Second goal in two games for him today. Seems to be on a run of appearances and form… worth a look?
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Against NZ most players are probably worth a look. Would have been great to see a few players like Taylor, Azaz, McGuinness etc get capped.
It's a nothing game really and knowing a few uncapped players would make their debuts would make the game interesting and worth watching rather than watching for the sake of watching.
Couldn't agree more with this. The best think SK could have done for his last game is cap a few new players that are overage for the Under 21 squad and could be ones to fully break through next year. McGuinness, Azaz, O'Brien and Taylor would be all worth a look at this point. I'd leave Andy Moran with the Under 21s until next time around.
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Don't understand why he isn't in the Irish squad, at least ahead of McGrath, who couldn't even make it at Wigan Athletic.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Maybe merits a look in the future but he has only played 280 minutes out of a possible 1440 minutes in the Championship this season. Hardly lightening it up, recent purple patch aside, and stretching it to criticise Kenny’s squad selection based on him scoring the weekend after the squad was selected …….
True, but at the time of the squad announcement on Thursday, Taylor had played three times more minutes since the last game against Gibraltar than Molumby(166 v 52). If you include the weekend's games for Ipswich and West Brom, it's four times as many(244 v 60)
Started & scored in the FACup game today.
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I wondered why Taylor was missing from recent Ipswich squads. He picked up a quad injury late last month and has been out of action since. He will be 26 in June, but was beginning to progress in the Championship: almost 1200 minutes of first team action in all competitions this season, 5 goals and 3 assists.
That's certainly enough of a return from a midfielder to merit attention from the new management. Hopefully that injury clears up soon. Probably Sykes is higher priority, and maybe one or two others, but there are some interesting attacking midfield options to consider, and if any one of them steps up to the Premiership we'll be in a much better place in midfield. We could really use some cover/competition for Cullen though.
That's worth experimenting with in a friendly if only so we have some alternatives if Cullen is missing for an important game.
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