Interesting. Strachan already seems to have great faith in some of the kids at Celt!c. Unfortunately McGeady is looking a bit sluggish at the moment but a few of the Scottish lads are playing well under Strachan.Originally Posted by eirebhoy
It was great to read the positive comments about McShane in eirebhoy's post on another thread.
I have to say I was disappointed by Paddy McCarthy's performance against Sheffield United, he looked lost & out of position on a few occasions. But I thought David Connolly did very well for his goal, even if it took a fortuitous deflection.
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I thought McGeady was playing in a strange role, in the game I saw him play in, he was going from wide right to a sort of inside left position, leaving the right wing completely exposed. With Telfer still a new player at the club, and the defence woeful, no wonder they conceded so much, did Maloney play this role on saturday?
Sorry Tets, I didn't see any of Saturday's game. My TV sport allocation was taken up by cricket this weekend!
Rowlands played well against Hull, couple of decent shots on goal, back to taking on players. Deleaney didn't play well when he came on, no sign of any other Irish players in the hull team.
The midfield was:
--------Nakamura--------
Thompson-Lennon-Petrov
Nakamura was given a free role basically, he was everywhere. Thompson and Petrov were not confined to the left or right either, they were allowed roam.
Nakamura is exactly the type of player McGeady should be looking to follow. That is McGeady's position, behind the strikers.
Connolly scored a hattrick for Leicester tonight.
I don't know how McShane did for Brighton tonight but the fans love him:
http://northstandchat.biz/showthread.php?threadid=52907
Just seen the first comment on McShane since the match finished on that board:
"The back four actually played ok tonight, 2-0 flattered Reading and Dodd and McShane linked up well together with McShane being my Man of the match."
I really hope he keeps this up. He could be the top class all round centre half we haven't had since McGrath.
Priceless! wasn't everyone saying the same thing about O'Shea
I've never seen O'Shea get mom at centre half so not me anyway.Priceless! wasn't everyone saying the same thing about O'Shea
Glenn Whelan played full game for SWFC, and Damien Delaney played for Hull.
Leon Best (boo, or cheer, who knows?) scored & played well apparently.
Partridge & Coughlan both unused subs, but Ben Burgess came on for Hull with 6 mins to go.
Lee, Boland, Kelly & Butler all played 90 mins in Cardiff vs Leeds.
Gary Doherty wasn't even on Norwich's bench.
Kevin Foley and Rory Delap both played at right-back for Luton & Southampton respectively.
Mark Kennedy set up Wolves' first goal in a win over Palace, for whom Jon Macken played the whole game. Judging by the line-up in the paper, Kennedy played midfield, not left-back like I suggested yesterday.
Alan Dunne played right-back for Millwall against Coventry for whom Michael Doyle played left-midfield. No sign of Barrett.
That's seagulls bias because Brighton were only in the game for spells and rarely threatened. Reading were the better side and took their foot off the gas in the second half.
Have Boot Disk, will travel
Thanks for that. Without wishing to be too pedantic, Partridge came on in the 78th minute as a sub. Best went off injured in the first half. Broke a toe.
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Nothing wrong with being pedantic - my source was incorrect!
Latest on the rumour mill is that Wednesday have made a bid for wannabe Irishman, Lee Trundle.
Speaking of wannabe Irishmen, Liam Lawrence was excellent at Anfield according to The Times. Does anyone have any idea as to his status?
Trying to declare for Ireland, I read an interview with him in FourFourTwo abot a year ago when he said he was trying to get in touch with Brian Kerr about it. Nothing doing since though
That's been bantered about since he was at Mansfield. Nothing of note in a while though
Bloody typical. I do a huge amount of horsetrading with the wife so I can watch QPR vs SWFC on the telly. "But the future Ireland captain (Whelan) is playing and a young winger just released by Liverpool, unfairly", I tell her. Then Glenn Whelan gets injured after 20 mins & now I've got to sit through unlimited baby & chilbirth programmes for the next week. Whelan looks good though, Partridge didn't impress at all I'm afraid.
Yep. Agree with you. I was disappointed with Partridge's performance. However, it was his first league start of the season and away to QPR was a difficult one. He tried to take the full back a few times and failed miserably. One or two nice touches though - he has until Decemeber to secure a longer contract so fingers crossed.
The Times, in its Monday round-up of every game outside the Permiership has a "Blinder / Stinker" award in those games it doesn't give full match coverage to. Paul McShane, Damien Delaney & Mark Yeates all got "Blinder".
In an interview with Joe Royle he paid tribute to the club's academy, mainly due to Darren(?) Bent being included in the England squad. But he also singled out Owen Garvan saying that if a 17 year-old can run midfield like he did today the academy is proving its worth.
Alan Quinn was singled out in The Times as having had a great game too.
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