Is there any eircom League player good enough

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Re: Post above apologies. I'll try to add a sensible comment. I believe there is space for a few eL players in the squad. Particularily in the back line. In a squad of 23 players there has to be one or two players deserving of a callup. Surely Murray off Cork is worth a go, I've seen half a dozen times and he's always impressed me. Given the dearth of options we have there would be no loss in giving it a go. Same with the goalkeeping options. Henderson is not good enough I don't care what anyone says. His kicking is abysmal for a PROFESSIONAL. There has to be one keeper in the league who could do a job even if its just as backup. When you think about it, are the players who ply their trade in League 1 playing at a higher level than those who are playing in the eL? I don't think so. They way I look at it is the League 1 is just as big a backwater as our own , probably more so. The lads playing 3rd tier over there are just as much in the shop window as the 1st tier guys here. There were a lot of players in my age group in schoolboys (Murphy, Barrett) who weren't the best players on their team, never mind their age who went to England and in effect became journeymen. I'm of the opinion now that these are the guys who should be completing some sort of education here, on a scholarship with an eL club and bolstering our own league, rather than be peddled amonst the big boys over the water.

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Kenny
Murphy (

Finnan
Heary
Dunne
Mc Shane
Dan Murray
Andy O'Brien
Kilbane
Harte

Duff
Mcgeady
Reid A
Reid S
Carsley
Douglas
Joe Gamble/Kevin Deery

Doyle
Keane
Byrne/Farren?
Long/Stokes?

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Originally Posted by adamcarr

Danny is a better player defensively than Harte and although Harte is good going forward Id still throw Danny ahead of him.

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Yeah, you would but I'd say the other 99 out of 100 would have Ian Harte in there.

Ian Harte's the better player.

in the SPL each team is required to have 2 players (i think it is 2 but maybe 3) who are under 21 in their match day squad. something along these lines the FAI could introduce would be to require 2 or 3 home based players being included in the 23 strong international squad.

before everyone lunges at me...... i know it would be slightly unfair on the boys wearing no's 21 - 23 in our current squads but how likely are these lads of getting a run in the team barr a massive spate of injuries (e.g. henderson in last game). outside our starting 11 and 4 or 5 players in reserve i really don't see much difference between eL and the rest of the squad members. people are getting bogged down in this debate about those players who start regulary or occasionally (e.g. o'brien) but the real debate should be about the so-called squad-fillers (e.g. st. ledger). a great comparison is henderson v devine. did henderson do anything that devine couldn't of done and also if devine had been in the squad what a massive boost the eL would of got

the advantages of calling up the 2 or 3 players would be 2 fold. raise the profile of the eL and players in it and also use it as an academy style system for the elite players in the eL.