Ireland U21 Qualifying Group

Not much time to start scouting. Draw made today and first match at the end of next month. We play Spain 4 days before that opening game.

Group 2
1 Turkey
2 Switzerland
3 Armenia
4 Republic of Ireland
5 Georgia
6 Estonia

31/03/09 - Ireland v Turkey
09/09/09 - Estonia v Ireland
09/10/09 - Ireland v Georgia
13/10/09 - Ireland v Switzerland
14/11/09 - Georgia v Ireland
17/11/09 - Armenia v Ireland
02/03/10 - Ireland v Armenia
10/08/10 - Ireland v Estonia
03/09/10 - Switzerland v Ireland
07/09/10 - Turkey v Ireland

Don't know much about the Turks, the Swiss are a decent side also though, they beat Holland and stopped them from qualifying from the 2009 tournament. However, I'm not sure how many of those players are still under-age.

Any guesses to what our line up might be? I'd guess at:

Henderson

Lowry Spillane Fagan Nolan

O'Toole Garvan McCarthy

Scannell Sheridan Judge


But I could be completely wrong.....

I'd say the midfield and attack is spot on what Givens will pick. Coleman will probably be in at left back with Nolan at right back. Fagan is a striker, no?

He is alright. Don't know what I was thinking....

Must edit that.

Does anyone know why Darren Dennehy of Cardiff isn't in the squad, he's 1988 born, so he should be still eligible, and from what I've heard, he's pretty decent...

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Originally Posted by Diarmo

He is alright. Don't know what I was thinking....

Must edit that.

Does anyone know why Darren Dennehy of Cardiff isn't in the squad, he's 1988 born, so he should be still eligible, and from what I've heard, he's pretty decent...

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Cardiff were trying to put him out on loan

Why does Givens persist with a 4-3-3 when more times than not these players play 4-4-2 at their clubs.

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Originally Posted by elroy

Why does Givens persist with a 4-3-3 when more times than not these players play 4-4-2 at their clubs.

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Nothing at all wrong with a bit of tactical flexibility in our young players. It's not all about winning. It sounds like I'm backing Givens up these days. I'm not. I'm 100% behind the system he's playing though and I can't fault that team he's playing. I'd also say that those players in that team are ideally suited to the 4-3-3/4-5-1. Garvan, McCarthy and O'Toole would all prefer the extra man in midfield while Scannell and Judge are more support forwards than wingers.

Looks a bit easier than the last group, when we had England, Portugal and Bulgaria. Hard to know with underage teams of course.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

I'd say the midfield and attack is spot on what Givens will pick. Coleman will probably be in at left back with Nolan at right back. Fagan is a striker, no?

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Don't see why he would play Coleman out of position. Who's the natural left back in the last squad?

think Nolan has played at left full

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Originally Posted by Diarmo

Henderson

Lowry Spillane Fagan Nolan

O'Toole Garvan McCarthy

Scannell Sheridan Judge

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Henderson

Moloney Spillane Lowry Liddle

Gleeson McCarthy Garvan

Judge Sheridan Scannell


Not a bad guess Diarmo, 8 correct, probably would of been 9 were it not for Nolans ascendancy.