I supported what he was trying to do at the start - it was worth a go to see if someone could get us playing out from the back and playing in patterns etc but the issues that were glaringly obvious from the start have never been fixed⌠like the 2 in the midfield diamond he tried, killing the space for the only attacking threat at full back we had. Allowing the midfield to drift late in games and constantly getting caught because the back 4/5 were terrified to play a high line allowing the opposing midfield a fucking acre to run into ⌠these things have been going on for 2 years and heâs never rectified them.
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Carsley with Mick McCarthy would make good sense to me.
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At least Carsely has coached professional players in a real league
Think Ireland want to look at the Lpool template rather than City, need to play at a tempo and with plenty of vertical passes.
Lpool end up with plent of possession once theyve overpowered the opponent.
we donât have the pace for it. the four wide players require huge pace and energy and the two centre halves need to be lightening to recover
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True, just of the progressive styles, its the one fits Ireland and get the crowd up, but youâre right, we donât.
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we just need to set up as a solely counter attacking team. get ogbenne and obafemi playing off the shoulder, get everyone else in a low block. Get them isolated and running the channels and see what we can do.
Spock did it once against Portugal where he isolated Spud Connolly on Pepe and he fucking mauled him only he wouldnât score in a whorehouse with an unlimited fund
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Back to the Big Mick tactics of 2 banks of 4 with 2 pacey lads up front
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mccarthy in his first stint was very progressive and some of our football under him was the best we played. His second stint was thoroughly depressing as it wasnât even that coordinated. we sat in and hoped for set pieces. We didnât even counter attack. He was left with a ball of shit and the situation was farcical because of the incompetence above him, but thatâs what it was
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His 2002 WC tactics were that 2 banks of 4 and 2 speedsters up front. He talked about it in his book at the time. It worked well for the squad he had as it made us hard to break down and he had 11 lads comfortable enough with the ball at the their feet (Kilbane aside maybe)
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Any Euros beaten coaches that people think would be interesting? Not getting a Luis Enrique but anyone else?
Aussie coach would be great if he could be got.
Chris Coleman? Stephen Gerard? Lampard if heâs booted out of Everton?
Portugal fella?
Iâd love to see us go back to a 442 and possibly pairing the good Wolves centreback in midfield with Cullen.
Cullen plays in a 2 at Burnley.
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but we werenât a purely counterattacking side⌠that team could play as well. We donât have near the quality of that 2002 team now. We cannot play. Duff and Robbie Keane werenât just speedsters, they were top premier league players.
I never said they were just counterattacking!
i said we should be and you compared it to Big Micks tactics. I donât think 2 banks of 4 is feasible at international level anyway because your 2 in midfield are constantly outnumbered. and against a 3 up front youâre pretty much weakened everywhere.
5-3-2 is probably optimal for us at the moment. If we had a quality 10 we could probably make a lot of other things work but we donât.
what would be wrong with a Herve Renard type character coming in? What a coup that would be
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Surely seems strange to give it to another unproven manager
I wonder if England would try to tempt Kenny away if they decide to replace Southgate, or if Southgate resigns.