Ireland’s U21s Friendly against Germany

Don Givens to announce Ireland’s U21 squad for Friendly match against Germany


Disaster Manager Don Givens will tomorrow (Tuesday) name the Republic of Ireland U21 squad to face Germany in a Friendly International at Turner’s Cross on Tuesday, February 10 next. The match against Germany will be the first of the year for the U21 squad who are building for the qualifying tournament of the UEFA Championship of 2011. The draw for the Championships qualifying campaign will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, on February 4th. The opening matches of the qualifying campaign will take place on the weekend of March 29th, concluding with the final matches on September 7th, 2010.

With Denmark automatically qualifying for the finals as hosts, the remaining 52 teams will be drawn into ten groups – eight with five teams and two with six. All of the 52 nations allocated to five draw pots in accordance with their coefficient ranking. The Republic of Ireland have been placed in Pot D. Ireland were unfortunate to be drawn in a very difficult group for the UEFA Championship of 2009 which is scheduled to be concluded in June of 2009 in Sweden.


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Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad v Germany (10/02/09)

Shane Redmond - Nottingham Forest (on loan at Eastwood Town)
Stephen Henderson - Bristol City
Michael Spillane - Norwich City (on loan at Luton Town)
Eddie Nolan - Preston North End
Shane Lowry - Aston Villa
Brendan Moloney - Nottingham Forest
Christy Fagan - Unattached
Barry Maguire - FC Utrecht
John Joe O’Toole - Watford
Stephen Gleeson - Wolverhampton Wanderers
James McCarthy - Hamilton Academical
Owen Garvan - Ipswich Town
Michael Liddle - Sunderland (on loan at Carlisle United)
Alan Judge - Blackburn Rovers
David Meyler - Sunderland
Graham Carey - Celtic
Cillian Sheridan - Celtic
Sean Scannell - Crystal Palace

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3952

No Ireland based player in that lot ..... again.

How many of that lot named about are getting into the first team regularly?

were in the off season and you want dem to be included?cop on

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Originally Posted by disabledrog

were in the off season and you want dem to be included?cop on

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Yes, yes i do.

I always want a decent U21s manager ..... but that aint gonna happen either.

Nevermind the irish league players they are on a break.

Great call for Maguire

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Originally Posted by A face

No Ireland based player in that lot ..... again.

How many of that lot named about are getting into the first team regularly?

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Same could be said of some of the senior squad! Blind leading the blind I'm afraid!

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Originally Posted by bwagner

Nevermind the irish league players they are on a break.

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The Irish League is in full swing at the moment :confused:

No its not dude, Givens always plays Coleman of Sligeach

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No its not dude,

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It is ;) Irish league is Northern Ireland




The League of Ireland is on it's break now.

Can't wait for this to be honest. Another thrashing for Ireland unfortunately. Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Sami Khedira (Stuttgart) and Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart) are all going to be playing according to www.kicker.de. Not to mention Marko Marin (Borussia Monchengladbach), who has 6 league goals under his belt this season, and Kevin Prince Boateng (Borussia Dortmund) who recently transferred back to his homeland from Spurs on loan. Boateng's little brother Jerome (HSV) may also be in the team. :)

With regard to the Irish squad all I can say is that I signed Owen Garvan in FM09 for Liverpool and he was a superstar. Let's hope he can make an impression in Turner's Cross on the 10th. :D

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Nevermind the irish league players they are on a break.

Great call for Maguire

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When did he switch back to us?

Is that a first call up for Graham Carey?
no place for Keith Treacy?
Christy Fagan gets a call up despite being "unattached"?

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According to this - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...sfers&&cc=5739 - Treacy is out with a knee injury for Blackburn

Since this game is on the weekend before the Georgia game, what are the chances of any player being called into the senior squad - even if it's just to train?

yeah was wondering about Treacy alright. how about Stephen Quinn? is he still eligible?

If any of you are wondering the match is Live on Sky Sports :D

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yeah was wondering about Treacy alright. how about Stephen Quinn? is he still eligible?

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Not sure, but if they're building for 2011, they might be just taking players who are eligible for that tournament.

Givens should pick the best eligible players not good enough for senior squad. We gave a good account of ourselves in St. Mary's vs England but with 6 players still U19 eligible. Why not try and build a team with a winning mentality instead of compromising results?

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With regard to the Irish squad all I can say is that I signed Owen Garvan in FM09 for Liverpool and he was a superstar.

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:D Yeah he gets incredible, same with Scannell. James McCarthy isn't rated very highly though :confused:

Good to see Maguire in the U21 squad

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No Ireland based player in that lot ..... again.

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from http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3953

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Coleman and Galway Rovers Jay O’Shea were left out of the squad for the game at Turner’s Cross (7.30 pm ko) because of a lack of match fitness. The League of Ireland season will not kick-off for another month.

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While I don't disagree with leavimng LOI players out, some of the players he selected aren't exactly getting regular football...