Potentially eligible players thread

[Diggs246]

I would say if asked now he would jump at it, MON might be waiting for him to make the next move which is fair enough too

[Diggs246]

Did Callum Wilson outright turn down an offerfor playing for us? Was he approached (assuming he qualifies that is)

[Olé Olé]

Very small reminder in an article on James Maddison in the Guardian- his mothers name is Una. What could have been.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2018/aug/22/david-brooks-james-maddison-persistence-premier-league

[Diggs246]

Very small reminder in an article on James Maddison in the Guardian- his mothers name is Una. What could have been.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2018/aug/22/david-brooks-james-maddison-persistence-premier-league

Maddison was approached and said he was waiting for England

[Olé Olé]

Maddison was approached and said he was waiting for England
That’s why I said “What could have been” and that it was a “reminder”.

[CraftyToePoke]

'FAI approach Scottish-born Celtic winger Michael Johnston over declaring for Ireland': https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/981653/fai-approach-scottish-born-celtic-winger-michael-johnston-over-declaring-for-ireland/

Starts for Celtic in the ELQ game tonight.

[musicinmouth]

Maddison was approached and said he was waiting for England

I imagine this is true, but is there an article somewhere that confirmed he was approached? He seems dedicated to England, but he is such a rare talent that I hope the FAI try everything they can.

[Olé Olé]

I imagine this is true, but is there an article somewhere that confirmed he was approached? He seems dedicated to England, but he is such a rare talent that I hope the FAI try everything they can.

https://www.thesun.ie/archives/football/132264/exclusive-fai-track-young-hotshot-james-maddison/

Years ago when he was at Coventry. He rebuffed us then, by all accounts, and stated he was only interested in England. His stock has risen considerably since and was apparently due to train with England in the summer but for injury. He has stated how proud he is at getting his England under 21 call-ups and his dreams of getting the senior cap.

This ship has well and truly sailed. I’d say there’s a better chance of me getting capped by Ireland.

[Cathalsmart]

We aren’t Wales we are capable of getting players like him to
Declare for us.

[tetsujin1979]

Robin Walsh took up the offer of a scholarship in the US with the University of Chowan over the summer: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl55m8ag5c_/

It's with pleasure that I announce you that I signed in America at the University of CHOWAN after having received an academic and sports scholarship.
In order to continue my education and to come out with a good diploma as well as a very high level training from a sporting point of view.
I would like to thank , my family , friends and anderlecht for the past 8 years.
Never heard of the place, but it turns out I drove quite close to it a few years ago on a roadtrip: https://www.chowan.edu/

[Olé Olé]

We aren’t Wales we are capable of getting players like him to
Declare for us.

We haven’t a hope. The lad doesn’t want to play for us.

How couldn’t we get Ethan Ampadu to throw his lot in with us so? Because we aren’t Wales?

[Deckydee]

Nice list here:

http://www.punditarena.com/football/nmenezes/ten-new-faces-martin-oneill-pick-next-ireland-squad/

[Diggs246]

Nice list here:

http://www.punditarena.com/football/nmenezes/ten-new-faces-martin-oneill-pick-next-ireland-squad/

I would love him to call up Josh Cullen and I fully expect Callum Robinson to be called up
Callum Wilson wiki states he is eligible ( but that's not the word of God)
Patrick Bamford is starting to blow smoke up our arses ( its yes or no mate)

[tetsujin1979]

That's a terrible list.
Callum Robinson has already been called up, so not a new face
Callum Wilson and Bamford have shown little or no interest in declaring for us
I think Duffy would need to change his allegiance, which does take a few months
Nolan hasn't played a minute of senior competitive football yet
Ditto Johansson, and he's supposed to go into the Under 18s
Cullen is the U21 captain, and will play against Kosovo and Germany

Of the remainder, Branden Hines-Ike at least has his passport, whether or not he's interested is another case. One of Kelleher and Bazunu could be called up alright. No way he's taking two rookie keepers to a competitive international

[DeLorean]

I think Duffy would need to change his allegiance, which does take a few months

I presume this would apply to Bamford too as he played competitively for the England U21's?

[Olé Olé]

That's a terrible list.
Callum Robinson has already been called up, so not a new face
Callum Wilson and Bamford have shown little or no interest in declaring for us
I think Duffy would need to change his allegiance, which does take a few months
Nolan hasn't played a minute of senior competitive football yet
Ditto Johansson, and he's supposed to go into the Under 18s
Cullen is the U21 captain, and will play against Kosovo and Germany

Of the remainder, Branden Hines-Ike at least has his passport, whether or not he's interested is another case. One of Kelleher and Bazunu could be called up alright. No way he's taking two rookie keepers to a competitive international
Speculative and ill-informed, tabloid-esque rubbish. It doesn’t follow a pattern and nor could it.

[samhaydenjr]

That's a terrible list.
Callum Robinson has already been called up, so not a new face
Callum Wilson and Bamford have shown little or no interest in declaring for us
I think Duffy would need to change his allegiance, which does take a few months
Nolan hasn't played a minute of senior competitive football yet
Ditto Johansson, and he's supposed to go into the Under 18s
Cullen is the U21 captain, and will play against Kosovo and Germany

Of the remainder, Branden Hines-Ike at least has his passport, whether or not he's interested is another case. One of Kelleher and Bazunu could be called up alright. No way he's taking two rookie keepers to a competitive international

Very true - if MON was going to spring one of these shocks on us, it would have been in the Celtic game, but with MON being the unimaginative hack he is, he focused on blooding in players who were likely to be playing Championship football, at least, this season, during those summer games - what a waste of time.

Seriously, he's talking about bringing in a bunch of underage players and players who have not actively shown an interest in even playing for us when the following players have single-digit cap numbers: Long, Cunningham, Rice, Doherty, Egan, Lenihan, Stevens, O'Kane, Judge, Horgan, Browne, Williams, Hourihane, Burke, Maguire, McGoldrick and Hogan. The Nations League is still a competitive tournament with the prize of a back-door place in the Euros in 2020 up for grabs, which will determine seedings for the qualifying tournament proper. If there's "experimentation" to be done, that should mean allowing some of these players the opportunity to get more international experience in advance of the Spring qualifiers

[CraftyToePoke]

Last month, Martin O’Neill claimed to be in contact with some Irish eligible players playing at a high standard.

Did he ?
Where & when ?
I thought we would have heard more about this, had it been said by MON as straight out as this, more speculation at least on here etc as to who.

Or is that line just more of this guys seemingly on / off relationship with reality.

[IsMiseSean]

Dan Crowley started both games for Willem II this season, scoring the winner tonight.
http://www.football-oranje.com/crowley-strike-sees-willem-ii-down-groningen/

Another win today for Willem II. We should be sounding out Crowley now.

[CraftyToePoke]

Sean Raggett got the winner for Rotherham v Milwall, on loan there from Norwich who Rotherham are now two points better off than.

Says he's eligible in this.
- https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/812667/West-Ham-transfer-news-Lincoln-City-Sean-Raggett-FA-Cup-hero-Norwich

[samhaydenjr]

Another win today for Willem II. We should be sounding out Crowley now.

Pretty stunning strike - definitely worth a phone call and a bit of monitoring: https://twitter.com/ScoutedFtbl/status/1033740285958934531

[TrapAPony]

19 year old Watford centre back Ben Wilmot is getting a start tonight v Reading and is supposed to be eligible. Kieran Dowell starting for Everton too. I guess it doesn't matter in either case as the FAI won't convince them anyway.

[liamoo11]

19 year old Watford centre back Ben Wilmot is getting a start tonight v Reading and is supposed to be eligible. Kieran Dowell starting for Everton too. I guess it doesn't matter in either case as the FAI won't convince them anyway.

Why would You want to convince them? Its not club football if you qualify and you feel Irish you play. Where does convincing Come into it?

[seanfhear]

You certainly need to want to play . Its not as if half interested players are going to be much use .

I suppose its no harm showing that we are interested but there is no point in bending over backwards .

[Olé Olé]

https://twitter.com/BenWilmot33/status/974334121412526082?s=19

Not sure if this lad should be on our radar anyway.

[liamoo11]

https://twitter.com/BenWilmot33/status/974334121412526082?s=19

Not sure if this lad should be on our radar anyway.

One of the lads On ybig Last season said He was about to be called up to our 19 s but soon after he was in än england squad

[Stuttgart88]

Declan Rice played in the Carabao Cup on Monday :)

[CraftyToePoke]

Declan Rice played in the Carabao Cup on Monday :)

Too soon.
Too soon for Grealish jokes even.

[Cathalsmart]

One of the lads On ybig Last season said He was about to be called up to our 19 s but soon after he was in än england squad

Jeez we really are top of the class when it comes to being rejected/ditched.

[IsMiseSean]

Jeez we really are top of the class when it comes to being rejected/ditched.

The north are worse than us. We take some of their players, while they seem to be struggling to get Sean Scannell on board.

[seanfhear]

This is a bit of a stretch but I’ll have no truck with that .

[CraftyToePoke]

Tom Field to Cheltenham on loan till January from Brentford.

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45369429

[CraftyToePoke]

Chiedoze Ogbene got to Exeter on loan from Brentford, also till January

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45374786

[DeLorean]

Another win today for Willem II. We should be sounding out Crowley now.

Come and get me plea - https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/former-ireland-and-england-underage-star-dan-crowley-will-declare-for-martin-oneills-side-if-he-gets-a-call-37286185.html

[Olé Olé]

Brilliant! That's dragged on long enough but hopefully he will be a huge option for us in the future.

[DeLorean]

He won't get called up any time soon with an attitude like this...


I am a creative player, I like to make things happen and I’d love to do that with the Irish team

[Diggs246]

agreed, he is exactly what we need

[TrapAPony]

Good to read that about Crowley. Anyone know if 18 year old Wimbledon midfielder Anthony Hartigan is eligible? Scored last night for Wimbledon and has played 13 games for them so far.

[liamoo11]

Come and get me plea - https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/former-ireland-and-england-underage-star-dan-crowley-will-declare-for-martin-oneills-side-if-he-gets-a-call-37286185.html

what a fantastic article. Great news. Great to hear him explain how He has matured. Proper footballer. Hopefully they bring him in for the North friendly obviously paperwork wont be done At that stage for competitive games.really uplifting news

[DeLorean]

Young fellas speaking about how they've matured always unnerves me a bit, I'm sure I've read similar comments from Jack Byrne, for example! Luke Shaw another player who seems to talk the talk every so often, before losing his way a bit again.

I'm not saying that's the case here, great to see Crowley doing well in Holland. I was watching some clips of him on YT earlier, reminded me a small bit of Lubo Moravcik, albeit not as two footed, so maybe he can be a MON player.

[gastric]

what a fantastic article. Great news. Great to hear him explain how He has matured. Proper footballer. Hopefully they bring him in for the North friendly obviously paperwork wont be done At that stage for competitive games.really uplifting news


Obviously makes Liam Kelly's supposed loss easier. If Rice does come back and we beat Wales, what was a really bad week might seem better!

[tetsujin1979]

Was told about Tottenham's Dennis Cirkin last week, and forgot about him until today. Born in Dublin, moved to England at three, and has appeared for the England U16s: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/teams/under-18/players/dennis-cirkin/

[dr_peepee]

Wasn’t there talk of Cardiffs Sean Morrison playing for us at one point when he and Alex Pearse were at Reading together?

[gastric]

He has said, I'm sure, that he is ineligible to play for us.

[greendeiseboy]

Was told about Tottenham's Dennis Cirkin last week, and forgot about him until today. Born in Dublin, moved to England at three, and has appeared for the England U16s: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/teams/under-18/players/dennis-cirkin/

As far as I know he is of Eastern European background, so mightn’t have any interest in us

[Olé Olé]

http://the42.ie/4248767

Interesting quotes from Zaha regarding his international career and choice of Ivory Coast. A sentiment that should be bottled for Declan Rice.

[Closed Account]

A goal and an assist this evening.

Might be worth a move of his thread from world football after his recent statement.
Bat signal to Tets.

[Closed Account]

Might be worth a move of his thread from world football after his recent statement.
Bat signal to Tets.
Dan Crowley

[tetsujin1979]

Might be worth a move of his thread from world football after his recent statement.
Bat signal to Tets.

I can't move a thread from the World League folder, I'm not an admin there.
Either way I'd prefer to see his thread remain there until he actually gets a call up.

[Diggs246]

I wonder if MON has called him to get the ball rolling. He will need to get his passport etc so i doubt he will be involved in October