Nah, one thing a midfielder in the centre needs is the ability or knowledge to let the ball do the work. Hunt is the opposite of this. The limitations that he shows on the wing would be heighten even more in the middle, the same way it did with Kilbane. The only way it would work is if you wanted someone to get on to their holding midfielder the way Kilbane did in Paris. But he would have no ability to construct anything whatsoever and at home to Cyprus this would be a disaster and even worse than Miller.
I am not fan of Miller and I would have Andy Reid in the team.
In Trap we trust
Miller's main problem apart from being weak is that he over hits his passes. Watch the amount of times he plays a through ball and it either goes over the byeline or straight to the opposing keeper. Hunt at least will get stuck in and carrys a greater goal threat than Miller and Trap might play him. My own choice would be A.Reid simply because he knows where to put the ball for Keane and Doyle.Originally Posted by third policeman
Folan, Stokes, Gibson, Andrews and Foley all called into the senior squad: http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3682
There's no way Trap is ever going to pick Hunt in the Steven Reid position, simply because he can't tackle for nuts
Good article on football365, about how this game will be used to measure the progress of the team so far under Trapattoni: http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...276277,00.html
are u off ur head man, hunt for central midfield.thank God duffer is back to replace hunt thats all i say.
Given
Foley - Dunne - O 'Shea - Kilbane
Mc Geady - A. Reid - Whelan - Duff
Keane - Doyle
Trap's comments today seem to suggest that Folan is third choice forward behind Keane and Doyle and could well come off the bench if we are struggling. Trap was very impressed with how Folan played last night. Quick feet good in the air puts himself about and can hold the ball up. Great to have that option.
are u off ur head man, hunt for central midfield.
Yes I fear I am, but that's the effect of thinking through the consequences of Liam Miller being selected. You're right its a mad idea.
I don't think Hunt has anything like the touch, vision, composure or passing ability for CM and certainly not at international level.
His attributes are his tenacity and a good delivery from the left.
The Staunton era was typified by square pegs in round holes and picking Hunt in CM would be a continution of this flawed logic.
hunt should only be used as a sub, after his last performance id consider dropping him from the squad.
I have a feeling that some guys get punished by the fans for being more in the public eye as in Mc Shane or Hunt.
I am not a huge fan of eithers ability but both have great guts and determination. But they are the sort of guys that really go from heroes to zeros in no time.
Both deserve to be in the squad, no more and no less.
In Trap we trust
There's no place for that type of balanced opinion around these parts.
mcshane is fine in my eyes
If thats what your into........
I think you've picked his team dead on Hobo.
If I was managing, I'd go with Andrews and Whelan in midfield. As mentioned by someone else, Andrews is the closest we've got to Stephen Reid in terms of athleticism and style of play.
I'd be worried about Whelan and Andy Reid being overrun. I'm a huge Reid fan and will be happy for him if he gets the nod against Cyprus, but with some of their athletic players in midfield it may not be the best option for us in the end.
If Andrews steps out of the wilderness and into the starting lineup ahead of Andy Reid, I'll really feel for him though.
If he doesn't start this game, he probably never will this campaign barring injury to Robbie.
if andy reid doesnt start this game, hes gonna be a permanent benchwarmer for trap. trap is a genius but i dont see the logic behind the selection of miller, although didnt 90% of irish fans say the same thing about whelan? maybe trap can get the best out of miller. anyway, we have to trust him, even with miller in midfield we should be looking to beat cyprus, we had graham kavanagh in midfield last time we beat them at home.
Sunderland v Arsenal midfield Walcott (Bendtner 66), Denilson (Nasri 73), Fabregas, Song Billong (Vela 87), Van Persie
Reid had a good game against a 5 man Arsenal midfield which is some way better than the Cypriot's. Duff and McGeady both cover back so there is no chance of us getting over run this time. Remember Reid's man of the match performance against the German's. He should be in the starting eleven for this game.
[QUOTE=tetsujin1979;1037636]Didn't Reid play on the left wing in that game?[/QUOTE
He played on the left side of a 5 man midfield but not on the wing. Very similiar to the position S.Reid played against Montenegro. Sunderland's game plan was to make sure Arsenal could not get in behind their full backs and Reid played his part in restricting Arsenal to 2 real chances from open play for the entire game (Gordon save from Van persie and the disallowed goal). Reid doubled up with mcCartney so well that Walcott was taken off.
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