Republic of Ireland General Discussion Thread 2024 [use match threads for games]

As per Fabrizio:

Liverpool have agreed personal terms with Giorgi Mamardashvili. He’s keen on the move even spending one or two years elsewhere on loan.

Surely Kelleher sees the writing on the wall and it out of there asap?

Just didn't think it was necessarily to quote?

It's cool, that's your opinion, I've made my point too, I couldn't disagree more

Considering we've scored 19 goals already this campaign or 9 in four matches if you want to remove the San Marino matches and scored 5 in two recent friendlies I think we're doing fairly well with our forwards particularly with the likes of Armstrong and Emakhu scoring regularly. And that's not including Vata and Oko-Flex who are chipping in well. Now there's a long way to go with these players at club level before they should be appearing at senior international level but at U-21 level they're developing nicely. The U-21s are in good shape atm and you want to change the manager?? No thanks, maybe at the end of the campaign if they collapse in the matches in between but not before then.

I disagreeed with your opinion and continue to disagree with it for now. If you weren't happy with my disagreement and suggestions of hyperbole then fair enough. But please do keep up the passive aggressiveness of your posting, it's quite amusing tbh.

Time for Kelleher to put his big boy pants on and push for a move.

Szmodics on his way to Ipswich. Bid accepted. Good move for him.

Szmodics move to Ipswich officially done for £10M.

Szmodics came on for his debut as a second half sub against Liverpool.

Doherty and Smallbone start in the Premier.

While O'Mahoney, Jake O'Brien, Travers, and Omobamidele are all subs.

All three Irish players have now played in the top five tiers of English football after today's debuts. For Jack Taylor he's now played in the top six tiers of English football.

BBC sport reporting that Luton have had a £10M bid accepted for Mark McGuinness. Could be a move that pushes him closer to an Ireland call up.

Wolves the latest team to be linked with a move for Dara O'Shea.

Links are probably click bait but Aaron Connolly has been linked with Celtic. Can't see it happening as they've got Mikey Johnston to fill that squad option role. Even if MJ leaves can't see Celtic bringing a personality like AC to the club.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Ferguson at Brighton this season. They have now signed Rutter from Leeds for £40m so Ferguson could find himself down the pecking order…hopefully not.

Is this the same Cannon we had to cap quickly a year ago because of his imminent England call up for the Euros???

The flag probably won't change until he gets an official call up. O'Shea talked about him when interim manager but believe he was injured. So would assume if fit he'd get a call up with O'Shea still involved.

Doubt anyone here said he needs to be capped asap because England might bring him to the Euros. Any talk was always England were open to bringing him into their U21s.

And on his form at the end of the 22/23 season he did deserve a call up that summer. So wouldn't have been a call up for the sake of call up.

Mark McGuinness has officially signed for Luton. Reported fee is meant to be £10M.

Exactly. On evidence from the last 12 months, Joao Pedro is the best goal scorer at the club so good chance he plays 9. They still have Enciso and March to come back from injury in forward areas as well…Buonnanote gone on loan to Leicester.

I'd say most of the fee is add ons. Arsenal also had a sell on clause so imagine this added a couple of mill to his fee.

Think if Luton are challenging again this season then this move could get him a senior call up. Cardiff as a club aren't going anywhere.

20 years ago it was a laugh and a joke chanting a team of Gary Breens. Now days you could fill the starting XI up with mostly CBs.

O'Shea is certainly heading for the Prem again anyway. Burnley signed Humphries on loan yesterday and are set to sign Worrall today.

God knows where McNally ends up but he needs to get out of Burnley fast, just never gunna get games.

Harry arter was probably the last bastard we had. He’s a similar level of player to Molumby….average.

Edit- McClean and Coleman have a bit of bastard about them to be fair. McClean made the best of what he had, Coleman imo easily our best player of the past 15 years

John Egan training with Burnley.