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James McCarthy
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LydiateLee
Player Valuation: £8m
McCarthy isn't suddenly a bad player.
If Koeman can get the best from him he is one of the first names on the teamsheet. A centre mid pairing of him and Gana when Barry eventually leaves is potentially really good.
I hope he plays tonight
If Koeman can get the best from him he is one of the first names on the teamsheet. A centre mid pairing of him and Gana when Barry eventually leaves is potentially really good.
I hope he plays tonight
McCarthy is more or less physically fit, but not match fit, this was the case with Coleman as well last month.
It worked well with Coleman as it got him plent of football in a short time and it did not end in a recurrence of his injury...and that was the risk as it is with McCarthy.
the problem with that is neither has the ability to 'control' a game from deep - even if it's just playing a pass that kick-starts an attack.
It's what we miss when Barry isn't on top form. You can have energy all you want but without an element of control then it's just like headless chickens running about.
Barkley could become that player, and Besic does a similar job for Bosnia but he's injured. Barkley however is better at being dynamic and running at players and IMO gets too bogged down with trying to be the playmaker at times.
It's why I think somebody like Schneiderlin could be superb for us. Koeman got the best out of him and he can play either the box to box or sitting role, and has that passing range that Gueye/McCarthy lack. And it looks like he'll very much be available come January.
Rook
Player Valuation: £80m
Its hard to judge any of our player from what happened last year. He's still good, probably. There is just no role for him right now.
Ireland are that weak at the minute that they need to insist on calling up all their key players. McCarthy is a very very important player for his country and his desire to play along with Keane's demand for total commitment means that he was always going to be called up and will play.
And for future reference, there is no shame in being intimidated by Mr Keane........
GwladysPhil
Player Valuation: £35m
Intimidated by Mr Keane?
He's a little fart mate who acts angry as some sort of trade mark
I'm going to tell him what you just said.
Roy Keane is tough on a football pitch when he can break your leg with a slide tackle and get away with it
Whether he'd be up for a proper scrap these days, where he could actually get in trouble with the law as consequence, might be different
Whether he'd be up for a proper scrap these days, where he could actually get in trouble with the law as consequence, might be different
I think James is great but I can't see a place for him in our first 11 at the moment.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
After those last two insipid performances? He'd walk in. And I'm sure Koeman wouldn't fail to have done so as a kick up the arse for those failing.
To replace who? Gana? Barry? Would be a bit harsh to drop them after one below-par performance wouldn't it?
Well, there's really only Barkley who McCarthy would 'naturally' replace in the centre.
Unless he got played at left back instead of Bry
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Barry was hobbling about. McCarthy would have come in for him rather than Cleverley.
Cleverley played very well when he came on, I thought. I would have put him in instead of McCarthy. Think Jimmy and Gana are too alike
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