Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2020/2021 - see Mod Note in OP [18/11/20]

TheCitizen

DuffleBag wrote: »

Stephen Ireland's son on trial with Borrusia Dortmund at the moment. English u15/u16 capped though so wouldn't be expecting him to play with Ireland

Speaking of McGuinness, I would imagine he'll go the way of Grealish/Rice. Can't see him playing senior with Ireland if turns out to be any way good

Kwame Ampadu was another former Irish international who's son chose not to play for Ireland.

scouserstation

sugarman wrote: »

Parrott starting for Millwall v Burnley tonight having finally recovered from his pre season injury.

Parrott taken off at half time, what happened there? Maybe he needed more recovery time?

johnnyryan89

scouserstation wrote: »

Parrott taken off at half time, what happened there? Maybe he needed more recovery time?

Yeah see some mention that he didn't look fit enough and could be whipped at half time.

TheCitizen

That's poor form, if he wasn't fit why was he started

~Rebel~

TheCitizen wrote: »

That's poor form, if he wasn't fit why was he started

Low stakes game to get him 45 minutes, probably no harm.

TheCitizen

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Low stakes game to get him 45 minutes, probably no harm.

Well it looks like he’s injured again so not well handled there perhaps.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Confirmed by Rowett that Parrott picked up an ankle injury in the first half.

Surely a big doubt now for the game against Italy next month.

VillaMad

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1309109568291704839

So it will be quite a hectic period next year. 3 World Cup Qualifiers in March and then 3 more in August/September. If Ireland don't qualify for the Euros, we will only be playing a couple of friendlies next summer. as it will be used for warm-ups for the teams that qualify for the Euros.

Back to 5 subs as well in all European Competitions.

~Rebel~

TheCitizen wrote: »

Well it looks like he’s injured again so not well handled there perhaps.

Yeah, quite a shame... does he get injured a lot? I've not tracked his game time too closely, but it feels like I hear about him getting injured, or being injured, quite often.

PTH2009

2 weeks to D day

Massive improvement needed from September's games.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Travers starting against City in the League Cup tonight. Kilkenny on the bench.

Rory Delaps son, Liam, is starting for City.

Anto Scully starts for Lincoln City v Liverpool. Roughan on the bench.

Kelleher on the bench for Liverpool.

O'Leary starting for Bristol City v Villa.

Hourihane on the bench for Villa.

Needs to leave Liverpool. Lads wasting his time if he's playing the mickey mouse EFL tophy and sitting on the bench for the mickey mouse EFL cup game.

showpony1

sugarman wrote: »

Rory Delaps son, Liam, is starting for City.

has he got a long throw on him?

NewMan1982

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Needs to leave Liverpool. Lads wasting his time if he's playing the mickey mouse EFL tophy and sitting on the bench for the mickey mouse EFL cup game.

Agreed. He needs a loan move at all costs.

Zico !

delap jnr is english and has no interest playing with us pity hes a good player

smelly sock

Delap scores.

Kenny could make a phone call anyway.

johnnyryan89

smelly sock wrote: »

Delap scores.

Kenny could make a phone call anyway.

FAI already invited him over for an U18s match and he turned it down.

blinding

smelly sock wrote: »

Delap scores.

Kenny could make a phone call anyway.

Is it a Long Shot ?

smelly sock

blinding wrote: »

Is it a Long Shot ?

Yeh seems so. Invite him along to the seniors and see whathe does. If he's not interested fair enough but if he doesnt make it with England then we shouldnt consider him. Leave him off. Like Banford.

smelly sock

Fantastic result for Dundalk tonight. The Faroes side they now face hammered Tblisi this evening but with the game being at home you'd give them every chance.

Starlord_01

smelly sock wrote: »

Fantastic result for Dundalk tonight. The Faroes side they now face hammered Tblisi this evening but with the game being at home you'd give them every chance.

In the Aviva.

smelly sock

Starlord_01 wrote: »

In the Aviva.

Ok. Hopefully they can progress and setup some big games.

radiata

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Yeah, quite a shame... does he get injured a lot? I've not tracked his game time too closely, but it feels like I hear about him getting injured, or being injured, quite often.

Yes, he's missed a lot of game time over the past year with injury. Hopefully he wont turn into the new 'sicknote' Darren Anderton!

johnnyryan89

Ryan Nolan has left SS Arezzo 12 months into a three year contract. Article last month linking him with a move to England, particularly Leicester.

smelly sock wrote: »

Yeh seems so. Invite him along to the seniors and see whathe does. If he's not interested fair enough but if he doesnt make it with England then we shouldnt consider him. Leave him off. Like Banford.

Why would he go through the hassle at 17 of doing the paperwork to switch after he's just scored a belter on his City debut, and when he had no interest in a game where you don't even have to be Irish to play in while he was still at Derby County.

Blanco100

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Ryan Nolan has left SS Arezzo 12 months into a three year contract. Article last month linking him with a move to England, particularly Leicester.



Why would he go through the hassle at 17 of doing the paperwork to switch after he's just scored a belter on his City debut, and when he had no interest in a game where you don't even have to be Irish to play in while he was still at Derby County.

He has a serious agent i'll give him that. Hes not going to Leicester i'd be certain of that

Arthur Daley

smelly sock wrote: »

Fantastic result for Dundalk tonight. The Faroes side they now face hammered Tblisi this evening but with the game being at home you'd give them every chance.

You'd think a Faroes Island side should be a doddle for an Irish side and they'd not be relying on Home pitch advantage to get the job done. The country should be setting it's sights higher, but a qualification for the Europa Group stage would do the coefficient no harm at all.

smelly sock

Arthur Daley wrote: »

You'd think a Faroes Island side should be a doddle for an Irish side and they'd not be relying on Home pitch advantage to get the job done. The country should be setting it's sights higher, but a qualification for the Europa Group stage would do the coefficient no harm at all.

Faroes are decent by all accounts.

Brock Turnpike

Arthur Daley wrote: »

You'd think a Faroes Island side should be a doddle for an Irish side and they'd not be relying on Home pitch advantage to get the job done.

What are you basing that on? As it seems you have just plucked it out of the air based on where they are from.

Arthur Daley

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

What are you basing that on? As it seems you have just plucked it out of the air based on where they are from.

The population. The legacy. Jeez I would have thought it's fairly obvious. Ireland should aim to have a superior league than the Faroe islands. Radical thought.

smelly sock

Arthur Daley wrote: »

The population. The legacy. Jeez I would have thought it's fairly obvious. Ireland should aim to have a superior league than the Faroe islands. Radical thought.

The Faroes won't be in competition with the GAA for players though. In a domestic sense the GAA is king and Soccer is in second place.

I know nothing about the Faroes side but Brian Kerr rates them. He said it would be a challenge for Dundalk so lets see. It would be a huge injection if they could qualify and get a few big names over.

deisedude

smelly sock wrote: »

The Faroes won't be in competition with the GAA for players though. In a domestic sense the GAA is king and Soccer is in second place.

I know nothing about the Faroes side but Brian Kerr rates them. He said it would be a challenge for Dundalk so lets see. It would be a huge injection if they could qualify and get a few big names over.

Ah here, using the GAA is a lazy excuse. The faroes have a population of 49,000. Ireland has a bigger pool of people playing football/soccer than their entire population.

DJIMI TRARORE

Connolly starts again
Molumpy bench

pjohnson

Stephens leaving has boosted him up the Brighton pecking order.

radiata

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

Connolly starts again
Molumpy bench

At least Molumby is making the bench now. Hope it's not a once off.
It'll be a shame if he doesn't get any first team action this season after such regular game time last year

smelly sock

deisedude wrote: »

Ah here, using the GAA is a lazy excuse. The faroes have a population of 49,000. Ireland has a bigger pool of people playing football/soccer than their entire population.

FFS you have Dundalk bet already. I think they will progress but this veil of ignorance and writing off a team because they aren't a traditional footballing powerhouse, like ourselves LOL is getting tiring.

noodler

smelly sock wrote: »

FFS you have Dundalk bet already. I think they will progress but this veil of ignorance and writing off a team because they aren't a traditional footballing powerhouse, like ourselves LOL is getting tiring.

Precisely tbh.

Lazy as **** to barge in and make pronouncement about whether Dundalk should or shouldn't progress.

The relative progress of Faroes national tram from absolute cannon fodder losing Evey game by 5 or more goals to a competitive outfit who can get the odd result would be a better reflection of their current position.

Andrew00

sugarman wrote: »

Brilliant assist from Coleman there on the overlap. Has been really excellent so far this season.

Form is temporary. Class is permanent

Cheese Wagstaff

Callum Robinson with a great finish against Chelsea just now.

Mushy

sugarman wrote: »

Robinson scores v Chelsea!

And again

Cheese Wagstaff

Make that two now for Robinson!

henke

Took his finish well.

noodler

He got.one at the Bridge last season.

Did he score a prem goal so far that wasn't against Chelsea??

DJIMI TRARORE

3,0 Frankie out

Mr.Nice Guy

Bartley goal now. What is happening?

Delighted for Robinson. Might be earning himself a start for us.

henke

noodler wrote: »

He got.one at the Bridge last season.

Did he score a prem goal so far that wasn't against Chelsea??

Nope. Sky popped up a graphic there. 3rd PL Goal - all against Chelsea.

Ferris_Bueller

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Bartley goal now. What is happening?

Delighted for Robinson. Might be earning himself a start for us.

Considering the other option seems to be O'Dowda who hasn't even featured in a Bristol squad so far you'd have to think Robinson has done himself no harm. Is he playing up front or on the wing for West Brom?

Rossi IRL

Great to see players like Robinson, Connolly, O'Shea, Egan, Stevens, Coleman, Doherty and more getting game time in the prem this season.

Wasn't so long ago you could count the Irish Premier league regular starters on one hand.

noodler

I hope Robinson can kick on now, I got excited when he scored at the Bridge this time last season but never scored a prem goal again and was off on loan to the Championship very quickly.

henke

Dunne and Long start again for Burnley.

johnnyryan89

Interesting to see what defenders make it into the squad as back up when the squad gets announced. Lenihan was one of the three named for last month's fixtures, with O'Shea getting a late call up but since then Dunne and Long have been starting for Burnley and O'Shea has kept his place in West Broms starting XI and brings versatility with him.

gormdubhgorm

Thiago Silva made Calum Robinson look like a world beater and he cannot hit a barn door for Ireland.
Couldn't make it up.