James McCarthy M Celtic b.1990

**tetsujin1979** · 21/04/2019, 6:28 PM

Interviewed after the game on off the ball

**Diggs246** · 22/04/2019, 10:48 AM

If James had been fit I think we would have went to Russia. The players are starting to suck desiel now. Can't wait for Denmark

**liamoo11** · 22/04/2019, 12:10 PM

If he could get a run of games he is so important to us and still relatively young. He will have had over a year to work consistently on his hamstring rehab which will have been a major advantage of recovering from his horrid fracture

**DeLorean** · 07/05/2019, 3:42 PM

McCarthy needs to get his future sorted out - https://www.irishexaminer.com/breaki...hy-922547.html

Glad to see Mick rates him as one of our best players at least.

**IsMiseSean** · 18/07/2019, 12:08 PM

Fabian Delph signed - McCarthy falling even further down the pecking order at Everton, but he did play in their friendly against Sion at the weekend.

Worryingly, I haven't heard/read anything about his future this summer.

**DeLorean** · 18/07/2019, 1:21 PM

He badly needs to get out of there for our sake! Tricky one though, he's probably on good money and his injury record makes him a very risky purchase. A loan deal might be the best bet all round, there was speculation Newcastle might be interested but nothing too credible.

**TrapAPony** · 19/07/2019, 9:24 PM

Crystal Palace have just bid £8 million for him according to Sky Sports News. James should jump at this opportunity.

**mark12345** · 19/07/2019, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by TrapAPony

Crystal Palace have just bid £8 million for him according to Sky Sports News. James should jump at this opportunity.

Have a feeling he'll end up at Newcastle

**Olé Olé** · 20/07/2019, 6:06 AM

If Palace are willing to pay £8m given his recent injury record then they clearly value him so I would jump at that.

**DeLorean** · 24/07/2019, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by IsMiseSean

Fabian Delph signed - McCarthy falling even further down the pecking order at Everton, but he did play in their friendly against Sion at the weekend.

Looks like PSG are going to sign Gueye now. Not sure if that will affect any potential McCarthy sale.

BREAKING NEWS
PSG agree £28m fee for Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye, according to Sky sources.

**Eirambler** · 06/08/2019, 10:02 PM

Signs for Palace. Reunited with his tribute act James McArthur.

Edit - don't think this is actually 100% confirmed yet but still looks likely to happen.

**Diggs246** · 06/08/2019, 10:28 PM

That's the piece of luck we needed. McCarthy is our only proper holding midfielder. Whelo has a heart of a lion but isn't good enough. James is

**DeLorean** · 07/08/2019, 10:21 PM

Transfer to Crystal Palace confirmed - https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2019/aug...crystal-palace

**gastric** · 07/08/2019, 11:50 PM

I read somewhere the fee was 3 million. He could turn out to be the bargain of the season

**The Fly** · 08/08/2019, 12:32 AM

Best of luck to him.

Can anyone remember back to his emergence at Hamilton Academical? I just keep wondering when reality will eventually match the early hype around one of our players...

**tommy_c12000** · 08/08/2019, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by The Fly

Best of luck to him.

Can anyone remember back to his emergence at Hamilton Academical? I just keep wondering when reality will eventually match the early hype around one of our players...

I still remember his debut for Hamilton, I read it in one of the old “Irish” shorts sections in the Sunday Times, as youngest player to make debut in Scottish league, think he was in first division then. But when I saw him play he never struck me as going to be a star, rather a pretty solid midfielder

**seanfhear** · 08/08/2019, 2:57 AM

Originally Posted by tommy_c12000

I still remember his debut for Hamilton, I read it in one of the old “Irish” shorts sections in the Sunday Times, as youngest player to make debut in Scottish league, think he was in first division then. But when I saw him play he never struck me as going to be a star, rather a pretty solid midfielder

Not a bad looking fella alright .

**irishfan86** · 08/08/2019, 4:36 AM

On his day he is still one of the best holding midfielders in the Premier League. For example I remember his quality really standing out in our victory over Germany a few years back. It would be great to see him string together a good few years now with Palace and play a key role for us in the upcoming Euros & World Cup.

**dr_peepee** · 08/08/2019, 5:28 AM

He always played with a maturity and cautiousness that belied his age. Almost to his detriment, I think. He’ll be a real Hodson stalwart if he can regain fitness. His teams are coached and disciplined to the nth degree. But McCarthy will just be a ‘vanilla’ player for the remainder of his career, for better or worse.

**DeLorean** · 08/08/2019, 9:18 AM

Originally Posted by The Fly

I just keep wondering when reality will eventually match the early hype around one of our players...

Interesting point. It could be viewed that playing over 200 Premier League games and playing a few years with a top 6/7 side is actually delivering on the hype, these days anyway, given how few of our players even achieve that.

There's a lot of excitement about Troy Parrott at the moment but what are the realistic expectations? That he'll become a regular goalscorer for Tottenham or another Champions League team? Or would we be happy enough if he's scoring goals fairly regularly for a bottom half PL side? I suppose at the moment we have to dream of the former, but how likely is it to happen?