Under 19s lost 0-3 to France, also at home. Team for that was:
Shane Redmond - Nottingham Forest
Michael Spillane - Norwich City
Danny Earls - Aston Villa
Laurence Gaughan - Celtic
Garry Breen - Manchester City
Kurtis Byrne - Hibernian
Michael Daly - Manchester City
James Berrett - Huddersfield Town
Donal McDermott - Manchester City
Paul Cahillane - Celtic
Ian Daly - Manchester City
We have really shit results at underage levels these days.
Wexford’s Paul Murphy put Ireland 1-0 up against France in the U-17 European Championships earlier today but they ended up losing 2-1 to a last gasp goal.
Under 21 Squad for games against Bulgaria and Portugal
Stephen Henderson - Bristol City
Shane Redmond - Nottingham Forest
Seamus Coleman - Sligo Rovers
Eddie Nolan - Blackburn Rovers
Darren Dennehy - Cardiff City
Simon Madden - Shamrock Rovers
Ian Bermingham - UCD
Michael Spillane - Norwich City
James McCarthy - Hamilton Academical
Michael Liddle - Sunderland
Stephen Gleeson – Stockport County
Jimmy Ryan - Accrington Stanley
Owen Garvan - Ipswich Town
James Berrett - Huddersfield Town
Keith Treacy - Blackburn Rovers
Alan Judge - Blackburn Rovers
Sean Scannell - Crystal Palace
Cillian Sheridan - Celtic
[quote=“therock67”]Under 21 Squad for games against Bulgaria and Portugal
Stephen Henderson - Bristol City
Shane Redmond - Nottingham Forest
Seamus Coleman - Sligo Rovers
Eddie Nolan - Blackburn Rovers
Darren Dennehy - Cardiff City
Simon Madden - Shamrock Rovers
Ian Bermingham - UCD
Michael Spillane - Norwich City
James McCarthy - Hamilton Academical
Michael Liddle - Sunderland
Stephen Gleeson Stockport County
Jimmy Ryan - Accrington Stanley
Owen Garvan - Ipswich Town
James Berrett - Huddersfield Town
Keith Treacy - Blackburn Rovers
Alan Judge - Blackburn Rovers
Sean Scannell - Crystal Palace
Cillian Sheridan - Celtic
No Darron Gibson.[/quote]
Is that because of disagreement with IFA? If so its a disgrace.
[quote=“therock67”]Under 21 Squad for games against Bulgaria and Portugal
Stephen Henderson - Bristol City
Shane Redmond - Nottingham Forest
Seamus Coleman - Sligo Rovers
Eddie Nolan - Blackburn Rovers
Darren Dennehy - Cardiff City
Simon Madden - Shamrock Rovers
Ian Bermingham - UCD
Michael Spillane - Norwich City
James McCarthy - Hamilton Academical
Michael Liddle - Sunderland
Stephen Gleeson Stockport County
Jimmy Ryan - Accrington Stanley
Owen Garvan - Ipswich Town
James Berrett - Huddersfield Town
Keith Treacy - Blackburn Rovers
Alan Judge - Blackburn Rovers
Sean Scannell - Crystal Palace
Cillian Sheridan - Celtic
How’s Owen Garvan doign these days? They expected big things of him after his first season at Ipswich but I think he got some kind of a virus after that and was out for a long time.
Think Gibson has just been left out, probably injury that hasn’t been reported yet because he’s been on the bench for United in the EPL. Nothing to do with the IFA stuff as far as I know.
Garvan is back to form I think. He was held-up by a sickness alright but he’s over that now. Garvan, McCarthy and Gibson are three very good central midfielders to have at that level and that’s a key position for us to develop.
Glad to see Sheridan getting into the squad. He’s had a terrible run of injuries with Celtic and missed most of the pre-season which is a pity because Strachan clearly likes him.
Irish squad for Under 19 European Championships which starts on 20th July.
Samir Carruthers - Aston Villa
Matt Doherty - Wolverhampton Wanderers
John Egan - Sunderland
Kane Ferdinand - Southend United
Anthony Forde - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Jeff Hendrick - Derby County
Kevin Knight - N/A
Aaron McCarey - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sean McDermott - Arsenal
Conor Murphy - Bray Wanderers
Sean Murray - Watford
John O’ Sullivan - Blackburn Rovers
Anthony O’Connor - Blackburn Rovers
Joe Shaughnessy - Aberdeen
Connor Smith - Watford
Declan Walker - Wrexham
Eoin Wearen - West Ham United
Derrick Williams - Aston Villa
Surprised how few of those I’ve heard of.
Looking up the page above we have a fairly miserable record at bringing through young players. There’s an Under 19 team mentioned above, some of whom are familiar but none of whom have made any sort of impact in professional soccer really.
I try and follow the underage teams as much as I can but I too know hardly any of those lads. About 5 maybe.
Of that U-19 above, I know Berrett has done well at League 1 level and Huddersfield have just signed ex-Man City man Donal McDermott, he’s a good player for the future if he stays injury free. Don’t know much about most of the rest. Ian Daly went to Cyprus or something? I’d say most of the rest are knocking around the lower leagues/LOI?
I’m not sure what the answer is…maybe more of them should stay home? Certainly Daniel Kearns had the right idea leaving West Ham for the LOI rather than going playing for Hartlepool or somewhere. He’s linked with a move back to England now. Player improves with first-team games rather than reserve team football. Seems simple enough, really.
While the domestic league attracts plenty of warranted criticism the standards of coaching look to be much higher than they were years ago. Obviously the playing standards have a bit of catching up to do but I think it’s certainly possible to develop as a young player in the Airtricity League. It’s not too long since there was a perception that if you were still in the league at 20 then you were finished.
A goal after 2 minutes but the Greeks equalised two minutes later. Half hour gone. Disappointing lack of hype about this game, particularly given the potential for IMF related puns.
