UK clubs 2020/21 preseason

[Eirambler]

Festy has a great chance. Very highly rated at Derby and at about the best club he could be with in terms of giving young players a shot. Could well make his senior club debut this coming season.

[samhaydenjr]

Festy has a great chance. Very highly rated at Derby and at about the best club he could be with in terms of giving young players a shot. Could well make his senior club debut this coming season.

Yeah, he looked good against the Czechs in the U17s before getting sent off

- Anyway, Adam Idah has opened his account for the pre-season, with a goal in Norwich's 6-0 defeat of MK Dons - https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2020...dly-to-mk-dons
- Masterson, Manning and Shodipo all featured in QPRs victory over AFC Wimbledon
- The Mansfield v Rotherham game featured Charsley, O'Keefe, O'Driscoll, Sweeney and Ogbene: https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/20...d-v-rotherham/
- Drinan, Judge and Ndaba all played in Ipswich's 3-0 defeat to Spurs: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2020/aug...nham-3-0-town/

[elatedscum]

Apparently Aaron Connolly scored 2 in Brighton’s first friendly. Warren O’Hora has gone on loan to MK Dons. Not sure if that was mentioned anywhere

[OMTY]

Posted this in Cullen's thread but if that needs to be removed by the mods feel free.

Josh Cullen starting midfield for West Ham v Wycombe. Randolph and Coventry starting in another West Ham team v Ipswich. Both teams seem to have a split of first team players with reserves and academey. Wycombe team looks stronger overall.

Coventry has the number 11. Don't know if that's a sign that he is going to be higher up the pecking order or just a spare number they had.

[tetsujin1979]

Team v Ipswich here. Odubeko also named on the bench, which is interesting

[tetsujin1979]

Cullen named in the other team V Wycombe, live streaming on YouTube

[Diggs246]

Team v Ipswich here. Odubeko also named on the bench, which is interesting

You spelt intresting wrong

[ColourfulPeanut]

Odubeko has no interest in playing with us by the looks of things anyway.

[OMTY]

Coventry at right back for West Ham.

[Olé Olé]

Odubeko has no interest in playing with us by the looks of things anyway.

The looks of what?

[tetsujin1979]

Live stream here for Tranmere Rovers v Preston, with Joe Murphy and Lee O'Connor starting for Tranmere, and Joe Rafferty starting for Preston, with Alan Browne, Sean Maguire and Adam O'Reilly on the bench

[ColourfulPeanut]

The looks of what?

Stripped his social media of all Irish references, follows the FA but not the FAI and will qualify for England via residency soon if he doesn't already. He hasn't featured at all since appearing in a friendly at U17 level. Was inconspicuously left out of the squad for the Euros too. All just conjecture I know, but I don't see it happening. Hope I'm wrong.

[samhaydenjr]

Two assists for Coventry, Odubeko came on for the last ten minutes; Drinan played the full 90 for Ipswich, Ndaba and Judge were subs: https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/...n-ipswich-town

Stephen Henderson was between the sticks for Palace's game against Oxford. Liam Kelly played the second half: https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/aug...-match-report/

Ciaran Clark back in action, playing the first half for Newcastle against Crewe: https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first...ed/?tab=lineup

Third pre-season appearance for Lee O'Connor: https://www.pnefc.net/matches/fixtur...-on-25-aug-20/

Zack Elbouzedi on target for Lincoln against Scunthorpe: https://www.weareimps.com/news/2020/...mpsscunthorpe/

That is all

[CraftyToePoke]

Mark McGuinness with a headed goal for Arsenal v MK Dons in a 4.1 win.

[Razors left peg]

Troy Parrott scored for Millwall in 5-1 win vs Bromley. Cant find video to link, but seen interview with manager who said it was great finish

[youngirish]

Two assists for Coventry, Odubeko came on for the last ten minutes;

Odubeko looks like a serious talent and could easily make the breakthrough to the first team before the end of the season. Is there any reason why people think he does not want to represent Ireland other than he doesn't follow the FAI on twitter?

[ColourfulPeanut]

Odubeko looks like a serious talent and could easily make the breakthrough to the first team before the end of the season. Is there any reason why people think he does not want to represent Ireland other than he doesn't follow the FAI on twitter?

I said it before. He wiped every picture of him or reference to Ireland from his social media right after he left Man United and hasn't played for us since a friendly pre-U17 Euros. He was obviously good enough to be picked. It's just guessing from me but if he's not selected in our U19 squad at a minimum then I'd be getting concerned.

He's the same age group as Parrott so there's no reason he shouldn't be in the U21s if he's keen.

[youngirish]

I said it before. He wiped every picture of him or reference to Ireland from his social media right after he left Man United and hasn't played for us since a friendly pre-U17 Euros. He was obviously good enough to be picked. It's just guessing from me but if he's not selected in our U19 squad at a minimum then I'd be getting concerned.

He's the same age group as Parrott so there's no reason he shouldn't be in the U21s if he's keen.

Who would he be planning to switch to? England? He could do that anyway once he qualifies after playing a few more U19 or U21 games for us and if he was performing well his stock would have risen substantially which should give him a greater chance of breaking into their underage teams.

If he was planning to switch to Nigeria he could have done so already.

I'm not saying there is no truth in what you say, I just don't see why he would choose not to play for us at the moment unless possibly he doesn't fancy the underage setup and would rather concentrate on his club career.

[Diggs246]

Who would he be planning to switch to? England? He could do that anyway once he qualifies after playing a few more U19 or U21 games for us and if he was performing well his stock would have risen substantially which should give him a greater chance of breaking into their underage teams.

If he was planning to switch to Nigeria he could have done so already.

I'm not saying there is no truth in what you say, I just don't see why he would choose not to play for us at the moment unless possibly he doesn't fancy the underage setup and would rather concentrate on his club career.

There is no smoke without fire, why delete your Irish stuff on twitter.

[ColourfulPeanut]

Who would he be planning to switch to? England? He could do that anyway once he qualifies after playing a few more U19 or U21 games for us and if he was performing well his stock would have risen substantially which should give him a greater chance of breaking into their underage teams.

If he was planning to switch to Nigeria he could have done so already.

I'm not saying there is no truth in what you say, I just don't see why he would choose not to play for us at the moment unless possibly he doesn't fancy the underage setup and would rather concentrate on his club career.

My theory is that he's angling for England. I don't know when he moved over there but I'd guess he'll be eligible for them soon and we'll see. Playing for Nigeria would be a lot of travel and hassle for these lads. If you play a competitive game underage prior to getting a British passport then he'd be ineligible like Johansson. Maybe he's keeping his options open by not playing for us.

Given the lack of striking options we have at U21 after Idah and Parrott moved up there's no reason he wouldn't be picked for that level on merit.

The first generation Irish born immigrants will be a new type of flight risk. They'll qualify for England via residency, might have no real love for Ireland and like the opportunities an England cap brings. Okoflex was the same.