2019 UEFA Under-21 Championships

**Olé Olé** · 22/03/2018, 7:34 PM

Connor Dimaio left his hometown, League One club recently. Is he really a future Ireland international? Is there someone more likely to make a breakthrough in the squad named?

**Olé Olé** · 22/03/2018, 7:35 PM

Is Curtis a left-sided or central player? A big year will see him move this year surely?

**Closed Account** · 22/03/2018, 8:21 PM

Finished 3-1. Ronan Hale getting the 3rd.
Good form going into the Azeri game on Tuesday

Cracker of a game going on in Portadown. Northern Ireland U21 losing 4-3 to Spain U21.

**Closed Account** · 22/03/2018, 10:15 PM

**tetsujin1979** · 22/03/2018, 10:16 PM

second goal is a great finish

**samhaydenjr** · 22/03/2018, 11:53 PM

I know it was only a friendly, but that's a decent result, considering how we've been hearing a lot recently about how Iceland are doing everything right that we're doing wrong, in terms of player development. Especially when you take into account that Kieran O'Hara, Declan Rice, Connor Ronan, Harry Charsley and Reece Grego-Cox didn't play and Jake Doyle-Hayes only made a cameo appearance. However, it is possible that Iceland also took the opportunity to try out some fringe players.

**tetsujin1979** · 23/03/2018, 1:20 PM

in the two games in our group on Thursdayt night, Germany beat Israel 3-0 and Kosovo beat Azerbaijan 2-0
I think 3 wins from the five games this year (Azerbaijan(H), Kosovo(A), Germany(H), Israel(A), Germany(A)) should be enough to secure second spot

**Stuttgart88** · 24/03/2018, 11:47 AM

Hail Hale

**Olé Olé** · 24/03/2018, 12:21 PM

Must be some buzz for them. Particularly in the light of Michael O'Neill's bile. What a special moment that must be for a pair of brothers to score in the same match for their country. Future is bright for them too. Big year at Derry could open a lot of doors.

**tetsujin1979** · 27/03/2018, 9:43 AM

Originally Posted by joe_denilson

Squad named:

http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...and-azerbaijan

Republic of Ireland U21 squad
Goalkeepers: Kieran O'Hara (Manchester United), Liam Bossin (Nottingham Forest), Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool)
Defenders: Danny Kane (Cork City), Ryan Sweeney (Stoke City - on loan at Bristol Rovers), Shaun Donnellan (Yeovil Town), Corey Whelan (Liverpool - on loan at Yeovil Town), Liam Kinsella (Walsall), Ryan Delaney (Rochdale AFC)
Midfielders: Josh Cullen (West Ham United), Harry Charsley (Everton - on loan at Bolton Wanderers), Rory Hale (Derry City), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Connor Ronan (Wolverhampton Wanderers - on loan at Portsmouth), Connor Dimaio (Unattached)
Attackers: Reece Grego-Cox (Woking FC), Ryan Manning (QPR), Ronan Curtis (Derry City), Joe Quigley (AFC Bournemouth - on loan at Boreham Wood), Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT), Olamide Shodipo (QPR - on loan at Colchester United)
Fixtures
Thursday, March 22: Ireland v Iceland, Tallaght Stadium, KO 19:30
Tuesday, March 27: Ireland v Azerbaijan, Tallaght Stadium, KO 19:30

I looked back at the link to fai's website, and Connor Ronan's name has been removed from the original squad list. He was noted as not being available for the friendly against Iceland on fai.ie, and played for Portsmouth at the weekend. Curiouser and curiouser.

**Olé Olé** · 27/03/2018, 11:32 AM

Not being released by Portsmouth? He came off quite early at the weekend too it must be noted.

**tetsujin1979** · 27/03/2018, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Not being released by Portsmouth? He came off quite early at the weekend too it must be noted.

That's possibly it - not being released by his club.
He came off on 51 minutes. the commentary on sky sports says
"51 Portsmouth make a change as Ronan is replaced by Evans. Seems to be tactical rather than an injury as Ronan jogs off the pitch."

**Real ale Madrid** · 27/03/2018, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

in the two games in our group on Thursdayt night, Germany beat Israel 3-0 and Kosovo beat Azerbaijan 2-0
I think 3 wins from the five games this year (Azerbaijan(H), Kosovo(A), Germany(H), Israel(A), Germany(A)) should be enough to secure second spot

Think we will need more than 3 wins to get into a playoff - only top 4 2nd best teams will make it. - current table attached. Wins v Kosovo (a) and Isreal (a) would give us 13 - another point v Germany at home = 14 - might be enough - a tall order however you look at it.

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**Mastershake87** · 27/03/2018, 12:51 PM

Anyone any idea why Chiedozie Ogbene hasn't been selected to play for any of the Irish underage teams? I appreciate he hasn't had game time with Brentford yet but it seems madness to leave this guy out when we have such a lack of youth talent.