Heās really developed as a player.
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Heās cut the bloopers out at just the right time
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We were right to highlight them, its improved him.
Iron sharpens iron.
yep- 100%
Flying it 
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Where they all amateur players?
Josh Cullen stretchered off in the Burnley - Everton match. Some speculation that he twisted his knee.
Damn. Underrated but would be a big loss for us
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Either Amateur or purely LOI players
Confirmed as cruciate knee ligament so will miss the big upcoming game(s).
Fuck.
Would be doing well to be back in time for the World Cup.
9 months at best. Thatās a massive blow for us.
Fuuuuuck. He has been brilliant for us lately.
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Sad to read that. Thatās probably him done as a top level guy. Lovely little player, just lacked a bit of athleticism. Good player for Ireland over the piece and was forced to contend with some absolute simpletons.
Molumby is huge now. The two never had a chance with Kenny asking them to do stupid shit club managers would kill them for.
GavBaz off to Stoke on loan
Will Rovers be in for another payday?
No fear of that treacherous fucker at Liverpool doing likewise when the chance was there
CHELSEA ACADEMY MIDFIELDER Chris Atherton has completed a transfer from Northern Ireland to represent the Republic of Ireland, Fifa have confirmed.
Atherton, who hails from Armagh and will turn 18 in October this year, joined the Chelsea academy from Glenavon last summer. Described by the Chelsea website as a quick and clever winger, Atherton made headlines by making his senior debut with Glenavon at the age of 13, therefore becoming the youngest player ever to make a first-team appearance across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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At 13 years and 329 years old, he was just 10 days older than the player who holds the global record, Souleymane Mamam, who played for Togo in a World Cup qualifier against Zambia in May 2001 at 13 years and 319 days.
The Irish FA subsequently amended rules to mandate that a player must turn 16 by the end of the relevant season to play first-team football,.
Having been courted by several clubs including Manchester City, Atherton joined Chelsea last summer, signing a first professional contract on his 17th birthday a couple of months after first moving to London.
Atherton grew up playing Gaelic football with Maghery Sean MacDermottās in Armagh, before focusing fully on football with Glenavon. He has been capped 11 times by Northern Irelandās U17s, but has now completed paperwork to tie himself with the FAI and is eligible to be selected by an Irish squad straight away, and may be included in the Irish U19 squad for European Championship qualifiers next month.
Atherton made 32 senior appearances for Glenavon in all, 20 of which came in the Premiership, across which he scored once.
In October 2023, Atherton attended the announcement at Uefa HQ of the co-hosting of Euro 2028 across Ireland and Britain as the appointed āfootball youth ambassadorā for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland have subsequently lost out on their co-hosting duties as Casement Park will not be redeveloped in time.