Indeed, when you look at Ireland's midfield from mid-80's to early 00's you can see just how weak we are now - Brady, Whelan, McGrath, Townsend, Keane.
We don't have anyone fit to tie the bootlaces of those gentlemen do we?
It's always nice to have a rock in midfiled, we got pebbles baby
I don't expect much from either Reid as both have had injury problems pretty much regularly, I think Andy can be excellent, Steven though really hasn't built on the promise he showed in 02.
Carsley is decent but his role for Ireland is different to that in which he excels at Everton.
Then who we we have Miller? Makeshifts like o'Shea or Kilbane - our backline is so weak they can't be spared for midfiled duty.
And then we have the potential plyers like Potter, Gibson, Garvan, Whelan. But potential doesn't win games.
Having said all that we have enough quality to be competitive, Tarpp will organize us, my fear though is that we end up like the Kerr team, not giving away many golas but struggling to win.
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