Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Clean sheet for Bazunu against Bournemouth this evening. Travers still having to settle for a place on the bench. I really think he has to push for a move in January.

Sinclair Armstrong got his first start tonight in what could be Michael Beales last game before he gets the Wolves job. Played 60 mins and won QPR the penalty for the first goal which resulted in Cardiff having a man sent off.

Gavin Bazunu also got his first clean sheet tonight with Southampton beating Bournemouth 1-0.

Wigan were battered but Keane scored his sixth in league converting a McClean corner.

Similar Scott Hogan just scored his sixth in the league too.

Great representation of Pats lads there. Well done to Ger O’Brien and the Pats academy.

ok I guess since all LOI clubs have to have youth teams, ucd weren’t going to get an exception.

The national leagues is probably the best thing that's happened to football in Dublin and forcing DDSL clubs to start working with LOI. Was always gonna benefit the Dublin clubs more than the regional clubs but anything that sees the DDSL brought down a few pegs is a positive.

Finished 4-0 in the end to Ireland. They've mixed up the second and third scorers with Naj Razi scoring the second and Mason Melia the third.

Here we go! Need a good draw! Need B

BOOM ! 😁

know nothing of the teams here, but looks as tho Ireland should be well happy with their group !

Group A probably be just as good - I'm guessin' 🤣

And had we not qualifed directly we would have been in that play off group which was drawn with USA and Holland.

Getting to play in the opening game should be amazing and probably be a 42k sell out. Hopefully it's on at a good time, and being match two hopefully it's a 7pm kick off making it 10am here.

It's a group that will see teams taking points off everyone and everyone will be wanting to avoid second place with the runners up likely to be playing England who'll win their group. For anyone down there if we do make it out of the group the games will remain in Australia. Final group game against Nigeria is in Brisbane, and if we win the group it's back to Sydney for the last 16 and we'll remain in Brisbane for the last 16 if we finish second.

Pity the Nigeria game is last as that might be a dead rubber. The Australia game will be a great occasion at least. Hopefully we can at least nick a point from the first two.

Yep he deserves a look in November but hard to see Kenny having the balls

If I were him I'd rest the likes of Coleman, Mcclean, Hendrick, Duffy and bring in some of the u21 lads. Azaz, Smallbone, Coventry, Hodge (England still an option for him, same with Smallbone)

Is he not 22 now and will be overage

I think Smallbone and probably Azaz at this stage deserve a callup. Smallbone had a good 21 campaign, playing regularly in the championship and has played in the PL already at a young age. Azaz is playing very well and hard to ignore the form. Both playing at a higher level than Hourihane right now.

Don't know if Hodge or Coventry deserve a cap but we do badly need an alternative to Cullen, which both these lads would provide. If Hodge keeps getting gametime for Wolves he will be hard to ignore.

Callum Robinson stupidly gets himself sent off in the 7th minute of the South Wales derby after hitting a Swansea player in the face with the ball.

Still no Ryan Manning for Swansea, and Obafemi should have made it 1-0.

Poor result for the U17s and will likely lead to a poor seeding for elite round.

FAI have today terminated the contract with JACC Sports who provided the kits for Umbro. Interesting that this has come so soon after the recent ruling regarding JD and the emails or it's just a massive coincidence.

Probably still wear the current kits for next months friendlies but they'll likely have, or will want to at least have someone thing sorted by the start of the qualifiers. Hoping myself that we go back to O'Neills as the kit suppliers.

Puma in the running apparently....Umbro rejected the termination and seeking legal advice.

I wonder why they cancelled the contract, seems a strange thing to do. Recent gear was fairly nice, you'd have thought they would let them get to the end of their contract. O'Neills, Adidas, Hummel, Nike would all be good to decent. Would not fancy Puma at all.

JACC Sports are getting legal advice rather than taking legal action. Action may come but can't see the FAI cutting ties unless certain there'd be no legal ramifications.

JACC Sports have been around awhile when the gravy train was in full flow and got a handy six year contract before JD walked. New lad Jonathan Hill probably feels they can get a better deal, especially with the women's team going to a major tournament and Jacc Sports are probably raging that a handy gig they've had while JD was running the show is coming to an end sooner than they thought.

Travers on for Bourne

Randolph also on the bench with the other keeper which prob says their down players rather than their on merit. Unfortunately.

A mate of mine was telling me the termination of the contract is a legacy JD issue but also the current preferred shirt sponsor is a sportswear company. No idea if it's true or not but, he normally fairly reliable

Second choice would be Adidas if they had any interest given the good retro range kits they could make. Probably wouldn't buy another jersey as I don't think anything will top the first sponsor less kits but would pick up a retro jersey.

His account is gone I think and hasn't posted in a few months.