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Luis Amor Rodriguez
Liam Brady Joined: 19 Sep 2016 Location: Harchester Status: Online Points: 1646 |
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Finally, wearing green-tinted glasses, isn't England's general tolerance/welcoming of immigration impressive to see when the assist for the equaliser was provided by a Keira Walsh, and the winner was scored by a Chloe Kelly? Not unlike the men's Euro 2022 team of Kane, Grealish, Rice, Philips etc. One gets the impression that they don't really care who you are or where you or your ancestors are from - it's just a question of are you the best person for the job.
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Online Points: 9485 |
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50% of the Irish team being black/mixed race despite them not making up 50% of the country's population indicates that being a black/mixed race man is not a barrier to entry into Irish mens football - it indicates that there is, at the least, an equality of opportunity here for black/mixed race men to rise to the top if they are indeed the best players available. That is a good thing. No one is "targeting skin colour", but your approach intends to try and ignore it entirely. It is exactly the same approach used by the "all lives matter"/"not all men"/etc movements and at its heart it is an entirely dishonest tactic of attempting to discredit the issues faced by certain groups in society through whataboutery and distraction. By refusing to acknowledge an issue, you doom it to continue indefinitely. That is oppressive, not progressive. To use your example that focusing on encouraging involvement among ethnic minority females somehow ignores other underprivileged groups, you first have to ask if these other underprivileged groups are facing the same representational issues as females from ethnic minorities. In the cases of Irish and British football, it is blindingly obvious that that they do not - in fact a disproportionate number of our countries players over the years have come from working class, urban areas. So your argument is a complete false equivalence - underprivileged areas need more help with a lot of things, but access into playing sport is not one of them.
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We're decent enough..
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J89
Ray Houghton Joined: 25 Mar 2018 Status: Offline Points: 3542 |
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Training sqaud for the U19s was named. Ronan Maher called into the training squad and must be the first squad Luke Pearce has been for awhile. Few LOI players and Zefi also called in.
Goalkeepers: Reece Byrne (Bohemians), Jacob Cowler (Luton Town), Noah Jauny (Stades Brestois), Owen Mason (Mansfield Town) Defenders: Samuel Aladesanusi (Kerry FC), Billy Brooks (Lincoln City), John Clarke (Reading), Darragh Dunne (St. Patrick’s Athletic), James Golding (Oxford United), Liam McAlinney (Leicester City), Harry Nevin (Preston North End), Aaron O’Reilly (Aston Villa), Justin Osagie (Celtic), John Ryan (UCD), Harvey Warren (Waterford), Eric Yoro (Bolton Wanderers) Midfielders: Frankie Dean (Burnley), Daniel Idiakhoa (Luton Town), Ronan Arjun Maher (Walsall), Mikey McCullagh (Galway United), Ed McJannett (Luton Town), James McManus (Bohemians), Harry Vaughan (Oldham Athletic), Forwards: Tommy Lonergan (UCD), Matthew McCarrick (Athlone Town), Dara McGuinness (Stoke City), Jamie Mullins (Bohemians), Mark O’Mahony (Cork City), Luke Pearce (Southampton), Kevin Zefi (Inter Milan) |
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Fozz
Liam Brady Joined: 08 Oct 2019 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 2239 |
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Zefi bumped from the 17's again.
Some new names there also. Mullins at Bohs is touted to leave when he turns 18 in September, with Brighton said to be circling. Hope they have him under contract. Maher made his senior debut already in L2. Some attacking options there between Pearce, Mullins, O'Mahony and then Zefi. |
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Technical_method
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Brighton seems to have a good network of scouts in ireland and go in for the premium young lads coming though such as ferguson and moran
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Eoink21
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John Morling might be the answer you are looking for. He was academy manager at Brighton before allegedly being sacked for a COVID breach.
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J89
Ray Houghton Joined: 25 Mar 2018 Status: Offline Points: 3542 |
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Zefi would be overage for the U17s this season. The U19s play their qualifiers end of September so don't know whether they'll get have a couple of friendlies before the qualifiers. |
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BigStrongMan
Robbie Keane Just Modding Like Joined: 22 May 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 107597 |
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Daragh Dunne was with Cherry Orchards “B” team all the way up. Absolutely delighted for him. Hard work will get you there
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KingKenny
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Using entire population statistics is a bit disingenuous. The older generation would tend to be much less multicultural than the generation that is actually being picked. Either way I would argue that you're not the right person and this is not the right place to declare that there's no problem and everything is fine.
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Online Points: 9485 |
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Osagie is an interesting one, just signed for Celtic from West Ham and the only references online are to him being eleigible for England and Nigeria. I'm not sure whether his situation is similar to Shodipo and Obafemi or if he has an Irish parent.
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We're decent enough..
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KingKenny
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My two favourite Irish prospects. The English WNT and HH's denial of racism existing.
Always the same few derailing every thread.
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houghton88
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I'd like to add comment to this without turning it into a race debate or anything other than what it is. A general wondering. In Ireland, in particular there are very few young girls of African descent playing football. From nurserys, to school girl teams, to underage and senior internationals. I would be involved to an extent as my daughter has been playing for years and is involved with underage international set up too so I have seen it myslef. There are a handful of these girls playing in comparison to the boys who when you look at underage LOI teams, top schoolboy clubs and senior are very well represented. Why is this I often wonder? Is it a cultural or religious thing like the movie Bend it like Beckham touched on? Why do these families not allow girls the same opportunities as their brothers. Genuine question throwing it out there if anyone has any insight.
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Greenie50
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Not sure if it's legit, but I see Ryan Johansson being linked with a loan move to La Liga side Cadiz FC.
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Bandwagon
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The only source I see any mention of this is from a 4 day old fan made Cadiz twitter account with less than a dozen tweets. I'd take it with a whole silo of salt.
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amccarten313
Davey Langan Joined: 29 Mar 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 982 |
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haven't heard the name in awhile but wonder if shane flynn from leicester will go on loan at some point/leave for first team football? i know he was academy player of the year 2020/21 season and signed a new contract but seems like he has never figured for their first team after making the bench a few times back then. saw hes featured a bit in preseason, turns 21 in october, loan move seems like the right answer
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You Tell Me
Jack Charlton Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6773 |
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Flynn seemed to go backwards badly last year. Stopped getting picked in Leicester squads, lost his place in the Ireland Under 21 setup. Could be one that just falls away unless he can turn things around fairly quickly.
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Scissors Kick
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Didn't an injury wipe most of last season for him after making the bench for EL games the season before ?
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You Tell Me
Jack Charlton Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6773 |
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No. He was involved with Leicester's Under 23s throughout last season, so no significant injury. He just wasn't being picked for the Leicester senior squad. |
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