Privately run clubs can’t really be expected to devote meaningful resources to underage teams. The senior teams are competing for meagre prize money as it is.
What level are players going across to England going to now? How many are going to the top 5,6 clubs at underage level ?
Or the Irish sporting public
We had an Australian investor who is building ours
Hopefully dundalk can do something similar if the Yanks buy them
+1
I was tempted to do a @Steven_Naimsith after that.
But I’ll take that PM please, @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy.
Being 4th seeds and getting to a playoff in a WC campaign isnt bad. MON will be raging over the individual mistakes for the goals…the team arent as bad as tonight looked and it could have genuinely been different had Slab or McLean’s chances went in after Duffys early goal.
We made Denmark look like world beaters which they’re not. Erikson is a lovely player but the room he got, made it easy for him.
Why can’t the FAI copy iceland or whoever and build the bubbles, hire the coaches and commit to developing technically proficiencient players. There seems to be an acceptance that ireland will never produce them and hoofing it and pudnem unda presha will do. 2012 should have been the wake up call, such was the gulf in the class, but The Best Fans In The World are culpable to an extent. Perfectly happy to beat Germany or the Italy B team with mindless hoofing, instead of recognizing the folly and demanding their association develop proper players. As if aping England is the only way to go.
It’s a circle, pal… better infrastructure and investment will attract more fans - grow the league …
agreed @TreatyStones - Limerick trying their hardest with youths but it’s all money
Michael O Neill has done even better with a more limited set of players.
You are also in a league where there generally isn’t transfer fees so no massive incentive to clubs to bring through youths players.
I wish him and his team all the best at the world cup
Agreed
Well inhave never suggested trying to play thru teams.
All those things considered he is still doing an amateur job on them.
There are cleverer ways of using our strengths.
The Italy team ireland beat at Euros was vetter than Denmark
O’Neill has done a decent job but its a bit overrated based on the fact that it is much easier to qualify for the Euros now than it was before he arrived and we have got several slices of luck in his tenure also
Grow the league and you can offer 52 week contracts and get compensation when/if players go to England
Lookit, Stick a knife in every rugby ball, soccer ball, o Neil’s football, basketball and cricket ball and just concentrate on the hurling going forward
Ireland beat Italy’s 2nd team in the Euro’s .
They have fucked it though.
They are now making their decisions on who can make it at 13-14.
Its all done for another 20 years till they realise the mistake they made and other similar sized countries show how its done. Sone already are. Iceland for 1.
Sweden are taking a massively differebt approach. And although not related to success now they had loads of home based players involved yesterday
Only 10/12 countries take soccer seriously and develop and encourage use of the basic skills, Eire is not one of them.
Ya and it was still a far better side than denmark