Irish Abroad 2012/2013

[Charlie Darwin]

And a second for the stripey assassin.

[Olé Olé]

Cracking record by Madden this season. He's bagged 11 in League One since moving to Yeovil at the start of October. He's just starting his third calendar year in England and things are looking rather more bright for him, in comparison to this time last year. I know Yeovil's finances are highly limited so they must have signed him for a relatively nominal fee. If he keeps this up until the season's end then they'll see quite a rapid return on their investment. He's 23 in March.

[tetsujin1979]

Interview with U19 goalkeeper Ian Lawlor, at Manchester City: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/citytv/interviews/2013/one-to-watch-ian-lawlor

[bwagner]

There is an article about Callum Reilly (Birmingham) in the Irish mail today - siad he is on the radar of the FAI ..

[Paddy Garcia]

That radar must be a new Christmas present.

[gastric]

That radar must be a new Christmas present.

John D bought it while pi##ed in a pub in Manchester from some bloke in a hoodie!

[tetsujin1979]

Eddie Nolan training with Scunhorpe, but no word if they'll offer him a contract: http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/article/nolan-training-for-fitness-601137.aspx

[paul_oshea]

According to Goal.com, Fulham have signed 'Cameroon-born wonderkid' Noe Baba. They've paid Castlebar Celtic in County Mayo €160,000 for the 16-year-old, apparently

[nigel-harps1954]

According to Goal.com, Fulham have signed 'Cameroon-born wonderkid' Noe Baba. They've paid Castlebar Celtic in County Mayo €160,000 for the 16-year-old, apparently

Holy feck, that's more than most LOI sides fetch for a player. Just goes to show, you don't ask, you won't get.

[BonnieShels]

Did that move not happen aeons ago?

[tetsujin1979]

Did that move not happen aeons ago?
could only go through when the transfer window opened.
If he does move on for big money, will they get a percentage of it, as the development club?

[nigel-harps1954]

could only go through when the transfer window opened.
If he does move on for big money, will they get a percentage of it, as the development club?

They will indeed. Stephen McLaughlins old club Clonmany Shamrocks are due a healthy 5-10k from his move to Nottm forest even though Harps had already paid a sign-on fee for him when he signed for Derry.

Likewise, if Baba ends up moving on from Fulham, Castlebar will be due a percentage of that. Stand to be corrected, but I think it's something like 5% for each year he was with them as a youth.

[Paddy Garcia]

Anton Rodgers accused.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/liverpool-fc-boss-brendan-rodgers-1549308

[tetsujin1979]

Leon McSweeney has started a blog: http://sweeneymc83blog.wordpress.com/

[tetsujin1979]

U19 Frankie Sutherland on the bench for Portsmouth today

[Charlie Darwin]

A bit unexpected: Dougie Freeman is looking to sign Leicester defender Cian Bolger, who's been in and out of the team while on loan at League 2 Bristol Rovers.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/10192890._/?

The doc will be thrilled.

[Olé Olé]

A bit unexpected: Dougie Freeman is looking to sign Leicester defender Cian Bolger, who's been in and out of the team while on loan at League 2 Bristol Rovers.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/wanderersnews/10192890._/?

The doc will be thrilled.

In all fairness, it was mostly down to cruciate ligament damage that caused the 'out' part...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19558451
He clocked up 39 league appearances last season at the age of 19/20. Not too shabby. I was surprised he went back to League 2 this season. I would have thought a step up to League 1 would have been in order. Still though, he's likely to be signing a contract of a decent length at Bolton, which offers more security and less immediate pressure to a young centre-half.

Makes you think though; Bolton released Mark Connolly having splashed £1million on him and, rather than persevering with him and making that investment provide a return, they pick up a player in a similar position of a similar age profile 6 months later. Reports on Connolly at Crawley have been fairly positive.

I guess prematurely releasing young talent has been a feature of football for a long time, particularly in these climates. Tom Ince and Jordan Rhodes commanding fees of around £8million having been deemed unworthy of places at their respective clubs 2 years previously epitomize this.

[tetsujin1979]

How Leon Best's deadline day move to Newcastle in 2010 went through: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2013/01/30/a-minute-by-minute-guide-to-how-a-last-gasp-deadline-day-transfer-is-completed.aspx

[pateen]

How Leon Best's deadline day move to Newcastle in 2010 went through: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2013/01/30/a-minute-by-minute-guide-to-how-a-last-gasp-deadline-day-transfer-is-completed.aspx
Does he play with them much these days?

[nigel-harps1954]

Does he play with them much these days?

Plays for Blackburn now. Although, I say plays for them, he's been injured pretty much since he joined.

[tetsujin1979]

Plays for Blackburn now. Although, I say plays for them, he's been injured pretty much since he joined.
Recently back in training at Blackburn, still no details of a return date though

[tetsujin1979]

Video on uefa.com about the Late Night League in Dublin: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/grassroots/video/videoid=1915648.html?autoplay=true#latest

[gastric]

David Van Zanten has signed a new contract at St Mirren which will keep him there next year.

[gastric]

Lots of Irish players involved and Cregg scored.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/match-report/281059/vine-at-the-double-for-saints

[bwagner]

Michael Drennan hit a hat trick last night for Villa against Sunderland, Graham Burke
Williams, Carruthers,Grealish also played, Sunderland had Noble,Joyce,McNamee and Lynch ..dont know if these lads are Irish...

[bwagner]

Conor Henderson played the full 90 mins for Arsenal reserves also as they drew 2-2 with Man utd

[bwagner]

Mc Ginty came on for Man utd at 37 mins

[tetsujin1979]

Michael Drennan hit a hat trick last night for Villa against Sunderland, Graham Burke
Williams, Carruthers,Grealish also played, Sunderland had Noble,Joyce,McNamee and Lynch ..dont know if these lads are Irish...
all England according to the wiki entry on Sunderland's reserves and academy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C._Reserves_and_Academy

[gastric]

all England according to the wiki entry on Sunderland's reserves and academy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C._Reserves_and_Academy

That can be worked on!

[bwagner]

How dare they not be Irish :O)

[tetsujin1979]

Michael Drennan is mentioned as one to watch in FourFourTwo's preview of the NextGen series: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/talentspotter/archive/2013/02/12/ones-to-watch-in-the-nextgen-knock-outs-europe-s-best-young-players.aspx

[Charlie Darwin]

Seven Irish in action in Hull-Derby tonight - Quinn, Meyler, Brady and the doc's nemesis McShane for Hull; Hendrick, Sammon and Keogh for Derby. That must be the most Irish interest in a first or second-tier game for quite a while.

[SkStu]

assists for Hendrick and Brady...

[Closed Account]

HUDDERSFIELD Town has signed Republic of Ireland U16 Captain
Danny Kane.
The Terriers have snapped up the teenage centre back after a short
trial last year.
The club has fought off a number of other high profile clubs to win
his signature and he will join Town's Academy in the summer, under
the guidance of Mark Lillis.
Huddersfield Town's Head of Football Operations, Ross Wilson, said:
"We've been tracking Danny extensively in recent months.
"His performances for Cherry Orchard and the Republic of Ireland
suggest he is a young player with considerable potential, but of
course he has a long way to go in his journey to reach his personal
goals."

[bwagner]

Aston Villa's Youth team in last 16 action tonight against Ajax
Squad : Burke, Williams, Kevin Toner , Grealish, Carruthers and Drennan

[liamoo11]

Aston Villa's Youth team in last 16 action tonight against Ajax
Squad : Burke, Williams, Kevin Toner , Grealish, Carruthers and Drennan

Cant see them beating ajax with 6 players:bigsmile:

[tetsujin1979]

there will be some streams available from the usual sites to view the game

[Charlie Darwin]

there will be some streams available from the usual sites to view the game
Hopefully they can find at least 5 more players between now and then.

[bwagner]

there will be some streams available from the usual sites to view the game



Ya auld devil ya boy

[tetsujin1979]

Villa won 2-1, with Drennan getting their first: http://www.nextgenseries.com/en/FixturesResultsTables/Results/19-Feb/Ajax-vs-Aston-Villa/Match-Report
Drennan is now the top scorer in the NextGen series this season

[liamoo11]

Villa won 2-1, with Drennan getting their first: http://www.nextgenseries.com/en/FixturesResultsTables/Results/19-Feb/Ajax-vs-Aston-Villa/Match-Report
Drennan is now the top scorer in the NextGen series this season

Bit of love for brad lewis as well another of ours.

[tetsujin1979]

Bit of love for brad lewis as well another of ours.
thanks, didn't know that

[nigel-harps1954]

Cant see them beating ajax with 6 players:bigsmile:

How they proved you wrong. ;)

[bwagner]

McCarey back at Walsal till seasons end

[DannyInvincible]

Just came across this piece about VVV Venlo's Irish connections: http://wordpress.hotpress.com/robsmith/2013/02/04/vvv-venlos-irish-connections/

Discusses Barry Maguire and Robert Cullen. Also mentions Rosinei Adolfo (http://www.gfdb.com/Player.13121.Rosinei-Adolfo.aspx) and Colin Killoran. Rosinei Adolfo?!


Venlo is a small city in the south of Holland, located pretty much right beside the German border. It’s most famous export are the local football club, VVV Venlo, who ply their trade in Holland’s top tier of football, the Eredivise.

Frankly, they’re lucky to be in the Eredivisie, having narrowly missed out on relegation for a couple of seasons now. But they do possess two individuals that may be of interest to fans of both the Republic and Northern Ireland – a Japanese striker and a Dutch midfielder with the most interesting of names.

Barry Maguire is a 23-year old midfielder and previously represented Ireland and Holland at youth levels. The former-Utrecht star, born of an Irish father and a Dutch mother in Tiel, is still open to offers from the FAI. Trap and Tardelli know about Maguire, but perhaps it’s Venlo’s dire performances as of late that prevent him from getting that much-awaited call-up.

“If Ireland rang me in the morning and asked me to play for them, I would say yes without a thought. I would like to play for the Irish team again but I have no contact at all from them,” Maguire has said.

At just 23, he’s worth a punt. He’s not having the best of seasons, but only a few years back, clubs such as Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven came chasing after the youngster. What is that old saying about how form is temporary, class is permanent?

If you look closely at the list of players at VVV Venlo presently, you’ll notice another name that will raise an eyebrow. A former Japanese youth international named Robert Cullen. That’s right.

Cullen – known by fans and fellow professionals as simply Bobby – was born in Tsuchiura, about 60 km north of Tokyo in 1985, the son of a Japanese mother and Northern Irish father. Having spent six years at Jubilo Iwata in Japan’s J-League, a short stint with second-tier Roasso Kumamoto, Cullen joined Dutch side Venlo in 2011. A classic striker, he wears the no. 10 jersey.

Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill had previously kept Cullen in mind when making selections. Still to wear the green jersey of “our wee country”, Cullen is certainly a player O’Neill and fans wouldn’t mind seeing in Windsor Park in the near future. Though because Japan does not allow dual nationality, losing his Japanese citizenship might be too big of a gamble for Cullen to take. Watch this space.

It goes to show that there are plenty of decent players eligible for both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to have a look at, maybe even take a chance. If we never took chances, we’d never find people such as third-division star Mark Lawrenson or Oxford United duo John Aldridge and Ray Houghton. Some of these players are closer than we think. Some much further away (see Brazilian Adolfo Rosinei and Japanese under-19′s star Colin Killoran for example).

Oh, why couldn’t Messi’s granny hail from Castlebar or if Zidane’s parents came from Abbeyleix instead of Algeria?

[Charlie Darwin]

If in doubt, ask Yahoo! (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091211095706AAOskkQ)

Or ask him youself (https://twitter.com/rosinei5).

[TrapAPony]

If in doubt, ask Yahoo! (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091211095706AAOskkQ)

Or ask him youself (https://twitter.com/rosinei5).

I would say this is him https://twitter.com/officialrosinei

[liamoo11]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/fai-fight-to-keep-hot-prospect-29091740.html

He could be good inspiration for young coll at derry

[Charlie Darwin]

Call him up, Egil!

[gastric]

Keith Tracey seems to have played well in this game. Pity he isn't always consistent. Has all the attributes to be a good player.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/match-report/283155/burnley-v-huddersfield-town