (Wouldn't fancy Scales there either, though that's a legacy from seeing him there at UCD and seeing he was much better in the centre). No MacNulty either - maybe not a massive surprise, but worth flagging as he has to be in the mix you'd have thought.
Great to see Sammy in, and O'Brien too. And even Azaz, though as SkStu has noted he hasn't had a huge impact at Boro and has been dropped the past few games.
And still startlingly light in the obvious areas.
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Originally Posted by Jd2793
Coleman would be a bit of a risk,very little football recently,Doherty is in the same boat but probably played a bit more,Ebosele has played the most but I don’t see him getting the nod,Doku against any of them is worrying though!
Should add - I wonder did the new manager (who's supposedly been agreed) have any input?
This has been my view for a while. Admittedly he's not a natural left back, or even left footed, but he's quick for a centre back, has played the position before at a high level and is more defensively solid than any other option we could put there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Doubt we'll see a flat back four. Five CBs and no LBs named screams 3-5-2.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
yeah fair enough. hopefully see ebosele get minutes at rwb. if its 3-5-2 think ogbene should be our starting rwb too. none of this playing him up top carry on.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
We don't have any left backs to name to be honest. Manning looks like a fish up a tree playing there, Stevens is done. O'Dowda, Brady, Scales and possibly O'Shea are as close to left backs as we have, so I don't think the selection really tells us a whole lot about formation.
McAteer out injured according to O'Shea, so it sounds like he's fully eligible now other than that.
Wasn't Kenny the devil for not picking Manning for the longest time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Good squad. Brady is nonsense, but overall good
He picked the squad that was available to him, no real shocks and Brady probably bring a bit of experience with him.
Not from me anyway, for all Kenny's faults (and there were many), not picking Manning wasn't one of them. I'd be more critical of him not trying something a bit more out of the box at left back than I would be of anything to do with Manning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
He's a nice, tidy footballer, but an international quality left back he absolutely isn't.
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Originally Posted by Eirambler
yeah i was critical of him at the time for not picking manning but eventually he did pick him. a new manager not picking him vindicates kenny tbf. mikey johnston looks like another good shout on player ability from SK, pity about the rest of the management stuff he struggled with
What if they win 12-1?
Do they tell the mystery permanent manager to remain a mystery, permanently?
Manning missing out through injury. JOS said he has a chance to make the second half of the camp.
He's only half hurt
If Manning is injured I can see the sense in calling up Brady. Who else could be expected to start vs Belgium? But it further reinforces the point that we need to be giving opportunities to a younger option.
What do we do if/when Manning is injured again in a years time?
The way things have worked out I would have gone with Garcia-MacNulty, but I wouldn't argue with any of the 3 left backs in the u21 squad being in the senior squad.