U21 Players 2023/24

**ifk101** · 08/11/2023, 8:29 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Cathal Heffernan scored for Newcastle against Dortmund in this today, but they drew 2-2 and are out with two games remaining

Course Troy Parrott did quite well in this I think, so it's no guarantee of a successful senior career

Ryan Nolan. Nolan played for and captained Inter in this competition in Heffernan's position. Played against Parrott btw.

**tetsujin1979** · 15/11/2023, 6:22 PM

Thomas Bloxham starts for Blackburn against PSV tonight, and Rory Finneran is named among the substitutes

There's a live stream on YouTube

**tetsujin1979** · 24/11/2023, 6:10 PM

Stream of Brighton and Hove Albion v Celtic in the PL International Cup
Few Irish players involved
Brighton's starting players: Killian Cahill, Leigh Kavanagh, Jamie Mullins, Mark O'Mahony
Celtic's starting players: Rocco Vata
Celtic's substitutes: Justin Osagie

**samhaydenjr** · 25/11/2023, 2:54 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Stream of Brighton and Hove Albion v Celtic in the PL International Cup
Few Irish players involved
Brighton's starting players: Killian Cahill, Leigh Kavanagh, Jamie Mullins, Mark O'Mahony
Celtic's starting players: Rocco Vata
Celtic's substitutes: Justin Osagie

Two goals for O'Mahony, one each for Kavanagh and Vata. Brings O'Mahony's total for the season to 17 in all competitions, by my count... it's November! https://www.brightonandhovealbion.co...-amex-thriller

Elsewhere, Franco Umeh was credited with an assist for Palace against Birmingham: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...tal-palace-u21

**elatedscum** · 25/11/2023, 6:55 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Stream of Brighton and Hove Albion v Celtic in the PL International Cup
Few Irish players involved
Brighton's starting players: Killian Cahill, Leigh Kavanagh, Jamie Mullins, Mark O'Mahony
Celtic's starting players: Rocco Vata
Celtic's substitutes: Justin Osagie

Jacob Slater is also Irish. Was involved in training camps for u18s and u19s but never selected for any camps with games

**tetsujin1979** · 30/11/2023, 7:37 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Lee Kavanagh is included in the Brighton squad for the Europa League, albeit as a B-squad inclusion
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleagu...righton/squad/

Kavanagh might be involved for Brighton later this evening

**samhaydenjr** · 02/12/2023, 2:24 AM

Not much happening tonight - Ollie O'Neill credited for an assist on Fulham's second goal against Brighton - https://www.premierleague.com/match/...1-v-albion-u21

But the most interesting thing is who did not play - Mark O'Mahony and Leigh Kavanagh were both absent from Brighton's line-up - given Brighton's injury list, will we see them on the bench tomorrow?

Also, Zak Gilsenan did not appear in Blackburn's U21 squad for their game against Norwich

**CSAD** · 02/12/2023, 3:34 AM

Originally Posted by samhaydenjr

Not much happening tonight - Ollie O'Neill credited for an assist on Fulham's second goal against Brighton - https://www.premierleague.com/match/...1-v-albion-u21

But the most interesting thing is who did not play - Mark O'Mahony and Leigh Kavanagh were both absent from Brighton's line-up - given Brighton's injury list, will we see them on the bench tomorrow?

Also, Zak Gilsenan did not appear in Blackburn's U21 squad for their game against Norwich

And with Pedro + Ferguson playing midweek there’s a possibility he might get on depending how the game goes!

Kavanagh was in Greece only of Thursday so that could explain why he’s not involved.

**tetsujin1979** · 03/12/2023, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by samhaydenjr

Not much happening tonight - Ollie O'Neill credited for an assist on Fulham's second goal against Brighton - https://www.premierleague.com/match/...1-v-albion-u21

But the most interesting thing is who did not play - Mark O'Mahony and Leigh Kavanagh were both absent from Brighton's line-up - given Brighton's injury list, will we see them on the bench tomorrow?

Also, Zak Gilsenan did not appear in Blackburn's U21 squad for their game against Norwich

Both named as subs today against Chelsea

**samhaydenjr** · 03/12/2023, 9:44 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Both named as subs today against Chelsea

The injuries definitely contributed to it, but it's still great progress, particularly for O'Mahony, who has only been at Brighton for less than a year.

**tetsujin1979** · 13/12/2023, 12:11 PM

Cathal Heffernan is captaining Newcastle against AC Milan in the UEFA Youth League, stream available below
https://www.uefa.tv/match/live/254563/2039479

**tetsujin1979** · 18/12/2023, 11:39 PM

Goals for Thomas Bloxham and Zak Gilsenan for Blackburn against Wolves in the PL2
Full game is on YouTube (Wolves stream all their home PL2 games where possible)
Bloxham's goal at 1:12:00, Gilsenan's at 1:15:54

**tetsujin1979** · 20/12/2023, 1:10 PM

New contract for Sean Grehan at Crystal Palace
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announce...rystal-palace/

**Eirambler** · 24/12/2023, 11:11 PM

Blackburn reported to be activating Conor O'Riordan's 500k release clause in January to being him up to the Championship from League 2.

**Olé Olé** · 25/12/2023, 8:42 AM

Originally Posted by Eirambler

Blackburn reported to be activating Conor O'Riordan's 500k release clause in January to being him up to the Championship from League 2.

No surprise there I suppose.

Quotes here regarding his pride of playing for Ireland that I didn't see at the time. Both paternal grandparents are Irish and are still alive and supporting him:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...1s-norway/amp/

**tetsujin1979** · 08/01/2024, 6:24 PM

Former bohemians goalkeeper Reece Byrne in goals for Newcastle's U21s tonight

**Olé Olé** · 08/01/2024, 6:33 PM

Baba Adeeko starts for Wigan against Man United in the cup.

Interviewed in the Times yesterday. He's been in the North of England since he was 13 after his mother moved for work. His dad stayed back in Galway working as a taxi driver. Don't know if he is still there. He said that Nigeria had been in touch with his parents but sounded quite vague over the form of and reception towards the approach.

**SkStu** · 08/01/2024, 9:31 PM

How did he perform?

**Olé Olé** · 08/01/2024, 9:56 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

How did he perform?

Did okay. Gave the ball away once and thankfully wasn't punished. Otherwise, had a fairly thankless job to do as United pressed McTominay and Fernandes up onto Adeeko and Shaw beside him for the game. Whilst he had a few interventions, they were pinned back a lot but he held up okay for the full thing.

**Eirambler** · 09/01/2024, 7:59 AM

Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Baba Adeeko starts for Wigan against Man United in the cup.

Interviewed in the Times yesterday. He's been in the North of England since he was 13 after his mother moved for work. His dad stayed back in Galway working as a taxi driver. Don't know if he is still there. He said that Nigeria had been in touch with his parents but sounded quite vague over the form of and reception towards the approach.

I don't think we've ever lost a player to Nigeria that I can think of. The combination of the depth they have to pick from, the travel involved and the affect on a player's value that playing for an African team has makes it unlikely that an Adeeko type would ever make that switch.