Don't have time to look through them all, but there's a list on wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...s_F.C._playersOriginally Posted by joe_denilson
Alan Kernaghan and Gerry Peyton were the only others we missed I think.
Republic of Ireland U19 - Michael Harriman - Offered new deal by QPR
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Richard Keogh wanted by Cardiff.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footbal...1466-31072804/
Shane Robinson scored for Haka today in Finland
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Am looking for old Irish matches on VHS, PM me if you have some and I'll upload them here
Shane Robinson scored a hat-trick in 3-1 today for Haka.
Gary Deegan - Coventry. Not the messiah ......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18625727
Not the sharpest it would seem (Though I know The BT is not always the most impartial)...............
Suspended by Coventry for posting "up the IRA" on twitter.
Championship football player Gary Deegan is under investigation after posting a pro-IRA slogan on Twitter.
Coventry City FC launched the probe after the midfielder sparked outrage by posting “Up the IRA” on Saturday.
Dubliner Deegan publicly made the comments to his Scottish-born teammate James McPake who has been called up for international duty by Northern Ireland.
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...#ixzz1z5LMldmw
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Kohlmann talking about Ireland at the Euros to his local paper. This was done on the eve of the Spain game it would seem.
He said Ireland's best hope would be to nick a penalty. He didnt hold much hope of Ireland winning, but expected the team to "fight to the final whistle". He watched the game with his wife, son and mother and said getting to the Euro cup was a success itself.
Of playing again for Ireland he says it seems, "that time has passed" and he now "just watches the games as a fan". He says he doesnt expect to be picked in the squad again, but jokes that if the next manager (after Trap) wants a free holiday to Berlin he can use visiting Union's training ground as an excuse.
http://www.berliner-kurier.de/1--fc-...,16374702.html
He's a natural left back who can also play left midfield, and has been rated as one of the most consistent players in the 2.er Bundesliga over the last two seasons (he's one of only two Union Berlin players to play 33 games this season just gone). From what I've seen of him he's got a great engine on him and hardly ever gives the ball away. I'm a bit dissapointed he never played for the full team as to my mind he's better than Ward or McShane and he's only 2-3 years older than them.
What has McShane got to do with it? He's never played on the left for us. A player at a second tier German side is no great loss to our national side.
No, the point is McShane shouldn't be next nor near the squad, and for that matter Ward has had his autition and failed miserably. So when you have a credible player like Kohlmann he should have been looked at. We don't have that many good players - as the Euros painfully bore out - to ignore any player who's worth a look.
It's a matter of opinion I guess but for me being around 30 and a steady performer at a level worse than the championship probably doesn't meet the criteria for "being worth a look".
However stranger candidates have been given a look but this is one player I wouldn't use as a stick to beat Trap with.
Yes, it makes sense to bring up Ward when talking about a left back but not McShane. It's like asking why McShane is in the squad but not Randolph. They play in different positions. Why is O'Dea in the squad but not Leon Best? Different positions.
Was McShane not taken ahead of another defensive player for his versatility? Both McShane and Kohlmann are versatile defensive players. Given McShane pretty much didn't feature at the Euros, I was suggesting that if Kohlmann had been there instead of him Kohlmann could have been given game time in the last two matches since Ward was struggling. I'm not sure why you equate this to taking a striker or a 4th keeper instead of a central defender.
Kohlmann was widely regarded as one of Borussia Dortmund's most promising young defensive players when in their youth team. You probably haven't heard of Dortmund (as you seem to so readily dismiss German football) but they are one of the most successful teams in Germany and the current champions. Since leaving them he's established himself as one of Union's most consistently good players. But hey you've never heard of him nor his team so its no great loss.
Of course I've heard of him. I just don't think a player who has consistently been one of the German equivalent of Bristol City's best players is quite making the clamour for inclusion you think he is. O'Dea was in the squad to cover left-full, as was O'Shea and Kelly. We were more than adequately covered in that area.
Anthony Stokes was widely regarded as one of Arsenal's most promising young strikers a few years back. Ditto Graham Barrett. I'd still take Simon Cox over either. Unfulfilled promise is not sufficient qualification to play at a European Championships.
[FONT=arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#1c1c1c]reise allassani who played for us at under 15 level last season linked with 3million move to prem clubs including chelsea. he also played for brits. [/COLOR][/FONT]http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...eise-Allassani
Nothing is worse than the championship. It's a graveyard for unskilled players. I'd be willing to bet Kohlmann has just slightly more technical ability than McShane (but that wouldn't be hard). Unfortunately we'll never find out because Trap never gave him a chance. We've a millin McShanes playing football for Ireland. It's technical ability we need - Spain should have proved that to all of us.
Conrad Logan signs on for another year at Leicester. http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/...827478,00.html
At the club since 2001, only 29 first team apps since his debut nearly a decade ago, settling for a back up role despite decent lower league loan periods. He is 26 now.
That is strange. All the indications seemed to be that he wasn't in the club's plans.
He isn't, Kasper Schmeichel will play, even should he leave, Logan won't inherit the shirt for longer than it takes to sign a keeper, and he may well spend the season on loan anyway with a younger keeper on the bench regularly. Strange isn't it? He deems it better to be on a contract at Leicester with loans here and there, than to try to forge a career lower down as a first choice.
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