U-19s VS Portugal

[tetsujin1979]

I was late getting down to UCD, but it was a good end to end game. Young McCarthy in midfield did seem to be a good player, you can see why Liverpool were after him. Ireland played some good football on the deck, but our best chances came from set pieces late into the second half. A draw would have been a fair result. The Irish keeper, Redmond from Forest, was probably their best player, at least he seemed to have the most influence on his teammates. The Portuguese had identified the right full as the weak spot, most of their crosses seemed to be aimed at him. The left winger (McDermott I think) needs to work on the defensive side of things, he left the full back isolated on a number of occasions. Portugal's best player was the giant at centre half, Karl Byrne was giving up about 6 inches to him, and he won everything in the air.
The right winger went down under a tackle at one point and did the whole "writhing-in-pain-clutching-my-knee-because-I-can't-bear-it" and the ref promptly told him to get up and get on with it. Disgraceful.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Republic of Ireland:
Shane Redmond – Nottingham Forest
Brendan Moloney – Nottingham Forest
Mark O’Toole - Norwich City
Noel Haverty – St. Patrick’s Athletic
Michael Spillane – Norwich City (Captain)
Lorcan Fitzgerald – West Ham
James Berrett – Huddersfield Town
James McCarthy – Hamilton Academicals
Karl Byrne – Glebe North
Donal McDermott – Manchester City
Ian Daly – Manchester City
Substitutions:
Alan Lynch – Bohemians for Byrne (46 mins)
Shane Lowry – Aston Villa for Berrett (46 mins)
Peter McMahon – Drogheda United for McCarthy (71 mins)
Daniel Earls – Aston Villa for O’Toole (71 mins)
Daniel Corcoran – St. Patrick’s Athletic for Daly (71 mins)

[Stuttgart88]

DMD "you'll never win anything with kids" - posting on an U19 thread? :)

[Dodge]

Karl Byrne is talking with Pats at the moment.

[Row Z]

Excuse my ignorance, but how did he make it into the Irish U19's playing for a team in only the 2nd highest league in the LSL??

[Dodge]

Excuse my ignorance, but how did he make it into the Irish U19's playing for a team in only the 2nd highest league in the LSL??
He was with Plymouth Argyle up to the end of last years English season. He's obviously done well enough in his previous international appearances

[Battery Rover]

What was the attendance? Just wondering as I would like to know how it compared to the international friendlies held in Athlone vs Chile.

[DmanDmythDledge]

DMD "you'll never win anything with kids" - posting on an U19 thread? :)
Ironic quoting of Hansen based on UCD having loads of young players.:) Although we haven't won anything for ages...

[pineapple stu]

We won on Monday. :)