In terms of 21 and under, I don't think there are any standout goalkeepers. McCarey did well during the U19 championships, but he has struggled to shift McLoughlin since moving up to u21 level. Richie Branagan and Michael Quirke were both used by King but we won't be seeing them any time soon.
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Sean Murray, of Watford, I think he has been mentioned on here before, has already made his first team debut, a bit more here, The Watford academy has been featured in this months Four Four Two magazine as well (I think)
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Quirke is, as they say, a free agent. In terms of goalkeepers does anyone know if Sean McDermott or Joe Coll are any good? Also Ciaran Clarke could possibly join the list of good prospects.
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http://www.englandfootballblog.com/2...sh-of-ireland/
Despite all his paperwork being in order, Jack Grealish pulled out of England‘s most recent U17 squad…no reason given…the biggest indicator yet that he’s looking to stick with Ireland
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Saw this lad, Graham Burke, was named on the subs bench yesterday for Villa with McLeish saying that he was very close to putting him on at the end. Must be a good prospect if he's involved so young - definitely one to watch.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetai...381553,00.html
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/AcademyPr...091150,00.html
Also, with regards to young prospects, Anthony Forde is really highly rated at Wolves, along with Doherty. There is also a young lad called McAllinden who is highly touted (hopefully Mick will try to convert him also) -http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~2550179,00.html
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Bit in today's Examiner about Aidan White. Noel King tipping him for senior caps.
Hope this doesn't go too against the grain as far as resurrecting old threads, but it's intriguing to see how far our some of the predictions were and of course how accurate others were. The one quoted above was one of the better ones.
Much in the hope that i'll still be in a position to look back on my own selection in 10 years time i'm going to have a go at a current 10 prospects. Not including Parrott, Connolly or O'Connor only because they have been capped already.
Gavin Bazuno, Nathan Collins, Andrew Omobamidele, Anselmo Garcia McNulty, Nico Jones, Jason Molumby, Conor Coventry, Jamie Bowden, Tom Cannon, Evan Ferguson
Jeff Kendrick! Have to read this thread in full.
Posts like that are exactly why I don't be getting excited about our latest great batch of U19s or even 21s. There's a long way to go yet to really make it, even for Parrott, Connolly and others starting to get a look in at senior level
I don’t even remember that post! O’Brien lacked the bit of luck needed!
Interesting thread to read back through and to be fair the predictions were better than I thought they would be. O'Brien and Clifford probably the biggest disappointments relative to expectations but the likes of Brady, Hendrick, Stevens, Coleman, Egan, Doherty, Duffy and Hourihane were all predicted to do well by posters.
For what it's worth here are my top 10 current under 21s, most likely some will fall away but hopefully a few will go on to play at a high level.
1. Troy Parrott
2. Aaron Connolly
3. Michael Obafemi
4. Jayson Molumby
5. Nathan Collins
6. Jason Knight
7. Dara O'Shea
8. Mark Travers
9. Adam Idah
10. Lee O'Connor
And since five of those have already been capped here are five more uncapped players who might have a shot.
Gavin Kilkenny
Caoimhin Kelleher
Jonathan Afolabi
Conor Coventry
Thomas O'Connor
Tommy deservedly taking all the plaudits but without Crosby there'd have been no discussion. Ahead of his time as always.
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