No conor was. My understanding from his comments is that kenny indicated he rested an semi injured McCarthy. With no reference to jeff an conor, so he actually dropped jeff and conor. Whether you or me like it or not James McCarthy will start against Slovakia.
On a side note did Conor, jeff , arter or anyone else anchor an FA winning midfield including beating Manchester city in the final.....#fact !
Diggs i thought the consensus on here was they weren't dropped? No one was technically dropped? Are you just putting 2 and 2 together?
"Kenny said that a decision to change his entire midfield was not a reaction any performances in Thursday's draw with Bulgaria, suggesting that both Jeff Hendrick and James McCarthy needed their game-time managed."
Hourihane i think could have played himself out of the squad nevermind the team!
Last edited by paul_oshea; 07/09/2020 at 2:22 PM.
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And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
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I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Not great alright diggsy.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Pretty sure I remember McCarthy being involved in a heavy enough looking 50/50 tackle in the first half against Bulgaria too, just a week after getting injured in a similar collision. Anyway, I really shouldn't be giving this ludicrous theory oxygen by arguing the point.
Damning might be a bit strong. But if I was conor I would be nervous and not expecting to start v Slovakia.
We cant afford pedestrians players. Conor disappears for large parts of the game. Jeff does too but jeff has had some world class moments. I wouldnt play either of them
I think his place is on the line alright. I suspect it'll be McCarthy and Hendrick and AN Other, probably Arter, but there's no finesse in there really unless McCarthy really brings his A game. And no set piece threat either, which unfortunately we need. I think we're all a bit in the dark still about what the line up will be.
Yeah. We also have to remember that all teams that pull off 4-3-3 have ball playing centre backs. When the team is in possession the centre-backs essentially function as deep lying midfielders and provide an outlet for possession. It's a form of defending by never losing the ball. Barca 2011 had Pique and Mascherano, Ajax 1995 had Blind and Rijkaard. This is how they were able to dominate centre midfield without playing extra central midfielders: their centre-backs morphed into extra centre midfielders. Mascherano himself was actually a midfielder of course, as was Rijkaard.
We have Duffy and Egan. They are great defenders, but ball playing deep lying midfielders they are not. So we do both them and our midfielders a disservice with 4-3-3. And opposition managers know this.
Last edited by brine3; 08/09/2020 at 2:49 PM.
world class perfromance so far. Assists for the goal today
Townsend was credited with the assist
It was not the primary assist but McCarthy’s intervention allowed the counterattack to happen. Good reading of the game.
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