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interesting to See how that lines up. Smallbone Is a Centre mid not a forward looked decent against man utd 23 s a few weeks Ago and tall! Would It be fair to say brandon kavanagh Is a technical midfielder not a forward?still leaves six forwards but to be fair you would feel you could play parrott in any outfield position and he would look assured. Defensively at fullback lyons and ö connor should be excitingQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I thought the young lad from Inter (Ryan Nolan) would be included.
Nah, we don't need him. He's not playing for a big enough club.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
He's overage for the U19 championships next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
Are Kian Flanagan and Ryan Cassidy unlucky to not be included?
Maybe he should have been included in the U21 squad then? There was a vacancy after all!Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Think Flanagan is alright. Cassidy is still eligible for the U17s, and should be part of the squad for the finals next yearQuote:
Originally Posted by gastric
Cassidy is dual isn't he ? Reverse dual, but does qualify for England also.
flanagan Is overage for the 19s. Dont think cassidy Is under 17 this season but parrott isQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Sorry, I'm wrong about both players. Flanagan was born in August 99, players born on or after 1st January 2000 are eligible for the u19 championships next year
Cassidy is overage for the U17 championships next year. He was born in March 2001, players born on our after 1st January 2002 are eligible for the U17.
Parrott was born in February 2002, so is still eligible.
Have Smallbone and Ferry both been involved with England too? Rice paranoia kicking in.
I thought Smallbone had, but I can't find anything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Ferry hasn't, but was born in Bury so is obviously eligible. Incidentally, he already has first team experience after being named on the bench for Bury in April 2017, before his move to Southampton
not that I can remember certainly not since they have been picked by usQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Kavanagh plays either side of a front three for Rovers. He'd probably slot in as a number 10 in that squad too.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Pfft... he's just using us as his back-up because he's not good enough to play for LuxembourgQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Rumours over on ybig that Cassidy was pulled out of the Euros as his old man wasn't happy he wasn't getting a game. Can anyone verify this? At least we can't blame Roy for this one or can we?
I'm sure we can blame Paul Doolin.
there might be something to it. He was on the bench for the first two games, but didn't make an appearance, and wasn't in the matchday squad at all for the second two games of the tournamentQuote:
Originally Posted by gastric
A bit of research has told me Will Smallbone's mother is a Kilkenny woman. Healthy presence in the Southampton academy of Irish players could be contributing to him and Ferry feeling comfortable with us. You must imagine there's a camaraderie between themselves, Afolabi, O'Connor, Obafemi and O'Driscoll.
IRLU19 team to play Wales: Maher, O'Connor (capt), Ferry, James, Collins, Coventry, McAuley, Bolger, Idah, Smallbone, Parrott.
Obafemi was in the original squad but not there now. Anyone know if it is injury or if he is deciding to play for Nigeria? Gavin Kilkenny was called up instead.
Finished in a 1-0 win for Wales
That is some bench, even without Obafemi
Won 2-0
do we know how Ryan Johannson played?
Goals here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ofMv94ZBvI
There was a brief mention of him impressing on his debut, playing the last half hour in the 1-0 defeat, but he wasn't mentioned in the report for the second game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...ly-in-longford
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Originally Posted by FAI.ie
Bohs defender Andy Lyons on trial at Wolves, played in a game against their affiliate club FC Jumilla in Spain
They've taken the success of Matt Doherty as a blueprint then- a fellow Bohs, teenage full back.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Conor Noß has been called up for an under 19 training camp
translation via google translate
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Conor Noß has been appointed to the squad of the U19 national team of Ireland. Borussia's U-23 player completes a two-day training camp in Dublin on Monday, September 2 and Tuesday, September 3. Come back healthy, Conor!
Armstrong Oko-flex, Conor Noß, and Jamie Bowden included in the under 19 squad for two friendlies against Denmark in Sligo later this week: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irel...ark-friendlies
Harvey Neville, son of former Manchester United player Phil NevilleQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
What?
Phil's wife's name is Julie Killilea. He must qualify through his mother or grandparents on that side of the family.
Great to see Okoflex back in the fold. Noss and Bowden are welcome additions too. Great to see Ryan Cassidy back fit. Hopefully Hodge will come back in later on as well once he gets back to fitness.
Would be great to make the finals again, they are on in NI and the five best performing teams make the Under 20 World Cup so a big opportunity there for these lads.
Another Rice situation waiting to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
A heavy concentration of lads born outside of Ireland in this squad. I would be interested to hear some of them come out and say Ireland was their first choice, particularly the son of England women's manager and former England international.
Great to see Okoflex back in the fold. Will playing for us competitively be his use of his one switch or is he still sitting on that?
Hasn't played competitively for England yet, so possibly still sitting on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
I don't think Oko Flex qualifies for England anyway, but he could still switch to Nigeria. So far none of the Nigerian Irish have shown much interest in doing that though.
Same time as the u21 game, which is on eir sport, so the crowd might be lower than expected
Yes, I hope that is indicative of their feeling comfortably integrated into Irish society. Afolabi spoke about it recently and said his mother wanted him to play for Nigeria but he wanted to stick with us.
It's probably difficult for an underage player to throw his lot in and travel to play with Nigeria. Let's see if we do lose anyone over 21 in the coming years.
Ogbene is the only lad to have voiced a preference for Nigeria and he hasn't come near senior recognition for us.