Connor Ronan M Colorado Rapids b.1998

[liamoo11]

Great to see Roman on bench for Wolves nice footballer

[tetsujin1979]

on the bench for Wolves again today against Forest

[liamoo11]

And got 10 mins well done nice player

[samhaydenjr]

Great to see another youngster breaking into his first team. Hopefully he and the other recent Championship debutants (Kelly, Shodipo, O'Keeffe, Field) can hold onto their places and give us extra options in the next couple of seasons.

[liamoo11]

Great to see him start today

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I didn't know what his International situation was so I gave him a quick google.

"I'll show England what their missing" is the first headline I see.

If his main goal after getting an Intl call up is to prove a point to another country, it's not totally encouraging.

[tetsujin1979]

Not to mention the terrible grammar.

[liamoo11]

This lads story has been discussed elsewhere. He played for a kind of England reserve under 17 s 2 years ago and also for our under 17s. No chance he was going to make their side for the euro s that summer but was picked for our squad. At the time he was at Rochdale I think and was just making the move to wolves. England lads on big soccer were not fussed that he had switched http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/english-players-dual-nationality-thread.2019295/page-9#post-32639094. The arsenal lad mcguane played for us in that under 17 euros but then switched to Brits . No point making a drama about it obviously he may leave us but unless we stop picking lads who have dual nationality that's always goin to be the way. There were plenty saying Randolph was rubbish and could **** off when he talked about been eligible for the USA 4 or 5 years ago but I don't see many whinging about him now.

[Olé Olé]

I didn't know what his International situation was so I gave him a quick google.

"I'll show England what their missing" is the first headline I see.

If his main goal after getting an Intl call up is to prove a point to another country, it's not totally encouraging.

http://thestar.ie/about-us/connor-ronan-ill-show-england-what-theyre-missing/

If you bothered your arse to read the article you'll see he went away with England and went away with Ireland the following week. He weighed up which he preferred and he preferred the Irish set up.

You have taken that line out of context. He doesn't say it like a jilted lover who goes out to shift someone in front of the person that dumped them to make them jealous.

He had the option to play for either country and picked us and I'm sure his old man is proud.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I did read it.

Ronan said:
“I’ve seen a few of them (England players) around the hotel and had a chat with them.
“I’m looking forward to playing England and showing them what they are missing really.”

Anyways, we'll see what happens down the road. No point arguing about it.

[liamoo11]

The only 3 lads in our under 19 s this season who have played first team in the uk are Ronan O Keefe and Barrett . All these r English born with dual nationality. Let's stop picking lads with dual nationality for our underage sides to keep towk happy .

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Where did I say anything remotely like "I want him" or "I don't want him" in the Intl set up?

[tetsujin1979]

Where did anyone say you did say that?

[Stuttgart88]

https://www.balls.ie/football/connor-ronan/355705

Seems to have done very well. "Qualifies through father's grandparents?" Can't be right.

[Wangball]

Sure we don't need any of them, we can pick Paddy Madden instead.


The only 3 lads in our under 19 s this season who have played first team in the uk are Ronan O Keefe and Barrett . All these r English born with dual nationality. Let's stop picking lads with dual nationality for our underage sides to keep towk happy .

[Olé Olé]

https://www.balls.ie/football/connor-ronan/355705

Seems to have done very well. "Qualifies through father's grandparents?" Can't be right.

Wrong of course. The other article above sees Connor referring to both his father's parents as being Irish-born and he's aware enough to mention the counties so I'd imagine there's a strong identification by his old man.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Sure we don't need any of them, we can pick Paddy Madden instead.

Well, at least with Madden we won't have to worry about the inevitable saga of what country he is going to play for.

Don't understand the derision towards him.

Regular goalscorer (albeit at League One level), good movement, can play out wide.

Going off his appearance against Wales, he can't possibly be any worse an option than McGoldrick, Best, Rooney, N. Hunt, Sammon, Cox and any number of options who have got call ups over the years.

[DeLorean]

I'm sure the derision is towards you, not Madden.

[Charlie Darwin]

Well, at least with Madden we won't have to worry about the inevitable saga of what country he is going to play for.
He's not cap-tied to us and he's eligible for England through residency.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

First the English FA surreptitiously steal Jack Grealish from us, now Paddy Madden.

[BonnieShels]

Spelling his name with a double-n should disqualify him straight away. Usurper.

[tetsujin1979]

Off the bench against Liverpool, live on BT Sport now

[DeLorean]

Doherty was really good and Mason came on too.

[Siberian]

Not a bad write up. Plenty of room in Irish squad for an attacking midfielder! Wolves reporter from last night's game v Wigan
''Is this kid for real? Showed up some of his more senior team mates with his tenacity, desire and his quality in possession. Great technique, great energy and has the vision to back up his many attributes on the ball. Set pieces were, again, excellent and he swung a great free kick onto Edwards' head for the chance of the match. Looks about 12 but unleashed a rocket of a 30-yard screamer in the dying seconds that the keeper tipped over. Forget about the future, Connor Ronan is ready now. Not overawed at all. Three starts in a Wolves shirt and three 8/10s from this reporter. Keep it up Connor.'' 8/10

[Olé Olé]

And the praise keeps on coming for Manning too...

[DannyInvincible]

John Fallon reports that the FA are keen on convincing Ronan to switch to England, although he does also reassure us that the player is "fully committed" to Ireland: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/burke-and-bone-bolster-bradleys-ranks-at-rovers-35455505.html


Meanwhile, Connor Ronan's scintillating form at Wolves is catching the eye of English FA coaching staff. The 18-year-old winger has represented Ireland at underage level for the last two years having initially represented his native England in an U-16 tournament.

England officials have enquired about Ronan's allegiance through intermediaries. However, the youngster is fully committed to Ireland and is due to play in next month's U-19 Euro elite qualifiers in Belgium.

[DannyInvincible]

He's not cap-tied to us and he's eligible for England through residency.

Have all of Madden's (numerous) under-age caps for the FAI been in non-competitive fixtures? If any of them were in competitive fixtures, in order to be now eligible for England, he would have to have possessed British nationality at the time he first represented the FAI competitively.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Fallon also said Grealish was committed.

[Olé Olé]

Grealish never played for England before he played for Ireland though.

[CraftyToePoke]

Iceland squad with a carrot of going to a WC before he hits 20 if he keeps performing at Wolves. Protect the asset and see the colour of his intentions nice and early, put it to bed. (yes I know a friendly cap doesn't tie him DI :) )

[tetsujin1979]

fracture in his back apparently, could be out for the rest of the season :(

[tetsujin1979]

Won young professional of the season at the Wolves end of season awards: https://twitter.com/wolves/status/862051048738959362

[tetsujin1979]

Back playing for Wolves in their pre season friendlies and set up the only goal of the game against Werder Bremen a few days ago: https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/first-team/20170712-dicko-sinks-werder-bremen/

[liamoo11]

good to see him get on tonight. Has been involved at least on the bench in nearly every game so far thiss season

[Dunners]

Wasn't involved in the recent u21's game but was called up to the squad , did he just not make the final match day squad ?

[liamoo11]

https://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/13/2019/2022417?tab=report this report has him on the bench. I was surprised he wasn't involved as we r so light in an attacking sense at that grade

[liamoo11]

Off the bench again today for wolves he is sticking in there this season with them hopefully he is involved in the 21s games this week

[gastric]

Praise for his performance tonight after coming on in the 72nd minute against Man City.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/irish-youngster-impresses-as-wolves-take-manchester-city-to-penalties-36259358.html

[paul_oshea]

De Bruyne asked to swap his jersey the last night. Hopefully he gets some more appearances.

[Charlie Darwin]

I don't think we have to worry about De Bruyne getting more appearances.

[samhaydenjr]

Are they related?

https://cdn-02.independent.ie/incoming/article36259363.ece/c22a6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/ronan.jpg

[Olé Olé]

Few re-assuring things about this lad. To have the mettle to come back from a tough injury like that is great going at that age. Also, he's already experienced the England camp and sided with us which is brilliant. His Twitter is awash with references to the Ireland national teams too.

This insecurity doesn't stop rearing it's head!

[Olé Olé]

Irish midfielder Ronan drops down to League One in search of more games http://the42.ie/3780107

Ronan has moved on loan to Portsmouth until the end of the season. Portsmouth lie in the play-offs spots in League one so they're going well.

[tetsujin1979]

reuniting with Jackett, who gave him his debut at Wolves

[samhaydenjr]

Into the Portsmouth starting eleven for their draw with Scunthorpe and played 71 minutes - looks like a prudent move on his move - with Wolves chasing promotion they will likely stick mostly with tested first team players for the next few months http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42587591

[tetsujin1979]

named on the bench for his loan club Slovakian side FC DAC 1904
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He was interviewed for their website earlier this week: http://fcdac.sk/sk/spravy/2019/02/15/connor-ronan-tento-styl-hry-sa-mi-velmi-paci
(translated from Google) https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffcdac.sk%2Fsk%2Fspravy%2F2019%2F02% 2F15%2Fconnor-ronan-tento-styl-hry-sa-mi-velmi-paci

[samhaydenjr]

Came on as a late sub against league leaders Slovan Bratislava: http://www.fortunaliga.sk/zapas/1313-dac-slo

[tommy_c12000]

He has started the last few games, and now has just opened the scoring for FC DAC 1904. Certainly on form at the moment. It has proved to be an excellent career decision thus far

[Closed Account]

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[CraftyToePoke]

Wolves have given him a two year deal

- https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/under-23/20190520-new-contract-for-connor-ronan/#