QuoteNot exactly a wealth of talented strikers in the works, is there? Just three forwards, who play for Exeter, Stockport and Galway. After Quinn retires, we're fairly screwed...
I see that there's only one home-based player in Brian Kerr's squad for next month's invitational U-18 tournament in Japan - Barry Moran (Galway United).
FAI site
Not exactly a wealth of talented strikers in the works, is there? Just three forwards, who play for Exeter, Stockport and Galway. After Quinn retires, we're fairly screwed...
Good to see someone called Fiachra in the squad. Should screw up some commentators, that one.
Squad was announced a few days ago
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/crawf...land-u18-squad
Squad
Aaron Connolly (Brighton)
Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers)
Adam Idah (Norwich)
Andy Lyons (Bohemians)
Brian Maher (St Patricks Ath)
Ciaran Brennan (Sheffield Wednesday)
Conor Coventry (West Ham United)
Gavin Kilkenny (Bournemouth)
Joe Redmond (Birmingham)
Jordan Doherty (Sheffield United)
Kameron Ledwidge (Southampton)
Kevin Healy (West Bromwich Albion)
Matthew Shiels (Rangers)
Michael Obafemi (Southampton)
Oisin McEntee (Newcastle United)
Richard O'Farrell (St Patricks Ath)
Rory Brown (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Rowan Roache (Blackpool)
Will Ferry (Southampton)
Will Smallbone (Southampton)
They played their first game today, lost 3-0 to Belgium.
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...nal-tournament
-------------------------Brian Maher;
Ciaran Brennan-----Joseph Redmond-----Kevin Healy-----Kameron Ledwidge;
----------Rowan Roache (William Smallbone 78)-----Conor Coventry;
-----Gavin Kilkenny-----Matthew Shiels (Richard O’Farrell 46)-----William Ferry;
-------------------------Adam Idah.
Last edited by Closed Account; 09/11/2017 at 5:38 PM.
So for those of you who are worried that we're thin up front now...Originally Posted by Gaz
Not a great result today..... Look it up.
Ouch...on the upside, losing 3-0 to Belgium hasn't always been a sign of catastrophe.
Eh...look up the date of the post being replied to maybe?
The guys in the original thread are retiring now.
Though with the age profile of our squad, that means they may yet have a future...
8 nil loss to the Dutch is a bit nasty in fairness but this side is short of alot of regulars. http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...by-netherlands
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...nia-friendlies
Republic of Ireland Under-18 squad
Goalkeepers: George McMahon (Rotherham United), Luke McNicholas (Sligo Rovers)
Defenders: Ryan Burke (Birmingham City), James Clarke (Burnley), Jack James (Luton Town), Andy Lyons (Bohemians), Joe Redmond (Birmingham City)
Midfielders: Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers), Michael Collins (Everton), Rory Doyle (Cork City), Richard O’Farrell (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Zak O’Neill (Cabinteely), Conor Tee (Leicester City)
Forwards: Thomas Caffrey (Celtic), Cieran Dunne (Falkirk), Gavin Kilkenny (AFC Bournemouth), JJ Kayode (Rotherham United), Glen McAuley (Liverpool), Cian Murphy (Cork City)
Fixtures
March 25: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Home Farm FC, KO 16.00
March 27: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Home Farm FC, KO 11.30
Good to see McAuley involved at underage level again. Is that Tee's first call up?
Just noticed Ciaran Dunne has a few appearances for Falkirk, and is listed as Scottish on Wikipedia
Lots of new faces. McMahon, Clarke, tee and Collins have never been involved before. Kayode hasn't been involved much either since he went to rotherham. Pretty sure Dunne played under 17 for Scotland. With no shiels included likely he has rejoined Scots?
First call up for Conor Tee and Jack James? English-born lads at Leicester and Luton, respectively. Is that McAuley's first call up in a while?
Dunne was in an under 19 squad in February for us.
The U18s won 2-1 against Romania earlier: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...defeat-romania
Tee and Dunne with the goals
Not that I've an issue with it but that team appears slightly more reliant on lads born outside of Ireland than some of our other underage teams. James, McMahon, Collins, Dunne, Clarke and Tee making up the majority of the team with all born in England, aside from Dunne (Scotland).
The 18s are just players who are too old for 17s and not good enough for 19s or, in Bolger's case, suspended from the 19s. I wouldn't worry too much about the make-up of the squad.
some Of the New additions to English academies over The summer From youthawk who might be involved in uudet 17/18 Irish squads
flynn leicester
ebsole and hawlax derby
timi sobawle Man city(and Finn harps!)
kian leavy reading
tyreike Wright Aston villa
Zak delaney West brom
Conor carty wolves
giurgi norwich
omobambedi norwich
keogh southampton
idowu southampton
gaxha sheff utd
trehy Crystal palace
Healy ipswich
reilly ipswich
carlyle QPR?
mcmanus preston
Corcoran preston
Lyons preston
Cant remember That carlyle lad Been involved för Us.
first weekend Of under 18 Games. parrott for 2 för Spurs, jennings for 3 för stoke tink He will be under19 för Us This sadon, mcenneff and ogunbo Player för Arsenal, sobawle and egan riley Made Bench At Man city, idah seems to haave moved beyound This level for norwich
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