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15/01/2018, 7:58 PM
drummerboy

Joey O'Brien now being linked with ROvers, if he can prove his fitness
17/01/2018, 10:59 PM
brine3

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Originally Posted by seanfhear

We have had a few that never fulfilled their true potential due to injuries ; Stephen Reid , Stephen Carr , David Myler and thats just a few to name off the top of my head .

And how about the number of young fellas that got injuries that stopped them early in their careers .

One of the first things you need to make it in football is to be lucky with injuries and have a body that can stand up to the rigours of professional football .

We need to stop sending our players to the English leagues to be used as cannon fodder in some League 1 relegation battle.

Develop them here at home if possible, otherwise send them to Holland or France or something, where they might actually be looked after.
18/01/2018, 9:50 AM
OwlsFan

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Originally Posted by brine3

We need to stop sending our players to the English leagues to be used as cannon fodder in some League 1 relegation battle.

Develop them here at home if possible, otherwise send them to Holland or France or something, where they might actually be looked after.

There is no person who sends the players off to the English leagues. It is the choice of each individual. "Send them to Holland or France" ? There has to be someone over there who will accept or want them. Anyway, most of the players in Holland or France who are any good end up in the English leagues chasing the big shilling like our lads and who can blame them.
19/01/2018, 3:27 PM
brine3

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Anyway, most of the players in Holland or France who are any good end up in the English leagues chasing the big shilling like our lads and who can blame them.

They don't leave Holland until they are 21/22. Ours go over to England aged 15/16.

Gives them time to develop in a good environment and get some game time under their belts.

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There is no person who sends the players off to the English leagues. It is the choice of each individual. "Send them to Holland or France" ? There has to be someone over there who will accept or want them.

Indeed. We can have a defeatist attitude and say it is not possible. Or we can do something about it. FAI currently not doing something about it.
19/01/2018, 4:11 PM
tetsujin1979

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Originally Posted by brine3

They don't leave Holland until they are 21/22. Ours go over to England aged 15/16.

Gives them time to develop in a good environment and get some game time under their belts.

I'm pretty sure there's some players who leave the Netherlands before then.

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Originally Posted by brine3

Indeed. We can have a defeatist attitude and say it is not possible. Or we can do something about it. FAI currently not doing something about it.

Apart from the U19/U17/U15 leagues and creating links between the schoolboy clubs and league sides?

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