Were goosed. BIH are 4-0 up. Second place beckons, and who knows what will come in the elite phase.
19s are playing the final group game vs bulgaria (hosts) now.
Just gone 1-0 up after a penalty scored. BIH are also 1-0 up over Montenegro. We need to better their winning score by 1 goal to top the group.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Were goosed. BIH are 4-0 up. Second place beckons, and who knows what will come in the elite phase.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
2-0 Ireland. Great strength by Armstrong to shrug off a Bulgarian defender and slip the ball through to an Irish player who slammed a great effort into the top of the net from a tight angle on the left. Not sure if it was Moran or Roughan.
EDIT It was Roughan. Great finish. Armstrong slightly over hit the ball he slipped off. He's a lovely player Armstrong. He's strong but he has a lovely pair of feet to go with it.
Last edited by Olé Olé; 16/11/2021 at 1:16 PM.
Well done to them. Its not the strongest age group we have had recently and certainly missing mccormack, o neill and ferguson takes away 3 of the most important players.
Louie Barry and riley from man city were in this group at 16s so when they left us it also leaves a bit of a hole as other players would have missed out possibly in development opportunities.
Kavanagh will add firepower to this squad as o imagine he missed out this time as he has just returned from long injury lay off.
Looks like those last minute goals in the first game have come back to bite us a certain amount. If the goal difference was even just one better we would have been in pot B instead of pot C where we've ended up.
I was listening to Fleetwood 23s vs Bolton basically first team in the papa John's trophy on talksport and cian hayes seemed to do well and he got motm. Just back from a loan
Really tough draw for the U19s in the Elite Round, facing top seeds Portugal, England, and Armenia: https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/02...und-draw-made/
Only the seven group winners go on to the finals in Slovakia next summer
Tough draw for the elite stage:
England
Ireland
Portugal
Armenia
Good luck winning that group (1 qualifies)
Zefi’s hat trick for Inter u17 from 3:30 onwards here
Last edited by tetsujin1979; 20/12/2021 at 7:26 PM.
Real composure and slickness. He appears to be playing centrally up front rather than a winger, perhaps that’s how Inter see him? Hopefully he will progress to their u19 team in January, this level seems all too easy for him
Training camp squad announced ahead of the Elite Round in six weeks time: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mu19...-training-camp
Goalkeepers: Conor Brann (Galway United), Arlo Doherty (Leicester City), Aaron Maguire (Tottenham Hotspur), Owen Mason (Guiseley Town, on loan from Mansfield Town)
Defenders: Anselmo Garcia MacNulty (Wolfsburg), Sean Grehan (Bohemians), Ben Mason (AFC Wimbledon), Harry Nevin (Preston North End), David Okagbue (Chester City, on loan from Stoke City), John Ryan (Shamrock Rovers), Josh Seary (Preston North End), Trey Turner (Oldham Athletic)
Midfielders: Kailin Barlow (Sligo Rovers),John Joe Patrick Finn Benoa (Getafe), Jack Francis (Arsenal), Oisin Gallagher (Lincoln City), Ed McJannet (Luton Town), Kofi Moore (Oldham Athletic), Glory Nzingo (Stade de Reims), Harry Vaughan (Oldham Athletic)
Forwards: Billy Brooks (Lincoln City), Dylan Gavin (Charlton Athletic), Ola Ibrahim (Derby County), Cian Kelly Caprani (Derby County)
Unusual squad. Contains only 5/20 players from the first round. So missing 15 players + the 2 who were with the 21s + some promising international players (Fitzgerald, Gilsenen, Mooney, Calum Kavanagh etc etc) and some promising home based players (O’Kane, Keeley, Cian Kavanagh) - I’m sure there are loads more - they were just the first names that came to mind… Presumably it’s not all by choice, possibly there’ll be a home-based squad coming soon like last year.
Nonetheless, for varying reasons, great to see Finn, Nzingo, Ibrahim, Caprani and Gregan involved.
Training camp would be for coaches to view players on the fringes. LOI is starting soon so some lads would be unavailable as involved in pre season. Gilsenen did his ACL back in October, and Fionn Mooney is still an English player so not eligible to play competitively and probably has shown no interest in switching atm.
Hopefully that means Harry Vaughan's passport is sorted now as that's what prevented him from playing in Novembers games. Also being outside of a international window clubs don't have to release players. Probably why Harrogate wouldn't release Kavanagh if they were asked incase he got injured.
Yeah I wouldn't read too much into the squad. It's only players who are allowed by their club to go. Probably rules out all the prominent PL2 players and ones who are around the first team.
The squad for the qualifiers will look very different.
Fixtures for the elite round have been confirmed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_U...tion#Group_3_2
Don't know if the grounds suit any of the England-based members of the forum
Last edited by tetsujin1979; 14/03/2022 at 2:00 PM.
Do England usually broadcast their U19 games? Wouldn't be confident in the FAI doing it but would be brilliant for this to be on TV.
Squad will be interesting. Will definitely be lighter than it could be with lads being promoted up the ranks.
They might stream them on their YouTube channel.
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