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The new season for Irish players based in England and Scotland starts tonight with Aberdeen FC's Irish contingent Willo Flood, Adam Rooney, Jonathan Hayes, Joe Shaughnessy and Danny Rogers taking on FC Daugava Riga in the Europa League First Qualifying Round.
The live blog will be back tonight with the lineups here: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
Have a few things planned for the site this season, but other stuff (mainly watching the World Cup!) have been getting in the way
Tets you do an amazing job with this stuff thank you
Cieron Keane (yep, that's the correct spelling!) has signed for Notts County from Wolves - http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/...y-1715043.aspx - he played for the U16's a few years ago, but I can't find any mention of him since.
Anyone know if he's still eligible?
Have to imagine if he was with Wolves he'd have been involved more than that?
Im nearly sure he has an older brother who alsoplayed for us and may be at stoke nowQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
according to the BBC report on Cieron's transfer - http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28153966 - his older brother is Jordan Keane who has just been released from Stoke, but I can find no mention of him on fai.ieQuote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
James Berrett gone to Yeovil
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28146590
Two goals for Adam Rooney in that game - worth our while considering him as a back-up striker? He seems to be in a rich vein of form, ever since moving to Aberdeen.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
It is Aberdeen, though. They got outplayed by a scratch Pats team a couple of weeks back.Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
Jutkiewicz has shown interest in playing for us and is now a 25 year old forward about to play in the Premiership. Might be worth looking at him again.
http://footballleagueworld.co.uk/bur...kas-jutkiewicz
With the standard of players Burnley are signing - Kightly, Reid, Sordell, Matty Taylor, I wouldn't be surprised if they are planning for a quick return to The Championship; even so the signing of Jutkiewicz surprises me.
I would wait until I see him play in the Premiership before making a call on him. I don't think he's the answer to our problems. I have never been impressed with him; he has a goalscoring record of something like in 1 in 7, which is Simon Cox territory. In that case, I would rather have Cox over Jutkiewicz; and though Jutkiewicz's recent form has been impressive enough, if we were calling someone up on goalscoring form, we could call up David McGoldrick or Leon Best.
As I says, until I'm pleasantly surprised, I would have about ten players in front of him.
Good to see a bit of Irish involvement in Blackburn's pre season games. Hopefully, Lenihan, O'Connor and O'Sullivan can make the breakthrough this coming season. Best getting a game too, and was disappointed to find out that O'Connell is English.
http://www.blackburn.vitalfootball.c...e.asp?a=363386
Few young irish lads in pre season action:
mclaughlin played left full for forest in their pre season game would be great if he developed in that position
bolger played centre half for bolton
Corry played for shefff wed so hopefully he is back in picture at wenesday after bad last 18 months
O brien has been playing for derby hopefully this is the year he gets a good injury free run to see if he is international potential as it seemed he might be 3 years ago
hoban and murray have been involved for watford
Aaron McCarey, Matt Doherty, Kevin Foley and Liam McAlinden all starting for Wolves against Rovers in Tallaght. McCarey conceded an early goal after dropping a corner in his six-yard box. 1-1 now.
Anthony Forde doesn't appear to have kicked on, does he? It was 2011 that he was making PL appearances under Mick McCarthy. Only made 3 league appearances in 2013/2014- has made none since October 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I was thinking the same thing, mad to think he was starting against Arsenal in the Premier League under McCarthy and not looking too bad. Apparently Wolves are looking to send him out to League Two on loan, but it sounds like that might be the last of him at Wolves: http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/...anthony-forde/
was set to go on loan to Hibs last season, before a foot injury cancelled itQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
supposedly Jackett doesn't like him, or doesn't rate him, and he's signed Tommy Rowe and Rajiv van La Parra (both wingers) already this summer, so that's going to cut his chances of a first team appearance again
There's a few rumours of a loan deal with Stevenage online, but nothing concrete
Michael Collins to Oxford: http://www.oufc.co.uk/news/article/0...s-1759909.aspx
It has been very disappointing. He was astandout on that under19 side that got to the under 19euro semi finalQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Time for a where are they now?Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Aaron McCarey- Then: Wolves, Now: Wolves
Matthew Doherty- Then: Wolves, Now: Wolves
Derrick Williams- Aston Villa, Bristol City
John Egan- Sunderland, Gillingham
Anthony O'Connor- Blackburn, Blackburn
Jeff Hendrick- Derby, Derby- Only senior cap in the squad
Samir Carruthers- Aston Villa, Aston Villa
John O'Sullivan- Blackburn, Blackburn
Kevin Knight- Had been released by Leicester, Shamrock Rovers B
Conor Murphy- Bray Wanderers, Shelbourne
Anthony Forde- Wolves, Wolves
Kane Ferdinand- Southend, Peterborough
Eoin Wearen- West Ham, Bohs
Sean Murray- Watford, Watford
Sean McDermott- Arsenal, Sandnes Ulf
Declan Walker- Wrexham, Bangor City
Joe Shaughnessy- Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Connor Smith- Watford, Watford
All very differing circumstances. There are some at the same club and have broken through (Hendrick, Murray, Doherty, Shaughnessy). Those at the same club but still haven't broken through (Smith, Carruthers, Forde, O'Sullivan, O'Connor, McCarey) and those that have moved on to try establish themselves at lesser sides (Egan, Walker, McDermott, Wearen, Knight, Williams). Ferdinand the only player that has moved upwards, but his progress has seemingly stalled having been loaned out by Peterborough during last season.
Hendrick does appear to stand apart from the rest by a combination of having a senior cap and having accumulated more games at club level than the rest (Murray has recovered from a season or two stuck in neutral).
A lot on uncertainty on the football future's of some Irish players. A bit more positive in relation to Hoolohan.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30434968.html