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Alba are favourites with the bookies if that helps?
Mccarthy was never going to be the difference between winning by 2 and not conceding any goals.
A draw was always likely, its still likely but slight chance our shabby CD pairing are exposed more often than usual without him there or Whelan there. But they werent going to be the ones making the difference with us scoring 2 goals, conceding 2 possibly.
Its a bit of an over reaction of an overswing in 2 goals because of one person.
i think you're ove-rating McCarthy and under-rating Hendrick, Meyler and GibsonQuote:
Originally Posted by Littlest Hobo
I think he will only play one of Hendick and Quinn. Meyler might be put beside Gibson to add ballast, just to do the Whelan job of occupying space and giving simple balls. Gibson moving the ball around and one of the other two pressing further up the pitch and breaking forward when having the chance.
There seems to be a lack of steel now, or lack of any player capable of making a decent tackle at least.
at the moment we have goals in us i think with keano, walters, long, mcgeady. i hate this 5 man midfield with keane upfront on his own. scotland are no spain, i think we could go 4-4-2 tomorrow night and score some goals. i would really like to see Long upfront with keano tomorrow night and use his agression and pace. prob wont tho.
What I'd like to see:
Coleman O'Shea Keogh Ward Gibson Meyler McGeady McClean
What I think we'll see:
Coleman O'Shea Keogh Ward Gibson Meyler Walters McGeady
Head says Score Draw, Heart says Ireland Win, Liver Prancreas and Bladder say Scotland Win. Think I'll go with my head. 2-2 draw
I reckon the Scots will go
Whittaker Martin Hanley Robertson Brown Morrison Maloney Anya
I'd like to see
Forde
Coleman Keogh O'Shea Ward
McGeady Hendrick Meyler McClean
Long Keane
I think we'll see Walters and Quinn
Forde
Coleman, Keogh, O'Shea, Ward
McGeady, Gibson, Quinn, McClean
Walters
Keane
That will be the team.
Forde
Coleman, Pearce, O'Shea, Ward
McGeady, Gibson, Quinn (or Meyler), Hendrick, McClean
Long
That should be the team. I have no preference between Quinn & Meyler. Delaney should be in the team let alone the squad.
If the right players were/are selected this would be a winnable game but the entire spine of the team from CB to midfield to the strikers isn't going to be right and I think it will be a score draw but wouldn't be surprised if things go tits up. We're due a setback after the bail out against Georgia and the "moral" victory against Germany.
I think Poland & Scotland's ability to win against big teams will stand them in good stead. I haven't seen anything to suggest that we will get over that hump in this campaign.
Only Poland have beaten a so-called big team in this group so far.
Scotland got beaten and we got a draw. Poland and Scotland aren't 'big' teams.
So their abilities are hardly proven as yet as conclusively as you seem to think.
Tomorrow night Scotland play a 'bigger' team. Tomorrow night we play a 'smaller' team. So in essence they have an advantage in that as a smaller team in the grand scheme they have more opportunity to beat 'big' teams as there are more of them for them to play.
The only hump that will be crossed in this regard will be us beating Germany at Lansdowne. And if we don't do that you will be proven correct assuming that Poland and Scotland also beat the Germans in their upcomng games against them.
I think this game has draw written all over it. If there is to be a winner and I don't think there will be, I think we will nick it by a goal.
Wilson and McCarthy are losses, but I think we will manage without them for this game.
It baffles me that people consider this the hardest of groups. Okay it has the best team in the world, but for me, Poland scotland and ourselves are of a similar ability. Decent enough teams we all are, but there's tougher groups out there.
James McArthur out for Scotland. I don't think he'd have started but he has been used as sub.
Commentators everywhere rejoice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Didn't he qualify for us as well ? Irish mother was it ?
Why bother sending out a team? We're going to lose anyway.
Scotland are too good. Futile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Was thinking the same, kind of worrying how we are gonna win the ball in midfield.
I was looking through the statistics for a player who tackles, obviously there is Paul Green,
but I was just looking through Irish players to see who makes tackles and top of the
list is Alan Judge. 3.7 per game (McCarthy 2.9 for comparison) but then I though
well he is a left sided midfield however looking further at his stats he has played 12 of
his 17 games at central midfield. He also has 5 assists.
So kind of weird he is top of the tackles stats *and* top of the assists stats, yet he is not in the squad.
What's the point? We have no chance of even getting a point, just like in Germany.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Don't despair. We'll get the trademark one point will suffice when three points were there for the taking.
All luck. All luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Josh would never be able to score that goal again if he tried it a thousand times.