Under-17 Squad

**tetsujin1979** · 26/09/2015, 1:17 PM

Finished 6-0 to Ireland, who have qualified for the Elite Round
3 for Michael Cregan, including a penalty, 2 for Declan Rice and Kian Flanagan scored the remainder
Finland playing Sweden at the moment, still 0-0 after 15 minutes

**DeLorean** · 28/09/2015, 10:20 AM

That finished 1-1 so Ireland top the group before their final game against Sweden tomorrow.

**tetsujin1979** · 29/09/2015, 2:28 PM

Live text commentary of the final group game against Sweden: http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...937/index.html
Live stream here: http://huuhkaja.tv/?huu=62A351F3

Currently 1-0 up, McAuley right on the stroke of half time

**Closed Account** · 29/09/2015, 2:30 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

live text commentary of the final group game against sweden: http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...937/index.html
live stream here: http://huuhkaja.tv/?huu=62a351f3

currently 1-0 up, mcauley right on the stroke of half time

coybig

**Closed Account** · 29/09/2015, 3:25 PM

utjämnare

**tetsujin1979** · 29/09/2015, 3:36 PM

Finished 1-1. Ireland top their group on seven points, ahead of Sweden and qualify for the elite phase
The draw will take place on 3 December, the rankings of the qualified sides are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U...on#Elite_round

**Olé Olé** · 06/10/2015, 11:42 AM

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...r-league-clubs

Two members of the current squad named as the top players for the next generation at their current clubs. Worryingly, there's an inference that Kian Flanagan could be subjected to interest from the English.

EDIT: Missed Marcus Agyei-Tabi, another cap of our's.

**DannyInvincible** · 06/10/2015, 3:09 PM

Finnerty is from Skryne in Meath. Agyei-Tabi and Flanagan are both England-born, as far as I can make out. No doubt, England will be keen on them if they continue to develop as hoped, but it's something we should get used to, so long as we're heavily reliant on players born outside of Ireland.

**Olé Olé** · 25/10/2015, 7:23 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

LUKAS is from Stockholm and has a Swedish mother and Irish father. He played with a club called IF Brommapojkarna in Sweden. He moved to Dublin last year and established himself with St Kevin's Boys. He was named in the squad for the friendlies against Turkey and Holland in February 2014.

http://www.the42.ie/lukas-browning-l...04417-Oct2015/

Good interview with Browning where he asserts himself as Irish and comes across as a determined and intelligent young man.

**TrapAPony** · 25/10/2015, 8:54 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

Finnerty is from Skryne in Meath. Agyei-Tabi and Flanagan are both England-born, as far as I can make out. No doubt, England will be keen on them if they continue to develop as hoped, but it's something we should get used to, so long as we're heavily reliant on players born outside of Ireland.

Personally think we should do what Wales did with young Harry Wilson of Liverpool. We should integrate those of promise into the senior setup when they are 18/19 & make sure we have them for the future to avoid future Jack Grealish situations. If we brought the likes of Grealish on the U.S. Tour that time he'd probably be playing for us now. England are even capping lads earlier so they don't play for anyone else eg. Alli (Nigeria), Sterling (Jamaica), Welbeck (Ghana), Jenkinson (Finland) etc. Time to get cynical IMO or else we start losing more & more. That or else start producing more Irish born youngsters up to the required standard.

**DeLorean** · 25/10/2015, 10:48 AM

Is that really why England capped all those players though? Cynicism? Or was it because they were showing a lot of promise at Premier League level for Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal? Alli looks a bit suss alright I admit!

There's no reason to think Grealish would have accepted a call up to the Irish senior squad though, it would have probably just forced him into international exile a bit earlier.

**tetsujin1979** · 22/03/2016, 10:19 PM

Squad announced for Elite Round: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mohan...fa-elite-phase

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U17 SQUAD:
Mark Travers (Unattached)
Paul Martin (St Patrick's Athletic)
Anthony Scully (West Ham United)
Aaron O'Driscoll (Man City)
Jayson Molumby (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Thomas Byrne (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Thomas O'Connor (Southampton)
Rian O'Sullivan (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Dara O'Shea (West Bromwich Albion)
Daniel McKenna (Wolves)
Tyreke Wilson (Man City)
Canice Carroll (Oxford Utd)
Lukas Browning (IF Brommapojkarna )
Declan Rice (West Ham United)
Stephen Mallon (Sheffield Utd)
Lee O'Connor (Villa FC, Waterford)
Michael Murphy (Shelbourne)
Glen McAuley (Liverpool)

FIXTURES
Monday, March 28
UEFA U17 Championships Elite round Group 7
Republic of Ireland v Serbia, MZOS Znicz, Pruszkow (POL) (2.00pm)

Wednesday, March 30
UEFA U17 Championships Elite round Group 7
Republic of Ireland v Montenegro, Stadion ROSRRiT Siedlce, Siedlce (POL) (1.00pm)

Saturday, April 2
UEFA U17 Championships Elite round Group 7
Poland v Republic of Ireland, MZOS Znicz, Pruszkow (POL) (5.00pm)

**Olé Olé** · 23/03/2016, 8:19 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Squad announced for Elite Round: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mohan...fa-elite-phase

Positive to see Tony Scully in there. I'm wondering is Kian Flanagan underage though?

Interesting to note there are 3 lads with Brighton. They seem to be making a strong effort with young Irish players. They have representation in most underage sides now.

Odd to see Mark Travers down as unattached. Has he left Shamrock Rovers?

**gastric** · 23/03/2016, 8:28 AM

Molumby has played U21s for Brighton, just saw a photo of him playing against Danny Wellbeck. Not bad for a 16/17 year old to be playing at this level.

**tetsujin1979** · 23/03/2016, 9:17 AM

Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Positive to see Tony Scully in there. I'm wondering is Kian Flanagan underage though?

Interesting to note there are 3 lads with Brighton. They seem to be making a strong effort with young Irish players. They have representation in most underage sides now.

Odd to see Mark Travers down as unattached. Has he left Shamrock Rovers?

I think if you're underage before the first round of qualifiers begins, then you're qualified to play all the way to the finals. He played for Palace only a few days ago - http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/c....-3019002.aspx - so I'm not sure why he's not in the squad

In the second half Phillips saw a shot cleared off the line following a corner from the excellent Kian Flanagan, and then the Irish youth international provided a perfect cross for Andrews to latch onto but the striker trod on the ball when well-placed to double the lead.

**tetsujin1979** · 28/03/2016, 1:04 PM

Live text commentary of the opening game against Serbia: http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...983/index.html

**tetsujin1979** · 30/03/2016, 11:44 AM

Text commentary for second game against Montenegro, Kick off at 1: http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...&match=2018997
Both teams lost their opening games 2-0

**Charlie Darwin** · 30/03/2016, 1:24 PM

1-0 Ireland, captain Jayson Molumby just on the stroke of half-time. 15 minutes to go.

**tetsujin1979** · 30/03/2016, 1:45 PM

finished 3-0 to Ireland, Mallon and Byrne with two goals in the last ten minutes. Ireland top of the table for now on goal difference. A draw in this evening's game between Poland and Serbia would be great for us, or a Poland win.

**tetsujin1979** · 30/03/2016, 9:03 PM

Serbia beat Poland 2-1 - http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...998/index.html - but all is not lost
According to uefa.com, the criteria for qualifying for the finals in Azerbaijan in May are as follows

Elite round
In the elite round, held in early spring, those 31 qualifiers plus the top seed – given a bye this far – compete in eight mini-tournament groups of four. The group winners and seven runners-up with the best record against the teams first and third in their section advance to the finals to join the hosts.

There are eight groups, so the u17s need to do better than the worst second place team, which at the moment is Spain who drew with Belgium (1st) and Slovenia (3rd) in Group 8: http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2...567/index.html
So, assuming Serbia (four goals, one conceded) beat Montenegro (zero goals scored, five conceded) to top the group, and the U17s beat Poland on Saturday, they will have three points from the games against Poland and Serbia and qualify.

A draw is no good for either team, since they will have zero points against Serbia, and only one against the third placed side, making them the worst second placed side in the qualifiers (at the moment) on one point