Irish Abroad 2019/20

[tetsujin1979]

Joe Gorman, Chris Curran, Garry Breen, and Ronan Doherty are the first Irish players to appear in the new season.
All four are starting for Cliftonville in tonight's Europa League preliminary round tie against Barry Town

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[Demesne Lad]

Aiden O'Brien scores against Braga as Millwall go down 1-2 in friendly in Portugal.

[Demesne Lad]

"Reading Football Club can confirm that the contract of midfielder David Meyler has been mutually terminated in advance of its expiration." (www.readingfc.co.uk)

[Demesne Lad]

Canice Carroll (20) goes on season-long loan from Brentford to Carlisle Utd. (BBC)

[liamoo11]

Doyle hayes off on season loan to cheltenham

[tetsujin1979]

Joe Shaughnessy signs a one year deal with Southend: https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2019/august/shaughnessy-signs/

[tommy_c12000]

Collins, Barrett, Manning, Crowley, Browne, Maguire all start in the championship. Shodipo on bench. Power left out of Ross County squad. No sign of any of the Irish at Celtic.

[tetsujin1979]

Hayes is on the bench for Celtic

[liamoo11]

3 keepers at league 1 level starting o hara, lawlor and o Leary

[tetsujin1979]

Rising Stars: Troy Parrott – the Tottenham striker, 17, seen as the heir to Robbie Keane: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2dfcd8e2-b768-11e9-9ed1-57176c9fe03e?region=ie&t=ie

[tetsujin1979]

Before the premier league season starts this week, can you name the Irish players with the most appearances in the PL for each club? https://www.sporcle.com/games/IrishAbroad/name-the-player-with-most-pl-appearances-for-each-club

[tetsujin1979]

Alan Browne's 150th appearance in the Championship, Ian Lawlor's first appearance since January, Jason Knight's debut, and more in the first round up of 2019/20: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=8151503249676521718

[Demesne Lad]

David McMillan has been told by Tommy Wright that he can leave St Johnstone (Daily Record, 5 August).

[tetsujin1979]

Sunderland and Oxford have reportedly inquired about taking Adam Idah on loan

[Olé Olé]

Wow. Sunderland could make him.

[tetsujin1979]

Norwich City manager has stated there will be no more business done today, so I guess that means Idah is not going out on loan

[liamoo11]

Norwich City manager has stated there will be no more business done today, so I guess that means Idah is not going out on loan

You can go out on loan to league 1 and 2 until early September

[tommy_c12000]

He doesn’t look likely to play a big part in prem this season, at least for the first few months. Still too raw. Played under 23s today, obviously not in match day squad. Hopefully he can get to a good league one club before sept 2, Will need a call back option built in considering how light Norwich are up front. He can’t spend another year in the under 23s

[tetsujin1979]

There are seven Ireland players starting today's Premier League fixtures - John Egan, Callum Robinson, Enda Stevens, David McGoldrick, Seamus Coleman, Conor Hourihane, and Shane Duffy - for the first time since January 2018

[tetsujin1979]

Sheffield United are the first club to name four Ireland players in a Premier League starting XI since Burnley in May 2017
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[tetsujin1979]

Stephen Ward's 400th appearance in English football, Richard Keogh's 350th appearance for Derby County , Darren Randolph's 100th appearance for Middlesbrough FC, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=9109614523735801176

[tetsujin1979]

Caoimhin Kelleher and Andy Lonergan included in Liverpool's traveling squad for the super cup on Wednesday: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/360294-confirmed-liverpool-squad-super-cup-chelsea

[tetsujin1979]

After SheffieldUnited started four Ireland players last weekend, I checked if any team had started more Irish players in the Premier League: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1725515273729343737

[jbyrne]

Adrian apparently injured during wednesdays on-pitch celebrations. maybe Kelleher in with a shout of starting this weekend

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Adrian apparently injured during wednesdays on-pitch celebrations. maybe Kelleher in with a shout of starting this weekend

In that article on the other thread, Klopp suggested Kelleher will need some U21/U23 games to get up to speed. That would probably indicate he'll go with Lonergan if Adrian is out, unfortunately.

[DeLorean]

From Klopp's press conference today - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49369915


Klopp says Liverpool's third-choice keeper Andy Lonergan, 35, who was an unused substitute for the game in Istanbul which finished 2-2 after extra time, is "ready" to deputise for Adrian if the 32-year-old is ruled out.

Liverpool's first-choice keeper Alisson is sidelined with a calf injury.

"Andy Lonergan is in training with (Caoimhin) Kelleher and we have them if we have to make a decision," Klopp said of his two back-up options.

"Adrian was a week before, Lonergan has trained with us. We will see. Kelleher has potential but is not 100% yet."

[tommy_c12000]

Another poor weekend thus far from Irish perspective in UK. Of my players of interest:

Coleman and Duffy only Irish players starting in premier league. Lonergan ahead of Kelleher on bench. Obafemi on bench. Travers, Kilkenny, Connolly not on bench. Hourihane drops to bench as I had suspected. Idah not on bench, but does have back injury.

In Championship, Collins drops back to bench, stoke appear to be reverting to 4 at the back. Cullen starting for Charlton. Crowley starting. No Molumby in millwall squad. O’Shea on bench again. Knight back to derby bench. Browne remains out of favor at Preston, Maguire starts. Manning starts for qpr.

No Luca for Celtic. No Simon Power for Ross county, although he did have an injury last weekend so may not have recovered.

[liamoo11]

Another poor weekend thus far from Irish perspective in UK. Of my players of interest:

Coleman and Duffy only Irish players starting in premier league. Lonergan ahead of Kelleher on bench. Obafemi on bench. Travers, Kilkenny, Connolly not on bench. Hourihane drops to bench as I had suspected. Idah not on bench, but does have back injury.

In Championship, Collins drops back to bench, stoke appear to be reverting to 4 at the back. Cullen starting for Charlton. Crowley starting. No Molumby in millwall squad. O’Shea on bench again. Knight back to derby bench. Browne remains out of favor at Preston, Maguire starts. Manning starts for qpr.

No Luca for Celtic. No Simon Power for Ross county, although he did have an injury last weekend so may not have recovered.

Is long just out of favour at Southampton or droped?

[tommy_c12000]

Is long just out of favour at Southampton or droped?

Judging by their fans forum all summer, he was woeful preseason. Not many fans had anything positive to say and looks like he didn’t impress last season as well. No word on injury, so presumably he’s out of favor, he’s 33 in January. With his style of play, relying on his pace with balls over the top, being in his 30s doesn’t bode well especially after the recurrent injuries. A dark horse for a move prior to sept 2, but not sure where he’d go with championship clubs not available. He’s not too appealing for good continental teams

[tommy_c12000]

Not a fan, but I see Scott Hogan scored for stoke.

[tommy_c12000]

Another poor weekend thus far from Irish perspective in UK. Of my players of interest:

Coleman and Duffy only Irish players starting in premier league. Lonergan ahead of Kelleher on bench. Obafemi on bench. Travers, Kilkenny, Connolly not on bench. Hourihane drops to bench as I had suspected. Idah not on bench, but does have back injury.

In Championship, Collins drops back to bench, stoke appear to be reverting to 4 at the back. Cullen starting for Charlton. Crowley starting. No Molumby in millwall squad. O’Shea on bench again. Knight back to derby bench. Browne remains out of favor at Preston, Maguire starts. Manning starts for qpr.

No Luca for Celtic. No Simon Power for Ross county, although he did have an injury last weekend so may not have recovered.

Full 90 minutes for Coleman and Duffy. Late appearances for Collins and Knight. Nice to see. Ramsdale appears to have had a solid game, unfortunately for Travers, loan move in next two weeks please. No appearance by Hourihane or Obafemi. Huge howler by Adrian, and got away with another one in first half, time to give Caomhin a go and not a subaverage journeyman like Lonergan! Full 90 minutes for Cullen, Crowley (Birmingham really look terrible this season lost 3-0 today) and Manning. No goal for Maguire. No Parrott as expected vs Man City, no update on his injury either.

Heavily reliant on Sheff United again tomorrow to make our irish representation in prem league look respectable. Hopefully McCarthy will play for palace as well. The Burnley Irish don’t seem to be anywhere, neither Long or Dunne making bench, and no sign of Hendrick coming on, or Brady in squad (remains injured apparently)

[tommy_c12000]

Liam Kelly starting for Feyenoord now vs Utrecht. Will be interesting to see how he gets on.

The 4 irish played for Sheff United, Stevens looked good has improved since I last saw him; Egan is solid but unfortunately Keogh will start ahead, Robinson okay, McG missed a 5 yard sitter - just hasn’t impressed me but Mick loves him. McCarthy on for last 20 minutes, good to see, game has gone very scrappy so difficult for him to get into it

[tommy_c12000]

Full 90 for Kelly, 1-1 draw. Poor start by Stam, hopefully they’ll improve and he’ll stay in the job for Kelly’s sake. Let’s see if kelly stays in the team

[samhaydenjr]

Liam Kelly starting for Feyenoord now vs Utrecht. Will be interesting to see how he gets on.

The 4 irish played for Sheff United, Stevens looked good has improved since I last saw him; Egan is solid but unfortunately Keogh will start ahead, Robinson okay, McG missed a 5 yard sitter - just hasn’t impressed me but Mick loves him. McCarthy on for last 20 minutes, good to see, game has gone very scrappy so difficult for him to get into it

Sheffield United fans like him as well - having see him on TV a few times last season and this, I can see why Mick likes him, but also why it might appear that he's not that impressive. I don't know if you remember TOWK on this forum, but he noted that McG almost looked lazy on the field - and he does seem to drift around the front, without aggressively showing for the ball. But when he does receive it, his distribution is generally tidy and regularly incisive - he is often involved in something important, which is why he has been given MOTM in two of our games this campaign and why he has been involved in three of our five goals: assist for Hendrick in Gibraltar; won the free-kick that Hourihane scored from against Georgia; and hit the shot that was deflected to open the scoring at home to Gibraltar.

He's a decent, if not outstanding, finisher - it was unfortunate that he missed the chance today, but in his defence the ball kicked up onto his shin/knee. I really hope he gets the chance to open his account for us in the Autumn qualifiers and maybe gets a couple more before the young guns establish themselves.

[samhaydenjr]

Not a fan, but I see Scott Hogan scored for stoke.

That's good news - we could do with him regaining the form he showed at Brentford, as he, like McGoldrick, could be an important stop-gap before the youngsters make the step up... he seems to do well for teams that play in red and white stripes

[tommy_c12000]

I agree that McG and Hogan are adequate stop gap measures in the McCarthy era, not a whole lot of immediate alternatives. But hopefully our youngsters will start flourishing in 2020 so can have proper international strikers in the fold

[tetsujin1979]

Scott Hogan marks his 100th appearance in the Championship with a goal, Anthony Forde's 250th career appearance, Liam Kelly's first start for Feyenoord, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=8824158222681197176

[tommy_c12000]

Championship update: Collins and O’Shea remain on benches, Molumby on bench so could make league debut tonight, maguire not in squad, manning continues at LB for QPR, Cullen starts for charlton, Barrett remains on bench for reading

[tommy_c12000]

Molumby should start on Saturday. According to fans, has been very impressive since coming on at 75 minutes. Collins on at 45 minutes in a stoke loss. Again, hopefully the loss will prompt Collins start on Saturday.

[tetsujin1979]

U19 international James Clarke's debut, Anthony Forde's tenth goal in League One, James McClean's 30th goal in English football, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=3101635285917570058

[tetsujin1979]

Glenn Whelan's first appearance for Hearts, James McCean's 50th appearance for Stoke City, Seamus Coleman's 250th appearance in the Premier League, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7937726444027312715

[tetsujin1979]

Two senior club debuts, James McCarthy's first start since January 2018, Roy O'Donovan's first goal for Brisbane Roar, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=5108432510433514211

[tetsujin1979]

Simon Power's first appearance in the SPL, Aaron Connolly's first Premier League appearance, Thomas O'Connor's debut at Gillingham, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=5782724399091398360

[liamoo11]

Simon Power's first appearance in the SPL, Aaron Connolly's first Premier League appearance, Thomas O'Connor's debut at Gillingham, and more in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=5782724399091398360

League 1 is a great level for o connor to go on loan. He played left back on Saturday

[tetsujin1979]

Irish players confirmed in Premier League squads
Aston Villa
Conor Hourihane

Bournemouth
Mark Travers

Brighton
Shane Duffy
Aaron Connolly

Burnley
Robbie Brady
Jeff Hendrick
Kevin Long

Crystal Palace
Stephen Henderson
James McCarthy

Everton
Seamus Coleman

Liverpool
Caoimhin Kelleher

Newcastle
Ciaran Clark

Sheffield United
John Egan
David Mcgoldrick
Callum Robinson
Enda Stevens

Southampton
Shane Long
Michael Obafemi

Tottenham
Troy Parrott

Wolves
Matt Doherty

[tetsujin1979]

Four players' first appearance in senior football, Paddy Madden's 30th goal for Fleetwood Town, Jeff Hendrick becomes the 42nd player to reach 50 international caps, and more in the midweek round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=3756024741016413687

[tetsujin1979]

After Jack Byrne became the 500th player to play for Ireland last night, I wondered who the other players at each 100th-player milestone were http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1784395758237795597

[tetsujin1979]

Following a question from Alan Kelly on Twitter, I checked the record books to see if two goalkeepers had ever made their Ireland debut in the same game before Mark Travers and Kieran O'Hara did so against Bulgaria
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1845165789699543163

[tetsujin1979]

Final blog on Ireland v Bulgaria - what are the other occasions when three players scored their first international goal in the same game: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=1880485591232636990

[tetsujin1979]

James Collins' 100th Luton Town Football Club appearance, Jeff Hendrick's 100th Premier League appearance, Eoin Doyle's 100th goal in British football, Danny Rogers's 100th Scottish Championship appearance, and other stats unrelated to the number 100 in the weekend round up: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=7211578598572326884