Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Just seen that Graham kavanaghs son is tipping along nicely at underage level forBoro, seems to know where the goals are anyways

Ridiculously fast feet - seems to take about 3 footsteps for every 1 taken by the players around him 😅

Didn't look one bit fazed making his international debut away to Portugal, but the pressures of playing for Aberdeen are too much for him 😂

Conor Coventry joins MK Dons on loan for the remainder of the season while Luton recall Peter Kioso from his loan with MK Dons.

Kioso was having a good season with MK Dons so unless Luton's first choice RB picked up an injury it's a bad move for Kioso who'll probably find himself on the bench mostly.

Hard to get excited about League 1 players to be honest unless they make the step up to Championship. The same can be said about PL2 and the youth team players. Nowhere near stepping up to international level.

Hopefully McGrath can make a move to the Championship and add to our contingent there playing at a really decent level. If we try to bring players like Jonjo Kenny onboard it adds to our depth of decent players too.

Hopefully this season doesn't soar Taylor's reputation and might still be able to get a move rather than drop back to League One again. If Transfermarkt is correct he's out of contract in the summer but feel that could be wrong.

I'm not too sure on Coventry but he'll at least get some game time. MK Dons are badly stuck for midfielders with first choice Kasumu possibly out long term with an injury and the guy that replaced him was recalled by Blackpool. He'll more or less be up against Josh McEachran to partner O'Riley in midfield.

League 1 isn't great, but it's miles above any underage standard. Did anyone see Okoflex's goal last night? The state of the defending is abysmal, Okoflex wouldn't even get it as easy as that against Cobh Ramblers.

Idiot, but each to their own I suppose.

Yeh League 1 is a higher higher standard than youth football but I don't think we should be looking at it for regular squad players I don't think. Unless it's to tie players down that might make the step up in future. Really the standard is poor, a bit like the SPL. We have enough players between PL and Championship.

Like fair enough if you want to get a tattoo to mark something like your debut or first goal I assume, because he hasn't worn 44 since his debut season you could get something small like the date rather than going all out and getting a full portrait of the moment.

Best guess is it's something to do with most young kids playing football dream of becoming a footballer. The kids in the tattoo probably something to do with Connolly making that dream come through or whatever.

I've seen worse, but it's a poor tattoo for someone that has money to burn. Could easily afford to fly in someone whose actually good and get it done if you wanted something like that rather than something smaller.

Not the brightest lamp is he? Jayus!

He’s on 25k a week is he?

a lad who isn’t bright, has bad taste, associates flashness with coolness and has a large bank balance will make these decisions.

Doherty did well when he came on for spurs !

It's gone so far I don't think he could ever get the fans back on his side.

All a bit harsh on Connolly , who cares about his taste in tattoo's

Yes he has struggled to get into a top 10 premier league side's staring 11 this season but not sure nay other Irish striker would fair any better,

The lads has got loads talent & hopefully if he can play regularly at Boro he will turn his career around,

It's a very good move. As you said they're a ball playing team and they're a team whose midfield has been hit hard this month. Along with Robson, and O'Riley leaving they're also without Kasumu through injury whose normally first choice but has been unlucky with injuries this season. Of all the midfielders they have Devoy would be most like O'Riley so he won't be brought over just to add depth to midfield imo.

Biggest worry with Devoy moving to the UK has always been finding a team that suits the way he plays and has probably found the perfect team in MK Dons ATM. Though it might take him awhile to get up to speed as he hasn't played a competitive game in two months.

Finn being linked to Eintracht Frankfurt. Would make sense as I believe he's out of contract this Summer, also I'm not sure he really looks suited to Spanish football either.

Frankfurt supporters seem to think his name is hilarious.

Thought he looked comfortable. Did whatever he was asked to do well. Good save to tip onto the bar early on. Certainly not out of his depth.

One decent save from a Martinelli hit around 70 minutes and dealt well with set pieces. Good night's work for him.

Missed that and live score only had Arsenal down as having the one shot on target. So assumed nothing happened for the few minutes I missed. Good night all round for him with the clean sheet.

Only for he stayed at Liverpool this season to be number 2 I still feel he would have been picked to start for us in September. And as good as Travers is playing with Bournemouth he's still third choice at the moment because the other two are better with the ball at their feet as well as sweeping up balls in behind.

Though Bazunu had a couple of hairy moments in two games for us was it. One where he took out the Qatar player I think it was and the other was against Serbia were he missed the ball.

Its going to be very intreating to see who's road turns out to be the better one,

Bazunu on loan playing every week or Kelleher staying around top class players & playing the odd time ,

I feel Bazunu is the better shot stopper but Kelleher is better on the ball & at one on ones,

Remember Kelleher is a late starter in goal keeping so although different ages they are probably as the same stage of the path to being a top keeper,

Sugarman might know more about him but not sure Bazunu had the trials in England like a lot of young players did. Only thing that shows up is Celtic had him over for a trial but looks like he had his Rovers debut before this happened and would have been under contract. Probably didn't want to pay the fee City paid in the end.

Think there was talk too that finishing his education in Ireland before moving was something his family wanted. Rovers were paying for him to attend Ashfield College. Alan Browne was similar apparently. Had contract offers at 16 but his family wanted him to finish his education which is why he signed with Cork for a couple of years before moving over after completing his LC.

Hard to tell really. We haven't seen much of Kelleher, he's only played five more games at club level than Bazunu has at international level so it's difficult to judge who'll go further in their career.

I’m going on asking him on Instagram years back had he been on trials and he said “a few”, didn’t specify beyond that.

for kelleher three year back I heard second hand that the fai coaches really saw him as a different level to what they usually came across.

I think he’s young and could turn it around. Open minded about his prospects though I would guess he won’t make it in the premier league as he’s small for his position. I need to see him more but I also doubt the variety in his game. If he came through in the decades previous he would surely be an out and out winger not a centre forward.

I watched him vs Reading. He was ok. Missed a big chance when he got space in the box.

I also think he gives off the air of a flash bellend.