QuoteMcGeady does his best work in the middle right behind the strikers, not on the wing. He's a joy to watch running at centre backs. Stephen Ireland plays this position very well also. Stephen Ireland is the key to this team being successful.
Trap saying we don't have goal scoring midfielders to justify a 4-3-3 (or variation thereof)?
McGeady does his best work in the middle right behind the strikers, not on the wing. He's a joy to watch running at centre backs. Stephen Ireland plays this position very well also. Stephen Ireland is the key to this team being successful.
You might as well talk about Liam Brady circa 1986 being the key to this team being successful. SI doesn't want to play for Ireland fullstop.Originally Posted by Colbert Report
He means wingers, and to a lesser extent a Lampard-like centre mid. If you just drop a striker from our current team for, say, Gibson, you need the wingers to score a good bit more often than they do. We have centre mids who could play behind a front two (McCarthy and Gibson come to mind; even Andrews; heck, Robbie Keane, Duff, McGeady could all play that position before Hoolahan or Ireland or whoever comes into play), but that demands more of the three in the midfield, who then have to give more width, cover the full backs, etc. We don't have those guys either. In the end, it's probable we could make it work, but whether it's any better than what we're doing is open to speculation. Trap says no, though (and so do I, for whatever it's worth).
Maybe Ireland could play that role, but I don't see the point of talking about him.
You can't spell failure without FAI
In my "ideal" 433 pretty much everyone has license to get forward, cover and interchange except the 2 CBs. I'm not saying we should go all out total football but I think (like Liam Brady) that we do have players to make this work and I think that with more midfielders we'd have more possession and with more possession comes more chances. We can play more on the front foot, not be outnumbered in critical areas and not spend so much time chasing around after the ball. I hate talk of players having to cover. For a start it's a given in any formation, but why don't we try and make the opposition cover for our attacking players? Everything about Trap's thinking is defeatist.
As you say though, it's all speculation.
McGeady was substituted after an hour today in the Moscow derby against Dinamo. Spartak 2-0 up and look like they will maintain their 100% start to the season.
EDIT: Final score Dinamo Moscow 0-4 Spartak Moscow
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"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
McGeady played an amazing ball to Ari to set up the counter attack for the first goal. Spartak look to be really ticking so far this season, let's hope they can do the business and qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.
Unai Emery is a good coach, I reckon McGeady will do well under him!
Spartak against Zenit is live on ESPN on Saturday morning from 10:30.
After a great start to the season, the wheels came off big time for Spartak today.
Lost 5-0 away to Zenit St.Petersburg and McGeady sent off (straight red card) after 63 minutes.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
He's correct.
Andrews: 1 in 10.6
Duff: 1 in 12.5
Whelan: 1 in 21
McGeady: 1 in 26
Hunt: 1 in 39
Those are awful stats, all worse than both our centre backs.
Anyone watching this match? Dirk Kuyt just scored to make it Fenerbahce 1 Spartak Moscow 1
Stunner from Kombarov from McGeady's corner. Great goal. Spartak 2-1 up at home in the first leg.
Spartak 2-1 up now. McGeady with the assist from a corner.
GOAL!!
Kombarov scores a peach of a volley with McGeady assisting with a sweet floated corner.
Ballooned a great chance to make it 3-1.
Great movement from McGeady there, shame the finish didn't match the pass.
Will be tough to see them getting through after giving away that goal! What was the keeper doing?
They'll have to score at least once in Turkey, you'd think. Tough task.
I think they will ... they enough attacking options in that team - they will concede especially with that keeper!
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