Joe Coll

[Colbert Report]

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...d-2104303.html

Let's hope he's the next Great White Hope.

[cestlavie]

All the clubs have been tracking him for sometime. Too early to say how far he will go but hope he makes it too professional level.

Remember posting this about him few weeks ago in Shane Duffy thread. I should be a scout. lol

Glad to hear that. I haven't seen much of him to be honest. How about the U21 and U19 'keepers? I've heard that there's another young Donegal keeper in the U19 squad... Hopefully he's taken inspiration from Packie and Shay!
The Finn Harps keeper is Irish under 19 keeper, Ciaran Gallagher, got good potential, time will tell. Also the under 16 or under 17 keeper is from Donegal and is being tracked by nearly all the top clubs over the water. He is from Glenea, think his name is Joe Coll or something like that!

[Charlie Darwin]

Well, he's from Donegal, so I think we can be sure he'll be brilliant. 6'1 at 16 isn't bad either - hopefully he'll get a bit taller.

[Predator]

There's another goalkeeper from Donegal who was nets for the U18 Schools team. Marty McGinty I think is his name. Not sure who he's with, but he was linked with Hibs last year.

[SkStu]

there was a 17 year old GK that moved from Monaghan United to Wolves in September called Aaron McCarey. Worth keeping an eye on from all accounts....

[Charlie Darwin]

There's another goalkeeper from Donegal who was nets for the U18 Schools team. Marty McGinty I think is his name. Not sure who he's with, but he was linked with Hibs last year.

That's a spectacularly Irish name.

[bwagner]

Conrad Logan another keeper overseas from Donegal

[tetsujin1979]

Coll leaves United with a year left on his contract: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...d-3158384.html

[mark12345]

Now if Trap is worth his salt, he'll get him a trial at a middle of the table Serie A club. The boy has bags of potential.

[Bungle]

Now if Trap is worth his salt, he'll get him a trial at a middle of the table Serie A club. The boy has bags of potential.

Agree that our management/coaching team should be helping out lads like him, whether it's Trap or Alan Kelly or whoever it might be. Don't want to be unduly critical of Trap, but my big concern would be that he probably has very little knowledge about lads like Coll. Previous managers like Brian Kerr, Mick McCarthy and even Stan were probably very up to speed with our youth teams. I know Coll is one for past Trap's tenure, but I do think that it's important that an international manager is aware of what is coming through.

[nigel-harps1954]

Best thing for young Coll to do now is to come back to Ireland and play a few seasons of League of Ireland. Get himself noticed easier.

[Acornvilla]

hed probably walk into the shams team

[nigel-harps1954]

hed probably walk into the shams team

Not necessarily. Just because he was with Man Utd doesn't mean he's any better than anyone that's currently in Ireland. Jansson was with Tottenham after all.

[Charlie Darwin]

Rovers also declined to offer former Manchester United goalkeeper Conor Devlin a contract in the winter. Jansson was evidently better.

I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.

[Acornvilla]

Yeah I was basically saying the Swede sucks balls, bless him.. Devlin would have been worth a punt too really, Shams made some awfuly stupid decisions as regards GK's anyway, and this Coll lad could hardly be as bad a move, I wonder would he bat an eyelid at a 6 month contract + CL footie..

He is only a baby in GK terms thou.

[nigel-harps1954]

Nonsense, if Shamrock Rovers were to sign any goalkeeper now they should be looking at Graham Stack on a short term deal.

[Acornvilla]

Stacks never really set the world alight thou, had hoped hed be useful and looked like he would be for quite a while, but he obviously isn't up to a whole lot.. Can't be worse than Oscar or whatever thou!

[ArdeeBhoy]

Or a certain A.Smith perhaps?

[tricky_colour]

Well, he's from Donegal, so I think we can be sure he'll be brilliant. 6'1 at 16 isn't bad either - hopefully he'll get a bit taller.

Maybe, but I think I stopped growing by the time I was 16, although I was 6' by then anyway.
But I have read the age men stop growing taller variously reported at 18 20 and 22. I guess it varies a lot.

[Acornvilla]

Same for me I was just under 6 foot at 15, and then never grew again!