Not convinced. He gets it right every now and then, but too many of his hollywood balls go wayward. When he came on against Arsenal he got nothing right at all. He's only a kid though, he'll improve with time.
Or he'll be shipped out to Celtic for 3 of 4 years and we'll want to buy him back ala Steven Davis v___v
So how does Mcleish discipline Ireland for his antics over Christmas? Installs him immediately into the starting lineup
Are things really so dire that Mcleish actually thinks players are worse off being out on the pitch embarrassing themselves than sitting in the safety and warmth of the stand? When we sent Agent Ridgewell across the city at least he did some good undercover work before finally sending them down, Alex seems to be taking a far less subtle approach
Wouldn't mind seeing Marc/N'Zogbia rotated on the right with Gabby starting on the left. Bent up top. Then the same central trio as we started with today, at least until Ireland gives up again.
Ireland was absolutely amazing yesterday; he left me speechless. Now if he continues like that he needs to play behind Bent and Gabby to set them up. No doubt once Heskey is back from injury Big Eck will be playing him in the hole instead.
4-2-3-1 worked very well yesterday, McLeish was spot on with tactics, e.g. telling Albrighton to man-mark Cole. Ireland's the sort of player we need in the hole.
Didnt see the game or highlights but noticed Ireland was hauled off. Back to usual form already?
You would be suprised but he was actually one of the best on the pitch. I think our players were very tired. Albrighton should have been on at the start, with our mid two consisting of Petrov and Ireland. If we played with a diamond with Gabby and Bent upfront we would be quite unstopable. I'm getting really ****ed off with Eck.