QuoteYeah terrible news and feel really bad for the guy. Seems like a nice guy and he has had a real ban run of luck.
Big loss.
Terrible news. He is a massive loss.
Yeah terrible news and feel really bad for the guy. Seems like a nice guy and he has had a real ban run of luck.
Big loss.
In Trap we trust
awful, awful news for him and for us.
Surprised no-one has mentioned Joey O'Brien for his role, other option is of course Carsley for the year??
has to be carsley now dosent it, esp in the away games.Originally Posted by cavan_fan
Eh, why are you saying nobody mentioned Joey O Brien, when I suggested that he should start against Cyprus as he fits the bill of Traps type of central midfielder.
In Trap we trust
he played the weekend after the montenegro match, full 90 mins against arsenal i think
Havin a weekend away is quite frankly,lettin ur team mates down!
It's too early for McCarthy. While I was impressed watching him against Celtic in his last game, he looked a little out of his depth at times. A strong Polish team would eat the kid alive. The kid needs to leave Hamilton Academicals if he wants to progress as a player.
I would consider both Owen Garvan and John Joe O' Toole to be better options at this stage.
Yes he did and a friend of mine was at that game and commented that Reid looked slow and cumbersome, in hindsight he was obviously carrying an injury. Terrible loss for us, but not unexpected with his woes for the last number of years.
reid was class in that game - even had a piece on that game on wed night.
Awful blow, terrible for the player, terrible for us. Essentially throws places in centre mid wide open since Whelan's performance may suffer without Reid to hold his hand.
Good news is that Trap has shown that he is unafraid to throw a surprise in if he thinks it's the right call. I'm sure he'll take a look at some new options against Poland and we could see pretty much any of Whelan, Miller, Gibson, Reid, Andrews, Garvan, O'Toole, O'Brien, Carsley, Potter and god knows who else fighting it out. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
Big Blow but not fatal as Carsley will be brought back So it is sure to be Whelan and Carsley. There is no way Andy Reid will be starting under Trap. Trap made that clear yesterday. Joey O'Brien, Miller, Potter etc were not chosen to play against Cyprus so they are down the pecking order. Andrews is the player who might benefit. He will probably takes Reid's place at Blackburn at least until the jan window. Ince has now signed him twice so he rates him. Having watched a few of Blackburn's games this season I have been more impressed by Treacy but hopefully Andrews just needs more playing time.
Very sad for the him. He's a very very good player when fit. Who knows what he could have accomplished if he stayed injury free?
I'm telling ye, Trap get Fahey playing in that Poland match and give him the same instructions as S. Reid.
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Once again, fortune vomits on our collective eiderdown.
More crushing disappointment than any great surprise.
Gutted for him - he was flying.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Poor Reidy! Let's hope Trap uses the Poland game to try as many midfield options to come up with a defined Plan B
Tact is for people who are not witty enough to be sarcastic
like i said he wasnt, read the reports on it.
Balls
Will be interesting to see the squad for the next couple of friendlies..
Delap may get a chance yet.
Reid was the touch of class in the 3 games he played, I feel really sorry for him after missing a full year, he must have thought that he has had his share of bsd luck.
Sad for us because there is no obvious replacement. The crop of you playsers (Garven, McCarthy, McCann and O'Toole) are acouple of years off the level and experience. Trap seems to think a lot of Andrews so maybe he will get more time with Blackburn now. At 28 he will be keen and although no experience at international level he has been captain of a coup[le of clubs........... grasping at straws?
Given his injuries, I wouldnt be at all surprised if he retires from internationals. There's an old cliche about "retiring from international football to prolong my club career" but in this one instance, it would probably be practical. I would imagine Blackburn will be putting pressure on him to play less games. Hope I'm wrong though.
I once served him in my bartending days in SW London. A really nice guy, real shame for him, was turning into one of our best players too. Speedy recovery to him.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Such bad luck for the lad. I hope he can come back fom this again for his own sake.
But as for who to replace him alongside Whelan, its a no brianer really. I think we need a bit of experience and therefore, Carsley should be on the team sheet for the forseeable future, considering the situation with Trap and A. Reid. There is no other holding mid around that I would put my faith in to perform in there at the moment.
The letting go of Carsley has been cited in some quarters as a reason for Everton's poor defensive form at the start of this season due to his outstanding abilty to make the vital tackles and intrerceptions (although he can't pass the ball mor than 10 yards), what Trap is looking for it seems.
Carsley is a class apart at what he does to any other Irish mid at the moment and it should be him to replace S.Reid indefinitely in my opinion.
San Marino are going to be a handful as the group goes on." - Steve Staunton reacts to performance against San Marino.
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