Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

He'll definitely grab it I think. Took the risk of leaving Cork who were the second best team in the country at the time and had just won the FAI cup to join Limerick for first team football.

Would have gotten a move to the UK even if he stayed with Cork. Backed himself that he'd be good enough to still get his move playing for a weaker team.

I would be shocked

Liverpool lost two competitions in large part to having a poor goalkeeper. The champions league final to Real and the quarter final to atletico. If they trust kelleher which they really seem to do I don’t think they would be interested in selling. unfortunately they might not be interested in loaning him out either unless they have an offer to recall him which seems to have gone out of fashion.

if kelleher wants to move in the summer it will of come out of nowhere. Being at Liverpool right now is a privileged position to be at that might not be compensated by being no. 1 at another club and have a better chance of being no. 1 for Ireland.

Danny Ward is hardly a good example is he?

Better to be a #2 at one of Europe's top teams to one of the best goalies in World football than to be #2 at the likes of Leicester surely. Ward's career hasn't progressed at all.

I see him going to the championship at best on loan. Cant see a championship team paying 15-20 million for him based on 7 or 8 games. No point swapping the Pool bench for a mid table PL bench either.

The U21s will be without Ebosele (family issues), Smallbone (illness), and Ferguson (injury). Probably why Darragh Burns and Killian Phillips were brought in the other day. Joe Redmond was called up yesterday when that news broke which seemed weird at the time.

Though Kenny Kids tweeting this morning that Crawford has confirmed that he'll also be without Eiran Cashin who misses the game due to paperwork issues. His international clearance hasn't come through in time and Redmond was to replace him.

Unless Kelleher can get a loan move and play 40-50 games in a season while being consistent its hard to see any PL taking a risk on him as a no1 in the medium term. He cant afford to go somewhere either and sit on the bench for 2 years. I think the lad would be best served looking for a club in the championship where he would be number 1 and playing football. Travers has developed massively this season from being number 1 and playing every week. Possibly going to be a PL number 1 next season all going well. Hes younger than caomhin too but has 70 games played already in his career.

In saying that maybe he is happy at Pool and being number 2. So be it if he is and best of luck to him of thats the case. But his international prospects will be affected if Buzunu and Travers are playing regularly, especially if Travers is in the PL.

Brighton could do a lot worse than make a move for Kelleher. Would fit in with the style of football they play.

You realise that Brighton have one of the best young goalies in the PL / Europe. A spanish international at 24 with over 100 games as a pro. That would be an atrocious move to be honest. A good move for Brighton as a number 2, a shocking poor move for Kelleher though.

They do, because if he's one of the best young goalies then the standard must be low. And his one cap for Spain came as a sub in the 74th minute when Spain were beating Georgia 4-0.

Unchanged match day squad. Disappointed we won't get a look at Ronan this window. Think this will be the team he'll name:

..........................Kelleher

..............Collins - Duffy - Egan

Doherty - Browne - Cullen - Manning

...........Ogbene - Keane - Robinson

Think Collins will get a start ahead of O'Shea who hasn't played much since coming back from injury. Wouldn't be surprised to see both Ogbene and Robinson start again and not sure which one Parrott would replace if he was to start. Possibly Robinson letting Ogbene get another start to keep his momentum going.

Yeah don't know what to make of the move, kinda 50/50 on it. Gardner Hickman seems to be ahead of him at the moment starting the last four games in midfield.

Surely would be a back three. That midfield three is made up of three lads that prefer playing as 6s.

Can see it being similar to how the senior team line up with Kilkenny and Coventry as the midfield two with Tierney and O'Neill supporting Mipo.

Finished 2-2 in the 17s final game. Were 2-0 down at half time and could have finished second if they won 3-2. Portugal battered Finland 9-1.

Mistake from the Swedish defender, but Tierney was lively enough to pounce.

We're defending well, but our ball retention is terrible. The problems start with Maher who looks a good shot stopper, but has struggled with the kicking. Other than Bagan, who tried 1-2 times to bring the ball out from the back, the defence has been forced to play it back to the keeper most of the time. No one seems to have the confidence to step out of defence and find a midfielder, it's all back to the keeper who generally gives it straight back to the Swedes. It's a really shame Cashin had to pull out of the squad, this backline is crying out for someone with the ability to play the ball.

Kilkenny's looked the most assured of the midfielders, very few mistakes and is always looking to try and play the ball forward. Coventry as usually putting in a huge shift. In fairness we've pressured them well and prevented them from creating too much.

Lads up front looking fairly isolated unfortunately. Odubeko hasn't linked up play once from what I can remember. Tierney has done a bit better, but has been slack at times. O' Neill has gotten into some nice positions, but has always had to beat 2-3 men at any given time he has the ball.

The level of football a lad is playing at for his club being neither here nor there is a new one on me. I know a few lads playing in the DDSL at the moment. One has scored 30 goals in 26 games. Sure hes a shoe in if thats the case.

Im being flip of course.

If Bazunu is league 1 next year, which i doubt, then a GK playing in the PL of course would have to be given serious consideration.

To say the level of football these lads are playing at for clubs doesnt matter is reductive and non sensical.

Goalkeeper is probably the position where it matters a bit less but its still a big deal. I would take playing D1 over bench warning PL though.

If he is playing League 1 and the other player is a PL number 1 i think there will be a decision to make. That said i dont think Bazunu will be League 1. He will hopefully get a championship move next season to continue his development.

Yeh the approach is a bit off putting.

Throw in the fact you gotta listen to Kenny Cunningham and Peter Collins I think it is and it feels like nails on a chalkboard.