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Fair play to.him.for doing what is right for him. He played for England in Dublin against us at 17s and got sent off for fouling festy so he made his choice. Clearly no affection for us which is perfectly right as he left when very young and has no family ties.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
First time hearing about this lad: https://www.irishstar.com/news/new-y...rview-32233294
Anyone know if he’s any good?
I dont mean to sound like a smart-arse or to sh!t on him but that interview has the bang of Joey Lapira off it. Knowing what I know about MLS, I cant see that a 25 year old with 34 MLS appearances and who visited last year for the first time since he was 3 years old is the answer to our problems (and i know that is not actually the question you asked)...
This made me look up Laprias "career". There's lads play DDSL that should be in contention for a call up considering Laprias oneQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Apparently, former international Joe O'Cearuill has a 14 year old son who is training with the Manchester United first team https://www.balls.ie/football/irish-...st-team-638433
I knew there was an Irish connection but never would have made that connection - one day maybe it won't just be quizmasters looking for obscure call-ups who will be eternally grateful to Stan for capping Joe O'Cearuill after all! JJ Gabriel is extremely highly thought of at Man Utd (whatever that's worth these days). Too young to pin hopes on, but an interesting one to watch and hopefully, if he progresses, not lose Delap-style.
Strike Paul Nebel from the lists, just been called up to German squad
https://x.com/Mainz05en/status/1960736211309379871
Dan McDonnell's weekly email today included this line
"There has been chatter about Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall across the summer but I felt Hallgrimsson’s answer gave every indication that something was happening with the 27-year-old who qualifies via grandparents."
I'm not sure if it's a mistake because I thought previous reports had said the exact opposite to that.
Benji Richardson declaring for Ireland apparently.
He can run 100 metres in under 9.9 seconds - call him up and stick him on the wing!:)
I was only thinking about this the other day. Who's the fastest ever player to pull on a green shirt for men's senior team?
Alan O'Brien was my conclusion. Terry Phelan possibly could edge it though
Shane Long was fastest in the Premier League at one stage.
Festy and Ogbene must be there or thereabouts?
9.86, to be exact, 19.99 for the 200m. Assuming this goes through, it's an astonishing coup for Irish athletics. Those are elite times. His 100m PB would have won every European Championship and his 200m time would have won all but 3. He's capable of making global finals and even winning medals with that 100m time... and he's only 21. This is like if Harry Kane had declared for us aged 21!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Born here and lived here during his childhood it seems as well. Surely a picture of him.as a kid with an.ireland jersey somewhere to be foundQuote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
Jack McGlynn confirms the FAI did approach him, but he only wanted to play for the US team
The episode is 52m long, the relevant section is at 17:40
Best of luck to himQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
CJ Egan-Riley on the bench for Marseille against Newcastle on Tuesday-https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c07m74ed4kzt#Line-ups
Can play at right back so could be a good pickup for Ireland. Still only 22
The interesting line is “whether it was the club turning it down”, because it’s pretty well known that he accepted a call up in late 2021 for the u19s for their competitive games and his club fearing that he would be worth less as an irish international basically dicked around and refused to release him even though they were supposed to. Admittedly, he accepted it, I assume, knowing that he could always switch back because he had never played competitively with the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
In March, we had another opportunity to call him up but neither Mohan or Crawford did, both managers calling up Ollie O’Neill for the same window and agreeing to share him (1 game for Mohan, 1 for Crawford). It worked out terribly for the u19s who had O’Neill just for one game and started the camp with Andy Moran injured and then lost both Sinclair Armstrong (concussion) and Jonny Kenny with injury along with Adaramola and Garcia-McNulty and basically had no attacking players for the second and third game so ended up playing an injured Kenny and Moran for game 2 before losing Kenny again for the third game.
Let’s just say in retrospect it would have been better to have called up McGlynn to the u19s instead of Ollie O’Neill or even someone like Kian Corbally whose career consists of spells at Longford, Wexford and Ballymena.
The following window in June, the US called him up to their u20s for qualifiers which were his first competitive games.
Then 6 months later both Stephen Kenny and Jim Crawford went across to meet him to present a plan which would see him begin with the 21s before moving to the seniors to try convince him to switch and he basically came back saying he was still undecided (second rejection he mentions).
Stephen Kenny left in November 2023 and then McGlynn accepted a call up for a home based US side vs a home based Slovenia side.
Hard to imagine many US or Canada eligible players that are genuinely good enough to play for those countries choosing us. Those countries basically have a guaranteed pass to the World Cup, whereas we'd be lucky to make one in their entire career. Even McDonnell may go back to Canada in time I suspect.
I thought this was well known as he personally met with Kenny and Crawford in the USA a couple of years ago. Keith Andrews even went to the cup final to scout him. Consensus was it would have to be a call up to the senior squad rather than U21s for him to switch.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
It was a training squad he was called into and his club refused to release him as he was involved with the first team.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Not sure if this has been posted, but Dewsbury Hall should be discounted now.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/a...s/cly3klev5leo
Good lad, let that be that now.Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC Sport
Fair play to him that's a fantastic attitude. I really hope he gets to play for England. This is the way lads should behave .Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Ryan Sean Doherty, a 17 year old centre midfielder, has recently broken into the first team at League 1 Stevenage and is reportedly being chased by some bigger clubs. I don't know whether he's eligible for Ireland or not, but obviously quite an Irish sounding name and he certainly passes the "big Irish head" test also for whatever that's worth!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Doherty_(footballer)
He must be Irish. The absolute head on him. Freckles and allQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Just saw an Aodhan Doherty on bench for Blackburn and see he an underage NI player
Surely he’s an Irish Northerner rather than a British one.
Anyone know anything about him?
Other than he is ex Linfield, not a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Yes, Belfast lad from a nationalist background obviously. Has played for Linfield and for the north through the underage grades. Ultimately it's far easier to get international recognition for the north than for us, so loads of examples of northern nationalists going local these days. Very few Belfast players have ever played at senior level for Ireland anyway, Mark Sykes obviously being the recent exception. They just need to not rock the boat and stare blankly at the ground when that anthem is playing and they'll be fine I suppose!
Conor Haughey, Northern Ireland U-19 defender, has made three appearances for Fleetwood in the EFL Trophy before making his League Two debut on New Year’s Day against Grimsby. Statistics show his passing accuracy to be very good, but his 'duels won' figures are not great. Nevertheless, "sources" have told football journalist Pete O'Rourke that Premier League and Championship clubs are taking an interest.
https://www.footballinsider247.com/e...conor-haughey/
Shane Lacey just came in for Man U with 30 mins to go. Still eligible for us
And managed to get booked twice during his short stint on the pitch!
True, but he looked very lively. One for the future for either country
I'd say one for the next squad for us if he was willing. He's a raw talent and got himself sent off in a ridiculous manner. But I'm sure he'll learn from that mistake, and we have nothing better in terms of a left footed attacker.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebelmusic
There's no suggestion that this player has any interest in playing for us, is there? He seems fairly established in the England underage setup. Usually the only time we would be likely to bring in a player in that position is when he is overage for the England age groups and not getting a senior call up.
Some of the usual suspects on twitter/X are trying to convince their followers that because his brother(boxer Paddy Lacey) fights with a tricolour on his shorts that he'll accept a call up. Personally, I think that a player who's represented England at every level from U15 to U20 and has already trained with the senior team has zero interest in playing for Ireland
Agreed, though an enquiry should still be made. But I imagine this has already happened behind the scenes.
The one we should really be trying to convince is JJ Gabriel.
he's also the only brother who doesn't support Liverpool. or at least that's the family's official line - definitely weird for a scouser to grow up supporting UnitedQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
You'd assume with Moorhouse and Devaney, both also at Man U, having accepted call ups from us in the last year or two that Lacey was approached too and that what you said is the case, at the moment anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979