Along with the what team would you pick thread, I'm just wondering what people would actually do to sort the "problems" out?
Personally, I don't think there's a whole lot wrong but we need to get a few new players in and straighten things out. The following are things I'd suggest we need to do:
1. Put George back up front- Fenn's an excellent player, but he has not fitted into the team as well as we hoped.
2. Drop Flynn and put Doyler up front. Doyler's proved he can play up front and he's wasted on the right, Flynn just doesn't look up for it at the moment. He can't continue to play based on reputation alone.
3. Drop Dan Murray. He's not worked out as captain and his form has been brutal lately. We all know how good he can be, so why isn't he doing it? No excuses, at this stage he'd be the first out the door if I had my way.
4. Drop Danny Murphy- I know I'll get crucified for this, but he's getting caught out of position way too often for my liking. Can't have a solid back four if the left back keeps popping up at centre-mid all the time.
5. Sign a new centre half and a new central midfielder. Murray needs replacing, Benno would benefit from an experienced player alongside him. As for midfield, we just don't have the steel in midfield- we need someone to complement Gamble in there-someone like Hunt or Reynolds.
6. Get the spirit back. Things were great last season and until Europe before it started falling apart- they've had their clear the air talks or whatever now, its about time they realised we pay for them to wear their flash clothes and whatever else it is they do and start showing us some respect. A bit of fight out on the park would be a good start.
isn't that another reason to give him a rest?! I'm not saying he's crap or anything, but with Hoggy and Greg we have two very good full backs who could come in.Originally Posted by xtreme rebel
its a choice between dropping Fenn and dropping George- there's not room for both of them in the one team. And I wouldn't drop George.
The way we're going at the moment it seems like it's hard to fit both
1) George and Fenn
2) Colin and Gamble
in the team.
At the moment I'd pick Fenn ahead of George, especially if you're going to go with Doyle. I wouldn't bring Greg back, if anything I'd put Hoggy at RB and Woods back LB. But I don't think Danny Murphy has done much wrong.
Murray could do with a rest, but not until we sign someone decent.
Flynny will come good again, but isn't doing the business now, but I'd be tempted to give Behan a shot, overall what we're missing, as you point out Eanna, is a bit of height and steel up the middle.
Having a team like
Devine
Greg Benno Coughlan Woods
Nwankwo Gamble George S.O'Flynn
Behan Doyle
while it's not neccessarily what I'd pick based on each players individual merit, on the whole it's a bigger and stronger first XI than we're currently putting out, a change is as good as a rest and all that.
Still though, against DCFC on thurs, I might go with
Devine
Hoggy Benno Murray Murphy
Doyle George Gamble Kearney
Behan Fenn
if we're going to go long, we may as well have a strong target.
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Every player needs to remember that shíte performances are not good enough and dont cut it anymore.
Play like you mean to win ....... there is no if's or but's at this stage.
The players that put in the effort for the rest of the season should be kept, the ones with no pride, passion, balls or heart .... kick the fúckers to the curb.
Get the fúck off the team and stop getting in the ****ing way.
And passing the fúcking message on !!
Remember ...........
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ah..eannas back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so ur playing george and doyler up front
no way would i drop fenn. he has been one of the + pionts this season.
also i reckon we will see less and less of georgie this season
how the fcuk can he go back intothe dressing after the comments about foriegn players...do we wnt danny to get a jail sentence
when all are fit and providing george goes
hoggie,murray,benno,murphy
doyle gamble colin kearney
fenn s o flynn
Eanna, Fenn has been our player of the season imo with Danny Murphy a close second. They're the last two you should drop. Of course there's room for Fenn and Georgie in the same team, there have been games this season when we have been brilliant because of them playing in the same team. I think if we had the right player next to Georgie in midfield with Fenn and Doyler (or Flynny firing on all cylinders) up front it would work very very well.
Corner, surely Georgie and any players he's insulted can resolve their differences for the good of the club..... hopefully anyway!
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i hope so, but dont think danny would take too kindly to being called a foriegner
Maybe he didn't call Danny a foreigner though! Danny, Dan and Fenn all consider themselves Irish, I think Danny even has an Irish passport. I'm nearly 100% certain that Georgie was not referring to any of that trio in his comments. I think he was talking about players from much further afield. To be honest I interperated that remark as a dig at the Lopez signing in particular.
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You're right when you say with the RIGHT player next to George it would work. But we don't have that player, and based on that we have to pick a team. Fenn has been good, I wouldn't deny that. But I honestly don't think that having him and George in the team works. Not with who we have right now anyway. Fenn is a class act, but if it came to a straight choice between him and George, I'd pick george every time. Whatever about the rights and wrongs of george giving out to the media he was spot on when he said it shows that he and flynny are being missed. He was class up front for us and he shouldn't have been moved.
As for Murphy-like I said he's a very good player, but he keeps charging forward too much and I think its affecting our defence. I honestly think part of the reason Dan Murray's been so poor is that he's been trying to cover Murphy and has been caught out of position.
did anyone ever think that the answer could be right before our eyes with swapping georgie with fenn...put fenn in the middle as a plymaker,after all, he does spend a lot of the game comin deep to get the ball...people might say hes to weak but i dont buy that.. we have often see him hold 2/3,maybe 4 players off to bring somebody into the play
I think it would be worth a try definitley. I just wonder whether Fenn would really be able to impose himself in midfield-no harm in trying it at all though
Agree totally with Dropping Flynn and Murray. Murray has been poor of later and we all go "Christ, whats he going to do now" when he has the ball everytime he get possession. As for O Flynn, he is someone seriously lacking a bit of balls and heart...
Doyle up front - Yes Definetly (best position for him and he loves playing there)
Fenn in Midfield - No as he would be ok creativity wise but terrible defending wise
Drop Danny Murphy - No way. He is a good player. Besides, who else. Billy Woods. You may as well not have anyone playing left midfield then with him left back as all he does is hoof, hoof, hoof!!
Behan start - Yes, give the fella a run of 4-5 games. He deserves his chance. Start either him and Doyle or, Fenn or Doyle.
George - i would not start him another game if i was dolan. what he said over weekend was a disgrace and if i was a team mate of his, i would have told him so. *****.
No argument here.
But who do we play instead of Murray? Colin in the back 4 again? We need Coughlan back in the squad. Part time or otherwise. I know he hoofs the ball and isn't the fastest player, but it would create competition for places.
Flynn needs to be dropped, if only to give him a kick up the @rse. Behan or Doyle up front. I don't care which. A spell on the bench to try and wake up JOF is required.
Why not play both of them up front together or one behind the other in a kind of 4-4-1-1 formation.
Agree
I'd bring back Derek to play with Benno.
Don't like the idea of Billy anywhere near the team, he's awful, what about Hoggie at LB, i'm sure at this stage he'd do anything to get a game.
We've needed this kind of a player since Reynolds left and all on this board have been aware of this, shame the management haven't. Lopez may fill this role who knows?
Derek would certainly help this, when was the last time we had a player sent off? or even booked for a Deckie Style tackle, we need players who will do anything it takes, Blood Sweat and Tears,
EH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
liam kearney
I think going 3-5-2 might help ye, somewhere along the lines of:
............................Devine................ ............
.............Horgan....Bennett....Murray.......... ...
Colin T......Gamble ....Georgie.....Kearney...Woods.
......................Fenn.....Doyle.............. ............
I think this gives ye good height and football ability at the back. wide lads that can defend, a good mix of pace skill and bottle in the middle, and two cracking strikers.
Plus it would make John O'Flynn move his ass into gear rapid....
That looks good alright !! but i'd switch Benno and Murray ..... but afraid Murray would get turned to easily, Benno would react faster. Could be some great football played in the middle.
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i like, but drop woods
I'd play hoggy right back and greg right back. wouldn't let Billy anywhere near the team. as for the 3-5-2 thing- not a chance. don't trust the formation at all
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