QuoteProbably just as well from their perspective. How many of the above are starters or at least semi-regular for their clubs? That'd be my main concern.
I saw O'Dowda feature prominently in a FL72 weekend goal review last weekend. Scored and an assist.
U21 squad announced for friendly VS Qatar on Friday, and qualifier VS Andorra on Tuesday: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/king-...-andorra-games
Only two players with Premier League clubsREPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21s:
Daniel Rogers (Aberdeen - on loan Falkirk)
Eric Grimes (Leeds United)
Thomas Hoban (Watford)
Glen Rea (Brighton - on-loan at Southend)
Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers)
Shane Griffin (Reading)
Alan Browne (Preston North End)
Jack Connors (Dagenham)
Dylan Connolly (Ipswich Town)
Sean Kavanagh (Fulham)
Callum O'Dowda (Oxford United)
Reece Grego-Cox (QPR)
Brian Lenihan (Hull City)
Sean Long (Reading)
Conor Wilkinson (Barnsley)
Shamir Goodwin (Crawley Town)
Sean Maguire (Dundalk)
Sam Byrne (Everton)
Josh Cullen (West Ham)
Probably just as well from their perspective. How many of the above are starters or at least semi-regular for their clubs? That'd be my main concern.
I saw O'Dowda feature prominently in a FL72 weekend goal review last weekend. Scored and an assist.
i guess jack byrne would be included were he not injured.
From what I can tell, only Rogers, Wilkinson and O'Dowda are starting regularly. Rea made his Southend debut last week, Browne has made a few sub appearances in the league and Cullen has briefly appeared for West Ham.Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Jack Byrne is injured but where is Kenny McEvoy, Eoghan O'Connell, Ian Lawlor, Dan Cleary, Alex O'Hanlon etc. Can never understand the FAI picking inferior players for their squads.
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Lawlor is injured, McEvoy is overage and I don't know if the rest are actually better than those in the squad.
Lawlor is back in training at Man City. Has a few appearances for the reserves.
The U19s are playing Italy next week, but the squad hasn't been announced yet, some of those could be in it,
A few players have been tweeting that they're in the squad
Connor Ellis (Cork City): https://twitter.com/ConnorEllis09/st...68957144924164
Thomas Cadman (Brighton): https://twitter.com/Thomascadman6/st...97642737508352
Players born on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republ...#Current_squad
Apologies, I probably should have looked that up. Still, I think players like O'Hanlon and McEvoy have reputations because they're at big clubs but that doesn't mean they're the right players to pick. King goes to watch these guys in reserve leagues and whatever so he's seeing them on a more regular basis than any of us.
Some would say a complete waste of time going to all those reserve/underage games when all he really has to do is give Paul O'Shea a call.
Sooo....is anyone going to mention the elephant in the room...or not in the room, as it were...or possibly in another room...or maybe not.
No, still injured
From the earlier discussion, appearance wise, this group aren't doing too well this season. Nobody starting in the Premier League or Championship. A few getting appearances in the League Cup. Others still with the U21s of Championship teams. Bleak
Prem Josh Cullen Sub(90) Prem (West Ham) Thomas Hoban Sub Prem (Watford) Champ Alan Browne Sub(70) Champ (Preston North End) Darragh Lenihan Started Lge Cup (Blackburn Rovers) Reece Grego-Cox Started Lge Cup (QPR) Sean Kavanagh Sub Lge Cup (Fulham) Dylan Connolly
Started U21s Champ (Ipswich Town) Eric Grimes Started U21s Champ (Leeds United) Shane Griffin Started U21s Champ (Reading) Brian Lenihan Started U21s Champ (Hull City) Sean Long Started U21s Champ (Reading) Lge 1 Glen Rea Started Lge 1 (Brighton - on-loan at Southend) Conor Wilkinson Started Lge 1 (Barnsley) Lge 2 Callum O'Dowda Started Lge 2 (Oxford United) Jack Connors Sub Lge 2 (Dagenham) Shamir Goodwin Sub Lge 2 (Crawley Town) Sco Champ Daniel Rogers Started Sco Champ (Aberdeen - on loan Falkirk) LOI Sean Maguire Sub LOI (Dundalk)
Rogers Connors Hoban Lenihan Kavanagh Cullen Browne Connolly Grego-Cox O'Dowda Wilkinson
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Incidentally, Sam Byrne has pulled out through injury which is unusual for an Everton player. David Unsworth up to no good no doubt!
Unsworth had praise for Byrne after he scored a brace on Monday for the U21s
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/0...clinical-byrne
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/0...ort-u21s-spurs
Elsewhere, this article says
Considering the U19 comp is for players after 1/1/97 and U21 is for 1/1/94 and the 2 players Charsley and Hewelt are both 1996, is there some U20 training group called up that wasn't announced?Elsewhere in the Under-21s squads, Jindrich Stanek represents Czech Republic, Sam Byrne, Harry Charsley and Mateusz Hewelt have been selected by Republic of Ireland
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A 4-1 win v Qatar U23
Ireland: Rogers (Grimes 46), Long, Hoban (D.Lenihan 46), Griffin, Connors, Browne, Cullen (Charsley 61), O’Dowda (B.Lenihan 46), Connolly (Maguire 46), Wilkinson (Fenelon 46), Kavanagh (Grego-Cox 46)
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/king-...eat-qatar-u23s
Kavanagh up front? Scored 2
Just gone 1 up in against Andorra in u21 game....Thomas hoban....12mins
2up now...Joshua cullen
Live stream on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-C5jAoa04w
not great quality, but watchable
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