Ireland u19s

Squad now finally named. Nice promotion for Zefi up to Under 19s. Roughan back in as well. I wouldn't have said it was our strongest bunch in recent years but that's actually a very decent squad.

Edited by You Tell Me - 09 Nov 2021 at 10:33am

Eoink21 wrote: You Tell Me wrote: Squad now finally named. Nice promotion for Zefi up to Under 19s. Roughan back in as well. I wouldn't have said it was our strongest bunch in recent years but that's actually a very decent squad. https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mu19-mohan-names-squad-for-euro-qualifiers No sign of Finn Benoa though. I think he's fit - these are competitive games so maybe he's still non-committal. Cristiano Fitzgerald not there as well, or the lad from Leeds that was highly rated (Coleman?). Isn't Coleman with the 18s? Good to see Jack Henry-Francis in there.

Edited by You Tell Me - 09 Nov 2021 at 10:47am

You Tell Me wrote: Squad now finally named. Nice promotion for Zefi up to Under 19s. Roughan back in as well. I wouldn't have said it was our strongest bunch in recent years but that's actually a very decent squad. https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mu19-mohan-names-squad-for-euro-qualifiers No sign of Finn Benoa though. I think he's fit - these are competitive games so maybe he's still non-committal. Cristiano Fitzgerald not there as well, or the lad from Leeds that was highly rated (Coleman?).

 

Fozz wrote: You Tell Me wrote: Squad now finally named. Nice promotion for Zefi up to Under 19s. Roughan back in as well. I wouldn't have said it was our strongest bunch in recent years but that's actually a very decent squad. https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mu19-mohan-names-squad-for-euro-qualifiers No sign of Finn Benoa though. I think he's fit - these are competitive games so maybe he's still non-committal. Cristiano Fitzgerald not there as well, or the lad from Leeds that was highly rated (Coleman?). Strong squad and John Finn a strange absense, unless he's with the 18's closer to home in Spain (is he underage for the 18's?).  Imagine Fitzgerald is with the 18's as he's certainly underage. We'll find out soon enough I spose.

Both lads are overage and would be strange to have left Finn Benoa with the 18s when Lawal is probably only in midfield because Benoa isn't there.

Cheers, I didn't realise the cutoff date.

J89 wrote: Good to see Bosun Lawal down as a midfielder and hopefully that's where we play him long term. Interesting that Sam Curtis was called up from the U17s. Thought Heffernan might have gotten the nod over him if we were calling up from the U17s. Also wonder if Sean Roughan will be playing CB rather than LB.

Any guesses as to the first 11 that might be chosen tomorrow? Always tricky with the underage squads where players are coming and going a little bit from squad to squad. Rose to start in goal, McNulty one of the CB's, Adaramola at LB, a 3 in midfield of Lawal, Jack Francis and McJannett, and a front 3 of Kenny, Moran and Zefi. I'm not sure who might start at RB or the other CB


Edited by greenshoots - 09 Nov 2021 at 6:53pm

kevin100 wrote: I'm also interested to see how far away from the Wolfsburg squad Mcnulty is. Already training with the first team in pre season/last week etc.

He's fifth or sixth choice. They've five CBs listed in their senior squad and have played three at the back in the last two games rather than 4-3-3 and have moved Guilavogui back into defence.

Trains with the first team as Wolfsburg have done away with their reserve and instead linked up with an Austrian team to send players on loan.