Shane Flynn doing well at Leicester it seems. Might be getting some minutes tonight or in the upcoming EL game and would be doing very well to break into that defence if so.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...hton-1.4480542
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Shane Flynn doing well at Leicester it seems. Might be getting some minutes tonight or in the upcoming EL game and would be doing very well to break into that defence if so.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...hton-1.4480542
We need another left-sided option. I keep hearing we should be playing a back 3 with wingbacks, but apart from Stevens and Doherty who do we have suitable for the roles? It means that if either one is injured we'd have to revert to a back 4.
I can see why Kenny hasn't committed himself to this system.
Tyreik Wright, who is out of contract at Villa at the end of the season, has been linked with a move to Everton or... Celtic.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ik-Wright.html
I suspect I am not alone in hoping another underage Irish player doesn't end up at Celtic.
Yeah he would be well advised not to go to Celtic particularly whilst current management remains in situ. Celtic are in bad need of a left sided winger mind but what would likely happen is they sign him and another or Shved returns from loan and plus and Wright ends up rotting.
They'd sign him for free, sign another winger from somewhere overseas for a few million, play the overseas winger even though he's probably crap and send Wright on loan to Cowdenbeath for a year.
I think a lot of the time the Celtic links are just agent talk to force a new contract or generate some interest in their player. I think that was probably what happened with Sinclair Armstrong a few weeks ago before he signed his new deal at QPR. Hopefully the experiences of Connell, O'Connor, Afolabi and Oko-Flex have other young Irish players well warned to stay out of Glasgow.
i think celtic and rangers do target young players playing in england, because unlike their counterparts south of the border, they don't have to pay any significant compensation. for example, liverpool are paying Fulham £4m + 20% sell on fee for Harvey Elliott as decided by tribunal. If he had moved to Celtic instead, they would have just had to pay about £80,000 uefa training fee. So they're prepared to pay a little bit more in wages knowing they're getting a comparative bargain.Quote:
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To use Liverpool again, Jordan Rossiter was really highly rated there, youngest goalscorer, underage captain, and Rangers signed him a pre-contract at 18 (joined at 19) and then they really messed up his development by mishandling a series of injuries. He's now at Fleetwood Town...
Everton would have to go to tribunal for Wright, whereas Celtic will get him for near nothing.
Couple of recent goalscorers at U23 level:
Ethan Varian grabbed the winner from the spot for Stoke against Norwich. Gabriel Adebambo also played for Stoke while Andrew Omobamidele started for Norwich and Josh Giurgi was a second-half sub: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...toke-v-norwich
Cole Kiernan scored Middlesbrough's goal in their 1-1 draw against Sunderland: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...toke-v-norwich
And a couple of names I'm seeing for the first time:
Jake O'Brien played for Crystal Palace and Dara Costelloe lined out for Burnley in their meeting: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...0-21/tbc-v-tbc
Jake O'Brien was in the first team at Cork City last season - only joined Palace earlier this month.
Shane Flynn in the Leicester traveling squad for their game tomorrow against Slavia Prague
Several Leicester U23s were caught partying with Leicester and Birmingham womens team last week so he probably wasn't among those, good lad, and travels tonight. He was due to travel anyway so its not just because others are being punished.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
unfortunately, neither Flynn nor Bowden came on
Good night for Ethon/Ethan Varian - two goals and an assist in Stoke's 3-1 win against Reading: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...0-21/tbc-v-tbc
The curse of Variant spelling.:cool:
Pretty sure it's Ethon.
https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/forme...irc-tailteann/
Jimmy Corcoran was released by Dundalk over the winter and it looks like he is going to join the Meath senior gaelic football panel.
Bit mad for a lad who is only 18 or so to pack it in already. He’d probably be the 4th best goalkeeping prospect we have that’s still eligible for underage football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
He is too small to be a goalkeeper in professional football. I'd imagine he has been told that by both Preston and Dundalk and has decided to pack it in. Because of his height I don't think he was ever as much of a prospect as he was thought to be - unless he had taken a late growth spurt, but he didn't.
Jimmy Corcoran now confirmed as signed for Wexford for the coming season.
Jimmy Corcoran joins Wexford FC
Meath GAA will have to find another keeper then. The level he is dropping to with Wexford says a lot though.
A year of first team ball (presumably) could be the deciding of him one way or the other.
Adam O'Reilly has joined Waterford on loan from PNE until June.
Now 19, he made his first team debut for Preston at just 17.
Flynn on the bench again for Leicester tonight.
Two goals for Charlie McCann against Southampton U23s at the weekend - at 3:24 and 4:00 in the video below
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.uni...ke-notice/amp/
McCann is one of those where you'd wonder if he'd actually be better letting his contract at United expire and moving somewhere with a more realistic path to first team football, similar to Odubeko.
With Fernandes in the first team, there's really only one spot available for any other centre midfield player. McCann might go out on loan next session, like the others mentioned in that article
https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar...mpression=true
Hopefully things go better for Adam O'Reilly at Waterford. He talks of going six months without a competitive game - you would have to question the decision to sign for a club with no Under 23 setup at the same time.
How likely is he to get a run? I assume he's covering left back and left wing and wing back so Thomas and Fuchs might be ahead of him in the queue. Still, great going.
I'd say low to medium. He was on the bench for a few of their Europa League games and didn't see a minute of action. On the other hand, Brighton are no great shakes at the moment and Rogers might give him a run if Leicester do well
Seven injuries, six first team regulars and the other a squad defender are a factor here, whatever about the EL bench apps. But however the opportunity arrives he has to make the most of it if it happens. Good progress nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Seamus Keogh lining out for Southampton U23s today against Blackburn, live stream on Blackburn's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSIRBe4MrYo
Ethon Varian nominated for PL2 Player of the Month for February: https://www.premierleague.com/news/2050753
The statement from his agent makes it sound like they are giving him a contract to let him get fit again and maybe prove himself. He has been injured a huge amount unfortunatelyQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
This lad is an interesting one. Is he anywhere near involvement with stokes first team?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I read a thread on him previously where some Stoke fans that follow their youth players were of the view that he was good, but would maybe fall just short of Championship standard - at least in the early part of his career. Might be one that drops down to League 1 or League 2 and builds back up from there. Similar age to Parrott and Odubeko so plenty of time for him to develop yet though.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11