Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

And have of those goals have come in three games against Spurs on the opening day, Man City, and now Newcastle. Looking like Luton's Nathan Jones is the favourite to get the job and for me that screams they want someone whose cheap and will do the job on a shoestring budget.

What Jones will give you you'll get with Sean Dyche and someone whose much more experienced but is likely to want a budget to sign his own players. Can see them wanting to sound out Jones as someone who'll come in and work with the players there.

It's a pity he never hits one of these purple patches when we've got an important international window. He'll surely get off the mark and score his first Ireland goal next week. Though if the FAI weren't stingy and had goal line technology at the Aviva he'd have gotten off the mark at home to Scotland.

Another reason for the possible late naming of squads is this isn't an official international window and clubs don't have to release players. No Celtic players in the Scotland squad and Clark has said clubs don't have to release players this window and that's why there's no one from Celtic in it.

Could have an impact on us with Knight and Hourihane being refused from Derby as League One doesn't break, and Ogbene just back from injury Rotherham mightn't risk him over Washington and Kelly out injured.

Hodge, Ronan, and Coventry all getting starts tonight in the cup. Wonder if it will be enough for any of them to convince Kenny of a call up. Think Coventry might have a chance because of the lack of back up to Cullen, but a big performance from one the Wolves' lads might temp Kenny.

Killian Phillips, Andy Moran, and Evan Ferguson are named on the benches tonight for Palace and Brighton.

Kelleher saved 3 pens in the shootout

Duffy's exclusion possibly a big statement that he'll need to leave Fulham in January. No Ryan Manning again. Smallbone gets his first call up and Jamie McGrath back in the squad and Derby have possibly blocked Hourihane and Knight. Ferguson gets a call up and think Hodge should have if Ferguson is there.

I'd expect the omission of Manning to be one of the main talking points of his press conference.

I would have preferred to have seen Hodge ahead of McGrath.

I think Ferguson could link up well with either Ogbene or Obafemi. Hopefully see that in one of the games.

Lenihan ahead of Duffy is a good decision. Lenihan has played well for Boro since Carrick was appointed as Boro boss.

Hourihane likely would have been there if Derby didn't block his call up. Similar it seems Duffy isn't there for personal reasons and would have been called up otherwise from Kenny's press conference.

Neil Farrugia, Rory Gaffney, and Brian Maher on standby. Likely to do with them being local rather than next in line to replace lads.

+1 on Hodge.

McClean scored for Wigan

MON comes across as still very bitter and talked some amount of rubbish about how he was perceived.

**** it anyway

Did anyone try the season tickets sale this morning? Was an unmitigated disaster for me

Yep - claimed most of the stadium was available but then said nothing available when I actually clicked on it. Wasted ages, ticketmaster are such a crap company, it's so annoying they have a monopoly

Yes, I gave up in the end. Said loads were available, but couldn't get anything with a child ticket anywhere except up the very back of the 500s, and even then when I tried to select it seemed to keep disappearing. I'll try again the morning of the general release and see if I get lucky. Otherwise it'll be just trying to get tickets in her preferred spot (near one of the goals, close enough that she can watch every move the keepers make!) before each match.

(I wish they'd do a season ticket for the WNT too)

The one Alisson conceded looked worse so just shows even the best keeper in the world is prone to mistakes so wouldn't be too worried about Bazunu.

He'll only be 21 in Feb and learning his trade in one the toughest leagues in the world.

Children disappointed that a player won't be there yeah okay it's understandable but a grown man upset that an opposition player isn't gonna be there is sad. Grown man wishing for a refund, that's worse.

Hope the FAI made their money and are now laughing about it. Also don't think I've seen one ad from the FAI advertising Haaland. Advertising the match but not an opposition player.

He was training with the squad at the Aviva yesterday.

I’m more of an Alexander Sorløth man personally