Was it smallbone that referred to the rep of Ireland as" them" ?
I might be misquoting tbf
We are just two weeks away from S.K first game and i have seen a lot of his team play in the Toulon tournament with oconnor ronan etc..
he plays grass football from the back with a back 4 line. with two central midifielders and 3 supporting attacking midfield players and a main number 9. in a 4-2-3-1
This I do think this is gonna be S.K first eleven in my opinion, just because of what he said, and preparing for the games with slovakia and maybe bosnia/nordies.
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McGoldrick doesnt suit his team as a number 9. Maybe in Brady's place as a number 10, in the hole. He talked a lot about Robbie Brady, i think he is gonna be his number 10.
Right Midfield i think is gonna be young Doherty or Robinson.
and the goalkeeper spot, i am more than sure that he is gonna blood those Kelleher's gloves sooner than later.
I think he is gonna choose Kevin Long over Duffy because Duffy has a tendency to boot it long from the back.
From what i watched on espn last year, his team switches from 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-3 or 4-1-2-3 when attacking.
The James McCarthy role is of a playmaker role from the back. He uses a deep-lying playmaker.
i think that is gonna be his first 11
Kelleher/Randolph
Coleman K.Long/Duffy Egan Stevens
McCarthy Hourihane
Doherty Brady Connolly
McGoldrick/S.Long
Interesting assessment RE: Brady. Would not be thrilled to see McGoldrick lead the line as I don't think that role suits him.
If Kenny is going to focus on football, I'd suggest Clark will be well placed to start, as I'd say he's probably our best footballing centre half.
I guess what I'm saying is....McGoldrick is in the form of his life and Brady has been up to a whole lot of nothing for an extended period now. Why should we give Brady such a crucial position and play McGoldrick essentially out of a position as a No. 9?
I'd love to include Brady somewhere on the field but I'm not sure on form he's earned it (and I appreciate he's had a horrible time with injuries and it isn't entirely his fault).
Disagree that McGoldrick played better for us than Sheffield United. He has been absolutely vital for the Blades despite his low goal output.
we've got to rate strikers for their goals scored. Defenders for defending and midfielders for marking and creating football. That club got lucky, because goals came from everywhere, but he has to score more. Simple.
McGoldrick needs the football around him, at his feet. He is more of a bit like a classic number 10 than a number 9.
Agree re Brady. He is way off a number 10 role or even centre mid at any decent level at this stage of his career.
His awareness and speed of thought is too slow. He' need to be coming on to tne ball and have rhe game in front of him.
That's why he spends most of his time at Left full / left wing back now.
Re Kenny line up McGoldrick could play a Firmino role , dropping deep and with the pace of connolly / long or obamei out wide. 433
im based on the players SK likes or has talked about. if we play 4-3-3 Shane Long has to start as a number 7 role, right forward, which is for me his best position. The today's 4-3-3 needs lots of energy and practice otherwise youve got outnumbered in midfield.
i think Kenny will try a 4-2-3-1 from what i ve watched of his teams for Eire.
Brady cant play left back in my opinion, only as an emergency cover. But the guy is a midfielder
i would try a 3-3-1-3 but thats very hard in a training camp of 3 days.
If 4-2-3-1 I'd go with something like this -- in practice could be more of a 4-3-3 at times as McGoldrick and Connolly take up attacking positions and Doherty drops back into the defensive third.
--------------Randolph----------
Coleman--Egan--Duffy---Stevens
-------McCarthy----Hourihane
Doherty------McGoldrick----Connolly
--------------Obafemi--------
No we don't. Roberto Firmino scored 9 goals this season.
That's less than:
Neal Maupay
Troy Deeney
Michail Antonio
Teemu Pukki
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Chris Wood
Tammy Abraham
Do you think they're all better strikers or they've had a better season than him? Rating strikers on goals alone is nonsense and shows a complete misunderstanding of the roles they play in the team or the nuances to the position. Why do you think Sheffield United got goals from elsewhere? Why do you think Wilder rates him so much? He's a very good footballer in fine form, he's crucial to how they play and he'll be a key figure for us.
Good post. I wouldn't be surprised to see the squad link up in England ahead of travelling to Bulgaria, it would be understandable. This is what I think will come to pass for a travelling squad.
GK: Randolph; Travers; McDermott;
DF: Coleman; Christie; Duffy; Long; Egan; Dara O'Shea; Stevens; Manning;
MF: Doherty; Molumby; McCarthy; Cullen; Hendrick; Brady; Byrne; McClean;
FW: McGoldrick; Idah; Connolly; Obafemi;
I think one of Brady or Hourihane is in trouble. Personally I'd like to see Alan Browne included, but I think it would be hard for Kenny to include Molumby, Byrne, Cullen and Browne ahead of Brady and Hourihane, despite Brady not being in anyway effective for a long time for us, and in general.
I just have a gut feeling that Idah is going to be included, and honestly, I think he'll start in Bulgaria. The boy scores goals, its that simple.
-------------Randolph,
Coleman, Duffy, Egan, Stevens;
--------Molumby, McCarthy,
---Doherty, McGoldrick, Connolly,
-----------------Idah
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Good mixture there and a nice looking side. The (probably necessary) shoehorning of Doherty aside, looks very well balanced.
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