U19 Squad for UEFA qualifiers (7th,9th and 12th October)

[Predator]

Republic of Ireland U19 squad:


Sean Mc Dermott (Arsenal)
Aaron McCarey (Wolves)
Declan Walker (Wrexham)
John Egan (Sunderland)
Anthony O'Connor (Blackburn Rovers)
Sean McGinty (Manchester United)
Mark O'Brien (Derby County)
Shane Duffy (Everton)
Carl McHugh (Reading)
Daryl Horgan (Salthill Devon)
Shane Byrne (Leicester City)
Stephen McDonnell (Dundalk)
Jeff Hendrick (Derby County)
Liam Irwin (Bolton Wanderers)
Craig Walsh (Longford Town)
Patrick McEleney (Derry City)
Robbie Brady (Manchester United)
Michael Rafter (Colchester United)

UEFA U19 Championship first phase qualifiers:

Thursday October 7 (4pm)
Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg, Georgi Benkovski, Teteven
Saturday October 9 (4pm)
Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria, Georgi Benkovski, Teteven
Tuesday October 12 (4pm)
Serbia v Republic of Ireland, Georgi Benkovski, Teteven.

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Looks like a strong enough squad. Obviously it's great to see Duffy back, along with O'Brien. Any ideas as to how they'll lineup?
Interestingly, the FAI article says that they will announce the new manager shortly, so I take it that McCaffrey won't be in charge for these games?

[Stuttgart88]

I think Don Givens is getting the job

[Razors left peg]

so who actually picked that squad if there is no manager in charge at the moment

[SwanVsDalton]

Koevermans? Looks a decent squad although I don't know much about a few of them. Who's Sean McGinty? Sounds like a Derry head...

[Razors left peg]

Sean McGinty is english born as far as I can remember. Think United picked him up from Charlton couple season ago

[Predator]

Koevermans? Looks a decent squad although I don't know much about a few of them. Who's Sean McGinty? Sounds like a Derry head...I too thought that Koevermans might take the reins for these games.

Isn't Sean McGinty the name of a famous College teacher? :cool:
That lad McGinty is an English born defender who United signed from Charlton. I think he captained the U17s or U19s before. Here's his United profile: Sean McGinty (http://www.manutd.com/publish.sps?pagegid=%7B061AD8F0-B618-4CC3-838C-A9AEA6B5217A%7D&teamid=437&section=playerProfile&bioid=94141)

EDIT: RLP beat me to it.

[Predator]

Doolin makes changes to the U19 squad (http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101297&catid=4&Itemid=12)

Injuries have forced the withdrawal from the original 18-man squad of Pat McEleney (Derry City), Sean McDermott (Arsenal) and Shane Byrne (Leicester City). Replacing them on the plane to Sofia on Sunday morning were Anton Rogers (Chelsea), Gary Shaw (Bray Wanderers) and Finn Harps goalkeeper Ciaran Gallagher.

[AlaskaFox]

Dennis Irwin's son is in there? And a dude from Sky's Footballs Next Star. Weird. I'm not a huge LoI fan, is he any good - the Next Star guy?
http://greenscene.me/2010/10/squad-profile-ireland-under-19s-for-the-uefa-euro-2011-qualifiers/

[Dodge]

Well he's not good enough for the premier division. He's on loan at Longford from Rovers. Doing OK for them apparently. He's been in every Irish squad for the past couple of years

[AlaskaFox]

Predator's post says the match is on at 4. Is that local time? Cause UEFA has 15:00, but that could be CET, meaning the match could be on here at 2. Does anyone know for sure?

[Closed Account]

Yes 2pm here, 3pm CET, and 4pm Local Time(Bul)

[tetsujin1979]

any online coverage?

[co. down green]

any online coverage?

Updates here (http://www.uefa.com/under19/matches/season=2011/round=2000081/match=2001643/index.html)

[Predator]

Starting Team:

1 Aaron McCarey
2 Declan Walker
3 Sean McGinty
4 John Egan
5 Shane Duffy
7 Stephen McDonnell
8 Jeff Hendrick
10 Robert Brady (c)
11 Daryl Horgan
18 Anton Rodgers
19 Gary Shaw

How will they line out?

[AlaskaFox]

Live commentary here:
http://greenscene.me/2010/10/live-commentary-ireland-u19-luxembourg-u19/

They have
McCarey
Walker, Duffy, McGinty, Egan
McDonnell, Hendrick, Horgan, Rodgers
Brady, Shaw

[Predator]

1-0 35 mins in. Brady with a penalty.

2-0 37 minutes. McDonnell.

[AlaskaFox]

Make that 2-0!

[tetsujin1979]

nice to score twice in quick succession

[Predator]

3-0 McGinty

[AlaskaFox]

If only this was tomorrow night's match! :D

[gspain]

4-0 now serbia 1 up on Bulgaria too.

[AlaskaFox]

Serbia are 2 up now according to GreenScene.

[gspain]

We are 5-0 up and serbia 2-0 up.

[tetsujin1979]

5-0 now to the boys in green

[gspain]

we won 5-0 Serbia now 3-0 up.

[gspain]

3-0 res to Serbia. A win on saturday v bulgaria will most likely put us through. Even a draw will probably do given the goal difference.

[Predator]

From the GreenScene updates:
"Five goals, a clean sheet, eleven shots on target, you can’t really ask for more. Hopefully Trapattoni and the Irish senior team were looking at this match today. A masterclass of soccer. Well done boys."
High praise from that lad. 5-0 is a brilliant way to start your tenure as manager, even if it is against Luxembourg.

[AlaskaFox]

They drew with Turkey last year, so their under 19 side must not be too bad - I suppose those players are gone on to u21 now though.

EDIT: They had some of the same players, but Turkey had 22 shots in the match.
http://en.uefa.com/under19/matches/season=2010/round=15351/match=304719/index.html

[AlaskaFox]

3-0 res to Serbia. A win on saturday v bulgaria will most likely put us through. Even a draw will probably do given the goal difference.

Yeah, you'd imagine a draw would be more than enough at this stage after a 5-0 win, and Bulgaria losing 3-0.

[Predator]

They drew with Turkey last year, so their under 19 side must not be too bad - I suppose those players are gone on to u21 now though.

EDIT: They had some of the same players, but Turkey had 22 shots in the match.
http://en.uefa.com/under19/matches/season=2010/round=15351/match=304719/index.htmlPerhaps Turkey's U19s weren't particularly strong?
Maybe I'm being a bit cynical. By all accounts it was a convincing performance and it's certainly an impressive result.

[Crosby87]

Sort of reminds me of that friendly vs Sweden to start off Stan's campaign. :eat:

[zackmorris]

Currently 2-1 up against Bulgaria with a couple of mins to go. McGinty and Brady the scorers, they were one-nil down at half time.

[tommy_c12000]

Just over. Great win for the Irish! Well done to the lads!

http://en.uefa.com/under19/matches/season=2011/live/day=8/session=1/match=2001669/matchcenterlight/index.html

[The Fly]

Don't be too surprised if Brady makes a few of Manchester United's Carling Cup squads this season.

[tetsujin1979]

completely forgot this was on, congratulations to the young boys in green,
a great result coming from behind as well
through to the Elite Round now, with the final game against Serbia (who beat Luxembourg 3-0) on Tuesday to determine the final standings.

[geysir]

A draw might well be enough to top the group.

[tommy_c12000]

Just checked the format there. Am I right in saying that there are 28 teams now through to the elite phase (after this round) meaning there will be 7 groups of 4, with only the 7 group winners qualifying along with Romania the hosts?? Really shows the fine line between success and failure at underage international level

[AlaskaFox]

You're exactly right, same with the under 17s. 7 group winners and the hosts.

[liamoo11]

Its a great result.Bit strange eoin wearen who is a regular in west hams reserves isnt in this squad.badly stuck for strikers in this group where are amos and the german lad gone?!

[Predator]

Its a great result.Bit strange eoin wearen who is a regular in west hams reserves isnt in this squad.badly stuck for strikers in this group where are amos and the german lad gone?!Maybe there are better options available at the minute?
These boys don't seem to be having any trouble scoring. 7 goals scored in 2 games and only 1 conceded is fantastic.

[liamoo11]

Maybe only 2 strikers in the squad though with only 1 of those goals been scored by an out and out striker(Rafter).I guess McElaney has to come back into the squad for the elite phase. Brady might end up been a deep lying striker given his quality.Great to see him get a few months of injury free football hopefully he can get out on loan after christmas.

[gastric]

I have tried regularly this season to get info on Amos and Tidim and can't find any updates. Tidim is still at St Pauli, but as regards Amos ther is no info whatsoever!

[Sullivinho]

but as regards Amos ther is no info whatsoever!

I heard he's formed a solid partnership with fellow wonderkid Masal Bugduv.

[tetsujin1979]

I have tried regularly this season to get info on Amos and Tidim and can't find any updates. Tidim is still at St Pauli, but as regards Amos ther is no info whatsoever!
Amos was released from Wigan in May: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=558&fid=516&sty=2&act=1&mid=2121470997

[gastric]

Amos was released from Wigan in May: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=558&fid=516&sty=2&act=1&mid=2121470997
Tets, I knew that, but what I am trying to find out is what happened to him since. He was certainly talked of as having lots of potential and I was surprised a lower league club did not take him on.

[tetsujin1979]

Tets, I knew that, but what I am trying to find out is what happened to him since. He was certainly talked of as having lots of potential and I was surprised a lower league club did not take him on.
going by some of the comments on that forum, it looks like he had the talent, but not the attitude.

[gastric]

I picked up the same vibes from Wigan forums, however, I still find it hard to believe that the likes of Dixon and Amos can just be thrown on the dungheap at such a young age after showing some ability in their teens.

[Predator]

It seems that the final game, against Serbia, is being played early (10am GMT). These lads have done well so far. It would be great if they could top the group.
Serbia U19 v Ireland U19 (http://en.uefa.com/under19/matches/season=2011/round=2000081/match=2001695/index.html)

Note: I just had a look at the Group 10 accumulated stats and Serbia have a total of 39 fouls committed, as opposed to Ireland's 27, and they've received 4 yellow cards and 1 red. I think it's fair to say that they'll be quite a physical side.
Stats (http://en.uefa.com/under19/statistics/round=2000081/teams/index.html)

Good Luck!

[AlaskaFox]

Live commentary here too:
http://greenscene.me/2010/10/live-commentary-ireland-u19-v-serbia-u19/

[Dodge]

I picked up the same vibes from Wigan forums, however, I still find it hard to believe that the likes of Dixon and Amos can just be thrown on the dungheap at such a young age after showing some ability in their teens.

Without sounding too harsh, it happens very regularly. PLentyof hugely, hugely talented youngsters don't make it. About 95% of them