Usually it's Irish players at a Northern Ireland or Welsh club in European competition who are the first players to appear in a season, but this year it's the Shamrock Rovers players who have that honour
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I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to discuss Group B in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - what can Ireland expect in the three group games against co-hosts Australia, Olympic champions Canada, and African Cup of Nations semi finalists Nigeria? We make our predictions for each group, and how we expect the tournament to go.
(note this was recorded after the friendly against Colombia, but before the extent of Denise O'Sullivan's injury was known)
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John Ryan (19), formerly of Shamrock Rovers, UCD and Sassuolo of Serie A, is on trial at Reading and played in the Royals' home 0-2 defeat to QPR.
(The Reading Chronicle, 25 July).
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick? to review the performances of the Republic of Ireland's Women's team in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. What did we think of how the side played against co-hosts Australia, Olympic Champions Canada, and African Cup of Nations semi finalists Nigeria, and who did we think excelled from the squad?
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New season kicked off in the UK yesterday.
Live updates on Twitter are dead (thanks Elon) so if you're on mastodon, you can follow the live updates here - https://mastodon.ie/@irish_abroad - or follow the Live blog on the site itself https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
Daily summaries will be posted to instagram - https://www.instagram.com/irish_football_statistics/ - and facebook - https://www.facebook.com/irishfootballstatistics/
In the 8 EFL Championship games today, I make it 14 of the BIG (incl Szmodics) starting, while 14 are on the bench. Any advance on that?
I make it 13 starters, 16 on the bench, with 13 of the subs coming on. Plus two that we know could play for us if they wanted (Delap and Jutkiewicz)Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
I've got 14 starting players, plus 17 substitutes
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Ah, missed Duffy and Gilbert. Speaking of Gilbert, along with Emakhu, Okagbue, Springett, Vaughan, and Wright, there has been a significant broadening of potential options for the near future in just eight games todayQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I use fantasy football hub for a bit of insight to fantasy premier league (https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk...dicted-lineups). Not sure if you can read the article without a membership. They've put their predicted starting lineups for the opening games up. Of the Irish players they're predicting a start for Joe Hodge and Dara O'Shea and they have John Egan starting in central midfield for Sheffield United (not sure if there's a formatting issue there or if Egan has actually played there in pre-season?). I don't seen any of the other Irish predicted to start, Obafemi and possibly Cullen (not mentioned) ruled out with injury it seems. Ferguson, Doherty and Ogbene not predicted to start for their clubs.
I'm joined by Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss Stephen Kenny's squad to face France and the Netherlands, Jim Crawford's U21 squad to face Turkiye and San Marino - how will the Boys in Green fare against two sides in the top ten in the world?
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live stream of the U17 womens friendly against Portugal on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffmB4EKU3k
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick, Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football, and James Carew of pogmogoal to discuss the two Euro 2024 qualifiers against France and the Netherlands, and what the results mean for the manager Stephen Kenny - how close are we now to the end of his reign, and who will take over after him?
Also, James learns the forfeit he has to pay after guaranteeing that Josh Cullen would be sold by Burnley in the summer...
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I'm joined on the show by Mark O'Brien to discuss his life in football, from moving to Derby at 15, winning Ireland U16 Player of the Year, making his senior debut, and being diagnosed with a leaking aorta (all in the space of 12 months!) the recovery from that, and another serious injury, to playing in Scotland, non-league, and scoring one of the most important goals in Newport County history.
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Great stuff, will give this a listen, I was at one of his early games for Derby & he looked like a 70 cap CB in the making. Awful luck.Quote:
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Thanks, he's an interesting guy. I'll bump his thread tooQuote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
The stats people at WhoScored have produced a table of the best early-season individual performers in EFL One, "using over 200 raw statistics weighted according to their influence in the game, a player rating is recorded for the division’s players."
In the Top 20, Eiran Cashin (7.29) is at no.11, Conor Hourihane (7.31) is at no. 9 and Stephen Negru (7.50) is ranked 4th.
Just for information, the top rating (7.59) went to Will Aimson of Exeter City.
can I ask the forum's help in rigging an election?
Voting for the Irish Podcast Awards is open, and the podcast I started with Mark and Phil during lockdown is eligible for the Listener's Choice Award.
if you open the link below, and search for "Irish Football Fans" and cast your vote for , I'd really appreciate it
https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/voting
You'll need to enter your email address, and they send you a link to confirm your vote
Quoting this to get a few more votes before voting closes tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I didn't know we were eligible until yesterday, so probably too late to be in the running, but every vote counts
Done.
Same here!
Last time bumping this - voting closes today, so vote early - vote often!Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Done, done, done and, indeed, done.
Despite stating on the website that that voting will end on 19th October, the voting link is still active - https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/votingQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Let's get a few last-last minute votes in
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss two games we really don't want to talk about. There was an element of denial about qualifying for the European Championships in Germany next year when the group draw was made. We've been angry with the results(including the most losses in a single campaign since the 1972 European Championships), and despite numerous bargaining efforts with whatever god would listen, it's all left us pretty depressed with the current state of the national side men's team, to the point where we have all accepted the manager's time in charge is ending soon
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Two CBs (O'Shea and Collins) and one forward (Ferguson) start in the PL today; Travers and Doherty on the bench.
EFL Championship starters: Bazunu, O'Leary, Bonham
McNamara, Dunne, McNally, McGuinness, McLoughlin, Stevens
Knight, Sykes, Azaz, Smallbone, Browne
Robinson.
Championship on the bench: ---
Christie, Long, Manning,
Taylor, Harness, Brady, Molumby
Hogan, Connolly, Armstrong, Kelly
Hope I haven't overlooked anyone!
A few other youngsters, who we don't talk about that much yet, are on the bench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
Val Adedokun at Brentford
Aidomo Emakhu at Millwall
Tyreik Wright at Plymouth
Alex Gilbert at Middlesbrough
Harry Vaughan and James Furlong at Hull
And one experienced starter:
Enda Stevens at Stoke
Appreciate this!Quote:
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Thanks! I did get Stevens, and should have spotted a few of the others. Is that Adedokun's first inclusion in the PL squad this season?
First time in a PL squad ever, but he was an unused sub in their league cup game against Newport at the end of AugustQuote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
All lineups on the live blog: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
Gosh, that blog is incredibly comprehensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Thanks.
Thanks, runs every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
Kilkenny man Ciaran Brennan's time with Sheffield Wednesday may be coming to an end. The 23 year-old CB played 21 times for Swindon Town in 2022/23, averaging 70 mins a game, and previously had 18 appearances for the Owls' first team. However injury and managerial changes have left him out of the action at Hillsborough; he is out of contract in June and new manager Rohl wants to trim the squad, so Brennan will probably leave in January. Perhaps a stint back in EFL2, or in the LoI, could revive his career?
Sheffield Wednesday ace now told it's 'time for him' to leave Hillsborough in January - Sheffield Wednesday News
I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland Men's Team's final Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands, and the final game of 2023 against New Zealand, which became the final two games of Stephen Kenny's reign following the FAI's announcement that his contract would not be extended.
With the recruitment process for a new manager already in progress, what are we looking for in the new manager, and who are the favourites for the position?
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I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to review the performances of the Republic of Ireland Senior Men's team in 2023, from the opening friendly against Latvia in March, through the qualification campaign for Euro 2024, to the final game of Stephen Kenny's time in charge against New Zealand in November.
What were the highs and lows, and that, if anything, was learned from each game?
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Haven't done one of these in a while, so time to start the new year off with the first of a three-chapter episode in the programming tutorial series I've been posting on YouTube. Here, I'm using NodeJs to prove that Evan Ferguson's start against France last March made him the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland men's team
In the second chapter in our programming tutorial series, we show how to prove that Evan Ferguson is the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland men's team, this time using MongoDB