Potentially eligible players thread

[elatedscum]

Did it not turn out he was ineligible, or am I thinking of someone else? I think it was him.

Was that Taylor Gardner-Hickman?

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/its-unfortunate-ireland-u21-boss-jim-crawford-faces-up-to-losing-charlie-mccann-to-north/41425831.html

[Eirambler]

Yes, the same thing happened with Gardner-Hickman, but that's not who I was thinking of. Pretty sure it was O'Reilly that was also one generation out.

[Eirambler]

Irish eligible Josh Key had a quietly impressive season for Swansea and has been linked with a move to Middlesbrough.

[elatedscum]

Louie Barry joins Sheffield United on loan. Not sure what that means for Tom Cannon

[Eirambler]

Barry is more of an inverted left winger, Cannon is a centre forward. There is some overlap, but they're not necessarily in direct competition.

[Razors left peg]

Jack Moorhouse signed new 3 year contract with Man Utd before going on loan to Leyton Orient for the season.

[Diggs246]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c4gq7y9z4y5o

Is now the time to get this guy?

He's gone from the big club.

I'm only going by his wiki re qualification for Ireland

[RiffRaff]

I'm sure its been discussed on here before but according to wikipedia Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is eligible. Moved from Chelsea to Everton today and uncapped at any level so far.

[third policeman]

I'm sure its been discussed on here before but according to wikipedia Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is eligible. Moved from Chelsea to Everton today and uncapped at any level so far.


Maybe Seamus can get into him and get him to declare.

[Razors left peg]

Maybe Seamus can get into him and get him to declare.

Grealish going there too, too late for him????

[Eirambler]

Louis Barry starting wide left for Sheffield United tonight, quite a few reports in recent months that he's in the process of getting his Irish citizenship sorted.

[Eirambler]

Looked lively while he was on but Sheffield United taking a heavy beating at home. Ruben Selles seems a surprising choice of manager there, not sure what he has done to earn that job.

[Eirambler]

Dan McD mentions Louie Barry and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in his reports this week. For Barry he says he has heard promising reports second hand that he may be going with Ireland but he can't confirm it. For Dewsbury-Hall it sounds like he's a player of strong interest to the Irish management team but the answer to date from the player has been negative.

[tetsujin1979]

Rory Delap interviewed by FourFourTwo, mentions that the FAI have spoken to Liam
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/former-republic-of-ireland-star-dad-rory-tells-fft-about-his-stance-on-liam-delaps-international-future-hes-spoken-to-both-england-and-ireland-im-so-proud-of-what-hes-achieving

[Razors left peg]

In the craziest story of today it looks like we've lost out on Denis Cirkin... to Azerbaijan

https://x.com/IrishPropaganda/status/1956695904641056829?t=jI84pPjdeE7JGVP-RT5JvQ&s=19

[SkStu]

In the craziest story of today it looks like we've lost out on Denis Cirkin... to Azerbaijan

https://x.com/IrishPropaganda/status/1956695904641056829?t=jI84pPjdeE7JGVP-RT5JvQ&s=19

Jaysus. I can’t begin to understand how that’s his best career move… would be interesting to know more about the source of that intel too to be fair. Could be absolute boll0x

[Razors left peg]

Jaysus. I can’t begin to understand how that’s his best career move… would be interesting to know more about the source of that intel too to be fair. Could be absolute boll0x

Looking through the Twitter thread his father is from there apparently

[pineapple stu]

That link suggests he qualifies because his dad is from Hatay. Which is in Turkey.

So pinch of salt there, but not someone I see lining out for us in any event

[Eirambler]

To be fair to him, if he lines out for Azerbaijan he's likely doing it for the right reasons. Albeit he was born in Ireland he maybe has no real sense of connection to this country, having left at a young age.

[SkStu]

Yeah, fair enough alright: Nationality-wise he seems a very complex individual!

[liamoo11]

Jaysus. I can’t begin to understand how that’s his best career move… would be interesting to know more about the source of that intel too to be fair. Could be absolute boll0x

Fair play to.him.for doing what is right for him. He played for England in Dublin against us at 17s and got sent off for fouling festy so he made his choice. Clearly no affection for us which is perfectly right as he left when very young and has no family ties.

[elatedscum]

First time hearing about this lad: https://www.irishstar.com/news/new-york-news/kevin-otoole-new-york-interview-32233294

Anyone know if he’s any good?

[SkStu]

I dont mean to sound like a smart-arse or to sh!t on him but that interview has the bang of Joey Lapira off it. Knowing what I know about MLS, I cant see that a 25 year old with 34 MLS appearances and who visited last year for the first time since he was 3 years old is the answer to our problems (and i know that is not actually the question you asked)...

[Razors left peg]

I dont mean to sound like a smart-arse or to sh!t on him but that interview has the bang of Joey Lapira off it. Knowing what I know about MLS, I cant see that a 25 year old with 34 MLS appearances and who visited last year for the first time since he was 3 years old is the answer to our problems (and i know that is not actually the question you asked)...

This made me look up Laprias "career". There's lads play DDSL that should be in contention for a call up considering Laprias one

[samhaydenjr]

Apparently, former international Joe O'Cearuill has a 14 year old son who is training with the Manchester United first team https://www.balls.ie/football/irish-qualified-14-year-old-jj-gabriel-to-train-with-manchester-united-first-team-638433

[Eminence Grise]

I knew there was an Irish connection but never would have made that connection - one day maybe it won't just be quizmasters looking for obscure call-ups who will be eternally grateful to Stan for capping Joe O'Cearuill after all! JJ Gabriel is extremely highly thought of at Man Utd (whatever that's worth these days). Too young to pin hopes on, but an interesting one to watch and hopefully, if he progresses, not lose Delap-style.

[Razors left peg]

Strike Paul Nebel from the lists, just been called up to German squad

https://x.com/Mainz05en/status/1960736211309379871

[Eirambler]

Dan McDonnell's weekly email today included this line

"There has been chatter about Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall across the summer but I felt Hallgrimsson’s answer gave every indication that something was happening with the 27-year-old who qualifies via grandparents."

I'm not sure if it's a mistake because I thought previous reports had said the exact opposite to that.

[Eirambler]

Benji Richardson declaring for Ireland apparently.

He can run 100 metres in under 9.9 seconds - call him up and stick him on the wing!:)

[Fixer82]

I was only thinking about this the other day. Who's the fastest ever player to pull on a green shirt for men's senior team?

Alan O'Brien was my conclusion. Terry Phelan possibly could edge it though

[Joxerbrowne]

Shane Long was fastest in the Premier League at one stage.

[Eirambler]

Festy and Ogbene must be there or thereabouts?

[samhaydenjr]

Benji Richardson declaring for Ireland apparently.

He can run 100 metres in under 9.9 seconds - call him up and stick him on the wing!:)

9.86, to be exact, 19.99 for the 200m. Assuming this goes through, it's an astonishing coup for Irish athletics. Those are elite times. His 100m PB would have won every European Championship and his 200m time would have won all but 3. He's capable of making global finals and even winning medals with that 100m time... and he's only 21. This is like if Harry Kane had declared for us aged 21!

[liamoo11]

9.86, to be exact, 19.99 for the 200m. Assuming this goes through, it's an astonishing coup for Irish athletics. Those are elite times. His 100m PB would have won every European Championship and his 200m time would have won all but 3. He's capable of making global finals and even winning medals with that 100m time... and he's only 21. This is like if Harry Kane had declared for us aged 21!

Born here and lived here during his childhood it seems as well. Surely a picture of him.as a kid with an.ireland jersey somewhere to be found

[tetsujin1979]

Jack McGlynn confirms the FAI did approach him, but he only wanted to play for the US team
The episode is 52m long, the relevant section is at 17:40
EDQu0TlKYno

[Fixer82]

Jack McGlynn confirms the FAI did approach him, but he only wanted to play for the US team
The episode is 52m long, the relevant section is at 17:40
EDQu0TlKYno

Best of luck to him

[samhaydenjr]

CJ Egan-Riley on the bench for Marseille against Newcastle on Tuesday-https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c07m74ed4kzt#Line-ups
Can play at right back so could be a good pickup for Ireland. Still only 22

[elatedscum]

Jack McGlynn confirms the FAI did approach him, but he only wanted to play for the US team
The episode is 52m long, the relevant section is at 17:40
EDQu0TlKYno

The interesting line is “whether it was the club turning it down”, because it’s pretty well known that he accepted a call up in late 2021 for the u19s for their competitive games and his club fearing that he would be worth less as an irish international basically dicked around and refused to release him even though they were supposed to. Admittedly, he accepted it, I assume, knowing that he could always switch back because he had never played competitively with the US.

In March, we had another opportunity to call him up but neither Mohan or Crawford did, both managers calling up Ollie O’Neill for the same window and agreeing to share him (1 game for Mohan, 1 for Crawford). It worked out terribly for the u19s who had O’Neill just for one game and started the camp with Andy Moran injured and then lost both Sinclair Armstrong (concussion) and Jonny Kenny with injury along with Adaramola and Garcia-McNulty and basically had no attacking players for the second and third game so ended up playing an injured Kenny and Moran for game 2 before losing Kenny again for the third game.

Let’s just say in retrospect it would have been better to have called up McGlynn to the u19s instead of Ollie O’Neill or even someone like Kian Corbally whose career consists of spells at Longford, Wexford and Ballymena.

The following window in June, the US called him up to their u20s for qualifiers which were his first competitive games.

Then 6 months later both Stephen Kenny and Jim Crawford went across to meet him to present a plan which would see him begin with the 21s before moving to the seniors to try convince him to switch and he basically came back saying he was still undecided (second rejection he mentions).

Stephen Kenny left in November 2023 and then McGlynn accepted a call up for a home based US side vs a home based Slovenia side.

[Eirambler]

Hard to imagine many US or Canada eligible players that are genuinely good enough to play for those countries choosing us. Those countries basically have a guaranteed pass to the World Cup, whereas we'd be lucky to make one in their entire career. Even McDonnell may go back to Canada in time I suspect.

[~YTM~]

Jack McGlynn confirms the FAI did approach him, but he only wanted to play for the US team
The episode is 52m long, the relevant section is at 17:40
EDQu0TlKYno

I thought this was well known as he personally met with Kenny and Crawford in the USA a couple of years ago. Keith Andrews even went to the cup final to scout him. Consensus was it would have to be a call up to the senior squad rather than U21s for him to switch.


The interesting line is “whether it was the club turning it down”, because it’s pretty well known that he accepted a call up in late 2021 for the u19s for their competitive games and his club fearing that he would be worth less as an irish international basically dicked around and refused to release him even though they were supposed to. Admittedly, he accepted it, I assume, knowing that he could always switch back because he had never played competitively with the US.

It was a training squad he was called into and his club refused to release him as he was involved with the first team.

[Kingdom]

Not sure if this has been posted, but Dewsbury Hall should be discounted now.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cly3klev5leo



'I can play for England'
In lieu of an England debut, the Republic of Ireland have been in touch with Dewsbury-Hall because of his family heritage, and Everton captain Seamus Coleman has also asked him about making the switch.

"I see myself as English and have it in my head that I can play for England," Dewsbury-Hall told Everton's club channels. "I don't want to lead people on about what I want to do because I respect the Irish people and fans.

"I just want to give myself a chance to play for England, which is a lifelong dream. I'm playing for a massive club that's on the up, and I still believe I can do it."

Good lad, let that be that now.

[liamoo11]

Not sure if this has been posted, but Dewsbury Hall should be discounted now.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cly3klev5leo



Good lad, let that be that now.

Fair play to him that's a fantastic attitude. I really hope he gets to play for England. This is the way lads should behave .