Quoteyeah out for 3 weeks with 2 cracked ribs......oh b0llox
cracked rib, just gettin reports.....
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
yeah out for 3 weeks with 2 cracked ribs......oh b0llox
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
This is all we need. Kavanagh-Holland partnership against the Swizz i hope. We can still do it, we're a lot stronger than last year.
Well thats us ****ed, I think we should now go with:
Duff Reid O'Shea Finnan/Miller
in midfield.
We beat the Dutch away from home without Carr, O'Shea, Roy, Duff and Miller (if you can include him as a first teamer). I think we should still be expecting to beat the Swizz.
The last time we played Switzerland we Breen and O'Shea at centre half as well as a player who couldn't make the crumbling Leeds team, Harte. Colin Healy in the centre with an out of form Kilbane on the left and Duff on the right. Also, the worst forward partnership in a long time, Connolly and Keane up front. We're a lot stronger with or without Keane and the Swizz are a lot weaker.
carnstien - We can do a lot better than that midfield.
Wouldn't mind seing Delap in central mid field now in his place.
Dam.
Out for Cyprus(H) and Switzerland(A), but back for France(A).
Could be worse I guess, but we have plenty of options in midfield.
Not the end of the world.
Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.
Did it hurt much, Roy?
Story seems to be that he's been playing with cracked ribs for a few weeks but that a scan today revealed the possibility of him puncturing a lung so he's going to have to rest up while they heal.
Will be a loss, but we're used to playing and beating teams without him at this stage, he's only played 2 of our last twenty odd games ffs, it's hardly an insurmountable crisis
I'm glad you're not the manager soOriginally Posted by carnstien
Seriously though, O'Shea was a brief stop-gap in midfield for United, he's not an international class CM, he may be at some stage in the future, but let him learn his trade at United in 80+ games over a few seasons, not in qualifiers for the WC.
I think you'll see Kavanagh/Holland step in to take the midfield holding roll. I don't think they'd play well together. I'd probably go for
Miller Holland Kilbane Reid
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
miller reid kilbane duff
Why is that? Kavanagh has yet to play in his normal role for Ireland. Kerr usually makes him play the holding role. Let Kavanagh boss the game as he does for Cardiff and play Holland as the anchorman and I think it'll be a great partnership.
Holland is injured by the way !! he isnt likely to link up with the squad
I know he's injured but I don't know where you heard he's unlikely to link up with the squad. He has a bruised ankle and should be back this weekend.
Miller Kavangh Kilbane Reid
Duff up front
I honestly can't believe people still persist with this Duff up front ********, I really can't. It defies all logic. I'll never forgive McCarthy for starting that rubbish.
All in all this is a bad thing. Friendlies are one thing, this will be the real thing. The Swiss play the diamond fairly well so we will definitely miss having Roy to break that up. I haven't seen anything to suggest that we have improved that much since Basel that we don't need Keane playing. This sucks!
Bugger.
Well if they play the diamond then I'd advocate both Reid and Duff on alternate wings, just exploit the space down the wings. It'd be worth a go for a bit then rejig the midfield if it doesn't. The diamond can be a complete disaster if it isn't played to the letter.
If we played to the diamond I'd have:
Reid - Holland - Miller - Duff
and if the width idea didn't work, or Miller gave us enough width regardless:
Miller - Holland - Reid - Duff
That's a real blow losing Keane though, he really did make a difference and I don't think he'd let the game pass us by like it did when we got beaten out at the Wankdorf Stadium. Any excuse to use the stadiums name.
Ade
He is are best player by a country mile so no, we are not better off without him. The Swiss bossed us in the midfield both matches (I was at both games) and I haven't seen us do anything that suggests we are capable of changing that. Very, very worried.
Centre of midfield should now be 2 of Holland, Kilbane & Kav. Of these I think Kerr will always select KK so it’s a toss up between the other two.
Kav and Kilbane did really well against Brazil. Looked really solid. I was hoping for Kav to start ahead of Healy last time we played the Swiss.
Miller to come off the bench if it’s not working but solidity and strength should be the priority in Basle, let alone against Cyprus. Reid & Duffer out wide.
I’m wondering if Kerr may opt for a 5 man midfield against the Swiss: Reid, Kavanagh, Holland, Kilbane & Duff.
Quinn & Delap may have a role to play yet.
I agree totally with eirebhoy’s assessment of Basle last time out. We had a totally weak core: Breen & O’Shea, Holland & Healy. Harte was brutally out of form (even by his standards). I reckon the above selections, plus Cunningham’s return will change that.
Must admit I’m a little worried too though. Who’d take 4 points now? I would.
PS: based on the 20 mins I saw last night Shay & Carr need to pull their socks up. Well played Doc.
Lads
From watahing the Bulgaria game last week here's the team i think he doing to go with now that Keane is out.
Given
Carr - RB
Cunningham - CB
O'Brien - CB
O'Shea - LB
Kilbane - CM
Holland - CM if fit
Reid - LM
Finnan - RM
Duff - CF
Keane -CF
I think it's the strongest team possible, Miller hasn't done himself too many favours with his recent performances as he still seem lightly off the mark and might need 10 or 15 games for united befiore he's ready, he hasn't played much football.
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