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Squad named for the first round of qualifiers starting on Wednesday
https://www.fai.ie/latest/mu17-osam-...ro-qualifiers/
Seven players from St Patrick's Athletic and five from Shamrock Rovers
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Noticeable absentees are George Moloney in goal and Victor Ozhianvuna. You're talking about probably their best player and their starting keeper. Pretty disappointing
If Ozhianvuna was named in this squad, could he still play in the U17 World Cup in November?
As long as Rovers are willing to let him play both. He's not really playing for Rovers so I don't see why they wouldn't want him to feature for both teams. Noonan will play for the 21s in this window and the u17s in the world cup just after.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
text commentary for the opening game against Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2...ic-of-ireland/
doesn't appear to be a stream available
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1-0 up at half time, St Pats player Joe Byrne with the goal on 44 minutes
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Finished 2-0 with a second half goal from Ben Mahon
Had another few thoughts on other interesting players not in the squad:Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
1. Brody Collins
2. Desmond Armstrong
3. Josh Harpur
4. Richard Ferizaj
5. Matteo Secondino
Harpur is the team’s most prolific striker. Himself and Ben Mahon are both very good.
Dessie Armstrong is the third option there, he maybe hasn’t been as prolific at the level but he’s very young for it (born at the end of the year) and I’ve heard Rovers coaches say that he’s as talented as his older brother and he’s on the radar for clubs across Europe.
Brody Collins - a cousin of Nathan, the centre midfielder was on trial at Hoffenheim together with Dessie Armstrong before signing for Schalke in the summer. He’s an u17 there and seems to be getting off to a good start.
Richard Ferizaj - considered highly, similar to his brother. Pretty much a mainstay for the 15s and 16s and playing for Bray fairly regularly.
Matteo Secondino - no idea if he’s actually any good but the player tracker type things love him. Playing underage for a Czech team and has never been capped at any level.
Armstrong is named in Rovers' European squad, won't turn 16 until the end of November
not sure if this squad is a) a reflection of strength in depth where those lads can't get in b) evidence that paul osam is picking the wrong players or c) there's injuries etc. that we're unaware ofQuote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
i know the 2008 year really well but in terms of 2009, there's three or four lads in the squad who i haven't seen enough of to really judge
Austria beat the Faroes 5-1 in the other game in the group, so we can qualify before the final game, by beating the Faroes this weekend
https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2...faroe-islands/
Not if Kosovo beat AustriaQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
We'll still finish ahead of Kosovo on head to head
Not if 3 teams finish on 6 points, the head to head would go down to points(all equal), then goal difference in the 3 games involving the 3 teams. So equalling Austrias +4 would be beneficial but nothing concrete.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
There are four interesting group tables that are decided on goal difference. The 6-6-6-0 where a team with 6 points goes out, the 9-3-3-3 or the 9-2-2-2 where a 2 or 3 point team makes it through and the 4-4-4-4 where everyone is tied
The Women's U17 team had a 6-6-6-0 group in 2022 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_U...ation#Group_A3 - but only the bottom team didn't go through
No team that finished with six points in the men's U17 qualifying group last year failed to go through to the elite round
This time around, it’s 24 through from 48 in the 4 team groups, so no 3rd place teams get through. There’s two three team groups as well.
Text commentary for the second game against the Faroe Islands
https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2...faroe-islands/
Game finished 3-0 to Ireland, Murray, Mahon(penalty), and Murphy with the goals
Austria beat Kosovo 4-3, meaning we've qualified for the next round alongside the Austrians, but will need to beat them to top the group as they currently lead on goals scored
Austrian defender Posch was sent off and will miss the final group game against Ireland on Tuesday
https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2...ria-vs-kosovo/
Beat Austria in the final group game to finish first with a 100% record, and without conceding a goal
https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2...nd-vs-austria/
Second round draw to take place this Wednesday at 11:15, with the Republic of Ireland in the top seeds
https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/02...-round-2-draw/
Once again, the four best sides that finish second in each group will qualify for next year's FIFA U17 World CupQuote:
League A
Pot 1 (Ranked 1 to 7): Spain, Czechia, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden
Pot 2 (Ranked 8 to 14): Türkiye, France, Portugal, Montenegro, Slovakia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan
Pot 3 (Ranked 15 to 21): Austria, Scotland, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia
Pot 4 (Ranked 22 to 28): Norway, Poland, Denmark, Romania, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia
such a wide spectrum of groups possible.
Could end up, as first seeds with:
Ireland
France or Portugal
Italy
Denmark or Switzerland
Equally could end up with:
Ireland
Cyprus or Kazakhstan
Slovenia
Northern Ireland or North Macedonia