QuoteWhat I saw of McClean was him receiving the ball twice, gathering pace and running at a Spanish player, only to be easily dispossessed both times.
he did some decent defensive stuff though.
Come on lads, we could have had Pele at his peak in the team tonight and we still would have been trounced.
What I saw of McClean was him receiving the ball twice, gathering pace and running at a Spanish player, only to be easily dispossessed both times.
he did some decent defensive stuff though.
I noticed a distinct reluctance to pass him aswell.Originally Posted by osarusan
I noticed a distinct inability to complete more than one or two passes in a row the entire match, from the entire team. I highly doubt the rest of the team were refusing to pass to him.
Were Spain really that good tonight though? Yes they played well but basically we gifted them the goals and possession all night so I am struggling to really evaluate how good they were.
Agreed. He had 10 minutes 'fresh' alongside team mates who had ran their legs off for 80 minutes already and against opposition who were strolling it. He had a couple of runs basically down blind alleys from all I can remember
Im too emotinally drained to try and evaluate those two performances now and where we go from here. Just gonna try and enjoy the last game and a bit of craic with the fans and worry about it before the WCQ's begin......
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
What I saw was McClean receiving the ball from McGeady (?), ran into a couple of Spanish players, blatantly failing to do what he should have done - pass the ball back to McGeady (?) who was waiting to receive it in a good position. The second time was similar, from Ward I think.
He has the capacity to learn - I hope.
I'm not sure what's worse, Trap springing him 76 minutes gone in our second game, or people actually judging him and/or justifying leaving him off for so long, under such circumstances.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
It remains to be seen what positives come from McClean and what positives come from being put into that game which was totally lost at that stage.
Duff was thrown in as sub into the cauldron against Turkey in the play-off at Bursa. Afair, he did everything very tidy, it was not difficult to see that he would make the transition which came gradual over the course of the subsequent campaign.
This is basically McClean in a nutshell, he almost gave away a penalty as well.
He's tied to us now. Hands off our boys IFA!!!
He only had 10 minutes, he had to give it a go, he did go past 2 players taking the ball out of defence. He didn't have much
space when he was up front to get a good run at them.
You are more than welcome to him.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
James McClean dubs his Euros experience a "shambles":
And no other journalist heard this? And he kept it to himself for 6 days?
They were my thoughts after reading it in the Gibson thread. Utterly bizarre.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
James McClean dubs his Euros experience a "shambles":
Do you have page 65?
Don't, sorry. As I said in the Gibson thread, I got the scan off Twitter.
Did you notice the Duff: "I can't walk away" at the top?
Also there is a bit more on his blog "Stephen Hunt angry & in tears as he storms out after Italy defeat, Darron Gibson considers future."
Not surprised Hunt was upset, he never got a run out at all.
I have a feeling trap will have to go.
Last edited by tricky_colour; 25/06/2012 at 2:28 AM.
We had a chat with Hunt in Sopot before the Italy game and he told us he was promised that he would get a run. I'm sure there were several other similar cases.
Trappatoni made an absolute balls of this tournament. It's such a pity because I'd love to have seen us have a right go. Only 16 players used and we are getting hammered? You are having a laugh Trap.
Although the article is a bit strange in terms of timing etc, the contents are believable. If this does lead to more withdrawals or omissions then I think Traps position will have become untenable. I personally believe it already is untenable.
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