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James McCarthy

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Khalekan said:
When was this phrase coined, Toff?

And by whom?
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MoutsGoat on here, but I think it is a general thing as well.

Traditionally, the '4' or '6' would be the holding midfielder - the sitter as it were. The '8' would be the all-round player next to him tasked with getting up and down the pitch and linking play - as far as I understand it.

The '10' was the second striker, but as 4-5-1. That's for English football.

On the continent it's very similar, but the '10' was the traditional playmaker/trequartista
 

Nymzee said:
Funny how one good performance erases the match against Belgium just 4 days earlier.
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No it doesn't, at all.

But as bad as he was against Belgium he was excellent against Italy - in a role that suited him perfectly and he is very good at.

Ireland played 4-3-3 in the opening two games and that literally suited nobody in their side.

They switched yesterday, with McCarthy sitting deep and Hendrick and McClean allowed to roam. It worked. When they needed a goal they then had to sacrifice the holding player for an attacker. AT that stage they had nothing to lose.
 

blueblue said:
There is a reason why Jeff Kendrick is playing championship football all his career so far, he isn't good enough for the premiership. He reminds me a bit of McLean, does well in a very moderate Irish team but will be shown up when he goes back to club football.

McCarthy on the other hand, who is more or less the same age as Kendrick has played nearly all his football in the premiership and if Everton decided to sell(which they won't) they would have no problem finding buyers.

Judging players based on tournaments such as this is not a good idea.
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I said only Coleman is good enough from the current Irish team to play for Everton, McCarthy IMO is crap we can do better in this position especially if we want top four. As for Hendrix I simply stated that he played very well in the games so far - not that he was someone we should buy.
 
Ruairi77 said:
Is McCarthy your new Howard Joey?
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No he had one great seasonn whether he is playing on injury?
My main worry his a goal tally when Barry has played defensive midfield for us he does not have the ability to split a defence with a through ball either first season he was very good, I suppose like the rest of them it all went wrong bar a few!
 
BlueToff said:
MoutsGoat on here, but I think it is a general thing as well.

Traditionally, the '4' or '6' would be the holding midfielder - the sitter as it were. The '8' would be the all-round player next to him tasked with getting up and down the pitch and linking play - as far as I understand it.

The '10' was the second striker, but as 4-5-1. That's for English football.

On the continent it's very similar, but the '10' was the traditional playmaker/trequartista
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This is all very confusing :blush:

Inside forwards for nos. 8 and 10 and half backs for 4 and 6 is not only self explanatory it is less mind boggling :pint2:
 

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