Festy Ebosele

He is only 20 playing in one of the Top 5 Leagues in Europe. If he was getting the same minutes for a Brighton/Brentford in the Prem, I think we would all be a bit more excited by his progress. Seems to be going the right way for him in that at least he's getting minutes and is in the manager's thoughts. I think he is unlikely to be called up for the senior squad in March anyway. It will be interesting to see if he will commit to the U21 campaign, at least for the opening fixtures in the Autumn. Who knows he may have broken in to the senior team by then, particularly as Udinese are a selling club who will likely lose players in the summer.

Huge development this.... He dribbled passed a player!! 

Young lad goes from a struggling Champ team to a decent Seria A team, has to learn a new language and adapt to a new culture and is getting first-team gamtime in his first season there.

It's a success story for sure.

I'd say he's an outside bet for the squad.

If you're good enough to play in Serie A, albeit as a sub, then you're definitely good enough for Ireland right now.

The only counter argument I think is valid, is that we are well covered at RB, and so it might be better for his development to keep playing with the U21s.

The standard is incredibly poor compared to the type of game you might see between two mid table Premier league sides.