Liam Kitching. 24yr old left footed CB that also played LB when breaking into senior football. Got the assist for Coventry's goal against Wolves.
Gavin Cooney in The42 confirmed Kiernan Dewsbury Hall is eligible today. No England underage representation. 25. 10 goals & 12 assists this season at Leicester. Probably already been approached, been mentioned here & there a few times in recent years.
https://www.the42.ie/ireland-midfiel...28992-Mar2024/
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I was going to say he's a good move and a good season away from England caps.
I saw him mentioned as a target for Brighton, Brentford and even Arsenal in January.
I would say that the reason for the Arsenal link (if anything in it) is the same reason he might not make the England squad too easily.
From what I have seen, he's an out and out 8. He's not a 6 or wide forward player or 10. Arsenal set up with two 8s a lot. However, England don't. He would actually have an awful lot to do to get in there. He'd need a move to Arsenal or another top half side and good run.
Good article on it (and him) here
https://www.balls.ie/football/tomas-...ootball-553795
There's also a Thiago Dowd mentioned makes me think of 90's GAA footballer Tommy
Christopher Seamus Michael Conn-Clarke, 22, from Antrim has just signed for Peterborough United. Has underage previous up to 21s with our northern brothers. Scored 23 goals & 12 assists in the National League last season. Plays as a 10 or as a striker.
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https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
£350k the fee being reported. Does seem like one good season alright with not a lot before that.
He's Peterboroughs third double barrelled Clarke in recent years, Clarke Harris, Mason Clark & now this boyo. So maybe they just wanted that really strange trio Nigel. For quiz purposes or some madness like that.
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If he gets a run of games in League 1 the north will cap him this side of Christmas. He's from a nationalist background but the best we could offer him is to ask him to sit tight, play better and get a move to the Championship, at which point he might get a game for us in a couple of years time.
We're never going to compete for these lower league lads because we can't just start capping them in the Nations League the way they do, nor should we even try. It's the same as Eoin Toal. If someone (like Sykes) is particularly keen to play for us and genuinely believes that they're good enough to make it with us they'll wait it out. But the reality is that most will take the handy caps on offer with the north.
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Name me one youngster from a Nationalist area whom we've capped even once in any Nations League game, as some form of inducement towards us, or as a ruse to keep them from heading towards the south.
To make it easier, you can find all our NL games, with line-ups, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northe...%80%93present)
P.S. You probably don't want to waste too much time looking
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