Glad to hear that. I haven't seen much of him to be honest. How about the U21 and U19 'keepers? I've heard that there's another young Donegal keeper in the U19 squad... Hopefully he's taken inspiration from Packie and Shay!Originally Posted by irishfan86
The Finn Harps keeper is Irish under 19 keeper, Ciaran Gallagher, got good potential, time will tell. Also the under 16 or under 17 keeper is from Donegal and is being tracked by nearly all the top clubs over the water. He is from Glenea, think his name is Joe Coll or something like that!
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There must be something in Donegal water!
The Independent is suggesting that Duffy will be promoted sooner rather than later:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...d-2087957.htmlMcShane struggled against the Brazilians, but Trapattoni has given the Hull man a vote of confidence and feels he is improving under his tutelage. However, he indicated that a rapid promotion for recent recruit Shane Duffy is likely.
The Derry-born Everton defender, who represented Northern Ireland up to U-21 level and had been lined up for a senior debut in Albania last night, upset Nigel Worthington by throwing his lot in with the Republic a fortnight ago.
Duffy and his family were guests of the FAI at the Emirates and, conscious of Ireland's lack of riches in the centre-half department, Trapattoni is contemplating bringing him to an end-of-season gathering, that is yet to be arranged, before the RDS friendlies with Paraguay and Algeria.
To view the lad as a white knight for us would be very silly. Yes he has plenty of potential but he is very very young (only 18 if im right). Im not saying he shouldnt be called up to the training squad this summer, but I think to expect him to be a serious contender for the squad for the next campaign is a bit premature. Give the lad time, its not that long ago many on here were exalting McShane as our next great defender, very hard to hear anyone say such words now.
Yeah, a rapid promotion like that after the events of recent weeks would mean a lot of scrutiny and pressure on the lad. The training camp will give Trap an opportunity to work with him and see how he rates him, but he should maybe slot into the U21 set up first. God knows they need a centre half or two, judging by the reports from last night's game.
They or we ?
St Ledger has done more than could be expected since coming in but I'd prefer Dunne and OShea at CH and I have always thought a fit Kelly is good enough for RB.
There is dearth of CH quality after those 3. McShane is not getting worse but he still has that one big mistake in his game which undoes a lot of his good work.
There is a space that Duffy could fill in the squad but he would have to be a remarkable talent to get in so young.
I don't get hung up on using 'they' or 'we' geysir. I use them both when talking about the team. Although, perhaps it was my subconscious distancing me from Don Givens...
I'd much rather Duffy went through our U21s (or even U19s, since he's still young enough!), because he is still very young and has only had two senior games for Everton. It would probably be far too much to expect a young lad to step up right away. That said, Trap included 19 year old Cunningham in the squad, who had only 45 minutes of senior football under his belt.
There's no doubt that his switch is very good news for us though, given our relatively weak defence. He's highly rated at Goodison and I think he captains the reserves from time to time, so it will be interesting to see if he will break into the Everton first team or go out on loan.
Cunningham was included out of necessity, Trapattoni needed to look at an alternative left full. From what I saw last night, Cian Hughton is not up to the job. Ward's omission is puzzling, but Trapattoni did get to see him in the B game VS Forest in 2008. He's mentioned Conor Powell as well, but there's no real reason to call him up until he's match fit
Anyway I was mistaken, I misread your reply, I thought you were referring to the Brazil game which would have been more of a "we", but you were referring to the defense in the u21s in a game you did not see. Even by strict standards of 'we' and 'they' usage, it's appropriate.
On the bench for Everton today. He's been getting rave reviews playing for the reserves and has been captaining them I believe.
http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-1...issionID=14883
Reserves boss Alan Stubbs seems impressed by Duffy
"He was one player who stood up against the test and he led by example."
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archiv...es-to-be-taken
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Duffy was awarded Everton's Reserve Player of the Year this evening and some Everton fans are suggesting that he could get a game against Portsmouth.
Would be a good idea to blood some new faces since 6th is now out of their reach.
I thought Duffy might have been handed a run-out today as Everton had little to lose other than honour, but there was no place for him in the squad, unfortunately.
Seems he had a great first game. Glad to hear it.
Irish unearth a gem in Duffy
Sounds like an exciting prospect from that. Good to hear he did well and seems to have settled in well. Would be a good idea to keep him training with the side when the rest of the seniors join up for the friendlies, even if he hasn't, inexplicably, yet been cleared to play. He'll get a bit of experience with them and familiarise himself with a few more faces/future team-mates.
Has he played for everton yet ?
Ahhh
He's made two appearances in the Europa League for Everton. I think that's all so far anyway. He made his debut last December coming on as a sub against AEK Athens before playing the full 90 minutes against BATE Borisov. He's been on the bench a few times otherwise, but hasn't made an appearance in the Premier League.
one start, one introduction, and 24 times left on the bench: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Play...7&seasonID=139
Just found this now - http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/ir...y-2185406.html
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