QuoteFinnan played 85 mins last night for the Pompey reserves in a 3-0 win over the Hammers. Hopefully we'll see him in the 1st team against Wolves at the weekend.
still the best full back we have with one leg tied behind his back! if we have a chance of progressing i think we will need him and steven reid fit
Finnan played 85 mins last night for the Pompey reserves in a 3-0 win over the Hammers. Hopefully we'll see him in the 1st team against Wolves at the weekend.
San Marino are going to be a handful as the group goes on." - Steve Staunton reacts to performance against San Marino.
Those games are by no means assured and the constant reference to them on many threads is adding to my already extreme nervousness about the outcome of our last 2 games in the group.Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Pompey need a fit Finnan as do Ireland,though playing in that club team at the moment wont do him any good in getting back to first team sharpness - confidence at an all time low Id suspect coupled with off the field mayhem!!
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Finnan, lacking first team match sharpness, would be a liability for the Italy game.
Well, he's not in the squad, so it probably won't be an issue.
But on the point itself, I'd tend to agree with you at first, but when you look at the options....is a 60% Steve Finnan worse than a 100% Kilbane?
Sadly, I don't think it's an easy decision to make if Finnan comes through a couple of matches for Portsmouth.
Let him get a run of games under his belt before we want hom playing the Italians
Has struggled so far to be honest
He played ninety minutes, Portsmouth win 1-0. How did he play?
Got skinned badly by Jarvis and gave away a free just outside the box in the first half. Improved in the second, although having said that, Wolves were poor and he wasn't under a whole pile of pressure.
His next match will be against Spurs, which will be a real test for him.
How did he do against Spurs today? I saw only the first fifteen minutes or so and he seemed to be doing quite well.
Surely, if fit, he's worth a place in the squad at least given our problems at left back.
Sky Sports ratings gave him a 6, and described him as "solid".
Fan ratings have him at 5.6
http://www.skysports.com/football/us...149814,00.html
Pompey lost full-back Steve Finnan through injury in the 40th minute and he was replaced by Nadir Belhadj.
http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/...1&league=ENG.1
Just reading back through the last few pages of this, and how come when Steven Reid gets injured and misses a large period of time he's being lauded like the second coming of Christ, and when Finnan, who has won the Champions League don't forget, is derided as someone that's not fit to lace the boots of Stephen Kelly.
Does Ian Harte rate higher on the radars of some people on here?
Finnan back would be excellent for Ireland. He doesn't do anything flash, but it's rare that he's ever let a team down either. No matter who Benitez tried to sign he kept coming back, and since he's left they've not sorted the position out at all.
He was subbed off at half time with Milan up 3-0.
Does that mean he only gets half a medal?
Its really not that complicated!!!
Did Stephen Kelly and Kevin Kilbane come on?
It was a tactical change because Rafa went 3-5-2. Finnan was not at fault for the goals.
He was one of the best full backs in Europe at the time.
Just splitting hairs, but Finnan got a thigh injury in that game and was injured. I was incensed at the time as I thought it was tactical and it was sheer madness that Traore stayed on at Finnan's expense.
Hardly splitting hairs. Paul Tomkins outlines it in detail. Benitez had has tactical plan and had spent five minutes outlining it to the players before the physio came over and told him Finnan wasn't fit to play on. Iirc as a result one player who had been told he was coming on and had got togged out had to be told not to bother. I'm not 100% sure of the details but I think jmurphyc is. Big Liverpool fan.
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