James McCarthy

chicoazul · November 8, 2015

Lanolin said:
to be fair he gets virtually no stick from fans. I sometimes knock him on here simply because it seems 95% of our fans think he's roy Keane mk2 and I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard him get called out a game, and most stuff on social media claims he's under rated (not sure who by).

He's an effective midfield player who's still developing. I'm not sure 95% of our fans think he's Roy Keane, they just recognise him for what he is which is a good midfield player for us. He's not on form at the minute mind.

blulouie · November 8, 2015

chicoazul said:
He's an effective midfield player who's still developing. I'm not sure 95% of our fans think he's Roy Keane, they just recognise him for what he is which is a good midfield player for us. He's not on form at the minute mind.

Roy Keane was a thug, still is.Not a favourite of the football purists but done what he had to do.
McCarthy is like a Duracell bunny his stamina is way beyond anyone else we have.
Agreed his form is not the best at the moment,but swap him...no thanks.
Wouldnt wish any long term injury to Payet but McCarthy done what Reidy would do years ago.
What a difference to the likes of "Captain Pip" (wheres me sick bag) playing for us.

chicoazul · November 8, 2015

blulouie said:
Roy Keane was a thug, still is.Not a favourite of the football purists but done what he had to do.
McCarthy is like a Duracell bunny his stamina is way beyond anyone else we have.
Agreed his form is not the best at the moment,but swap him...no thanks.
Wouldnt wish any long term injury to Payet but McCarthy done what Reidy would do years ago.
What a difference to the likes of "Captain Pip" (wheres me sick bag) playing for us.

I welcome that bit of snide about us. We've been a soft touch for far too long.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

The next step in this team is him replacing Barry. The worst part about it is that Barry won't be replaced until next season when he's blatantly too old to play every single game.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

chicoazul said:
I welcome that bit of snide about us. We've been a soft touch for far too long.

We've been no more of 'soft touch' than anyone else in the league. It's just a ridiculous expression fans come up with when leg breaking tackles aren't coming in for fun.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

blulouie said:
Roy Keane was a thug, still is.Not a favourite of the football purists but done what he had to do.
McCarthy is like a Duracell bunny his stamina is way beyond anyone else we have.
Agreed his form is not the best at the moment,but swap him...no thanks.
Wouldnt wish any long term injury to Payet but McCarthy done what Reidy would do years ago.
What a difference to the likes of "Captain Pip" (wheres me sick bag) playing for us.

Roy Keane compared to James McCarthy haha.

ilikecheese · November 8, 2015

dannyboy said:
The next step in this team is him replacing Barry. The worst part about it is that Barry won't be replaced until next season when he's blatantly too old to play every single game.

MOTM today...hate all you want.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

ilikecheese said:
MOTM today...hate all you want.

McCarthy or Barry? I don't know who you mean because they both did well at doing exactly the same job which is what I think is a problem with our team.

ilikecheese · November 8, 2015

dannyboy said:
McCarthy or Barry? I don't know who you mean because they both did well at doing exactly the same job which is what I think is a problem wit our team.

Barry was MOTM.

They don't really. I don't think you watch the games. If you watch the games then you'd clearly see they do not do the same job.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

ilikecheese said:
Barry was MOTM.

They don't really. I don't think you watch the games. If you watch the games then you'd clearly see they do not do the same job.

Pray tell, what do they do that is different?

ilikecheese · November 8, 2015

dannyboy said:
Pray tell, what do they do that is different?

Who brings the ball out between the CBs? Who is playing alongside Ross when going forward? Offensively we essentially play a 4-1-2-3.

You would know this if you watched the games.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

ilikecheese said:
Who brings the ball out between the CBs? Who is playing alongside Ross when going forward? Offensively we essentially play a 4-1-2-3.

You would know this if you watched the games.

You have a very condescending manner, good for you.

I completely disagree with the notion that McCarthy is the dynamic centre mid that you make him out to be. That's backed up by his assists/goals ratio. As someone who runs around a lot and gets stuck in I think he does a good job.

For us to threaten the top 4 I think this role needs to be filled by someone who can offer more in the final third. The standard is set by Cazorla, that's what we should be aiming for. Tbh, I'd drop Barkley back in there to go towards this, at least at home against teams who have no intention of breaking out of their own half.

chicoazul · November 8, 2015

dannyboy said:
We've been no more of 'soft touch' than anyone else in the league. It's just a ridiculous expression fans come up with when leg breaking tackles aren't coming in for fun.

No it isn't. It's referring to us being soft touches and being too fair and not benefitting.

Condescending manners eh.

dannyboy · November 8, 2015

chicoazul said:
No it isn't. It's referring to us being soft touches and being too fair and not benefitting.

Condescending manners eh.

It's very rare I've came away from a game in the past couple of years thinking I wish we'd got stuck in more.

A lack of dynamism/creativity in the final third against teams we're probably better than is what I think has cost us.

ilikecheese · November 8, 2015

dannyboy said:
You have a very condescending manner, good for you.

I completely disagree with the notion that McCarthy is the dynamic centre mid that you make him out to be. That's backed up by his assists/goals ratio. As someone who runs around a lot and gets stuck in I think he does a good job.

For us to threaten the top 4 I think this role needs to be filled by someone who can offer more in the final third. The standard is set by Cazorla, that's what we should be aiming for. Tbh, I'd drop Barkley back in there to go towards this, at least at home against teams who have no intention of breaking out of their own half.

So you admit they don't play the same role then?

Sorry if it came off as condescending, but you kind of were doing the same thing IMO. Maybe I misread.