Mick McCarthy

horsebox wrote: The Whisperer wrote: savo01 wrote: McCarthy opted out and Long and Brady are sh*t!   Your entitled to your opinion. But in my eyes all 4 of clark, mccarthy, long and brady walk into the most recent squad named. Whether you start them or not is a separate question. Robbie Brady > Ronan Curtis Ciaran Clark > Darragh Lenihan James McCarthy > Alan Browne Shane Long > Scott Hogan Judge, Byrne, Cullen & Cunningham also in squad whom I rate not as high as  the  lads who missed out. Baffling squad selection by Mick to be honest. Done well to be where we are at this moment but seriously worried for the two upcoming fixtures looking at the squad.  Mick picked the squad last week. None of these players are playing for their clubs, Mick did say he can only pick players who are playing. That was McCarthy's first 90 mins in 3 years!

McCarthy went off after 81 minutes.

You Tell Me wrote: If I remember rightly Mick was seen to be very conservative in 2002 regarding squad selection. There was a fairly big push at the time for John O'Shea, Steven Reid and Colin Healy to he called up but he stuck fairly doggedly to the players that qualified us - none of the above were in the initial 23.  Reid was called up late when Kennedy cried off and he tried to call up Healy to replace Roy Keane. But if he was luckier with call offs none of them would have been picked.

Left foot wrote: We've got to stop picking the team on a game by game basis.  If judge got a hat trick in the next game the would be cries for him to be included

Where the discussion lies is in terms of players like Kevin Long Travers, Judge, O’Dowda, and Hogan who are making squads while having varying degrees of success at club level. Or Ronan Curtis who has created a lot of debate as to whether he should be in the squad on ability alone. That’s six players who made our recent squad of 23. Now, events have possibly overtaken themselves. However, it took Connolly scoring twice in the PL to get a call up, and a withdrawal. There is good reason to look at Molumby, and even if you don’t want to take Under 21s, James McCarthy has been in almost every match day squad at Palace since late August.

savo01 wrote: McCarthy opted out and Long and Brady are sh*t!

Edited by The Whisperer - 07 Oct 2019 at 4:26pm

McCarthy opted out and Long and Brady are sh*t!  

                 Westwood

t_rAndy wrote: Het-field wrote: Left foot wrote: I have to say that MM is approaching all the games on 100% his terms, he's picking who he wants with the players available to him and leaving out players for his reasons. If we qualify it will largely be because of him and he will deserve credit. If we don't qualify the usual questions will be asked about formation, players etc and he will have to shoulder his part too. But all in all I think he's doing exactly what he should be doing.  What would interest me if we qualify is the entire squad he selects for the tournament. Keogh being the exception, his usual suspects will be selected from 1-11. And I think that’s fine. But i would be a lot more critical if he left players at home who just didn’t fit in March 2019, in lieu of the people that did. It’s my primary gripe of Trapp’s squad in 2012.   I think Mick would use the friendlies to look at other players if we did qualify. He brought in Steven Reid in between qualfiying and the world cup 2002 if I am not mistaken so he has some form in that regard. He also has had no problem cutting 'regulars' from his squad, e.g. Brady, if they are not in form for their clubs.

t_rAndy wrote: Het-field wrote: Left foot wrote: I have to say that MM is approaching all the games on 100% his terms, he's picking who he wants with the players available to him and leaving out players for his reasons. If we qualify it will largely be because of him and he will deserve credit. If we don't qualify the usual questions will be asked about formation, players etc and he will have to shoulder his part too. But all in all I think he's doing exactly what he should be doing.  What would interest me if we qualify is the entire squad he selects for the tournament. Keogh being the exception, his usual suspects will be selected from 1-11. And I think that’s fine. But i would be a lot more critical if he left players at home who just didn’t fit in March 2019, in lieu of the people that did. It’s my primary gripe of Trapp’s squad in 2012.   I think Mick would use the friendlies to look at other players if we did qualify. He brought in Steven Reid in between qualfiying and the world cup 2002 if I am not mistaken so he has some form in that regard. He also has had no problem cutting 'regulars' from his squad, e.g. Brady, if they are not in form for their clubs.