Team for Turkey named

[pete]

FAI.ie

Team: Colgan (Stockport); Finnan (Liverpool), O'Brien (Newcastle United), Breen (Sunderland), Harte (Leeds United); Healy (Sunderland), Kinsella (Aston Villa), Kilbane (Everton), Duff (Chelsea); Connolly (West Ham United), Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur).

[colster]

Originally posted by pete
FAI.ie

Team: Colgan (Stockport); Finnan (Liverpool), O'Brien (Newcastle United), Breen (Sunderland), Harte (Leeds United); Healy (Sunderland), Kinsella (Aston Villa), Kilbane (Everton), Duff (Chelsea); Connolly (West Ham United), Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur).

Predictable enough. Seems that he's basically trying his options in defence for the Swiss game with Cunningham suspended.
Bit disappointed that he sees Harte as the alternative to O'Shea at left back.
I would like to see Finnan given a go there.
I wonder if he'll play 4-3-3 tonight or will Duff play on the right. It'll be very interesting to see.

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i think 4-3-3 wouldn't really work with those players, can't see Connolly spending too much time wide of Doherty. Duff will probably line up on the right, he's been there for blackburn, will still cause problems, i know it's not his strongest position but at least our cover on the left is stronger than on the right at the moment. i reckon Doherty and connolly could combine well, but in the end i think the turks will overrun our midfield, not too confident about harte either.