He'd drive you mad. Be one thing if he didnt have good defenders in the squad, but leaves O'Riordan on the bench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
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He'd drive you mad. Be one thing if he didnt have good defenders in the squad, but leaves O'Riordan on the bench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Nice to get so many goals against a bad team.
After only two games Vata finds himself with five goals at U21 level. Fair enough they were both against San Marino but the record for most goals at this level are 7 with Robbie Brady and Kevin Doyle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
How many is Sinclair Armstrong on. He seems to score every game he playsQuote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Wiki says five goals in six games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Also 5
I really like Armstrong, he looks dangerous every time I watch him play. Needs more refinement but there's a player in him
They should maybe consider calling Vata into the seniors as well alongside Hodge and Moran for a look, although a cap wouldn't make any real difference in terms of commiting him to Ireland. But he's the kind of player that could move club this summer and kick on very quickly.
Both himself and Emakhu caused issues with their constant pressuring of the defence back in November.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Would be calling up Armstrong too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Vata currently top scorer in the group, according to Wikipedia
I think uefa have taken 2 of those away from him. They called the San Marino home one where he bundled it in an OG. And the one on Friday that he didn’t really celebrate an OG, which would make it 3Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Big result for the U21s in Italy, with the Azzuri drawing with Turkey after a last minute equaliser from Kilicsoy
https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2037260/
That leaves Italy two points ahead of Ireland, with Ireland having a game in hand. We're playing Turkey away and Latvia at home in September.
Huge opportunity to win the group now so expect we won't.
Winning of the group is back in our hands but the worry here is Turkey are now well back in the race, especially if they beat us next round. They dont have to play Itay again and still have SM away.
I just noticed that Josh Seary came off the bench for Preston yesterday and upon looking deeper see that he made his championship debut back in February. Probably worth a call up to the 21s considering how few right backs we have coming through.
We basically just had one called up in the last window cause Abankwah didn’t make it.
U21s will play Croatia U21s and England U20s in June. Players will join up on June 4th for camp with games on June 7th and June 11th. Hope England's U21s were already busy and that they didn't pick the U20s instead to avoid Carsley.
Rumours coming from Albania of Zefi switching to them. They can offer him a place in their Under 21 squad, realistically he's not in the frame for ours at the moment. Would likely have to wait until the next campaign at best.
Being honest I think it's looking less and less likely that he'll make it at a high enough level to ever play at senior level for us. I know it's a bit early to draw that conclusion on him at 19, but he doesn't seem to have kicked on at all, and there have been rumours about his professionalism etc. The worry for me would be that it could encourage Vata, who now looks a much brighter prospect, to make the same move.
News this morning that Nathan Fraser has rejected another call up for the U21s.
Good, gives us an excuse to fast track Mason Melia.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Have to say I haven't seen anything yet in Fraser to suggest that he's worth spending a huge amount of effort on. As I understand it he basically got in the Wolves team for a few games because they had no other fit strikers. But he wasn't doing anything so they dropped him again even though they still didn't have any fit strikers. As things stand Cannon would be the much more promising dual eligible striker of the two to get to commit to us if we can manage it.
Doubt he'd want the extra week at the beach if it was England calling him up.
Squad to be announced on Monday
Haven’t really seen enough of Noonan or any of O’Brien to judge their call ups.
All of Wogan, Grehan, Adaramola, Phillips, Gilsenen and Fraser ruled out - so no real controversial picks in the squad. I’d have had Henry-Francis and Goodrham (assuming he’s commited). I know Henry-Francis is only playing 21s football for Arsenal but it’s great to see him fit and getting an extended run of games for the first time in ages…
No Bohs or Shels players in the squad, so why has the Bohs v Shels match been postponed?
Bohs have 2 players called up to the Estonia squad
Connor O'Brien plays fairly regularly for Accrington Stanley at right back in League Two and aged 19. FAI saying his dad is from Drogheda so that connection is strong as the name implies.
Does anyone know if these 2 game will be televised anywhere? The FAI website just says TBC for TV
Can't see them being on TV especially tomorrow's game as it's election day so RTE will likely be talking about that all day tomorrow on the news channel. I'd say our best bet will be that Croatia and England stream the games.
Its not listed on Live-footballontv.com but you CAN watch Costa Rica battle St Kitts if you have CONCACAF Youtube, which you obviously do
Definitely not missing that one!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
FAI tweeted that they'll be providing live updates online so doubt there's gonna be any stream for tonight's game.
Would be typical that the one game that isn't being shown live that Lawal starts in midfield.
.....................Keeley
Abankwah O’Riordan MacNulty
Curtis Lawal Moran Hodge Roughan
............Emakhu Armstrong
Any stream ?
I'd say there's more chance of it being a 6-4-0 than 4-4-2.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Whatever the set up is it seems to be working this evening with the u21s 2-0 inside 15 mins, Moran and Armstrong.
Great stuff