I agree. Instead of bashing their heads against the wall on Declan Rice, querying him on Crowley would be more interesting. He has been in touch Crowley previously (if he isn't now) and mentioned a few years ago to have had good conversations with him and his dad.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-31535689.html
Goal for Crowley this evening.
Two young lads at both Liverpool & Spurs (Liam Coyle and Jamie Bowden) both eligible for Ireland according to https://twitter.com/FutsalFinn
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
The next Grealish/Rice/Obafemi/Crowley/etc dual nationality player is 15 and playing for West Brom: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport...for-west-brom/
But the teenager also qualifies for the Republic of Ireland via two of his grandparents and, next week, he is due to represent their under-16s in the 2018 Victory Shield.
Because he is so young, Barry is able to play for both countries at this stage of his career.
The only viable option is to cap Louie Barry against Denmark.
Someone on YBIG saying that Dan McDonnell says MON provided an update on Daniel Crowley for the print press. I bet the paperwork is going through like with Duffy. They'll be two nice additions.
Apparently Mon did discuss the crowley situation and it will be in the indo tomorrow. According to Dan McDonnellOriginally Posted by joe_denilson
Jinx.
Someone on ybig did some digging and found a tweet he sent where he was actually cheering for England vs Ireland in the past...
Typical ybiger trawling through a 15 year olds twitter for a game that happened 2 years ago in Dublin I assume when he was 12 god those ybigers are losers
Can't see anything in this mornings Indo re Crowley.
Might only be in the print edition, they don't put everything online
It was the print I checked. A lot of commentary on Dunne and Obafemi. Couldn't see anything on Crowley. Could have missed it. He even commented on McGoldrick.
https://twitter.com/noriordan/status...808176640?s=19
Neil O'Riordan on MON's response to being asked about Daniel Crowley.
Hes a knob O'Neill. In one sentence he insults 2 players
I always assumed confidence was a good thing - but then I haven't won two European cups and played under 'Cloughie'.
I don't think he regards the type of confidence that Byrne has as a good thing
I'd like to read or, ideally, watch O'Neill's full response to the question first.
Taken at face value though what does O'Neill hope to achieve with the likes of that? (rhetorical question)
Perhaps it was just a shot at the "Call Him Up MON" armchair pundits who obsess over any Irish player who strings a few passes together at a mid-table Eredivisie side/scores a couple of screamers in the LOI/plays a game in the UEFA Youth League/is mentioned in a "Irish Teenagers at Premier League Clubs" list.
Yes, Crowley seems to be doing well so far in the Eredivisie but so did Byrne, for a while. Right now the current extended transitional period for this team is coming to an end so it's time to narrow the squad down to those who will likely feature in the qualifiers proper. And the benchmark for making the cut is still primarily either 1)playing regularly in the EPL or 2)impressing both in The Championship and in the recent internationals.
I can't agree with any of that. Crowley has already at age 21 made 42 appearances in the top flight in Holland as well as more than 30 appearances at league 1 or Dutch 2nd division. He plays in a position we are sadly lacking in and brings us a totally different midfield option than anyone else in the squad. We have just picked a centre half who has played around 10 games for hearts in a league no stronger than Holland with his only other football at league two and conference level. We deserve what we get as Irish football fans if we think overlooking Crowley is justified until he plays in the championship
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