Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Not so far. But he does have a strong link to us though. A few average loan spells might take him off their radar hopefully.

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£1.5m according to the BBC. Surprised it's a transfer and not a loan signing. Was definitely the best option for him over Bristol and Burnley if they were interested. More likely to break into the Cardiff starting XI and might get his chance Saturday if O'Dowda is still out.

Connolly and Ebosele have different agents and still say Eboseles move was for Watford to avoid paying compensation. Connolly's agent does have some links in Italy and represents some of the young Scottish lads that have moved over there in recent years.

Remember watching John Ryan playing school boy football in Limerick and the best thing he ever did was join St Kevin's. Would have chosen GAA over Soccer if he stayed in Limerick. Squad player at UCD so why not jump at the chance to train full time in a professional set up at a Serie A club for the next year or two. Worst that will happen is he'll probably return back to the LoI a better player.

Not sure how ITK the lad is. Think he knows people close to the younger lads. Can't see a move happening this late except possibly Stoke. If Alex Neill was scouting him at Sunderland but couldn't sign him.

Burnley have already brought in a few new lads so Knight would be adding to a bloated squad and Norwich spent good money on two Brazilian midfielders while being well stocked in midfield.

Daniel McDonnells article says he's represented by David Berber who founded DB Sports Tour so would have a ton of links around the world. Could be scouts that watched him here. Played with the 19s this summer which included Italian based Zefi, Abankwah, and others like Ferizaj and Curtis which have been scouted by Italian clubs.

Be interesting to see if Kurzawa can get a sniff at Fulham if he joins.

Silva is pretty wed to the back 4 that got promotion, none of Mbabu, Diop or Duffy have made starts yet.

Does Doherty count towards the home grown quota for the UK. Might be why they're keeping him around as they don't have many players that meet the quota.

Burnley signing another defender on loan, Jordan Beyer who plays CB and can play RB. Probably pushes McNally, who can't make a squad, further down the pecking order while also being the defender they spent the most money on. Others are loan signings, a youth player on a free from City and a RB they spent 900k on.

Also brought Turkish international Halil Dervisoglu in on loan from Brentford which might cool any interest they had in Obafemi this window.

Dendoncker is on his way to Villa so looks like Connor Ronan will probably spend the season at Wolves as fourth choice unless they make some signings which is unlikely.

And if roles were reversed Irish fans wouldn't give two **** if Neto was the one dropped and Travers given a chance.

I think they have used Mark in this regard before. He'd be better off looking for a move to the Championship and going somewhere assured of being first choice. I get him being dropped if he had been at fault for the goals but that's not the case. All the same I think if Dyche gets the job he has the ability to keep them up. I'm not sure he'll fancy Neto either to be honest.

I think if Craig Dawson joins Wolves it will be great for Nathan Collins. He has been a legend at West Ham in a brief two seasons. Does a lot of the donkey work and would be a great combo with Nathan.

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No draws get the job done tonight

Last minute transfer sees Anthony Scully join Wigan.

Especially if neto lets in a lot of goals again a weak side. Id say Mark will get another chance. Strange club though. They signed Tavernier to strengthen their team. Ffs. Hopefully a new manager will prefer Mark.

Travers is just not PL level. Always has silly mistakes in him and loses confidence. Stephen Kenny seems to like talking him up.

But my suspicion is it is to try and give him confidence. Thankfully with Bazunu and Kelleher for Ireland the likelihood of Travers starting is lessened.

Travers consistently does it though. And has caused chaos in goal for Ireland in games. I don’t rate him. Especially considering the alternatives Ireland have. Wouldn’t be surprised if Neto permanently took the Bournemouth no1 spot from him. And Travers would be looking for a loan move etc.

Well you only have to look at his Ireland appearances. Plus PL form with his club. Ok keepers make mistakes. But Travers is prone to awful errors.

Then you have to look how he reacts after he makes an error. He crumbles unlike say Bazunu.

Also Bazunu and Kelleher have confident body language composure. The exact opposite of Travers IMO.

I dare say outside of this season and his 3 Ireland appearances he hasn't watched Travers, so he has zero evidence to back up his "consistently" comment.

Would cut him some slack given the back three we had ahead of him that day and playing a Serbia team that looked much better under a new manager.

Pretty sure Bazunu made a couple of mistakes in the other two games that window but wouldn't be scurtinised like Travers was because it was a 1-0 loss and 1-1 draw.

Owners don't want to spend the money like they did the last time they were in the league. They seem content with being a yo-yo club for the time being and getting that TV money plus parachute payments. Neto wasn't even their first choice target with Henderson going to Forest because they paid his wages in full, nearly double what Neto was getting, and loan fees more than likely.

Some rubbish being spouted here.