if nothing else

and

have yet again proven that they are not a good pairing at all. Caldwell played well against Macedonia, but McManus was shit
i made a decision this weekend that they are both far too similar to ever be able to work together in a back line. both are not particularly fast, pretty good in air, not too great on ground, very one sided (Gary his right, Mick his left) and neither of them is capable of organizing a back-line.
the two center backs need to compliment each other, or at least be able to work well enough together that they get the job done....these two clearly do not
right now i see

and

as our strongest pairing