International Amateur Team

**Tipp Man 2** · 25/04/2006, 11:40 AM

seeminly smith is announcing the squad for up coming friendlies against Northern ireland and euro amateur champs Spain.. would be nice to see paul Breen from st Michaels and adrian walsh get in.. anyone think town have players that are good enough?? any comments

**headerball** · 25/04/2006, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by Tipp Man 2

seeminly smith is announcing the squad for up coming friendlies against Northern ireland and euro amateur champs Spain.. would be nice to see paul Breen from st Michaels and adrian walsh get in.. anyone think town have players that are good enough?? any comments

don't know of these players but i would assume that unless st micks are vying for national hons then james walsh will be the only inclusion.
lets face it there are numerous teams around the country who have so called good enough players capable of playing for the junior team but unless their respective teams are in the latter stages of the fai junior cup then they can only dream !

**C.T.F.C** · 25/04/2006, 1:30 PM

Originally Posted by Tipp Man 2

seeminly smith is announcing the squad for up coming friendlies against Northern ireland and euro amateur champs Spain.. would be nice to see paul Breen from st Michaels and adrian walsh get in.. anyone think town have players that are good enough?? any comments

i think adrian walsh is long overdue a call up. breen is progressing very well and if he continues it will surely only be a matter of time- a reccomendation from his defensive partner wouldnt do any harm. on that subjet i have seen St michaels a rew times this year and Walsh is not as dominant as he used to be- still fantastic in the air but i have seen him turned far to easily on the deck at times. Your thoughts? on the Town front the only player with the ability to play at that level is Barnes but he blows hot and cold too much. more consistency is needed before gerry smith will take a chance on him.

**Fairkop** · 25/04/2006, 2:36 PM

Originally Posted by headerball

don't know of these players but i would assume that unless st micks are vying for national hons then james walsh will be the only inclusion.
lets face it there are numerous teams around the country who have so called good enough players capable of playing for the junior team but unless their respective teams are in the latter stages of the fai junior cup then they can only dream !

JOE LAWLESS AND MARTIN GERAGHTY OF WESTPORT UTD.
ARE TWO FANTASTIC PLAYERS, WHO ARE BOTH VERY
CONSISTENT AND DESERVE A CALL UP.

**drummerboy** · 25/04/2006, 3:13 PM

I know for a fact that the management team were at the Tolka Rovers v Carrigaline game last Sunday and were really impressed by a young player from Carrigaline, don't know his name though. Expect him to be in the panel. Anyone got any ideas.

**manalishi** · 25/04/2006, 3:18 PM

Originally Posted by FAIRKOP

JOE LAWLESS AND MARTIN GERAGHTY OF WESTPORT UTD.
ARE TWO FANTASTIC PLAYERS, WHO ARE BOTH VERY
CONSISTENT AND DESERVE A CALL UP.

Joe Lawless has played for the Junior team already so Smith Knows what he is like. Anyway..If it is the Amateur team that is been picked it will mostly be
players from the senior leagues...Only a few Junior players ever get picked for the Amateur squad.

**The Gaffer** · 25/04/2006, 3:22 PM

Originally Posted by Tipp Man 2

seeminly smith is announcing the squad for up coming friendlies against Northern ireland and euro amateur champs Spain.. would be nice to see paul Breen from st Michaels and adrian walsh get in.. anyone think town have players that are good enough?? any comments

I think the Waterford League should be in with a good shout of having a number of players on it.
Oscar traynor Cup Holders
Waterford Crystal getting into the FAI Junior Cup Final two years in a row
Carrick have been excellent in all competitions the last number of years
Then you have the likes otf Tramore, Southend, Bohs..........all have a numbers of excellent players in their squads

**Tipp Man 2** · 25/04/2006, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by C.T.F.C

i think adrian walsh is long overdue a call up. breen is progressing very well and if he continues it will surely only be a matter of time- a reccomendation from his defensive partner wouldnt do any harm. on that subjet i have seen St michaels a rew times this year and Walsh is not as dominant as he used to be- still fantastic in the air but i have seen him turned far to easily on the deck at times. Your thoughts? on the Town front the only player with the ability to play at that level is Barnes but he blows hot and cold too much. more consistency is needed before gerry smith will take a chance on him.

fair point on james but i think at this stage it's motivation with him... he is a big game player... best player on pitch against carrick in semi when it mattered..Munster junior final last year as well.... he does it when he needs to i guess hence he is captain of junior and amateur.. by all accounts smith was down to see Barnes against castlebar and didn't think much..

**Tipp Man 2** · 26/04/2006, 7:52 AM

Originally Posted by The Gaffer

I think the Waterford League should be in with a good shout of having a number of players on it.
Oscar traynor Cup Holders
Waterford Crystal getting into the FAI Junior Cup Final two years in a row
Carrick have been excellent in all competitions the last number of years
Then you have the likes otf Tramore, Southend, Bohs..........all have a numbers of excellent players in their squads

fair point... but is there any outstanding player...Adrian Walsh from carrick, Joe watson from crystal maybe after that im not sure.don't know enough about waterford footie, but i take your point on the league's success. amateur squad includes all the the leinster, Munster senior etc so its a tough squad.. quality all round

**Tipp Man 2** · 26/04/2006, 7:55 AM

Originally Posted by manalishi

Joe Lawless has played for the Junior team already so Smith Knows what he is like. Anyway..If it is the Amateur team that is been picked it will mostly be
players from the senior leagues...Only a few Junior players ever get picked for the Amateur squad.

Thats correct.. only 3 Junior players went to poland last year for Euro finals. james walsh barry Flynn and Davy Conroy(keeper Ballymun).. 11 leinster senior and 4 Munster senior. Surely there is quality in the Junior leagues to have more.. any opionins?

**Tipp Man 2** · 26/04/2006, 8:18 AM

Originally Posted by headerball

don't know of these players but i would assume that unless st micks are vying for national hons then james walsh will be the only inclusion.
lets face it there are numerous teams around the country who have so called good enough players capable of playing for the junior team but unless their respective teams are in the latter stages of the fai junior cup then they can only dream !

agreed..any suggestions from your end?> any players you rate good enough...

**Tipp Man 2** · 26/04/2006, 8:32 AM

Originally Posted by headerball

don't know of these players but i would assume that unless st micks are vying for national hons then james walsh will be the only inclusion.
lets face it there are numerous teams around the country who have so called good enough players capable of playing for the junior team but unless their respective teams are in the latter stages of the fai junior cup then they can only dream !

agreed..any suggestions from your end?> any players you rate good enough...

**manalishi** · 26/04/2006, 3:06 PM

When are these friendlies to take place.
When is the squad to be announced???

**renovater** · 26/04/2006, 9:34 PM

I think it high time the boy smith got a road map and find his way to mayo and have another look at the players in Mayo even player from Celtic or Westport must be in with a shout or other super league clubs have the odd gem
now its not for me to start naming players but Iam sure the boy smith will find his way here.
when you leave the pale take the next sign that says the West.

**swift** · 27/04/2006, 2:01 AM

Originally Posted by renovater

I think it high time the boy smith got a road map and find his way to mayo and have another look at the players in Mayo even player from Celtic or Westport must be in with a shout or other super league clubs have the odd gem
now its not for me to start naming players but Iam sure the boy smith will find his way here.
when you leave the pale take the next sign that says the West.

I dont believe it but you are 100% correct renovator

**headerball** · 27/04/2006, 8:35 AM

Originally Posted by Tipp Man 2

agreed..any suggestions from your end?> any players you rate good enough...

from a limerick pint of view i don't think anyone sticks out at the moment.
the 3 lads that were with fairview are gone to limerick so they are out of the equation !
as i said already when you reach at least the last four of the junior cup you have a chance of getting capped.
it happend when balla got there a few years i think at least one of their players got a few caps !

**lim abroad** · 27/04/2006, 12:45 PM

ya,that player from balla is damien leo

**Thunderblaster** · 01/05/2006, 11:50 PM

I don't think that Gerry Smith will be settling down to a mug of tea to log onto www.foot.ie to check out the mood of the nation as to how his squads are going to be picked.

**bigball** · 02/05/2006, 7:54 AM

did anyone catch the eye from the celtic athenry game?? anyone at it? what do u think..........anyone good enough?

**stephen07** · 02/05/2006, 9:05 AM

Heard new's of Paul Breen from St.Michael's in Tipperary getting called up to the Irish squad...congratulation's well overdue has been performing very strong and consistently so very well done, a great boost for munster junior soccer..