Well I think it's safe to say he's not going to use him in either of those roles specifically. Worth reminding ourselves what the man himself said about this "conundrum"...
Originally Posted by Stephen Kenny
Usually in a 4-3-3 your 3 midfielders would have 2 sitting and 1 playing off the front man ( Kenny did this with U21s). In that type of formation the midfield is narrow and the width comes from the 2 wide of the front 3.
My point being that Doherty doesnt fit anywhere there.
Well I think it's safe to say he's not going to use him in either of those roles specifically. Worth reminding ourselves what the man himself said about this "conundrum"...
Originally Posted by Stephen Kenny
Regardless of whether SK is a 442 manager, i think he does need to adapt to a back 3 in order to get our best players on the pitch in their most effective positions.
Randolph
Doherty coleman duffy egan stevens
Mccarthy cullen
Long mcgoldrick connolly
We have players such as Clark who are also familiar with playing in a back 3, and brady would provide decent cover at LWB.
With the players we have at our disposal a back 3 could be maintained through injuries and supensions, not just reverted to when doherty and coleman are both available.
Didn't MON play a back three for awhile, after we got hammered by wales? if memory serves we stopped conceding goals, but seemed incapable of putting an attack together
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I think the idea with a 5-3-2 is that your wingbacks join the midfield in attack, and your wide forwards also drop into midfield when you lose possession. It's not that you "do away with a midfield," it's just that you drop the idea of a static midfield.
It really does require the right personnel though and a team well versed in the system. I don't think there's any question that we have the personnel. The major issue is getting everyone comfortable with the system within the short time frames of international windows. It does help that a decent chunk of our squad play similar systems with their clubs.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
The squad will be released on Monday.
dont think of any other player who could be selected outside of this extended list
Darren Randolph (West Ham United)
Mark Travers (Bournemouth)
Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool)
Sean McDermott (Kristiansund)
Seamus Coleman (Everton)
Dara O'Shea (West Bromwich Albion)
Shane Duffy (Brighton & Hove Albion)
John Egan (Sheffield United)
Kevin Long (Burnley)
Cyrus Christie (Fulham)
Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United)
Enda Stevens (Sheffield United)
James McCarthy (Crystal Palace)
Ryan Manning (QPR)
Harry Arter (Fulham)
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers)
Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers
Alan Browne (Preston North End)
Jack Byrne (Shamrock Rovers)
Jeff Hendrick (Newcastle United)
Robbie Brady (Burnley)
Callum O´Dowda (Bristol City)
Connor Ronan (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa)
Jayson Molumby (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Josh Cullen (West Ham United)
James McClean (Stoke City)
Callum Robinson (Sheffield United)
David McGoldrick (Sheffield United)
Cillian Sheridan (Wisla Plock)
Aaron Connolly (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur)
Shane Long (Southampton)
Sean Maguire (Preston)
Adam Idah (Norwich City)
Last edited by Bielsa´s irish; 22/08/2020 at 1:42 PM.
Idah is with Norwich
Obafemi should be in the squad, Smallbone has a chance also, as does Knight.
Obafemi should start imo.
I think people are going to be v disappointed with the squad.
I dont think obafemi. Molumby or smallbone will make it
I really hope Kenny picks a squad of players he wants to play the type of football he wants not just the players who have played the most league football. 23 man squad
Keepers : Randolph kelleher and travers. O hara will never be good enough at this level i think and o Leary looked poor with his feet for Shrewsbury in the fa cup
Defenders : Doherty Steven's Coleman Duffy Egan Clark (back fit now) Masterson manning
Masterson has higher ceiling than long or lenihan and is by miles the best footballing centre half we have so I hope Kenny nurtures him to help mature him as an international. O shea would also be close and would be competing against Masterson I guess but I would have Masterson as the better footballer
Manning poor left full defensively but offers alot offensively so would be great to find a way to have him involved and can be improved as a defender hopefully
Midfield : McCarthy Cullen Hendrick hourihane Brady molumby byrne
This gives you 3 defensive midfielders McCarthy cullen and molumby 2 eights in hourihane and Hendrick and 2 10s in Brady and byrne.
Browne gets left out cause we dont need another 8 and I don't think he is a creative 10 if we going to try and play through midfield
O dowda just hasn't done enough to be a 10 and I think Byrne and Brady have an edge on him but I like o dowda. When crowley is eligible I'd see him involved
Whelan gets leapfrogged by molumby on the basis of trying to build for future
Arter misses out cause he has been poor for us so far
Smallbone maybe it's a bit early especially since it's not a tying him down situation now if those new rules are coming in. Bit early for knight as well in an area that we have reasonable depth.
Attack : mcgoldrick long obafemi Robinson connolly
Mcclean misses out as we have to experiment at some stage and give minutes to less experienced players who are younger and appear more suited to a ball retention style of play
Maguire misses out as I think Robinson is just a bit better
Partott and idah miss out as it's just a bit early I think but hopefully few months into season they will push long and Robinson for a place
randolph
coleman egan clark
doherty mccarthy stevens
brady
conolly mcgoldrick s.long
Is the squad announced today? if so what time does anyone know?
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