QuoteAgree with that completely.
After those 2 games, with every player fit and available what do you think is our best team? I'd go with a similar formation to tonight...
--------------Given----------------
Finnan---Dunne---McShane---OShea
--------------Carsley--------------
---------A.Reid-----S.Reid---------
----Keane-----------------Duff----
---------------Doyle---------------
The back 5 picks itself I think.
atm there's no competition with Carsley for the holding role.
Steven Reid replaces Kilbane in tonights team. He's an excellent box to box player when given a run of games. Played very well against Sweden in Stans first match.
Andy Reid replaces Ireland. I have to say, Ireland impressed me tonight. One turn when McGeady passed it to him was excellent. He was full of confidence and did well. I just think Reid is the better player at the moment and has much more of an influence on games. When he plays the play goes through him and he has a fantastic football brain to link up play.
Keane would taking McGeady's place tonight. I think Keane would excel here. He basically plays there anyway for us but it'd be taking the pressure of his shoulders to score. He'd be playing with his head to goal rather than his back to goal and more likely to actually get a few shots off.
Duff obviously picks himself while Doyle was top class tonight as the lone striker.
I have to say, the look of that team really excites me.Maybe I'm overestimating the difference the 2 Reid's will make but I just think they're the type of players we badly miss.
Agree with that completely.
Hard to argue with your team there eirebhoy
Given that we have severe problems filling the full back roles, I wonder if Darren O'Dea could be a future left back for Ireland. Isn't he left footed and played there for Celtic the odd time? I'm not comfortable with any starting lineup that results in O'Shea starting.
People say Harte is slow but I don't think O'Dea is any quicker. I remember his first start for Celtic was at left back and he was exposed for pace. I've never noticed it at all when he plays centre half but then you don't need pace to play there. It might be worth a go but I don't see O'Dea as anything other than a centre back. I agree on O'Shea but as long as keeps things simple I'm happy.Originally Posted by Poor Student
Celab Folan may have something to say about thatAfter those 2 games, with every player fit and available what do you think is our best team? I'd go with a similar formation to tonight...
--------------Given----------------
Finnan---Dunne---McShane---OShea
--------------Carsley--------------
---------A.Reid-----S.Reid---------
----Keane-----------------Duff----
---------------Doyle---------------
The back 5 picks itself I think.
atm there's no competition with Carsley for the holding role.
Steven Reid replaces Kilbane in tonights team. He's an excellent box to box player when given a run of games. Played very well against Sweden in Stans first match.
Andy Reid replaces Ireland. I have to say, Ireland impressed me tonight. One turn when McGeady passed it to him was excellent. He was full of confidence and did well. I just think Reid is the better player at the moment and has much more of an influence on games. When he plays the play goes through him and he has a fantastic football brain to link up play.
Keane would taking McGeady's place tonight. I think Keane would excel here. He basically plays there anyway for us but it'd be taking the pressure of his shoulders to score. He'd be playing with his head to goal rather than his back to goal and more likely to actually get a few shots off.
Duff obviously picks himself while Doyle was top class tonight as the lone striker.
I have to say, the look of that team really excites me..
We need a Roy Keane. We keep producing these pacey wingers when we need a good midfield player. S Reid may do that when he comes back but we cant rely on carsley for much longer because he is coming to the end.
Yeah. This is a team that could take us through.Hopefully the two Reid’s are fit for our next games and I would be very optimistic about our chances.
You're spot on with alot of them choices eirebhoy but I have to disagree with you on O'Shea left back. He is absolutely terrible left back and is prone to costly mistakes from this position. I know everyone would like to see Finnan in his accustomed right back position but from a defensive point of view he's better at left back if you are to include O'Shea at right back.
Hard to argue with that.. Though I was impressed with Ireland tonight. Much more so than Saturday.
Me too. You all know of my undying love for Andy Reid though.Reid is the engine of that team. His positional sense, passing ability, decision making and basic intelligience is great.
If Ireland was to replace any player in that team it'd have to be Keane for me which shows how good a set of players we now have.
John O'Shea actually had a reasonably good game at right-back.
still no room for Stephen Hunt though? Maybe swap Andy Reid for Duff and then Hunt on the left?
Why the fúck would you want to drop Duff?!
Hunt is a good player..... But over rated!!!!!
Personally, I wouldn't let Andy Reid anywhere the team unless he was after a run of fine performances with his club. Likewise Steven Reid tends to go missing in games, so i'm not too excited about him either.
but I would go with:
--------------Given----------------
Finnan---Dunne---McShane---OShea
-Duff-----S.Reid--------Carsley------Hunt--------
----Keane---------------------
---------------Doyle---------------
Love to see Duff and Hunt playing together for 90 mins. (I personally think McGeady is supremely over-rated and shouldn't be anywhere near the team until he's playing day in day out consistently for Celtic (at least))
"A silent mouth is sweet to hear"
jesus McGeady was terrible tonight, it'll be another while before he starts a game hopefully. looked completely out of depth
we need to start getting a regular starting XI together and bar a couple of games where we would have to tighten it up, eirebhoys side looks quality
I'd take Hunt over McGeady, based on performances to date, there's no question imo.
Maybe some people have great expectations of him, I don't but I don't think he is overated. He has done superbly well in the last 2 games and that cross for Long was shall we say Duff-like in execution. Reminds me of Joey Haverty, a free spirited character, a real crowd pleaser.
Thats the best team Eirebhoy, though I doubt if ever we will have 2 Reids playing in the same team.
Don't think McGeady was terrible.. Sure there were occasions were he done the difficult bit and then fluffed the easy bit but one thing I like from him was that if he got stuck in a corner he was able to play his way out and play the ball back to start again rather than run aimlessly into a brick wall.
I expect Keane to start in his position for the next game but I'd have no gripes putting him back in again when required.
It seems for the first time there's some consistency. And more importantly if he sticks to that formation there's the flexibility to absorb the loss of players and almost seamlessly replace them, with the arguable exception of Carsley..
It's a formation that suits our playing resources!!
What's that based on? Since his debut against Canada (?) Reid has been one of our most consistent performers. On the wing he isn't great I suppose. He's a playmaker and it's something we could really do with. Tonight for example when we were on the back foot, Carsley and Kilbane were doing their defensive duties. Any time one of our players got the ball there was nothing they could do but punt it up the field and watch it come back. With Reid in the centre of the pitch he'll always be available to receive a pass and put it good use.
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