James McCarthy

flibbyflob · January 13, 2017

tim cahill said:
Could understand us selling him for £15m+ but he's a better option than Gibson and barry

Only if we have the long term replacement lined up this window. No point selling him unless we do as we won't lose any money if we waited till the summer.

tim cahill · January 13, 2017

flibbyflob said:
Only if we have the long term replacement lined up this window. No point selling him unless we do as we won't lose any money if we waited till the summer.

Long term I think Barkley, Davies and Besic are better options. Barry can fill in short term if we're desperate. I expect Gana and Schneiderlin to start whenever they're available anyway though.

blueblue · January 13, 2017

The arrival of Schneiderlin almost definitely means McCarthy will leave before the end of this month.
There are so few good players that clubs are prepared to sell that there will be quite a few takers.

hallamblue · January 13, 2017

blueblue said:
The arrival of Schneiderlin almost definitely means McCarthy will leave before the end of this month.
There are so few good players that clubs are prepared to sell that there will be quite a few takers.

Will he not fill in for Gana until the comes back from the ANC?

billytoffee · January 13, 2017

hallamblue said:
Will he not fill in for Gana until the comes back from the ANC?

Still injured isn't he???

Gana might be back before he is fit.

TraffordBlue · January 13, 2017

tim cahill said:
Long term I think Barkley, Davies and Besic are better options. Barry can fill in short term if we're desperate. I expect Gana and Schneiderlin to start whenever they're available anyway though.

What makes you think that? Besic has shown glimpses of quality, but then has ended up injured for large periods. Similarly McCarthy has also been very injury prone this last 2 years. I think this could see both of them surplus to requirements beyond this season.

Comparing the 2 in the last 3 seasons for appearances:

McCarthy:

14/15: 34
15/16: 35
16/17: 7

Total: 76

Besic:

14/15: 20
15/16: 11
16/17: 0

Total: 31

McCarthy has been far more dependable.

Brendan Janus · January 13, 2017

blueblue said:
The arrival of Schneiderlin almost definitely means McCarthy will leave before the end of this month.
There are so few good players that clubs are prepared to sell that there will be quite a few takers.

We should see if Barca fancy a swap deal with Rakatic !!

Mikey_Fitzgerald · January 13, 2017

We need him right now

I'd be very disappointed to see him go unless adequate back up is in place

larrygobfiend · January 13, 2017

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
We need him right now

I'd be very disappointed to see him go unless adequate back up is in place

I'd be happy with him, Schneiderlin, Davies and Gueye for those the 2 central midfield positions. They've all got decent engines.

Chimpy Glassman · January 13, 2017

Getting Kessie in. NEA.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · January 13, 2017

larrygobfiend said:
I'd be happy with him, Schneiderlin, Davies and Gueye for those the 2 central midfield positions. They've all got decent engines.

Yup

And then if he wants out let him go in the summer and bring someone else in

Mikey_Fitzgerald · January 13, 2017

Chimpy Glassman said:
Getting Kessie in. NEA.

We probably aren't, BUT if Chelsea get Kessie we might have a shout for Loftus-Cheek

You have to think he'd be surplus in that situation?

mightymoyes · January 13, 2017

larrygobfiend said:
I'd be happy with him, Schneiderlin, Davies and Gueye for those the 2 central midfield positions. They've all got decent engines.

you need more than that to be a midfielder in a top level PL team. cheerio james

mightymoyes · January 13, 2017

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
We probably aren't, BUT if Chelsea get Kessie we might have a shout for Loftus-Cheek

You have to think he'd be surplus in that situation?

why on earth would we want him for gods sake?!