2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

**pateen** · 06/11/2025, 2:32 PM

Be good if they listed the clubs as well

**elatedscum** · 07/11/2025, 4:18 AM

Ferizaj a bit unlucky considering his heroics for Bray last week.

We're very light on the wings with all of Vata, Ayinde, Umeh, Cathal O’Sullivan annd Sean Moore injured.

**tetsujin1979** · 07/11/2025, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by pateen

Be good if they listed the clubs as well

Clubs are listed in the announcement on fai.ie
https://www.fai.ie/latest/under-21-s...ra-qualifiers/

Goalkeepers: Noah Jauny (Stade Brestois), Aaron Maguire (Tottenham Hotspur), Conor Walsh (Sligo Rovers).
Defenders: James Abankwah (Watford), Sean Grehan (Doncaster Rovers), David Okagbue (Peterborough United), Alex Murphy (Newcastle United), Conor McManus (Brentford), Jacob Slater (Harrogate Town, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion).
Midfielders: Cathal McCarthy (Hull City), Jack Moorhouse (Leyton Orient, on loan from Manchester United), Adam Murphy (Swindon Town, on loan from Bristol City), Darius Lipsiuc (Solihull Moors, on loan from Stoke City), Romeo Akachukwu (Southampton), Jamie Mullins (Wycombe Wanderers), Jacob Devaney (Manchester United), Harry Vaughan (Hull City).
Forwards: Joe Gardner (Mansfield, on loan from Nottingham Forest), Jad Hakiki (Sligo Rovers), Trent Kone Doherty (Liverpool), Mason Melia (St. Patrick's Athletic), Mark O’ Mahony (Reading, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion), Tommy Lonergan (Waterford).

**tetsujin1979** · 14/11/2025, 8:04 PM

Game V England betting played in terrible conditions

**Nesta99** · 14/11/2025, 8:39 PM

That has been another good 45 by an Irish side. Atrocious conditions, bit of a throw back with the torrential rain that is just making the pitch heavy rather than slick and suiting us. No automatic internal panic when we pass it along the back, getting it wide a few times away from the heavy middle of the pitch and creating a bit. Cutting off the channels well, rotating the press nicely, winning a good share of the lose ball and even picking up some short England passing. So much young quality out there for England. Almso t forgot the penalty save. Ref is good, considered and in difficult conditions imo.

Is it just me or does Alan Cawley seem to shout when he doing punditry?

**passinginterest** · 14/11/2025, 8:45 PM

Definitely grew into the game. Kone-Doherty has caused them some problems. If the rain doesn’t stop soon the standing water is going to be a real problem in the second half. Apart from the penalty there’s been very few clear chances.

**passinginterest** · 14/11/2025, 9:17 PM

Started the second half really well and had a couple of decent chances but undone by another penalty and look tired now.

**passinginterest** · 14/11/2025, 9:30 PM

Worth mentioning that we’ve been brilliant down the left hand side and the midfield has also been very good. Considering they’re the two areas the senior team is really short on quality in. Arguably the better side for most of the second half.

**passinginterest** · 14/11/2025, 9:39 PM

And that’s a cruel finish. Decent headed chance for O’Mahoney then they go down the other end and produce a flash of pure quality.

**Nesta99** · 14/11/2025, 11:08 PM

Yeah even with a little bias I think a draw would have been a fair result. Thought Melia looked tired or lacked sharpness. He has played a lot but he seemed to struggle with a ball coming from the left, much more comfortable being fed from the right. Something to work on maybe or the pitch bothered him as much as it made the way England play more difficult. I agree that some promotions to the senior squad are deserved, even if its not to play but to integrate in to the squad. Lets just pretend we need a very large squad for pre WC warm up camp and a few lads could make a claim for a senior slot. The direct wing play on the left was good.

Just watched back the 2nd penalty and whether Hakiki got the ball first or not he didnt need to make that tackle with the cover of 2 men inside. He was really awkward trying to tackle from the outside with the heel of the inside foot, if that makes sense. You would like VAR or review on this sort of thing but it was clumsy.

**The Fly** · 14/11/2025, 11:13 PM

How did Devaney do?

**tetsujin1979** · 15/11/2025, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by The Fly

How did Devaney do?

hard to tell totally how good any player was because of the conditions, but it was between Devaney and Kone-Doherty for the best Irish performance. Watching the way TKD dribbles sometimes reminds me of Neymar, he rolls his foot over the ball to keep it moving

**Fixer82** · 15/11/2025, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Ref is good, considered and in difficult conditions imo.

Funny. Everything I read online suggested ref was awful. Didn't see any of it myself

**The Fly** · 15/11/2025, 9:40 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Yeah even with a little bias I think a draw would have been a fair result. Thought Melia looked tired or lacked sharpness. He has played a lot but he seemed to struggle with a ball coming from the left, much more comfortable being fed from the right. Something to work on maybe or the pitch bothered him as much as it made the way England play more difficult. I agree that some promotions to the senior squad are deserved, even if its not to play but to integrate in to the squad. Lets just pretend we need a very large squad for pre WC warm up camp and a few lads could make a claim for a senior slot. The direct wing play on the left was good.

Just watched back the 2nd penalty and whether Hakiki got the ball first or not he didnt need to make that tackle with the cover of 2 men inside. He was really awkward trying to tackle from the outside with the heel of the inside foot, if that makes sense. You would like VAR or review on this sort of thing but it was clumsy.

I’m hoping Devaney emerges in the near future to start plugging our gaping hole in midfield.