Tardelli to have a look at Saints trio

[ifk101]

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...ws.asp?n=31817

Maybe Joe O’Cearuill might be in line to replace O'Dea in that 40 man squad?

[Shedender81]

fFolks... Is just to keep the Eircom League lads quite.... Roddy Collins was spot on last night on MNS .... None good enough in the League.

Gamble , Fahey are good players but need to play at a higher level .. Two vital aspects of international football are a devilish first touch and concentration . EL is a decent standard and teams are improving.. but good enough for a regular spot in the Irish set up... Not yet

[gustavo]

.. Two vital aspects of international football are a devilish first touch and concentration

We'd have to get rid of half the current squad if that was true

[shakermaker1982]

We'd have to get rid of half the current squad if that was t4rue

three quarters surely....

[Dodge]

Gamble , Fahey are good players but need to play at a higher level .. Two vital aspects of international football are a devilish first touch and concentration

I guarantee you Fahey's touch is better than most of the midfielders there

And I'm not saying he's good enough either

[livehead1]

I guarantee you Fahey's touch is better than most of the midfielders there

And I'm not saying he's good enough either

I remember a lad i played football with for a few years called Ben Hutchinson. He was outstanding, he had pace, power, and a great touch. I watched the same player a few weeks ago playing for Celtic reserves and his touch was terrible and he was shown up. I think the level you are playing at will have a great impact on how good one's touch is. If Fahey was playing at a higher level perhaps he may look like Hutchinson did against Rangers.

[GavinZac]

I remember a lad i played football with for a few years called Ben Hutchinson. He was outstanding, he had pace, power, and a great touch. I watched the same player a few weeks ago playing for Celtic reserves and his touch was terrible and he was shown up. I think the level you are playing at will have a great impact on how good one's touch is. If Fahey was playing at a higher level perhaps he may look like Hutchinson did against Rangers.

So, once again, "blah blah blah ELOI not good enough, blah blah blah". Let the man do his job.

[drinkfeckarse]

I remember a lad i played football with for a few years called Ben Hutchinson. He was outstanding, he had pace, power, and a great touch. I watched the same player a few weeks ago playing for Celtic reserves and his touch was terrible and he was shown up. I think the level you are playing at will have a great impact on how good one's touch is. If Fahey was playing at a higher level perhaps he may look like Hutchinson did against Rangers.

Don't get that at all. You either have a good touch or you don't. The man marking you should have no bearing on whether the balls sticks to your boot or not.

[Dodge]

Don't get that at all. You either have a good touch or you don't. The man marking you should have no bearing on whether the balls sticks to your boot or not.

Spot on.

Examples of his touch here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mSD...eature=related

[livehead1]

So, once again, "blah blah blah ELOI not good enough, blah blah blah". Let the man do his job.

I'm not saying that!!!

Although I would be extremely surprised if any of them are up to it unfortunately.

[livehead1]

Spot on.

Examples of his touch here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mSD...eature=related

great strikes

[NeilMcD]

Don't get that at all. You either have a good touch or you don't. The man marking you should have no bearing on whether the balls sticks to your boot or not.

Yeah but if you are being closed down it is a lot harder to control the game and if the game is a lot quicker your weaknesses become exposed. One just has to look at Michael Carrick. He looks a quality player in the Premiership great first tough etc. But he finds it hard to get space and create space in a much tighter midfield at World Cups and Champions League level.


Fahey is very good player in the EL probably the best in my view and it would be interesting to have a look at him in the Ireland squad.

[Flawless]

Imo Fahey is the only one in Ireland at the minute thats worth a look!

[livehead1]

Yeah but if you are being closed down it is a lot harder to control the game and if the game is a lot quicker your weaknesses become exposed. One just has to look at Michael Carrick. He looks a quality player in the Premiership great first tough etc. But he finds it hard to get space and create space in a much tighter midfield at World Cups and Champions League level.


Fahey is very good player in the EL probably the best in my view and it would be interesting to have a look at him in the Ireland squad.

That's what I was trying to say but my grasp of the English language let me down at the vital moment

What I would like to ask, in the expectation of receiving sustained abuse from EL lovers on the board is, if Fahey is a very good player, which certainly seems the case from the two video clips, then why are there no English sides attempting to sign him (or are there) as this seems to be the normal course of action whenever an Irish side produce a very good player?

[Dodge]

What I would like to ask, in the expectation of receiving sustained abuse from EL lovers on the board is, if Fahey is a very good player, which certainly seems the case from the two video clips, then why are there no English sides attempting to sign him (or are there) as this seems to be the normal course of action whenever an Irish side produce a very good player?

English did try and sign him. At one stage Aston Villa paid Arsenal £250,000 for him when he was 17

He's had his problems but IMO has been consistently brilliant for the past 2-3 years

[eirebhoy]

Imo Fahey is the only one in Ireland at the minute thats worth a look!

This changes every few months though. Gamble is probably the only player in Ireland that always seems to be in the list of potential call ups.

[micls]

This changes every few months though. Gamble is probably the only player in Ireland that always seems to be in the list of potential call ups.

I think Fahey has always had the quality. But what he has added is maturity. And I think for the next few years if we're calling for poeple to be called up he'l be one of them.

[Flawless]

This changes every few months though. Gamble is probably the only player in Ireland that always seems to be in the list of potential call ups.

True enough, Roddy made a good point the other night though, if Healy was fit and playing champioship football he'd be in the squad.

[sligoman]

Is just to keep the Eircom League lads quite

Keep them quite what?

[MojoPin]

Spot on.

Examples of his touch here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mSD...eature=related

so your telling me he would have scored both those goals against manchester united?

there is a gap in standards lads dont deny it. of course the person whos marking you has a bearing on your touch if im playing in a sunday league game against 11 35 year old men my touch will be way better than if i was playing against 11 internationals