Festy has a great chance. Very highly rated at Derby and at about the best club he could be with in terms of giving young players a shot. Could well make his senior club debut this coming season.
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Festy has a great chance. Very highly rated at Derby and at about the best club he could be with in terms of giving young players a shot. Could well make his senior club debut this coming season.
Yeah, he looked good against the Czechs in the U17s before getting sent offQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
- Anyway, Adam Idah has opened his account for the pre-season, with a goal in Norwich's 6-0 defeat of MK Dons - https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2020...dly-to-mk-dons
- Masterson, Manning and Shodipo all featured in QPRs victory over AFC Wimbledon
- The Mansfield v Rotherham game featured Charsley, O'Keefe, O'Driscoll, Sweeney and Ogbene: https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/20...d-v-rotherham/
- Drinan, Judge and Ndaba all played in Ipswich's 3-0 defeat to Spurs: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2020/aug...nham-3-0-town/
Apparently Aaron Connolly scored 2 in Brighton’s first friendly. Warren O’Hora has gone on loan to MK Dons. Not sure if that was mentioned anywhere
Posted this in Cullen's thread but if that needs to be removed by the mods feel free.
Josh Cullen starting midfield for West Ham v Wycombe. Randolph and Coventry starting in another West Ham team v Ipswich. Both teams seem to have a split of first team players with reserves and academey. Wycombe team looks stronger overall.
Coventry has the number 11. Don't know if that's a sign that he is going to be higher up the pecking order or just a spare number they had.
You spelt intresting wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Odubeko has no interest in playing with us by the looks of things anyway.
Coventry at right back for West Ham.
The looks of what?Quote:
Originally Posted by ColourfulPeanut
Live stream here for Tranmere Rovers v Preston, with Joe Murphy and Lee O'Connor starting for Tranmere, and Joe Rafferty starting for Preston, with Alan Browne, Sean Maguire and Adam O'Reilly on the bench
Stripped his social media of all Irish references, follows the FA but not the FAI and will qualify for England via residency soon if he doesn't already. He hasn't featured at all since appearing in a friendly at U17 level. Was inconspicuously left out of the squad for the Euros too. All just conjecture I know, but I don't see it happening. Hope I'm wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Two assists for Coventry, Odubeko came on for the last ten minutes; Drinan played the full 90 for Ipswich, Ndaba and Judge were subs: https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/...n-ipswich-town
Stephen Henderson was between the sticks for Palace's game against Oxford. Liam Kelly played the second half: https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/aug...-match-report/
Ciaran Clark back in action, playing the first half for Newcastle against Crewe: https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first...ed/?tab=lineup
Third pre-season appearance for Lee O'Connor: https://www.pnefc.net/matches/fixtur...-on-25-aug-20/
Zack Elbouzedi on target for Lincoln against Scunthorpe: https://www.weareimps.com/news/2020/...mpsscunthorpe/
That is all
Mark McGuinness with a headed goal for Arsenal v MK Dons in a 4.1 win.
Troy Parrott scored for Millwall in 5-1 win vs Bromley. Cant find video to link, but seen interview with manager who said it was great finish
Odubeko looks like a serious talent and could easily make the breakthrough to the first team before the end of the season. Is there any reason why people think he does not want to represent Ireland other than he doesn't follow the FAI on twitter?Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
I said it before. He wiped every picture of him or reference to Ireland from his social media right after he left Man United and hasn't played for us since a friendly pre-U17 Euros. He was obviously good enough to be picked. It's just guessing from me but if he's not selected in our U19 squad at a minimum then I'd be getting concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
He's the same age group as Parrott so there's no reason he shouldn't be in the U21s if he's keen.
Who would he be planning to switch to? England? He could do that anyway once he qualifies after playing a few more U19 or U21 games for us and if he was performing well his stock would have risen substantially which should give him a greater chance of breaking into their underage teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColourfulPeanut
If he was planning to switch to Nigeria he could have done so already.
I'm not saying there is no truth in what you say, I just don't see why he would choose not to play for us at the moment unless possibly he doesn't fancy the underage setup and would rather concentrate on his club career.
There is no smoke without fire, why delete your Irish stuff on twitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
My theory is that he's angling for England. I don't know when he moved over there but I'd guess he'll be eligible for them soon and we'll see. Playing for Nigeria would be a lot of travel and hassle for these lads. If you play a competitive game underage prior to getting a British passport then he'd be ineligible like Johansson. Maybe he's keeping his options open by not playing for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
Given the lack of striking options we have at U21 after Idah and Parrott moved up there's no reason he wouldn't be picked for that level on merit.
The first generation Irish born immigrants will be a new type of flight risk. They'll qualify for England via residency, might have no real love for Ireland and like the opportunities an England cap brings. Okoflex was the same.
He apparently qualifies now (or within the next 4 months). He moved to United and England in 2015 according to this:Quote:
Originally Posted by ColourfulPeanut
https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/west...j15xd7s4tbhfb4
I think its disgusting, I really do! born and raised in Ireland and he wants to play for England
Who knows what life he had here? There's plenty of racists where I'm from in North Inner City Dublin that would subject him to abuse growing up. Isn't he from Tallaght? He could easily have been subjected to the same Neanderthal s**e which could turn anyone off from representing a country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
I don't know his reasons but I could never imagine representing anyone other than Ireland. However I'm pasty white and an alcoholic so I always felt Irish wherever I went.
Then represent Nigeria? . I would be of the opinion that he met more decent people in Ireland then not ... including all the coaches that helped him become a professional football player!Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
A lot of reaching and speculation going on.
Not to mention the potential financial opportunities that becoming or even potentially becoming an England International for the Player and the Club he is with = Potentially Big Money = sometimes follow the money ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by ColourfulPeanut
Yep that's true, none of this would stand up in court, that's for sure, but its very suspicious you have to admitQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
It's all 100% speculation so no need to be harsh on the lad. There has to be a reason he isn't involved but we should give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
International identity is complicated and none of us can understand what it's like for a young black lad growing up in Dublin.
Haha brilliant. how do you know? Half the people on the board could be black lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ColourfulPeanut
Peanuts are pale and bland. Colourful Peanut would have stood out. I'm sure he faced a myriad of challenges growing up with all the regular peanuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
And you can be nuts without being a peanut (which is a legume, tehnically) so, eh, whatever this thread is about I'm .. all for it? Right answer, no?
I wasn't even bothering to check Arsenal as we've really heard little about himself and Jordan McAneff, who is also in their underage set-up. Does this mean he's closer to the first team than I would have thought?Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
In a similar vein, Jamie Bowden came on as a sub in Spurs' game against Ipswich: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/new...season-opener/
Even if they are, how many grew up in Dublin though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Jack Taylor playing today for Peterborough V Coventry who Jordan Shipley is lining out for. Think Taylor has played most of their warm up matches.
Molumby, Duffy and Connolly on in the second half in Brighton's friendly against Chelsea. You can watch here:
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/live
I watched the second half of Brighton V Chelsea.
Duffy looked solid but his distribution from the back is as bad as ever. Connolly didn't really do anything other than the one time he got the ball near the box he was fouled by a very clumsy and unnecessary challenge giving Brighton their second penalty.
I was very impressed with Molumby. His range of passing was excellent and he made a number of timely interceptions and clearances. Him and Bissouma looked very good in Brighton's midfield. Hopefully he can establish himself this season for Brighton as I think he's already too good for the Championship.
Bournemouth played Benfica yesterday in a pre-season friendly in a 2-1 defeat. Kilkenny and Travers came on in the second half. Apparently Kilkenny in particular was very impressive according to the comments on here:
https://bournemouth-forum.vitalfootb....12321/page-16
Hopefully he can kick on and become a regular starter this season.
They're not averse to a scrap on that forum, are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
Missed this one: first senior goal for Ryan Cassidy, as he nets the only goal of the game against Salford from the spot: https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...d-0-stanley-1/
Also Joshua Kayode scored for Carlisle against his former team, Gateshead: https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/new...ight-friendly/
And to round out what I'm now calling our second tier of youth strikers, Anthony Scully scored for Lincoln against Oldham: https://www.weareimps.com/news/2020/...-oldhamreport/
Nathan Collins played the full 90 for Stoke against Leeds and opened the scoring: https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/202...Leeds-victory/
And the other Collins, James, netted another pre-season goal against Northampton: https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/202...ampton-report/
Jimmy Dunne played the full game for Burnley against Preston: https://www.pnefc.net/news/2020/sept...-match-report/
Corrie Ndaba has featured regularly for Ipswich in pre-season and played against Cambridge - hopefully a sign that he will make a breakthrough this season: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2020/aug...idge-1-town-0/
thanks for the round up. Cassidy scored in another pre season friendly already?