Under-18 Squad [Archive]

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09/11/2017, 4:19 PM

Squad was announced a few days ago
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/crawford-names-ireland-u18-squad
Squad
Aaron Connolly (Brighton)
Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers)
Adam Idah (Norwich)
Andy Lyons (Bohemians)
Brian Maher (St Patricks Ath)
Ciaran Brennan (Sheffield Wednesday)
Conor Coventry (West Ham United)
Gavin Kilkenny (Bournemouth)
Joe Redmond (Birmingham)
Jordan Doherty (Sheffield United)
Kameron Ledwidge (Southampton)
Kevin Healy (West Bromwich Albion)
Matthew Shiels (Rangers)
Michael Obafemi (Southampton)
Oisin McEntee (Newcastle United)
Richard O'Farrell (St Patricks Ath)
Rory Brown (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Rowan Roache (Blackpool)
Will Ferry (Southampton)
Will Smallbone (Southampton)

They played their first game today, lost 3-0 to Belgium.
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u18-belgium-win-opening-game-of-invitational-tournament

-------------------------Brian Maher;
Ciaran Brennan-----Joseph Redmond-----Kevin Healy-----Kameron Ledwidge;
----------Rowan Roache (William Smallbone 78)-----Conor Coventry;
-----Gavin Kilkenny-----Matthew Shiels (Richard O’Farrell 46)-----William Ferry;
-------------------------Adam Idah.
https://i.imgur.com/UOpKJmU.png

samhaydenjr

09/11/2017, 11:54 PM

Not exactly a wealth of talented strikers in the works, is there? Just three forwards, who play for Exeter, Stockport and Galway. After Quinn retires, we're fairly screwed...

So for those of you who are worried that we're thin up front now...

Closed Account

11/11/2017, 8:12 PM

Not a great result today..... Look it up.

samhaydenjr

11/11/2017, 9:30 PM

Not a great result today..... Look it up.

Ouch...on the upside, losing 3-0 to Belgium hasn't always been a sign of catastrophe.

pineapple stu

11/11/2017, 11:14 PM

Eh...look up the date of the post being replied to maybe?

The guys in the original thread are retiring now.

Though with the age profile of our squad, that means they may yet have a future...

liamoo11

12/11/2017, 12:01 AM

8 nil loss to the Dutch is a bit nasty in fairness but this side is short of alot of regulars. http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u18-crawfords-side-defeated-by-netherlands

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20/03/2018, 11:47 AM

http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u18-squad-named-for-romania-friendlies

Republic of Ireland Under-18 squad
Goalkeepers: George McMahon (Rotherham United), Luke McNicholas (Sligo Rovers)
Defenders: Ryan Burke (Birmingham City), James Clarke (Burnley), Jack James (Luton Town), Andy Lyons (Bohemians), Joe Redmond (Birmingham City)
Midfielders: Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers), Michael Collins (Everton), Rory Doyle (Cork City), Richard O’Farrell (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Zak O’Neill (Cabinteely), Conor Tee (Leicester City)
Forwards: Thomas Caffrey (Celtic), Cieran Dunne (Falkirk), Gavin Kilkenny (AFC Bournemouth), JJ Kayode (Rotherham United), Glen McAuley (Liverpool), Cian Murphy (Cork City)
Fixtures
March 25: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Home Farm FC, KO 16.00
March 27: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Home Farm FC, KO 11.30

tetsujin1979

20/03/2018, 12:21 PM

Good to see McAuley involved at underage level again. Is that Tee's first call up?

tetsujin1979

20/03/2018, 12:23 PM

Just noticed Ciaran Dunne has a few appearances for Falkirk, and is listed as Scottish on Wikipedia

liamoo11

20/03/2018, 12:37 PM

Lots of new faces. McMahon, Clarke, tee and Collins have never been involved before. Kayode hasn't been involved much either since he went to rotherham. Pretty sure Dunne played under 17 for Scotland. With no shiels included likely he has rejoined Scots?

Olé Olé

20/03/2018, 12:40 PM

First call up for Conor Tee and Jack James? English-born lads at Leicester and Luton, respectively. Is that McAuley's first call up in a while?

Olé Olé

20/03/2018, 12:43 PM

Just noticed Ciaran Dunne has a few appearances for Falkirk, and is listed as Scottish on Wikipedia

Dunne was in an under 19 squad in February for us.

tetsujin1979

26/03/2018, 12:03 AM

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The U18s won 2-1 against Romania earlier: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u18-crawfords-side-defeat-romania

Tee and Dunne with the goals

Olé Olé

26/03/2018, 6:04 AM

Not that I've an issue with it but that team appears slightly more reliant on lads born outside of Ireland than some of our other underage teams. James, McMahon, Collins, Dunne, Clarke and Tee making up the majority of the team with all born in England, aside from Dunne (Scotland).

Charlie Darwin

27/03/2018, 11:48 PM

The 18s are just players who are too old for 17s and not good enough for 19s or, in Bolger's case, suspended from the 19s. I wouldn't worry too much about the make-up of the squad.

liamoo11

11/08/2018, 10:26 AM

some Of the New additions to English academies over The summer From youthawk who might be involved in uudet 17/18 Irish squads

flynn leicester
ebsole and hawlax derby
timi sobawle Man city(and Finn harps!)
kian leavy reading
tyreike Wright Aston villa
Zak delaney West brom
Conor carty wolves
giurgi norwich
omobambedi norwich
keogh southampton
idowu southampton
gaxha sheff utd
trehy Crystal palace
Healy ipswich
reilly ipswich
carlyle QPR?
mcmanus preston
Corcoran preston
Lyons preston

Cant remember That carlyle lad Been involved för Us.

liamoo11

11/08/2018, 4:05 PM

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11/08/2018, 4:35 PM

first weekend Of under 18 Games. parrott for 2 för Spurs, jennings for 3 för stoke tink He will be under19 för Us This sadon, mcenneff and ogunbo Player för Arsenal, sobawle and egan riley Made Bench At Man city, idah seems to haave moved beyound This level for norwich

Have you installed a scandanavian keyboard liamoo?
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tetsujin1979

11/08/2018, 5:07 PM

first weekend Of under 18 Games. parrott for 2 för Spurs, jennings for 3 för stoke tink He will be under19 för Us This sadon, mcenneff and ogunbo Player för Arsenal, sobawle and egan riley Made Bench At Man city, idah seems to haave moved beyound This level for norwich
Very hard to read your posts lately liam, try to use less of the text-speak

nigel-harps1954

11/08/2018, 8:47 PM

some Of the New additions to English academies over The summer From youthawk who might be involved in uudet 17/18 Irish squads

timi sobawle Man city(and Finn harps!)

reilly ipswich

Different Sobowale at Man City to the one at Finn Harps. They're brothers.

Also, that'd be Connor O'Reilly at Ipswich who moved over from Finn Harps under-17s in July. Great prospect.

liamoo11

12/08/2018, 12:57 AM

Have you installed a scandanavian keyboard liamoo?
https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/tumblr_nexbhydf7j1sp9f4bo1_500.gif

Sorry all, my account was hacked by my fingerless Swedish mistress who has an unhealthy obsession with underage Irish football jävel

Olé Olé

12/08/2018, 1:20 PM

That Wright is a lovely player at Villa and looked so good at Euros. But Idah and Parrott are different level. I am sincerely convinced we have 2 PL seniors on our hands there and that's as good as you can say about players of that age.

liamoo11

18/08/2018, 7:08 PM

Sobowale made his first appearence for Man City 18s with joe hodge On bench.
Seamus keogh made first appearence for southampton 18s
Kian levy made first appearence for reading 18s
Liam delap(former Irish International rory delaps son) who is an under16 made first appearence for derby 18s

tetsujin1979

18/08/2018, 8:16 PM

Sobowale came off the bench last week as well. He's friends with my friend's son in Waterford.

liamoo11

19/08/2018, 10:29 AM

Sobowale came off the bench last week as well. He's friends with my friend's son in Waterford.

Thank you its a fine achievement to step up so quickly with the amount of players City tend to have. Someone maybe on ybig said he had switched to nigeria do you know if that is true?

tetsujin1979

19/08/2018, 10:06 PM

I don't know, I just saw Sobowale on the bench last week and I passed it on to them

gastric

20/08/2018, 12:39 AM

Thank you its a fine achievement to step up so quickly with the amount of players City tend to have. Someone maybe on ybig said he had switched to nigeria do you know if that is true?

Actually it was me who enquired on here about where his loyalty lies. As I mentioned on another thread, he is being described as Nigerian in media reports since his move to Man City and he is using the Nigerian flag on his twitter account. I was hoping someone on here could allay my fears, so get the finger out Tets, as you are the man in the know!;)

CraftyToePoke

20/08/2018, 2:24 AM

Yeah tets, make the necessary enquiries would you.

samhaydenjr

20/08/2018, 2:36 AM

Adam O'Reilly on the scoresheet recently for Preston North End against Wrexham: https://www.pnefc.net/matches/fixtures/u18-team/201819/august2/preston-north-end-u18-vs-wrexham-u18-on-11-aug-18/#

Jordan McEneff played the full game for Arsenal U18s in their 2-0 win over Brighton, who had Matt Everitt as an unused sub: https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/18/england/premier-academy-league/brighton--hove-alb-u18/arsenal-fc-under-18-academy/2881269/?ICID=PL_MS_07

Is it just me, or is there a dearth of Irish players in the U18s of different English clubs this year compared to last? Is this a cause for concern? I know a number of lads have moved up to U23 and a few quicker than expected (Cassidy, Idah, Parrott) so maybe it's a good sign and will even out over the coming 12 months but if the lads now at U23 level don't make the grade, then we could be in real trouble on the talent-pipeline front. Or perhaps LOI clubs are starting to have more success in keeping young prospects at home for longer, which would be a good thing, assuming they are receiving good coaching.

Charlie Darwin

20/08/2018, 2:51 AM

Actually it was me who enquired on here about where his loyalty lies. As I mentioned on another thread, he is being described as Nigerian in media reports since his move to Man City and he is using the Nigerian flag on his twitter account. I was hoping someone on here could allay my fears, so get the finger out Tets, as you are the man in the know!;)
He's described as Nigerian by Nigerian sites - they do the same for Shodipo, Obafemi, etc. The flag doesn't necessarily mean he's committed to them either - he's Nigerian and Irish so could easily just be expressing that. I remember Noe Baba had Cameroon flags on his but he's only ever played for Ireland.

samhaydenjr

25/08/2018, 9:27 PM

Matthew Everitt gets the winner for Brighton U18s against Norwich: https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/25/england/premier-academy-league/brighton--hove-alb-u18/norwich-city-fc-under-18-academy/2881280/?ICID=PL_MS_10

gastric

26/08/2018, 11:43 PM

He's described as Nigerian by Nigerian sites - they do the same for Shodipo, Obafemi, etc. The flag doesn't necessarily mean he's committed to them either - he's Nigerian and Irish so could easily just be expressing that. I remember Noe Baba had Cameroon flags on his but he's only ever played for Ireland.

As Tets failed to deliver on a promise he never made to check out Sobawale's choice of countries,. this article by Stephen Hunt seems to imply he sees himself as Irish. Exciting times and my gut tells me lots of these underage players will make it.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/stephen-hunt-reveals-second-irish-teenager-to-sign-for-manchester-city-37252089.html

samhaydenjr

27/08/2018, 2:37 AM

Now, I am encouraged by the fast progress made by some of our youngsters, particularly our strikers, in the academies in England. And I've said before that the doomsayers in the Post-Keane era could well be shocked by how quickly our list of options might expand. But even I think it's getting a bit ahead of ourselves to be talking about a senior cap for Troy Parrott: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0826/987607-oneill-not-averse-to-taking-punt-on-starlet-parrott

gastric

27/08/2018, 4:29 AM

Having watched him, I think he could offer us something we don't have presently. Really good vision, speed and anticipation. In saying that, because of his age and physical development I would only see him coming on for the last 10 minutes of a game and would this justify his inclusion in a squad when others could come on earlier and make a difference?

Olé Olé

27/08/2018, 6:49 AM

I think he’s being careful not to rule out the prospect as it might imply he was averse to picking young players. I don’t think it’s realistic we will see him before he plays a senior game for Spurs.

The implication by the author that Michael Duffy could be included is a bit daft. We would have heard he has put the papers in to switch if he was doing so, surely. And O’Neill doesn’t even hint that he has.

tetsujin1979

09/11/2018, 2:34 PM

England have announced their squad for an under-18 tournament in Spain against the Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium next week: http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/nov/09/england-u18s-squad-named-091118

TrapAPony

13/11/2018, 2:49 PM

Republic of Ireland Under-18 Head Coach Jim Crawford has selected a 20-man squad for the upcoming Under-18 International Tournament in Spain.
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u18-squad-named-for-spanish-tournament

tetsujin1979

16/11/2018, 11:46 AM

in better news, the Under 18s beat Belgium 2-1 yesterday in the tournament
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Olé Olé

16/11/2018, 12:03 PM

Two starters on the heroic under 17 side scoring there. Shows the competition in the 19s that they haven't made it up that far.

tetsujin1979

17/11/2018, 1:20 PM

1-0 up on England at the moment, Adam Idah after 55 minutes after coming on as a sub
Reece Staunton is with Bradford, made his senior debut at the end of last season and has been named on the bench a few times this season
starting lineups

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Olé Olé

17/11/2018, 2:06 PM

Ugh. England pulled 3 back. 3-1 to them.

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1063806923219369984?s=19

tetsujin1979

19/11/2018, 12:07 PM

Lineups for today's final game against the Dutch, 0-0 at half time
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Stuttgart88

19/11/2018, 1:53 PM

Won one nil. Adam Idah. That must warrant a letter from a Michael D.

liamoo11

19/11/2018, 6:16 PM

Lineups for today's final game against the Dutch, 0-0 at half time
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Great win revenge for Jimmy! I see the Dutch had a Liam playing the lads on ybig will be demanding the fai release a statement on his family tree