Underage squads: Best Prospects

JoxerDaly wrote: Bandwagon wrote: kevin100 wrote: I’d add Zak Gilsenan into this list too. Has ourselves and Australia as an option but every chance he may declare for us surely. Looks an exceptional prospect. ...I dunno about that “I was born in Australia and they’re the country I have a really good feeling for,” he explained. “I was there until the age of nine, growing up and playing junior football at Sorrento (in Perth). “It would be massive for me to one day play for the Socceroos - and I’m really going to push for that.” He was in a training camp with Ireland 2 months ago. Those comments are lobger from 2 years ago. He has since matured and seen error of his ways

I doubt the manager had anything to do with it to be honest. Celtic seem to pick up a few out of contract youth players from England every summer now. Most disappear within their useless youth system and fall away down the leagues or out of the game completely once they're let go. Every now and then they hit the jackpot with someone like Frimpong, who turned up ready to play first team football and didn't need to be developed at all, but that's much more the exception than the rule.

Edited by You Tell Me - 12 Jul 2021 at 11:15pm

He describes himself as " a proud Irish international " on twitter and waxed lyrical about Italy's victory so I doubt if he would have any notions of defecting to England. Remains to be seen if he can deliver on all that early promise but let's hope so.

Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote: Green Cockade wrote: There was rather more noise about Ryan Cassidy as a young striker at Watford though his loan spell last season at Accrington Stanley was tough for him and he had injuries. He's 20 now so we'll see if he gets a game or two in the PL next season. He may not have endeared himself to some fans by tweeting "It's coming home to Rome!" last night. Funnily enough, he's eligible for England according to this: https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/everton-transfer-news-ryan-cassidy-12636808. He seemed to disappear midway through January. He was apparently injured but I couldn't really find anything specifying what was keeping him out for so long. I wonder if it was just an injury or was there something else at play.

I haven't watched as much LOI or Rovers as normal this season, but I'd be surprised if Liam Scales doesn't end up getting a move away and an international call up at some stage in the future. He has all of the qualities needed to play across the back line and never seems to panic on the ball. There will be a left back slot up for grabs when Enda Stevens retires and I wouldn't be surprised if he has his eyes on it. 

Can't say I've been majorly impressed every time I've seen him. He doesn't strike me as a great ball player and never looks entirely comfortable on the ball imo. Still a young prospect but don't see him being much more than a lower championship player at best.

He was one of the English based lads called up to the Under 19 training squad a few months ago. No clear commitment to any country yet I don't think, but presumably Irish eligible.

Cian Coleman is a very strong Irish name. One could suggest the same for Declan Rice. But Cian is probably one of those names that became more prominent from the 90s onwards so it could be that he has an Irish father. Reaching...