If we've managed to clone Ogbene and get away with him as a 12th man we might just have a chance!Originally Posted by Olé Olé
There is only two Ogbenes ! !
We all dream of a team with two Ogbenes, a team with two Ogbenes...
To me Ogbene and Brady as wingbacks seems the most likely setup with that lineup.
4-4-1-1 it seems. Ogbene and Szmodics wide, Azaz in the 10 position behind Ferguson. Brady left back and Scales centre back, probably Collins the other CB and O'Shea at right back (those two could be the other way around but that seems more likely). HH clearly has a curve ball or two in his team selections, I definitely didn't expect Azaz to start. Other than that, close enough to earlier predictions, a bit of a shuffle at the back with AO out and Scales in.
I wasn't far off. Azaz in for Parrott and Knight in for Molumby.
Interesting to see him go for Knight over Molumby. The return of Cullen evidently changes the midfield dynamic. Was Azaz injured during the last window? I can't recall. Always striking to see players who weren't involved at all in the previous window suddenly starting in the next.
End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!
Azaz was fit last time, but Hallgrimsson didn't pick the squad. O'Shea and (more likely) McCarthy did and left us woefully short on centre mids once the decision was made to switch to three in the middle.
Why.. de f.. do I have to look at Robbie Brady.. again
Why...
Personally I'd have maybe shuffled the back four and put Scales at left back and Omobamidele in at centre back. But then Omobamidele hasn't been playing for his club at all. And Scales didn't look as confident for Celtic playing left back as he has at centre back. The other option is O'Shea at left back, but then you probably need to put Omobamidele back in at right back.
Basically there's no good option at left back, but I'm far from convinced that Brady is the least worst one.
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That’s horrific from Collins …
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
A shame to give away that goal, considering we are actually playing decent for once.
What the hell was that goal disallowed for?
Must've gone out of play, definitely wasn't offside
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
We actually look better than this crowd.. what a sickener of a goal to give away
Some of the balls being played to Ferguson are ridiculous. I've no issue with a direct style of football but he's double or treble marked and it's being sent up to him to try to win a header.
With that said he looks a shadow of the player he was 2 years ago.
I'm not at all sure about O'Shea at right back.
Cullen is very important to us.
Can any other player take a free/throw/corner, other than Robbie Brady.. he'd sicken your hole, every single time grabbing the ball..
The first sign I'll take of leadership in that team, is when I see a player tell him eff off back to left back
Tough to watch this. Don’t deserve to be behind but have done nothing to show we should be ahead. One stupid moment later and we’re behind. Aimless stuff. And Ferguson is not a target man.
Plus ça change…
Brady is by far our best free kick taker and can still cross a ball better than anyone else. Not sure why he's in the squad though, Ryan Manning surely deserves a run?
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