Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

That’s a fair point. One of the things that I like about Carsley is that, as a young manager, he would be aware that his performance there would have a significant impact on his future career. So I wouldn’t imagine him going back to hoofball or anything -the big question mark is that it’s hard to see how any of his experience to date would make him a good fit in the Ireland setup.

But if he has any ambition at club level I would imagine it’s more that certain that he’d be out of the running regardless. International management is a big time commitment, even a short stint is well over 2 years - and considering we won’t be demanding WC qualification then it’s likely over 4 years. Even where he is now in the Euros will have risen his profile enough that possibly a championship club/league 1 would take a punt on him.

That’s outrageous really, but it was the same for France.

The earlier tickets are much better value even if you had to get tickets to 2 games. We got the same seats for Gibraltar and Netherlands for €80 overall.

I would say the best bet now is keep an eye on here or ybig as there’s usually some more reasonably priced tickets a day or so before the game.

Sorry but what boxes does Carsley tick? Like what was mentioned already, he's less experienced than Kenny club wise. Actually no club experience at all. Will look for a club position before entertaining an Ireland job that has to look increasingly dodgy for a man looking to build his career. His relative success is borne out of the fact that he's working with elite level young men, involved with a professional set up that the FAI would have wet dreams over. Carsley would be nuts to entertain the idea of an Ireland job where he'd be on the back foot from the get go, be working with men who are levels below what he's working with now apart from a small number of Irish lads.

I'm on the fence with SK, not a supporter of him at all but the current noise around LC doesn't make sense.

So we have seen Collins, O'Shea, Ogbene and Jack Taylor get good transfers already this summer. Who are we expecting to see next?

Jason Knight hopefully. Unfortunately it's probably gonna be to a lower championship team but it's better than another year stuck in League One. Surprised there's been no links with Luton. Would suit their style of play and would be a cheap signing if they want to be shrewd with their money.

Unfortunately no news on any Kelleher rumours regarding a move, and another City youth keeper with only League One experience has gotten a PL move. Burnley signing James Trafford for £15m.

Rumours around Travers to Luton went cold but similar happened with Ogbene and he was their first signing.

Good to see that Steven Reid has returned to coaching. Great opportunity for him to continue to learn in the PL

It's also the first transfer window where he can legally sign for clubs in England. Think Carr mentioned after his move to Italy that only for Brexit he'd be in England so Italy was a back up option rather than stay in Ireland for those two years.

Always thought going somewhere like Belgium would be better than the big clubs like Inter and only for COVID could have ended up somewhere like PSV where you'd expect his chances of breaking through would be better.

Yeah from watching Irish games I've always been more impressed with Rocco Vata. No doubting that Zefi is a talented kid but Vata comes across more well rounded while Zefi tries to be too fancy at times.

Six year contract with the club having an option for an extra two years. Brentford confirm it's for a club record undisclosed fee.

Thankfully though each move seems better than the last rather than other way round with him moving to lesser clubs each season. Obviously remains to be seen how Brentford will fair this season with Toney missing atm and mightn't start week in week out but would expect Brentford to finish higher than Wolves.

Pity Burnley were forced to sell players last summer because would have been interesting to see how he'd fair in Kompany's Burnley and think they'll surprise a few teams this season.

Perhaps Zefi moving is for the best.

I noticed he hadn't been getting a lot of time at the top youth level (Primavera). Obviously it's going to be ferociously competitive at Inter but it would seem even at youth level there are lads ahead of him.

At 18/19 you'd be hoping this is the season when he could start getting a look in for a senior team.

Not good news for Obafemi as Burnley confirm he picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty and is to miss the start of the season going on reports.

Wolves will be this seasons Leicester

I definitely think Brentford is a better club for Collins than Wolves. Maybe in terms of club size historically they aren't as big but two clubs going in opposite directions I think. Thomas Frank seems a great coach too. The fact that he is their record signing for a club who aren't major spenders suggests they intend on him being a starter sooner or later too.

I thought this was the Republic of Ireland football thread?

Yeah, Lee Carsley won 40 caps for us. He actually played in the World Cup! Briefly though. He seems to be making waves in the managerial world now. Fair play to him.

I think you're right. We've had some successful club managers but I don't recall an Irish manager winning an international trophy. It would be an incredible achievement.

Strange some cant acknowledge the success without bringing Kenny into it.

What's your issue? Getting to a major tournament final is clearly a great achievement.

I think you’re allowed to start your own thread for the next Irish manager discussion. It was derailing this one was the mod’s argument.

Brian Kerr won both the U16 and U18 euros. Massive massive achievements with underdogs.

Well fair play to him anyways. Winning a tournament is a great achievement if he can manage it, always like seeing ex Irish internationals do well.

It’ll be interesting to see what he does after this. I would presume if he is going to try to move to club management it’ll be now, his stock will never be higher then after a successful campaign.

Just on the women, do I get the impression from Katie McCabes comments today that she has issues with her manager going into a World Cup?