Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

pjohnson

Armstrong Oko-Flex found his 3rd reserve team to play for. Joined West Ham today.

johnnyryan89

pjohnson wrote: »

Armstrong Oko-Flex found his 3rd reserve team to play for. Joined West Ham today.

Just don't let him near the kiddies team...

https://twitter.com/NocontextUKT/status/1255581563137536000

Francie Barrett

Jimmy Dunne in talks with Swansea - https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/football/out-of-contract-burnley-defender-jimmy-dunne-linked-with-switch-to-swansea-3287366

Kenny is going to have some headaches when it comes to selecting centre backs this September.

johnnyryan89

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Jimmy Dunne in talks with Swansea - https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/football/out-of-contract-burnley-defender-jimmy-dunne-linked-with-switch-to-swansea-3287366

Kenny is going to have some headaches when it comes to selecting centre backs this September.

Good move for the lad if he signs with a championship team that could be challenging for the league and have been in the last two play offs.

If he gets into the team and is playing well, as you said Kenny could have a headache, but don't think you'll see him in a senior squad until next year.

Egan, Duffy, and O'Shea look to be the his three main guys. You've got Coleman that can fill in their and then Collins who'll more than likely move to the seniors with Omobamidele dropping back to the U21s.

Francie Barrett

pjohnson wrote: »

Armstrong Oko-Flex found his 3rd reserve team to play for. Joined West Ham today.

In fairness, the lad is still only 19, same age as Troy Parrott, just feels like he's been around for ages.

I am not sure West Ham is the best move for him. Moyes didn't give Coventry or Odubeko any chances last season, and both players were ripping it up in the reserves.

eire4

pjohnson wrote: »

Armstrong Oko-Flex found his 3rd reserve team to play for. Joined West Ham today.

Hope it works out for him but I would not be optimistic. Think your right this will just be him sitting in another reserve team. Can't say I know anything in depth first hand but from what I hear he seems to have some attitude issues which are not helping.

Fandymo

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Good move for the lad if he signs with a championship team that could be challenging for the league and have been in the last two play offs.

If he gets into the team and is playing well, as you said Kenny could have a headache, but don't think you'll see him in a senior squad until next year.

Egan, Duffy, and O'Shea look to be the his three main guys. You've got Coleman that can fill in their and then Collins who'll more than likely move to the seniors with Omobamidele dropping back to the U21s.

I rate Dunne. Did well in Scotland a few years ago.

johnnyryan89

https://twitter.com/KennysKids/status/1408767117852295170

Francie Barrett

Bazunu to Portsmouth could be done as soon as Monday - https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-close-in-on-premier-league-capture-as-squad-shapes-up-to-take-on-ipswich-town-sunderland-charlton-athletic-and-sheffield-wednesday-next-season-3287525?itm_source=parsely-api

pgj2015

Why hasnt Nathan Collins been called up to the senior squad. if he is so highly thought of. seems strange. I know he is only 20 but we have other players around the same age who have been called up.

Pawwed Rig

pgj2015 wrote: »

Why hasnt Nathan Collins been called up to the senior squad. if he is so highly thought of. seems strange. I know he is only 20 but we have other players around the same age who have been called up.

The other players the same age are in positions where we are struggling for quality. The same is not true in NC's position.
He will get there. No need for panic

pgj2015

Oh, I didn't know he was injured. look forward to seeing him play in the future. If he is as good as they say, he should be getting in the team ahead of Duffy and O Shea.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Despite all the early transfer speculation, Anselmo Garcia McNulty has signed a 2 year professional contract to remain at Wolfsburg.

Probably the best decision for the lad at this time. Wolfsburg scraped their reserve side so he'll be in training with the seniors, or loaned out to St. Pölten in Austria's second tier.

Tchaikovsky

pgj2015 wrote: »

Why hasnt Nathan Collins been called up to the senior squad. if he is so highly thought of. seems strange. I know he is only 20 but we have other players around the same age who have been called up.

He's waiting for some implausible call-up from England to **** with our heads.

Christy Browne

Tchaikovsky wrote: »

He's waiting for some implausible call-up from England to **** with our heads.

Can we stop saying this about every young player? Talk about beating a dead horse, he’s born and raised in Leixlip ffs

Tchaikovsky

Christy Browne wrote: »

Can we stop saying this about every young player? Talk about beating a dead horse, he’s born and raised in Leixlip ffs

Only joking

Francie Barrett

Robbie Brady to Cardiff doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment.

johnnyryan89

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Robbie Brady to Cardiff doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment.

Not surprised to see Mick looking to bring in the Irish lads currently out of contract. If Brady is viewed as Harry Wilson's replacement they'll need to sign someone else for when Brady is in the treatment room, and given the championships schedule combined with his injury record he'll possibly be there quite a bit. Still no word on any possible clubs looking to sign McCarthy.

Crazy to think that if none of our starting midfield three for euro '16 played another game for us we wouldn't blink an eyelid.

deisedude

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Not surprised to see Mick looking to bring in the Irish lads currently out of contract. If Brady is viewed as Harry Wilson's replacement they'll need to sign someone else for when Brady is in the treatment room, and given the championships schedule combined with his injury record he'll possibly be there quite a bit. Still no word on any possible clubs looking to sign McCarthy.

Crazy to think that if none of our starting midfield three for euro '16 played another game for us we wouldn't blink an eyelid.

I feel for McCarthy and Brady. Both have suffered a succession of horror injuries which have ruined their careers

Dr. Bre

Swiss and Danes into quarters - looks like we were in group of death for those qualifiers !

Francie Barrett

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/goalkeepers-these-days-have-to-be-like-xavi-danny-cowley-on-key-attributes-as-portsmouth-close-in-on-manchester-citys-gavin-bazunu-3290165

‘We all ask so much from our goalkeepers, they’ve got to be like Xavi haven’t they!

‘I like my goalkeepers to have presence, I like them to be fast, we want to press really high so I like them to be able to play high out of their goal – and be comfortable doing it.

‘I want them to come and sweep behind that high defensive line.

‘I like them to be really aggressive in their decision making – there’s nothing better than a goalkeeper coming to catch a cross and taking the pressure off your defence.

‘We definitely like them to be able to distribute well. It’s a lovely feeling when you’ve got one that has got all the clubs and it’s a key attribute for us.

‘If you actually watch goalkeepers in the Euros, about 90 per cent of their job is actually distribution with their feet.

Great that they consider Bazunu as that type of player.

~Rebel~

Francie Barrett wrote: »

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/goalkeepers-these-days-have-to-be-like-xavi-danny-cowley-on-key-attributes-as-portsmouth-close-in-on-manchester-citys-gavin-bazunu-3290165

Great that they consider Bazunu as that type of player.

I wouldn't have said good quick distribution was particularly one of his strengths - but hopefully it will be after this season's loan doing it.

Francie Barrett

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/transfers/2020-2021/transfer-notebook-chelsea-monitoring-raphael-varane-antonio-rudiger-contract-delay-could-be-costly_sto8395280/story.shtml

Celtic's new manager has gone cold on McCarthy apparently.

Francie Barrett

Jake Mulraney doing a bit of showboating in MLS.

https://twitter.com/ATLUTD/status/1409260253196308480

eire4

Francie Barrett wrote: »

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/transfers/2020-2021/transfer-notebook-chelsea-monitoring-raphael-varane-antonio-rudiger-contract-delay-could-be-costly_sto8395280/story.shtml

Celtic's new manager has gone cold on McCarthy apparently.

I don't know that he was ever warm on McCarthy to be fair. Think that might just have been lazy journalism. McCarthy being a local lad out of contract available on a free and Celtic needing a holding mid this summer with Brown gone. Where ever McCarthy ends up hope he stays injury free and can at least enjoy a positive few years to end his career at the top level.

fullstop

McClean endearing himself to the English fans again. He really needs to just stay off social media, ridiculous stuff.

eire4

fullstop wrote: »

McClean endearing himself to the English fans again. He really needs to just stay off social media, ridiculous stuff.

Must have swapped jersey's with Toni Kroos after the 2016 Euro qualifier. What a jersey for him to get and talk about happier days from an Ireland perspective to put it mildly.

Brock Turnpike

fullstop wrote: »

McClean endearing himself to the English fans again. He really needs to just stay off social media, ridiculous stuff.

Saw that. He has no problem taking the soup though.

Raoul

fullstop wrote: »

McClean endearing himself to the English fans again. He really needs to just stay off social media, ridiculous stuff.

Yeah, he really is a tw@t. I feel sorry for him with all the abuse and would often say it is unfair to say that "he brings it on himself"...but he certainly doesn't help himself.

deisedude

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Saw that. He has no problem taking the soup though.

Exactly. Football is a global game. He could choose to play in a dozen different leagues but he plays in England.

His stance on the poppy I totally understand but some of the other stupid sh1t he does he is just asking for abuse

Pawwed Rig

deisedude wrote: »

Exactly. Football is a global game. He could choose to play in a dozen different leagues but he plays in England.

His stance on the poppy I totally understand but some of the other stupid sh1t he does he is just asking for abuse

He works in the country he was born in ie the UK. Surely the onus is on that country to accomodate all of their citizens regardless of their religion, political affiliations and beliefs?

The UK government should be ensuring that there are equal opportunities for all their citizens rather than concentrating all of the wealth (football wise) in England.

johnnyryan89

deisedude wrote: »

I feel for McCarthy and Brady. Both have suffered a succession of horror injuries which have ruined their careers

At least they got to experience a good senior career before injuries took their toll, poor Tommie Hobans career never got a proper chance to take off before injuries ruined it.

See he's now linked with Crewe in League One after his contract at Aberdeen expired. Still only 27 and broke into the Watford team at 18 and had interest from premier league teams.

sugarman

sugarman wrote: »

Former Ireland underage captain Seamas Keogh has signed for Sligo Rovers having been released from Southampton. He was with Rovers academy prior to signing for Southampton this time 3 years ago.

Hes just turned 19 so still plenty of time to live up to his early potential. Playing week in/out in senior competitive football will do him the world of good. Will certainly be keeping an eye out for him.

I'd find it hard to believe someone will be pulling up trees at senior level if they're going from a PL team back to LOI.

Looks like L2 or L1 will be his max ceiling, so not going to help the Ireland team anyway.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Former Ireland underage captain Seamas Keogh has signed for Sligo Rovers having been released from Southampton. He was with Rovers academy prior to signing for Southampton this time 3 years ago.

Hes just turned 19 so still plenty of time to live up to his early potential. Playing week in/out in senior competitive football will do him the world of good. Will certainly be keeping an eye out for him.

Another lad returns home because we treat the game as a hobby here rather than a profession. With all the recent talk and presentations that were done something badly needs to happen because lads like Keogh will now have to wait until they're 18 rather than 16 to get the level of training needed to prepare for a life as a pro footballer.

Would be great to see lads expand their horizons and look to the continent, but that route is even more difficult than the UK route.

Either it's time to get serious about elite youth football, or tell FIFA to make an exception to the new rules that allows Irish kids back into the UK at a younger age.

But speaking of Sligo, can see young Johnny Kenny making the move abroad in the next year now that he's finished his leaving cert. Did he break the record of youngest player to score a hat trick recently?

spaceCreated

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Another lad returns home because we treat the game as a hobby here rather than a profession. With all the recent talk and presentations that were done something badly needs to happen because lads like Keogh will now have to wait until they're 18 rather than 16 to get the level of training needed to prepare for a life as a pro footballer.

Would be great to see lads expand their horizons and look to the continent, but that route is even more difficult than the UK route.

Either it's time to get serious about elite youth football, or tell FIFA to make an exception to the new rules that allows Irish kids back into the UK at a younger age.

But speaking of Sligo, can see young Johnny Kenny making the move abroad in the next year now that he's finished his leaving cert. Did he break the record of youngest player to score a hat trick recently?

With the new Brexit rules, if we copied the Belgian system by age 18 wed have some serious crop of players that would probably bring in more money for the league clubs and would also have some staying in the league with probably a bit more interest from the average joe.

deisedude

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

He works in the country he was born in ie the UK. Surely the onus is on that country to accomodate all of their citizens regardless of their religion, political affiliations and beliefs?

The UK government should be ensuring that there are equal opportunities for all their citizens rather than concentrating all of the wealth (football wise) in England.

The lad literally posed for an Instagram photo wearing a balaclava in front of his children. It's hard to accommodate stupidity like that

Posing in a Germany shirt is attention seeking nonsense. If he doesn't want to be abused then he should stop doing stupid sh1t

The White Feather

Look who was enjoying himself at Wembley yesterday. No champagne but presumably these drinks charged to the FAI's account!

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Toby Hundreds Upholstery wrote: »

thoughts on meyler similar?

Not sure what Meyler did, but likely it’s not relevant? Former footballer and seems to be living In Ireland, so if he did the exactly same as what McClean did then it’s hardly as much of an issue as he hasn’t pissed off the fans he’ll be playing in front of, painting yet another target on his back.

johnnyryan89

spaceCreated wrote: »

With the new Brexit rules, if we copied the Belgian system by age 18 wed have some serious crop of players that would probably bring in more money for the league clubs and would also have some staying in the league with probably a bit more interest from the average joe.

For the short term we should be looking to someone like Luxembourg, who haven't got the teams needed to develop players so have developed a national academy. Even Northern Ireland are now getting funding from FIFA I think for their national academy.

Longer term your goal should be getting LOI academies up to Shamrock Rovers academy in terms of standards as a minimum. But you'll never get that because there isn't any football industry here because it's treated as a past time.

Francie Barrett

Bazunu to Portsmouth is a done deal according to the Indo - https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ireland-goalkeeper-gavin-bazunu-to-join-portsmouth-in-loan-deal-40598138.html

topmanamillion

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Saw that. He has no problem taking the soup though.

Strawman argument. If anything McClean just shows up the worst parts of English society.
Nobody can point to one hurtful thing he has done. Most has been firmly in the satirical side of things.
In terms of referencing the IRA he's don't nothing more proactive than say the likes of Steve Coogan has but there's one fundamental difference there.
As for the insinuation that he should simply work somewhere else, that's a slippery slope.

johnnyryan89

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Bazunu to Portsmouth is a done deal according to the Indo - https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ireland-goalkeeper-gavin-bazunu-to-join-portsmouth-in-loan-deal-40598138.html

Excellent move for the lad. A League One club that's been pushing for promotion the last few seasons. If his career can continue to rise as it has then the lad could be first choice at a Premier League by 23 in four years.

City must have high hopes that he can potentially take over from Ederson in time. Getting him these loan moves at 18/19 to lower league clubs who like to try play it out from the back.

Kermit.de.frog

sugarman wrote: »

He did and he wasn't the only one.

Löw had some odd habits of sniffing his fingers...

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Toby Hundreds Upholstery wrote: »

he also posted a pic of himself in a germany jersey. if football fans are upset over a player wearing a shirt id suggest they grow up.

Well, as I said, he’s not going to be running out of the tunnel in front of tens of thousands of those fans in 8 weeks time. He’s a retired footballer, living in a different country to them, so moot point really.
McClean gets dogs abuse, and something badly needs to be done about it, but he just can’t stay off social media and getting himself involved in stupid **** so there’s an element of bringing the attention on himself.

As for the grow up comment, well English fans aren’t exactly know for their level headed-ness, are they? So while that would be great, it ain’t gonna happen.

JeffKenna

Toby Hundreds Upholstery wrote: »

he also posted a pic of himself in a germany jersey. if football fans are upset over a player wearing a shirt id suggest they grow up.

I dunno, I'm not necessarily upset over him wearing a German top but I do think stuff like that and more so the ballacalva undermine the excellent points he's made on not wearing a Poppy. It's very easy for the English media to brush over all the abuse he gets because of those acts, but how could the media brush over it if it's just because he won't wear a Poppy to pay tribute to soliders who murdered innocent people in Derry.

Pawwed Rig

deisedude wrote: »

Posing in a Germany shirt is attention seeking nonsense. If he doesn't want to be abused then he should stop doing stupid sh1t

He is a footballer posting about a football match. I doubt he was the only guy born in the UK supporting Germany yesterday.

Gay Byrne once said he wanted Donegal to win the all Ireland instead of Dublin. Was he attention seeking worthy of being abused?

Again if the UK provided equal opportunities for all of their citizens in their home country then the issue wouldn't arise. But because they insist of segregation by nation in football then they should deal with the issue.

TLDR it is the UKs problem. Not James McCleans

johnnyryan89

JeffKenna wrote: »

It's very easy for the English media to brush over all the abuse he gets because of those acts, but how could the media brush over it if it's just because he won't wear a Poppy to pay tribute to soliders who murdered innocent people in Derry.

Is this the same English media who'll word articles different when a black English footballer spends money compared to a white English footballer.

johnnyryan89

https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1410274681077309446

Good move for the lad if Hibs can keep up last season's good form. Probably more chance of them doing that than St Mirren.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Good move and hard to believe hes still only 22! I remember a lot of early talk about him 4/5 years ago as he was beginning to break through at Villa but I thought he was older than he was then. Id have put him at 24/25 now. Still plenty of time for him to kick on.

Similar I was surprised to see how old he was. Thought he'd have been in Byrne's age group for the U21s but would have been underage for the last campaign. Now has two years to put the grind in to get that next move.

Also see Nuno has officially been announced as Spurs manager. Should be good news for Doherty, but that's if Nuno wants to keep him and go back to 3-4-3.

eire4

deisedude wrote: »

Exactly. Football is a global game. He could choose to play in a dozen different leagues but he plays in England.

His stance on the poppy I totally understand but some of the other stupid sh1t he does he is just asking for abuse

There is a big difference between getting pelters and some of the flat out anti Irish racist abuse never mind death threats he has and does get regularly. That is not ok regardless of what you think of things like yesterdays instagram post in Kroos's jersey.