i suspect that is BS. The FAI run these "development squads" that are basically kids that werent good enough through a range of ages to be picked up by a LOI academy and generally its the FAI coaches pals and contacts kids as everyone knows none of them are good enough and thus no one really cares but its enough to tick a box and pretend that the FAI coaches are doing something.
Interesting stuff
Northern Ireland’s gain may turn out to be the Republic’s loss. Christopher, who has an Irish passport, was on the pathway to represent the Republic of Ireland and impressed during Dublin trials in 2021, but the Northern Irish FA’s head of elite youth performance, Andy Waterworth, intervened and persuaded Stephen to bring Christopher to them.
Stephen speaks glowingly of Waterworth and his staff, who he says have helped develop Christopher at training in Belfast over the past year.
Does anyone want to help get past? Proving more difficult than normal
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spo...076848132.html
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/...layer-26515901
Read this instead. Better for the soul.
Definitely assessment training sessions. We'd a couple of lads that were called up to them about ten years ago. As exgrad said they were getting a closer look at lads for the u15s squad.
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