Declan Rice

i think he should of been named in the squad by o neil..this boy is highly thought of...dont want his head turned by England

as i have said before the game has changed and players attitude and priorities also...like everything in life money rules..if he is going to be the player we hope he will be ...then the longer we dont cap him the greater risk we have of losing him to England...what do you think his agent will be saying?..that said i believe he will stick with us as he seems a decent lad

I agree with Pepper. On today's showing, Rice clearly has the ability to be in the senior squad. He was solid in defensive mid, athletic, intelligent positioning, simple but accurate with passing, good in the air. Criticism is may lack acceleration - looked a little bit the centre-defender slotting in at centre-mid.

Nobody thought Grealish would turn with caps at every age group for us, background in GAA, played in Croker, three grandparents from Ireland etc. But he did, understandably enough, when his profile briefly spiked significantly. Rice is, after all, born in England, so will of course and fully understandably have some allegiance there.

I would like to see both him and Josh Cullen in the senior squad; at the very least in a developmental capacity. They do not need to be in the match-day squad on the day, and if not, drop down to the U21s.

He deserves to be there on apparent ability, on the fact we (badly) need to bring young blood in, and because we want to keep these guys involved so we don't lose them. As regards the last point, every other country does it. That includes notably England, Germany, Wales, US, and France, all of whom barring Wales and arguably US have far greater playing resources than us to begin with.