Declan Rice

http://www.football365.com/news/five-more-fringe-pl-players-who-made-good-cup-impressionsDeclan gets a mention here.

Logically Rice should be called into the squad to train ahead of the games, let him stay at home for Georgia game and then let him come back to train in Dublin ahead of Serbia. Get him integrated into the squad and perhaps let him sit on the bench as an unnamed squad member.

Let him continue his development for the next few weeks / months and if he continues to impress then call him up for the Moldova game with a view to capping him.

He does appear to be a good prospect, but the transfer window isn't even closed yet and I'd say it's likely that West Ham will sign a new midfielder who will probably limit Rices game time.

At this stage of his career he's not going to win us the 6 points we need from these next two games.

Adobolo wrote: Fair enough most people don't want Rice included in the Irish squad at the moment, rather wait until he has 5 years playing experience. I'm just of the opinion that you pick players on form and Declan is one of our top 3 preforming players in the premier league so far this season. Would Portugal have won the Euros if they had waited for Renato Sanchez to play 100 games, they might have but he was their second best player in that tournament at 18 years of age with only 25 senior games. Put Declan in the squad now.

nvidic wrote: Adobolo wrote: Fair enough most people don't want Rice included in the Irish squad at the moment, rather wait until he has 5 years playing experience. I'm just of the opinion that you pick players on form and Declan is one of our top 3 preforming players in the premier league so far this season. Would Portugal have won the Euros if they had waited for Renato Sanchez to play 100 games, they might have but he was their second best player in that tournament at 18 years of age with only 25 senior games. Put Declan in the squad now. It's two games into the season I hope for your wife's sake you don't always get this excited so early

How do you know adobolo is married (or even married to a woman) that is a very insensitive remark to make, cop yourself on

Well if the likes of Wales are calling up Ethan Ampadu to the full squad then there is no excuse why Rice can't get a call up to our 100 man provisional squad. 

grannyrule wrote: Well if the likes of Wales are calling up Ethan Ampadu to the full squad then there is no excuse why Rice can't get a call up to our 100 man provisional squad.

Named in the U21 squad.

pre Madonna wrote: grannyrule wrote: Well if the likes of Wales are calling up Ethan Ampadu to the full squad then there is no excuse why Rice can't get a call up to our 100 man provisional squad.  Wales have also called up Tom Lockyer and Lee Evans from Bristol Rovers and Wigan Athletic. The reason they have called up Ampadu is as much to do with their lack of depth as it is his potential.

Lockyer is club captain at 22. Evans turned 23 only last month and, having suffered a series of injuries, has gone loan to Wigan from Wolves for some first team football. Both are arguably in the squad based on their 'potential'. Coleman could have called up the likes of Matthews, Vaughan and Crofts but chose not to do so. Collins has been omitted in the past.

Notwithstanding the small pool of players they have to choose from, It seems reasonably clear that since Toshack's time, Wales have a deliberate policy of bringing young players into their setup based on their 'potential'. They are also proactive in calling up young duel-qualified players, such as Woodburn, Wilson (both eligible to play for England) Gethin Jones (wanted by Australia) as well as Ampadu (only 16 and obviously also qualifies for Ireland). And it's an approach that appears to have borne fruit - Wales have gone from a bunch of also-rans to a side that reaches the semi-finals of major competitions.

If Rice were Welsh it seems fairly plain he would have been called up for these qualfiers. As probably would Cullen.

Edited by NewtNewbie - 25 Aug 2017 at 7:29pm

Ampadu was called up to the latest Welsh squad at the age of 16. He'll probably get a run out against Moldova