Slovakia v Ireland, Thursday, 08th October 2020

Will Jeff Hendrick and Robbie Brady still be Burnley players by the time the match gets the go-ahead ? Their contracts are up at the end of the season though the club has a one year option on Brady and Hendrick's representatives are already talking to them. Newcastle have reportedly expressed an interest in both as have a number of other Premiership and Championship teams but no mileage apparently in rumours linking Hendrick to Celtic.

Edited by Green Cockade - 29 Mar 2020 at 9:18pm

newrynyuk wrote: Gary McKay wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Jebediah Springfield wrote: Fair play - I just would rather spend my time conversing with people Who have actual opinions and inputs (which most members are to be fair), rather than the immature and attention seeking insults That is more akin to school yard stuff.  Each to their own I suppose.  You post an attention seeking and puerile match report on a game that didn’t happen and then try and take the moral high ground when called out on it? Tremendous! Think of future generations finding this match report and thinking the game actually took place. Very irresponsible IMO. You know the match will eventually be played in reality, right?

Green Cockade wrote: Will Jeff Hendrick and Robbie Brady still be Burnley players by the time the match gets the go-ahead ? Their contracts are up at the end of the season though the club has a one year option on Brady and Hendrick's representatives are already talking to them. Newcastle have reportedly expressed an interest in both as have a number of other Premiership and Championship teams but no mileage apparently in rumours linking Hendrick to Celtic.

Mr Brick wrote: Jebediah Springfield wrote: "With no more goals (or shots) for the remainder of extra time, the ref decided enough was enough and ended the game . . . yak yak yak." Tedious diatribe. "No more goals" in a 0-0 draw takes the biscuit. Junior Cert repeats cancelled?

Looks like June won't happen. no play off until September/October at the earliest by the looks of it.

Mick's tenure hangs on whether World Cup qualifiers happen before or after Summer 2021.

Edited by Banjaxed - 30 Mar 2020 at 11:18pm

Banjaxed wrote: Mick's tenure hangs on whether World Cup qualifiers happen before or after Summer 2021. If it's confirmed that it's before, then Mick won't be managing team into playoff. UEFA meeting this week which should clarify schedule. I always felt that if June playoff didn't go ahead then Kenny comes in as scheduled.  Feel sorry for Mick, but he can hardly feel too bitter. Missing out on a playoff that he never earned and a play off that was guaranteed before he even stepped into the job.

Edited by ConorMac77 - 31 Mar 2020 at 1:41am

Aaron Connolly,who might be likely to feature more prominently when Kenny takes over,is out for at least a few weeks after ankle surgery so an extended delay would help his chances. Likewise the more established players currently recovering from injuries including Coleman, Stevens, McClean and Young-Doherty. On the minus side, Slovakia should have their goalkeeper Dubravka available again and their Italian based players.

I'll alert Richard Keogh.