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It seems like this guy Fallon is having a mare these days, the Irish Sun beckons
He's reporting now that Heffernan was on trial with Newcastle last week. Says move should happen in the next 48 hours barring any hitches.
Italian journalist reporting that Heffernan to Newcastle is a done deal.
Played well. Deserves to be in the next squad - as does Manning.
I'd leave him with the U21s for the Turkey game unless he's down to start for the seniors away to France. Have him link up with the seniors when they arrive back to Ireland for the Holland game. Think the U21s have San Marino in the second game and can start someone like Johnny Kenny or Zak Gilsenan in that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
The senior qualification campaign is yet another very early write-off. May as well expose Ebosele to some adult international football experience. He looks a talent, and I'd hate for us to lose him.
That's easy for us to say but Kenny won't be looking at it like that as his job is on the line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
Are we liable to lose him?
If Festy starts a string of serie A games, talk of keeping him with the 21s is just silly. We are not exactly blessed with top tier talent
it's unlikely, but he is dual qualified. He was an unused substitute twice during the four games in June 2022, which would have been an ideal time to cap him IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
But there's been no even semi-serious talk of him switching has there? I think he's fine
Italian clubs often field an understrength team in the cups AFAIK. The league season will be more interesting. Obviously if, as Tommy says, he starts a string of league games he should be called up. McClean's drop to the fourth tier has highlighted (again) how urgent our fullback problems are
Cathal Heffernan is in Newcastle to finalise his transfer.
To be followed soon by Zefi, according to the Shields Gazette today.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Festy starts season opener at home to Juventus
Abankwah named in the bench tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Game is on TNT Sports
Gave away a penalty due to handball, very harsh IMO. Udinese v poor, 0-2 down. Festy doing ok defensively, certainly improved that aspect. Not much chance going forward so far
McJannet played for Lecce u19 in their 1-0 loss to Roma in the primavera final yesterday. Seems to do ok. Full match easily found on YouTube. Will be interesting to see his loan move (presumably) this season
James Abankwah has joined Charlton on loan
Serie A remains as boring as ever. Watched 15 minutes or so of Festy after Evan was taken off. Couple of opportunities to get forward but nothing compelling. 0-0 into added time. Udinese will struggle for goals this season even more than last without Beto…
One nice run, skinned the full back with his amazing acceleration. Made some solid interceptions. I’ve no qualms with starting him now given the alternatives. I want Knight central, he is lighting it up at Bristol City. We have to embrace talent like Festy
I'd definitely cap him this month but I wouldn't start him. We need to figure out how we're going to use him, how do you get the best out of his incredible pace while covering for his defensive limitations. Super-sub winger? Support forward? Starting wing back against weaker teams and trust our centre backs to cover for him when he flies up the park? Probably one for the next manager to work out realistically.
Ferizaj scored a penalty today for the Frosinone U19s, in what I think is his first appearance for them?
Rep ireland tracker twitter account saying zefi is leaving inter this month but not going to Newcastle. Quality player hopefully his athleticism has improved over the last year great educationhopefat inter that he can use now to get firstvteam footbal lsomewhere.
Made his debut for roma prinevera today
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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
McJannet is actually on the bench for Lecce today in their Copa Italia game against Mantova.
Naj Razi has been given 11 at Como, though Liam Kerrigan isn't listed in their squad on the website. Can't see that he's gone on loan anywhere - not sure what the craic there is. (I'm assuming he's recovered from the injury that ended his season early last time out)
There's some confusion about Como's jersey numbers
According to their Twitter account, Belotti is wearing number eleven, which he wore in their cup tie against Sampdoria last night
And you can buy Kerrigan's jersey with number 21 from their website, but there's no option for Razi
https://shop.comofootball.com/en/pro...jersey-2024-26
That fits in with wiki actually, which links to the club site which has Razi at 11 and Strefezza as 21 (who's 7 on wiki)
All a bit weird.
No Kerrigan or Razi in the squad (even with 13 on the bench) as they lost on penalties to Sampdoria in the Copa.
Razi on the bench for Como against Milan - would have been a tight squeeze, though, with fourteen other subs! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cy4mldx7py0t
Bit of a pantomime after Christmas ! 14 subs !Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
Yeah making the bench in Italy isn't a particularly big achievement. Almost more of a story when a player doesn't make the bench. I think James Abankwah spent an entire season on the bench for Udinese a couple of years ago and only actually played in one game. That would only happen to a goalkeeper in most leagues.
Are there many 18 year olds being named as subs for teams in Serie A?
Como had two other 19-year-olds on the bench for that match, and AC Milan had two 19-year-olds and a 16-year-old.
So I'd say there's a few. I'd agree with Eirambler that we've seen enough young players get on the bench in recent years to know it's not worth a huge amount of itself. Abwankwah and Adaramola being two obvious examples.
McJannet was on the bench for Lecce too btw.
He's been an ever present on the bench for them this season, but still hasn't made an appearance
I think Eirambler covered that off well though -Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
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Originally Posted by Eirambler
Naj Razi talks about his call up to Como's first team
https://www.fai.ie/latest/ireland-an...ping-ac-milan/