It was poor on Saturday but unsurprisingly so, which in turn has led me to be surprised by the reaction. It was always going to be a backs to the wall to protect our goal and hope to nick one from a set piece type approach.
I think the 5-3-2 worked ok though as others have said it does not suit McClean. It is difficult to accomodate all of O'Neill's 'undroppables' in such a formation. I would consider the undroppables (assuming fitness) as:
Randolph
Coleman
McClean
Duffy
Hendrick
Walters
Is O'Dowda now one too? I hope not. Maybe Brady when fit meets the criteria, and Christie seems to be edging into this territory - certainly when Coleman is not available.
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