Irish Abroad 2023/24

**SkStu** · 18/10/2023, 12:18 PM

Same here!

**tetsujin1979** · 19/10/2023, 7:46 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

can I ask the forum's help in rigging an election?
Voting for the Irish Podcast Awards is open, and the podcast I started with Mark and Phil during lockdown is eligible for the Listener's Choice Award.
if you open the link below, and search for "Irish Football Fans" and cast your vote for , I'd really appreciate it
https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/voting

You'll need to enter your email address, and they send you a link to confirm your vote

Last time bumping this - voting closes today, so vote early - vote often!

**Eminence Grise** · 19/10/2023, 1:30 PM

Done, done, done and, indeed, done.

**tetsujin1979** · 20/10/2023, 9:38 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

can I ask the forum's help in rigging an election?
Voting for the Irish Podcast Awards is open, and the podcast I started with Mark and Phil during lockdown is eligible for the Listener's Choice Award.
if you open the link below, and search for "Irish Football Fans" and cast your vote for , I'd really appreciate it
https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/voting

You'll need to enter your email address, and they send you a link to confirm your vote

Despite stating on the website that that voting will end on 19th October, the voting link is still active - https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/voting

Let's get a few last-last minute votes in

**tetsujin1979** · 21/10/2023, 1:26 PM

Five Irish players named in the starting XI of Premier League clubs today, the most for more than two years

**tetsujin1979** · 21/10/2023, 1:48 PM

Second stat of the day - the most Irish players to start a single Premier League game since May 2021

**tetsujin1979** · 26/10/2023, 12:02 PM

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss two games we really don't want to talk about. There was an element of denial about qualifying for the European Championships in Germany next year when the group draw was made. We've been angry with the results(including the most losses in a single campaign since the 1972 European Championships), and despite numerous bargaining efforts with whatever god would listen, it's all left us pretty depressed with the current state of the national side men's team, to the point where we have all accepted the manager's time in charge is ending soon
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**Demesne Lad** · 04/11/2023, 2:04 PM

Two CBs (O'Shea and Collins) and one forward (Ferguson) start in the PL today; Travers and Doherty on the bench.

EFL Championship starters: Bazunu, O'Leary, Bonham
McNamara, Dunne, McNally, McGuinness, McLoughlin, Stevens
Knight, Sykes, Azaz, Smallbone, Browne
Robinson.

Championship on the bench: ---
Christie, Long, Manning,
Taylor, Harness, Brady, Molumby
Hogan, Connolly, Armstrong, Kelly

Hope I haven't overlooked anyone!

**samhaydenjr** · 04/11/2023, 2:40 PM

Originally Posted by Demesne Lad

Two CBs (O'Shea and Collins) and one forward (Ferguson) start in the PL today; Travers and Doherty on the bench.

EFL Championship starters: Bazunu, O'Leary, Bonham
McNamara, Dunne, McNally, McGuinness, McLoughlin, Stevens
Knight, Sykes, Azaz, Smallbone, Browne
Robinson.

Championship on the bench: ---
Christie, Long, Manning,
Taylor, Harness, Brady, Molumby
Hogan, Connolly, Armstrong, Kelly

Hope I haven't overlooked anyone!

A few other youngsters, who we don't talk about that much yet, are on the bench.

Val Adedokun at Brentford
Aidomo Emakhu at Millwall
Tyreik Wright at Plymouth
Alex Gilbert at Middlesbrough
Harry Vaughan and James Furlong at Hull

And one experienced starter:

Enda Stevens at Stoke

**SkStu** · 04/11/2023, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by Demesne Lad

Two CBs (O'Shea and Collins) and one forward (Ferguson) start in the PL today; Travers and Doherty on the bench.

EFL Championship starters: Bazunu, O'Leary, Bonham
McNamara, Dunne, McNally, McGuinness, McLoughlin, Stevens
Knight, Sykes, Azaz, Smallbone, Browne
Robinson.

Championship on the bench: ---
Christie, Long, Manning,
Taylor, Harness, Brady, Molumby
Hogan, Connolly, Armstrong, Kelly

Hope I haven't overlooked anyone!

Appreciate this!

**Demesne Lad** · 04/11/2023, 2:59 PM

Thanks! I did get Stevens, and should have spotted a few of the others. Is that Adedokun's first inclusion in the PL squad this season?

**tetsujin1979** · 04/11/2023, 4:06 PM

Originally Posted by Demesne Lad

Thanks! I did get Stevens, and should have spotted a few of the others. Is that Adedokun's first inclusion in the PL squad this season?

First time in a PL squad ever, but he was an unused sub in their league cup game against Newport at the end of August
All lineups on the live blog: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live

**Demesne Lad** · 04/11/2023, 4:28 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

First time in a PL squad ever, but he was an unused sub in their league cup game against Newport at the end of August
All lineups on the live blog: https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live

Gosh, that blog is incredibly comprehensive.

Thanks.

**tetsujin1979** · 04/11/2023, 5:44 PM

Originally Posted by Demesne Lad

Gosh, that blog is incredibly comprehensive.

Thanks.

Thanks, runs every day.

**Demesne Lad** · 15/11/2023, 12:42 PM

Kilkenny man Ciaran Brennan's time with Sheffield Wednesday may be coming to an end. The 23 year-old CB played 21 times for Swindon Town in 2022/23, averaging 70 mins a game, and previously had 18 appearances for the Owls' first team. However injury and managerial changes have left him out of the action at Hillsborough; he is out of contract in June and new manager Rohl wants to trim the squad, so Brennan will probably leave in January. Perhaps a stint back in EFL2, or in the LoI, could revive his career?

Sheffield Wednesday ace now told it's 'time for him' to leave Hillsborough in January - Sheffield Wednesday News

**tetsujin1979** · 30/11/2023, 2:01 PM

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland Men's Team's final Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands, and the final game of 2023 against New Zealand, which became the final two games of Stephen Kenny's reign following the FAI's announcement that his contract would not be extended.

With the recruitment process for a new manager already in progress, what are we looking for in the new manager, and who are the favourites for the position?

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**tetsujin1979** · 06/12/2023, 7:46 PM

Brighton set a record tonight

**tetsujin1979** · 29/12/2023, 3:33 PM

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to review the performances of the Republic of Ireland Senior Men's team in 2023, from the opening friendly against Latvia in March, through the qualification campaign for Euro 2024, to the final game of Stephen Kenny's time in charge against New Zealand in November.

What were the highs and lows, and that, if anything, was learned from each game?
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**tetsujin1979** · 12/01/2024, 4:10 PM

Haven't done one of these in a while, so time to start the new year off with the first of a three-chapter episode in the programming tutorial series I've been posting on YouTube. Here, I'm using NodeJs to prove that Evan Ferguson's start against France last March made him the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland men's team

**tetsujin1979** · 19/01/2024, 1:34 PM

In the second chapter in our programming tutorial series, we show how to prove that Evan Ferguson is the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland men's team, this time using MongoDB