Ireland v Hungary and Armenia - September 2025

**Eirambler** · 29/08/2025, 5:41 PM

Cannon is being played wide right at Sheffield United by Selles. It's not his position at all, he's an out and out centre forward.

**rebelmusic** · 29/08/2025, 5:53 PM

Just a thought on the 23 man squad stuff. When HH joined there was a lot of talk about needing the players to fight for places and make them more competitive in general. I really doubt the FAI would quibble over a couple of grand worth of flights and hotel bills. Limiting the squad sort of guarantees that the players who want to be picked will feel more pressure.

This window is the first in a very, very long time where, outside of maybe Philips, I'm content with the selection but also wishing we could accommodate Ebosele and one or two others.

If the goal was the make the players fight harder for their places, it's working.

**Razors left peg** · 30/08/2025, 7:55 PM

Apparently Festy throwing a tantrum about being left out of squad. Has removed all Ireland references from his social media.

**Eirambler** · 30/08/2025, 10:06 PM

He did that before when Crawford didn't pick him for the Under 21s. Kenny had to prematurely call him up to the seniors to smooth things over if I remember correctly.

He'd probably be the next call up if someone like Ogbene cries off, so he needs to just calm down.

**Razors left peg** · 31/08/2025, 12:02 AM

Yeah very childish. I dont think he can switch countries at this point so he needs to cop on

**Eirambler** · 31/08/2025, 7:26 AM

No, he's long since cap-tied to Ireland. But maybe he's going to be more of a Stephen Ireland type that ends up not playing at all. He's a useful bench option with his pace, but he's far from essential to the squad.

**Eirambler** · 31/08/2025, 2:42 PM

Looks like Molumby could be in line for a late call up as Phillips has gone off injured against Hibs this afternoon. Potentially an improvement to the squad I'd suggest.