Ronan Hale had to pull out so they got permission from Ipswich to travel over.Quote:
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Ronan Hale had to pull out so they got permission from Ipswich to travel over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Drinan has signed on loan with Waterford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
didn't see this posted, all U21 home qualifiers will be on eir sport: https://www.eirsport.ie/sse-airtrici...g-to-eir-sport
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As well as the increased coverage of the SSE Airtricity League, eir sport will also broadcast all five of the U21 Republic of Ireland team home fixtures in the UEFA U21 2021 European Championships qualifying campaign.
Kicking off against Luxembourg on March 24, Ireland will also host Armenia on September 10, Italy on October 10, Sweden on November 19 and Iceland on March 26 2020, with all five games live on eir sport.
Stephen Mallon on the radar
https://www.ccmariners.com.au/news/m...and-u-21-squad
https://www.transfermarkt.com/stephe...spieler/324493
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irel...xembourg-squadQuote:
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Ireland U21: Kenny announces Luxembourg squad
Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Stephen Kenny has announced his squad for the UEFA U21 European Championships qualifier against Luxembourg.
13th Mar 2019
Ireland are set to face Luxembourg in their first game of the campaign at Tallaght Stadium on Sunday, March 24 with kick-off at 5pm. Tickets for the match are currently on sale at just €5 for adults and FREE for U18s, FAI Season Ticket Holders and Shamrock Rovers Season Ticket Holders.
Kenny has named a 22-man squad which includes seven players from the SSE Airtricity League. Darragh Leahy and Dan Mandroiu of Bohemians, Liam Scales and Neil Farrugia of UCD AFC, Waterford's Zach Elbouzedi, Shamrock Rovers' Trevor Clarke and St. Patrick's Athletic midfielder Jamie Lennon have all been named.
Liverpool duo Caoimhin Kelleher and Conor Masterson, Manchester United's Lee O'Connor, Manchester City's Gavin Bazunu and Tottenham Hotspur's Troy Parrott have also received call-ups to the U-21 squad.
Simon Power, currently on loan at Dutch second tier side FC Dordrecht from Norwich City, and Connor Ronan, who plays for Slovakian side FC DAC 1904 on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, will also report for the squad on Monday, March 18.
The squad announcement follows the news from the UEFA Executive Committee that the UEFA U21 European Championships finals tournament will expend from 12 teams to 16 teams. The finals, which are set to take place in Hungary and Slovakia in June 2021, will now have four further teams in the finals competition.
Tickets for the qualifier are currently available via Ticketmaster HERE
Republic of Ireland U21 squad v Luxembourg
Goalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Gavin Bazunu (Manchester City)
Defenders: Darragh Leahy (Bohemians), Dara O'Shea (Exeter City, on loan from West Bromwich Albion), Barry Cotter (Ipswich Town), Corey Ndaba (Ipswich Town), Conor Masterson (Liverpool), Lee O'Connor (Manchester United), Trevor Clarke (Shamrock Rovers), Liam Scales (UCD AFC)
Midfielders: Jayson Molumby (Brighton and Hove Albion), Jake Doyle Hayes (Cambridge United, on loan from Aston Villa), Connor Ronan (FC DAC 1904, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jamie Lennon (St. Patrick's Athletic), Conor Coventry (West Ham United), Dan Mandroiu (Bohemians)
Attackers: Adam Idah (Norwich City), Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur), Neil Farrugia (UCD AFC), Zach Elbouzedi (Waterford), Michael O'Connor (Linfield), Simon Power (FC Dordrecht, on loan from Norwich City)
UEFA U21 European Championships Qualifiers - Fixture
24/03 - Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg, Tallaght Stadium, 5pm
should be able to make that game
With Idah and Parrott in the squad, does that mean Cassidy will be in the U19s? Parrott is injured at the moment, but has posted on instagram that he's back in training.
Tyeke Wilson is left out, despite being back and playing for Man City U23's. He's too old for the U19 Championships - born December 1999 and the cut off date is January 2000
Noticed Corey Whelan is missing too
Corrie Nbada (note - Corrie, not Corey as on fai.ie) signed his first professional contract only a month ago: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2019/february/ndaba-signs-new-town-deal/
No Ryan Johansson either, despite not being eligible for the U19s because he's already appeared in the same competition for Luxembourg
Ryan Nolan has been overlooked again it seems for whatever reason
Some reports have Waterford's Aaron Drinan in the squad (see post #85) above and some don't
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irel...xembourg-squadQuote:
Republic of Ireland U21 squad v Luxembourg
Goalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Gavin Bazunu (Manchester City)
Defenders: Darragh Leahy (Bohemians), Dara O'Shea (Exeter City, on loan from West Bromwich Albion), Barry Cotter (Ipswich Town), Corey Ndaba (Ipswich Town), Conor Masterson (Liverpool), Lee O'Connor (Manchester United), Trevor Clarke (Shamrock Rovers), Liam Scales (UCD AFC)
Midfielders: Jayson Molumby (Brighton and Hove Albion), Jake Doyle Hayes (Cambridge United, on loan from Aston Villa), Connor Ronan (FC DAC 1904, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jamie Lennon (St. Patrick's Athletic), Conor Coventry (West Ham United), Dan Mandroiu (Bohemians)
Attackers: Adam Idah (Norwich City), Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur), Neil Farrugia (UCD AFC), Zach Elbouzedi (Waterford), Michael O'Connor (Linfield), Simon Power (FC Dordrecht, on loan from Norwich City)
UEFA U21 European Championships Qualifiers - Fixture
24/03 - Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg, Tallaght Stadium, 5pm
In or out?
according to Ipswich, Drinan is in the squad: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2019/mar...-ireland-call/
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Town striker Aaron Drinan, who is loan at Waterford until the end of June, has also been selected for the final Ireland squad.
A bit soon to hand him his under 21 debut against the country of his birth?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
possibly, and it could also be that his change of international allegiance hasn't been processed yetQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Whelan is overage, the cut off date is 1st January 1998, Whelan was born in 1997Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
He on the standby list, according to Raf Diallo (Newstalk).Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
A few notable omissions and disappointing Nolan wasn't picked again. But, overall, there's a blend of great younger players, home-based players, lads playing under 23 and senior football.
Off The Ball have put Kenny's press conference online, a lot of the questions from the assembled journalists are inaudible
He's gutted the U19s Elite Stage Squad for a game at home to Luxembourg. Lee O'Connor, Adam Idah, Conor Coventry will all be sorely missed. Qualifying is a huge boost for everyone involved in our youth setup, both in terms of seeding going forward and in terms of keeping good dual eligible players interested (Reason we lost Marcus McGuane). The U17s performance last summer did both the players and set up a world of good. We need to win a group consisting of Russia, Romania and Azerbaijan, played in Russia. Not easily but doable. If we fail to qualify, the FAI should take a serious look at the decisions that were made.
You could easily have lined up with Nolan and Masterson in at centre-half and kept Lee O'Connor down. As for attackers, between Ronan Hale, Farrugia Drinan, Michael O'Connor and Drinan, surely there's enough firepower there to beat Luxembourg.
Any reason given for omission of Nolan? Very disappointing if just a plain overlook.
Inter's 20-year-old defender Ryan Nolan 'on standby' as Kenny picks Ireland squad https://the42.ie/4540400Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Is Luca Connell not a big ommission or would he be more likely to be in u19s?
Still eligible for the under 19's, so I'd imagine (hope) so
Troy Parrott the latest star product of inner-city club: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2...d-9729bcd51a7f
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Troy Parrott’s rise through the Tottenham and Ireland ranks comes as no surprise to his Belvedere coach, Vincent Butler, he tells Ciarán Kennedy
any chance you can copy the article and post it?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
If he does the business at his age at under 21 international level, he is going to be the real deal
it's free to register, you'll be able to read it after thatQuote:
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Disclaimer : Not free if he's resident outside the UK and IrelandQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Am I the only one thinking it is absurd that a guy who is the captain of the Inter Milan youth side and would is breaking into their 1st team squad can't make our u21 squad?Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
fair enough, I had missed thatQuote:
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Wonder who the Liverpool player is?Quote:
From the bottom of Buckingham Street in the north inner city of Dublin, kids kicking a ball around only need to look up the long, sloping road to see the behemoth of Croke Park looming.
Not many children grow up so close to the home of the GAA, yet it is an area of the city largely untouched by Gaelic games and the success of the Dublin footballers, with the only flags lining the streets leftover bunting from the visit of Pope Francis last August.
Instead, the boys and girls of Buckingham Street dream of growing up to play professional soccer, and for many, that dream starts at Belvedere FC.
“Kids from this area, they are nearly all purely soccer,” says Vincent Butler, director of football affairs at the club.
Chances are, if you are one of the thousands of young footballers to have togged out in Belvedere colours, at some stage Butler has run the rule over you, having been involved with the club since it began in 1971.
Every weekend, there are Belvedere graduates lining out at all levels from regional divisions in Ireland right up to the Premier League, but currently, there is one name on everybody’s lips: Troy Parrott.
“He’s created a bit of interest, alright,” says Butler.
“There are not that many kids going to Premier League clubs now but you do get a few, like Troy. Sean Brennan is with Southampton, Kevin Healy is at West Brom and a few others.
“We have 18 players over there [Britain] at the moment, four of them wouldn’t have played senior first-team football [yet] because they are too young. The other 14 have played competitive first-team games this season. Matt Doherty and Darragh Lenihan are both doing well.”
On the occasion of Parrott’s 17th birthday last month, he signed his first professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur after hovering around the fringes of the first team.
Butler has been over and back to London to check in on his progress at Spurs, and was instantly struck by how much of an impression the Dubliner has made, with manager Mauricio Pochettino already expressing his confidence in the young player’s abilities.
“He’s a very nice fella, Pochettino,” Butler says. “I was being shown around the academy premises and met him on the stairs. He said ‘Oh, you’re the guy looking after Troy!’ A lot of other managers, you wouldn’t meet them, and they wouldn’t have any knowledge [of who you are] really.
“I knew Troy was doing really well because he was getting great reviews. Apart from getting views from Spurs you would hear it from other clubs. A scout from Man City said he was doing great and Chelsea were looking for him. I mean, if they got the chance they would have come in and taken him.”
Parrott first went on trial with Spurs at the age of 15, and within a few days Butler received a text from a member of Tottenham’s academy coaching staff to say he was “fitting in perfectly”, outlining how impressed the club were with the personable and confident striker.
“He got in straight away,” Butler says.
Butler was present last December as Tottenham took on Inter Milan in a Uefa Youth League game, Parrott scoring a superb goal from the edge of the box in a 4-2 defeat. The goal subsequently did the rounds on social media, generating giddy excitement among Ireland supporters desperate to see a natural goalscorer coming through given the senior team’s struggles to replace Robbie Keane, now working as an assistant coach to Mick McCarthy in the Ireland senior team. Yet Butler explains that there is much more to Parrott’s game than an ability to find the net.
“There was an Italian TV company over who covered the match against Inter Milan, and I’m not sure who did it, but they compiled a DVD just of Troy. The commentator is calling him ‘Parratta’, and it’s three or four minutes long. And he was just really good. The amount of things he did, he was superb.
“Troy has got good composure around the goal. He’s also very determined and never stops running in a match. He’s always looking for the ball. He’s brave, he’ll go for anything, and he’s dedicated.”
And it is that dedication, more than anything, which sets Parrott apart. Butler has seen many young Irish footballers go over to England and fail to adapt to their new surroundings, but he has no such fears for Belvedere’s latest protégé, who grew up in an area of Dublin which has had an unfavourable reputation over the years, with the lack of green space available often leading some to pursue less productive pasttimes.
That is one of the reasons why Belvedere place such a heavy emphasis on developing the technical skills of players, putting talented kids on the right path from the very start. Visit the Belvedere academy, and you can see boys and girls as young as four years of age being taught how to trap the ball, or dribble around a set of cones.
Yet too often other distractions have derailed promising careers, something which Parrott is already aware of.
When he was travelling back home to play in underage matches for Ireland, Tottenham offered him the opportunity to take a couple of days before and after the games to spend some time in Dublin. Parrott decided his time would be put to better use at Tottenham’s training facilities, so opted to travel back the day before games and return to London straight away. Living in digs near Tottenham’s training ground, he is picked up for training and dropped home every day, while on weekends he can visit an aunt who lives in London. Those little comforts can make a world of difference, and Butler has seen first-hand the importance that having the right set-up can make.
“I remember one [player] was signed by Liverpool and they had him in digs in Southport. It took him about two hours to get in every morning and then two hours to get back, and there was nobody living out there. He just went home eventually, never played football again,” says Butler. There are countless similar stories, from all around the country, of promising footballers who could have made it.
“Troy seems to like it and they all seem to like him, and that’s half the battle. All he has to do now is produce the goods and they’ll keep him there, and he’ll do well for them.
“Some people say that kids from that area might have great talent, but they don’t have the dedication or concentration. Troy has proved everybody wrong.”
John Paul Kelly?
Possibly, but he did play in the League of Ireland after leaving LiverpoolQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
It's funny. I spoke to a barber recently who said he knew both Jack Byrne and Troy Parrott and it seemed like he genuinely did. He said that there is a marked difference in attitude between the pair. In fact, that story about Troy not taking extra time off could be contrasted to a story this guy had about Byrne saying he was sick one weekend but actually going home to Dublin from Blackburn for his mate's birthday.
Limerick's Will Fitzgerald is on stand by: https://twitter.com/LimerickFCie/sta...62312280539136
Hasn't played yet for Limerick this run, or been on the bench, must be due to play tonight so. Kenny likes this player.
he's namedchecked Fitzgerald a few times
He'd be a Dundalk player now if SK had stayed there according to some also.
It's not Joxer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Parrott out of the squad after not recovering from an operation on his toe in time.
Probably not enough time to call up a replacement (maybe McAuley?)
Great I like him. But it's odd when a lad can't get into the 19s squad but can make the 21sQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Wasn't aware of that. But even so, if Kenny can pull a few wins out of the bag with a squad ibcludeong so many young LOI players then he is doing something positive for the future of Irish football.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11