Zak gilsenan has returned from his acl injury and has been playing in Blackburn s under 21s in preseason. He was in around the first team squad when he did his cruciate in Oct so hopefully he can get fitness up and get a loan in January
Joe O'Shaughnessy, Lee Harkin, and Nathan Fraser lined out for Wolves U23 against Colorado Rapids in the MLS Next Cup Invitational, with Fraser scoring in a 2-1 loss
Highlights on the tournament website: https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competiti...ol-07-27-2022/
Shaughnessy was called into a training camp, but I'm not sure if he's eligible or not
PL2 season has started with a couple of Irish goalscorers, Calum Kavanagh and Tyreik Wright, in Middlesbrough's 3-3 draw with Villa:https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2022/augu...illa-comeback/
Two Irish scorers in the game between the two 'Hams (Ful and West) - Ollie O'Neill and Mipo Odubeko - O'Neill also contributed an assist: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2022/a...-West-Ham-U21/
And in a good night for Irish youngsters, Tom Cannon scored in Everton's 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers: https://www.evertonfc.com/news/27212...er-21s-triumph
If only we could produce some Irish goalscorers in PL1 at the rate we seem to produce them in PL2!
Looking at the goalscorers there - Kavanagh, Wright, O'Neill, Odubeko and Cannon - these are all players that will hopefully be aiming for loan moves down the divisions as they are probably already beyond Under 21 football, a few have already been on loan last season so hopefully they can get out again before the end of the month.
Last edited by Eirambler; 06/08/2022 at 7:54 AM.
Yeah, hopefully most of them will get good loans this season - as you said Kavanagh, Wright and Odubeko had "test the waters" loans last season - hopefully they'll get something more substantial soon.Originally Posted by Eirambler
You could have similar hopes for Evan Ferguson and Andrew Moran, who both scored in Brighton's 3-2 defeat to Palace https://www.brightonandhovealbion.co...eague-2-opener
Ferguson will be 18 in October so might consider a short loan in January for him.
Lots of Irish interest at Crystal Palace's academy right now - 18-year-old Seán Grehan made his debut for their U21s against Manchester United tonight, Jake O'Brien also featured and was involved in the first goal, but the star of the show was Killian Phillips, who scored a brace, set up another and hit the crossbar: https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-re...-1/2022-08-12/
Tom Cannon continued his good start to the season, scoring a penalty as Everton beat Spurs. Jamie Bowden lined out for Spurs, as did Joshua Keeley in goal, with another Irish goalkeeper, Aaron Maguire, on the subs' bench - crikey, Kelleher, Travers and Bazunu have only just broken through and there's already a few more young custodians on the horizon: https://www.evertonfc.com/match/7939...on-u21#lineups
Mipo Odubeko also added a second for his season, in West Ham's 3-2 defeat to Arsenal: https://www.whufc.com/news/it-happened-u21s-2-3-arsenal
George Nunn scored Derby's goal in their 3-1 defeat to Middlesbrough, with Cian Kelly Caprani also lining out for them. Calum Kavanagh played for Boro and seemed to be heavily involved, having a goal chalked off and forcing a couple of saves from the Derby 'keeper: https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2022/augu...county-u21s-1/
U19 international Luke Pearce came on as a second-half sub for Southampton against West Brom: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2...ague-2-2022-23
Earlier in the week Babajide Adeeko scored for Wigan in their 5-0 thrashing of Watford: https://wiganathletic.com/news/2022/...s-5-watford-0/
And to continue the list of young goalies coming through, Harry Halwax was between the sticks for QPR in their recent 2-2 draw with Peterborough: https://www.qpr.co.uk/fixtures/under...21/?tab=report
Thanks for the round up, Sam. Interesting to see Paddy McCarthy promoted to U23 manager at Palace from U18. Won his first two by the looks of it after the finished 5th in the table last year. Great club for youth development and strong leader on the pitch - could be one for the future managerially for us.
Tom Cannon rumoured to be joining Derby County on loan, with Milwall also interested in taking him.
Cannon seems to be highly rated and is thought to be one who could handle the step up to senior football well. At the same time going to Millwall in the Championship for a first loan would be ambitious (as Troy Parrott found out). Maybe better to start in League 1 and see how he goes there.
Interesting that Newcastle are using Alex Murphy as a CB, did play a couple of games for Galway there, and Tom Mohan had him playing CM in the recent U19s games against Iceland.
Pretty sure he’s a naturally a CB having played there for GUFC underage sides and only switched to LB when he made step up to Galway’s first team
Two for Ollie O'Neill also: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2022/a...-2-Palace-U21/ - both he and Cannon have started this season really well
Meanwhile, last Irishman left at Southampton this season, Luke Pearce came on as a second-half sub and scored the Saints' third in their win over Stoke: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2...ague-2-2022-23
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Would be great if the interest in Cannon was genuine and got some senior experience this season. Could do with a few of the next batch of U21s getting some senior experience for the next campaign.
Cannon will definitely be going on loan somewhere before the end of the month.
Signed a new three years deal this morning extending his current contract by two years. Hopefully was done this early that they've a loan lined up for him.
Maybe will get some minutes in league cup this week
They're woefully short of striking options at the minute. If they don't bring in a couple of strikers, they may need him themselves. If he gets league cup minutes and does well, he may end up staying there this season as a first team option. Lampard was not averse to giving young players a chance whilst at DErby and Chelsea.
Rondon is the only CF they've got at the minute so they've nothing to lose by giving Cannon some minutes on Tuesday night.
Don't think Lampard is gonna be there long enough to give some youth a chance.
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