"Who would you have replace him?"
That's your first mistake. And quite frankly it's been the mistake of the manager for quite some time now. Similarly you can blame the manager for continuing to select Ward. Clark, Andrews, Pearce, Duffy are all better options at center back, yes Andrews. But that's not the point. The point is that O'Shea is not of international standard, never has been. Yet we persist with him. He could never be accused of being a Richard Dunne for his bravery. He has absolutely nothing going for him as a defender. If you didn't see that long before he gave away two goals to the Italians at Croke Park, then what can I say.
And if any of the quartet I mentioned above failed to work out then I would go down the divisions to find a proper defender for the job. You just can't keep playing a sub standard player because there's no one else. There's always someone else.
Bookmarks