It will be interesting, the u19 qualifiers are on at the same time as the u17 world cup (which is really an u18 world cup in european terms). Historically we've had between 1 and 12 u18s in an u19 squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
1) Melia and Devaney will be with the 21s
2) Cathal O'Sullivan and Niall McAndrew have long term injuries
3) William Martin is still officially an Ireland player but hasn't been called up since he started playing for Denmark u19
So I wonder will we end up with guys who didn't make the u17 world cup squad playing for the u19s in the qualifiers instead. Both Man United players in this squad are eligible for the u17 world cup and Shay Reid who was called up in the last squad is eligible as well. There's a lot of depth in that 2008 group and some good players won't make the squad, but equally for those guys it'll be a lot to ask for them to jump up to the next level.
