Rep. of Ireland v Georgia - Score predictions

The midfield is key in every game, we can't be humping the ball away all game and in games where the impetus is on us to control the ball, like yesterday and Tuesday, we probably need a 'horses for courses' approach. We need a midfield structure of some sort and stop being so wasteful. I know we don't have world beaters to come in, but some semblance of intelligence in picking the team and tactics. 

I couldn't understand the logic of that midfield before the game and I understand it less afterwards. Hendrick and Hourihane are two lads who get slaughtered by their club fans for going missing for their teams, they don't regularly play as central midfielders in a 4-4-2, so sticking them  together in such a system seemed bizarre.  Neither of them ever demanded the ball and set the tempo and regularly played hopeful, and often dangerous, percentage balls.  I don't think we have two midfielders good enough to play 4-4-2, maybe Mick thought it would work against Gibraltar,, but his attempts to rectify it don't fill me with hope! If Hendrick has to play it should be in front of two players who will cover him when he loses it and who will also look for the ball from defence.

                      Randolph

Coleman     Duffy       Egan      Stevens

              Whelan        Arter

Doherty         Hendrick           Brady

                     Maguire 

Something like that should see us structured  enough to get a foothold in the game and compete with Georgia in midfield,where they do look capable. Then,  if we start to dominate the game without scoring then you can look to change it a bit, but we have to get a hold of games against Gibraltar and Georgia. Yesterday, it felt like Mick put out an eleven that was individually most likely to score. Every player seemed a goal threat, but without a modicum of organisation or structure to help them do that.

Collins should be an option off the bench, but I think having him on from the start would lead to Duffy taking command of the ball, humping it at him and we will be back to playing without any structure. Let's try and link with Maguire, who only gets the nod because of the lack of alternatives, and see if he is good enough or not.

McGoldrick, McLean, Keogh

Would take any sort of a win at all. Georgia collapsed a bit after the first Swiss goal yesterday but they move the ball around far better than we do so I think they'll have a fair chunk of possession. A scrappy 1-0 will do, they will take points off of one of the top 3 in this group, just need to make sure it isn't us.

That's how it appears to me. Absolutely nothing worked yesterday, but he is dismissing that from ever working? Come on! If that is the case there would be 10 changes for Tuesday!