Brumstopdogs Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 So the masterplan is seemingly relying on a player who hasn't performed consistently well now for arguably 2 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 So the masterplan is seemingly relying on a player who hasn't performed consistently well now for arguably 2 seasons. Yep...it reeks of genius! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die_Hard Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Theres a player in there somewhere and McLeish will exceed all expectations if he manages to coax it out of him because as far as I'm concerned, the guy is a total waste of air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeevilla Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Ireland is batshit crazy and should be shipped out. We cannot rely on players like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 So now Ireland is Milner AND Young's replacement. Brilliant spending power from Lerner to get two players out for over 30m, get one in and he can split himself into two and play brilliantly (shit) Yay to the liars on the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 21, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2011 So now Ireland is Milner AND Young's replacement. Quick, lets sell him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 So now Ireland is Milner AND Young's replacement. Quick, lets sell him! Sssshhhh Randy might see dollars.... oh wait... yes sell him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 If AM can get even the slightest glimmer of commitment or talent out of this player, then Hogwarts will be absolutely buzzin'........he's obviously a goddam magician? Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 brilliant for first 25 minutes tonight - in the heart of every good thing we did - looks really really good. sadly off injured, was pulling all of the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 brilliant for first 25 minutes tonight - in the heart of every good thing we did - looks really really good. sadly off injured, was pulling all of the strings. Do we know if it's anything serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseVilla Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 brilliant for first 25 minutes tonight - in the heart of every good thing we did - looks really really good. sadly off injured, was pulling all of the strings. Sounded promising until you mentioned the injury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tight hamstring, precautionary sub according to the OS text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 We ARE relying on him to be our creative central midfielder this season, scarry though that is, unless McLeish changes his mind and decides buy another central midfielder, we really need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Ireland did well apparently for 25 minutes but went off because of the injury.. I agree with the above we need another CM as we cannot rely on Ireland as we have seen to stay fit.. I'd love us to go for Kranjcar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaineyboy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Said many times before, there is that player from 3-4 seasons ago just waiting to get out. Too many people on here not giving him a fresh chance. Last season GH shot his confidence to pieces by ridiculing him the media. The guy was frozen out and never got a consistent run of games to even prove himself. You can't expect all players to hit the deck running (as was the case when we signed Milner & when Downing made his debut in the December). Lets give the guy a chance to prove himself under a manager seemingly willing to give him a chance and fulfil potential he has already shown like when Hughes gave him a chance before for an average Citeh team at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Got back from the game 15 mins ago. Ireland was really good until he went off injured. I'd personally say that Makoun was pulling the strings in central midfield. Every goalkick went to him, Petrov was always looking for Makoun, Makoun was always moving into space and Makoun was playing a lot of clever balls forwards. Ireland did well at linking together the forward and the wings. He had some decent touches and came close to setting up a few goals. I hope it's not a serious injury. I'd really like McLeish to get the best out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZodiakIronfist Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Irelands injury isn't serious, just a stiff hamstring taken off as a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoINotLikeThat Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hope it is just a precuation. This should be a warning though . Basically the suggestion that we only need one more player (that some fans were trying to play advocate to on here) is absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewavfc Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Got back from the game 15 mins ago. Ireland was really good until he went off injured. I'd personally say that Makoun was pulling the strings in central midfield. Every goalkick went to him, Petrov was always looking for Makoun, Makoun was always moving into space and Makoun was playing a lot of clever balls forwards. Ireland did well at linking together the forward and the wings. He had some decent touches and came close to setting up a few goals. I hope it's not a serious injury. I'd really like McLeish to get the best out of him. Cheers for the report Rob! Was Ireland playing in the middle of the 3 in a 4-2-3-1?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yeh he was in the middle. He drifted in the wing towards the end of the first half and Marc was in the middle for a ferw minutes for some reason, didn't last long though. Ireland generally playedin front of Makoun and Petrov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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