James McCarthy

[Colemanesque]

McCarthy was fantastic last night.

Not a coincidence that his two best performances for Ireland have come when Whelan was abset (1-0 v Germany, 1-0 v Italy). He had serious pressure on him to perform after fierce scrutiny from the Irish media (and rightly so)

Hendrick - McCarthy - Arter will be a midfield trio we'll see alot for Ireland down the line

 

[blueblue]

Yes the one were her cut him in half as MaCarthy he is that slow - its payer style Payet I want In our midfield not a championship player which he would have been if relegated with Wigan!

That really is not right,
Yes, McCarthy cut Payet down to size, I didn't hear any of us complaining about it at the time. Payet was one of the players of last season and McCarthy ensured he didn't cause us any real damage. I don't believe it was his intention to injure the player, but sometimes it happens.
The injury was unfortunate , but injuries like that happen, it's just that the West Hams fans squealed like stuck pigs long after it happened.
We had Cleverley injured in a similar way against Spurs and just got on with it. In previous seasons I remember Jagielka, Arteta and Anichebe to name just three and again , we just got on with it. If memory serves me right , I think Jagielka was injured against Arsenal last season as well in a bad tackle..it happens.

McCarthy was brilliant for us when we finished fifth, the fear was that Spurs were going to offer 24m and we were going to lose him.
He is still only 24 , he has had some bad luck with injuries and yes his form dipped last season , but, if that is the barometer then Barkley, Stones, Lukaku, Deulofeu and Baines must all go as well.

 

[blueblue]

Funny how one good performance erases the match against Belgium just 4 days earlier.

What about Lukaku then, do we judge him on his first, second or third game ?

 

[Papa Shango]

The fact he is poor in the air defensively, and has the ball skills and a pass that can open up an opposing defence!
MaCarthy is a headless defensive midfielder two a penny in my eyes!

Each to their own and all that but we have never seen Stones play in midfield. Its not as easy as just chucking someone into a new position.

Personally I dont think he would make a good mid as he is not energetic/dynamic enough. He is an elegant player who likes to take his time on the ball.

 

[sageyefc]

Each to their own and all that but we have never seen Stones play in midfield. Its not as easy as just chucking someone into a new position.

Personally I dont think he would make a good mid as he is not energetic/dynamic enough. He is an elegant player who likes to take his time on the ball.

He was basically playing as one in I think the 2nd half of the semi and he was the best player on the pitch

 

[AndyC]

He was basically playing as one in I think the 2nd half of the semi and he was the best player on the pitch

And that second half performance in part prompted... www.grandoldteam.com/2016/05/31/john-stones-defender-midfielder

 

[Papa Shango]

He was basically playing as one in I think the 2nd half of the semi and he was the best player on the pitch

Its half a game though. We surely need to see much more before we can judge what he can do there.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Whelan dropped & McCarthy shines in his natural position.

Please repeat on Sunday

 

[orly]

McCarthy was brilliant for us when we finished fifth, the fear was that Spurs were going to offer 24m and we were going to lose him.

QUICK CALL THEM BACK, CALL THEM BACK

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

That really is not right,
Yes, McCarthy cut Payet down to size, I didn't hear any of us complaining about it at the time. Payet was one of the players of last season and McCarthy ensured he didn't cause us any real damage. I don't believe it was his intention to injure the player, but sometimes it happens.
The injury was unfortunate , but injuries like that happen, it's just that the West Hams fans squealed like stuck pigs long after it happened.
We had Cleverley injured in a similar way against Spurs and just got on with it. In previous seasons I remember Jagielka, Arteta and Anichebe to name just three and again , we just got on with it. If memory serves me right , I think Jagielka was injured against Arsenal last season as well in a bad tackle..it happens.

McCarthy was brilliant for us when we finished fifth, the fear was that Spurs were going to offer 24m and we were going to lose him.
He is still only 24 , he has had some bad luck with injuries and yes his form dipped last season , but, if that is the barometer then Barkley, Stones, Lukaku, Deulofeu and Baines must all go as well.

Slight quibble with this. It's been two seasons in a row he has been below par. And that was below par before we got Moshiri. The other players you mentioned all had purple patches within that time frame (except maybe Baines but he is a "legend").

 

[blueblue]

Slight quibble with this. It's been two seasons in a row he has been below par. And that was below par before we got Moshiri. The other players you mentioned all had purple patches within that time frame (except maybe Baines but he is a "legend").

Fair comment.

 

[Bluerover]

He will shine again with proper motivation and management.

Seamus really got every player going last night with his tackle after 30 seconds but he gave James particularly strong support after a brave headed clearance.

I would not attempt to rate him based on RM's last couple of years in charge.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

Was he playing ? I fell asleep had to watch the 2nd half never noticed maCarthy?
Headless chicken IMO!

Won more challanges than any other player on the pitch.....made 5 interceptions in play ..more than the rest of iris team put together...go back to sleep now

 

[diggerdestroyer]

Yes his sub made the goal tonight, and should have scored another!
MaCarthy gets a nose bleed if he gets near the opposing penalty area!

Yawn....
His position is a defensive midfielder...

 

[EFCPaul]

Haven't completely given up on him yet but I still believe if we get made a decent offer for him we should cash in (£18m or above).