18 year old from Wexford, has played well at the European Championships for our youth teams.  

Primarily a pacy winger, but can play right back as well.  Should have a good future in the game, and at a club where Wayne Rooney is not afraid to trust young players, as we've seen with Jason Knight. 

Knight got a break I think he needs it tbh. 3 teenagers on the pitch today in that game at the end not including Knight. When’s the last time that happened for Ireland at PL or Championship level?

Went over as a winger now playing full back

Could be wrong but derby had a brilliant under 18 team year or two ago I think challenged for the league that are coming through now

Similar to Omobamidele at Norwich it would be good if Derby could confirm their league status sooner rather than later as that might mean he gets a run of games before the end of the season with an eye on the future.

He has the makings of an excellent right wing back if things fall his way.

Not too sure he has the end product of a winger perfect as a right midfielder in a 4-4-2 or would be a good wing back

He was awful against chorley in the fa cup but tough circumstances 

Nice so essentially the first time you can find 3 Irish teenagers on the pitch together at the same time? 

It might not be Rooneys squad for too much longer

He definitely will, Watson too ..and probably Cashin as well as they've only 1 fit central defender at present.

Even Ibrahim and Kelly-Caprani will probably be in the frame for cups games and minutes here and there throughout the season.

Kelly Caprani sounds like the name of a famous African American Pop singer not a young Irish footballer. 

Big young Irish contingent at Derby so hopefully they plenty of them will get a look in this season. Ebosele along with Knight and Watson of course the obvious standout to get gametime. 

I wouldn't worry too much about that from our point of view. Luca Connell's half season in the first team taking beatings every week in the Championship were a lot more use to him than his two years since with Celtic. First team game time is the main thing for these lads if they can get it.

Just seen that Festy got on in the 68th minute for Derby today against Huddersfield.

Derby County may be a club with a lot of problems, but they have so few players that if you are half decent you'll get plenty of game time.

Anyone see the game, and how he played?

Seen the last 15mins or so, practically no involvement from what I seen. Hopefully gets more game time as you say.

I was watching and he made his preseence felt right when he came on with some bursting runs.
Faded out nearer the end but his pace is eye-watering.
They had him on the left-wing and then when attacking a set-piece, deploy him as the last man as he can chase down anyone.

I think he'lll get plenty of games this season.

Banker for the 21's squad in a few weeks.

Mixed feelings about this. A big, fast right footed lad playing LW is always going to cause trouble for a right footed right back and can be very effective. But will it be best for his development? Not sure. As long as he’s getting game time it will be something 

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Impressed with Rooney he really seems to have a good eye for developing players.

Watched the highlights. I see exactly the hype about him pace is incredible. 

Rooney makes a very good point about him having the attributes to play on the wing but not entirely unlike Omar Richards at Reading getting a big transfer to Bayern this summer I could see big clubs looking at Ebosele thinking “god we can make a top class modern attacking full back out of him”. 

Not to overhype and I hope he stays at Derby and just gets plenty gametime for the moment/this season. Rooney/Derby have been very good to Ireland the last year. 

Could be Wexford's next representative in the Ireland senior team.

Kevin Doyle was the last.

I can't think of any others off the top of my head.

There's a good mix of players from all over the country in recent squads, long may it continue.

Great to see isn’t it Sheer volume of young players that played the weekend was positive too. Championship clubs being pretty cash strapped is going to really benefit us I think in the next 3/4 years as regards getting all these lads gametime at such a decent level. 

Bournemouth Cardiff and Derby really showcased that over the weekend. 

Derby may struggle this season but it's almost set up to be a perfect breakthrough season for Festy, one game in and he has already impressed, fans and manager both seem to like him, plus due to Derby's financial situation they are likely to be giving youth a big chance this season. 

We have had f**king brutal luck when it comes to breakthrough players getting injured etc. just as they start forcing their way into plans. 

Agree based on today's game.
Very raw but has qulities defenders hate and liked to have them turning back towards their own goals.

Be a great season for him if he can get a good few starts.

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He went off in the 59th minute.

Ah right

Just flicked on the championship highlights and it was the first game I saw 

Young fella in the right back position 

He played right wing today

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He's definitely Irish.

 No doubt.

Ah right. Thanks. Hopefully so.

Enniscorthy is a great town, I'll have you know. And the Moyne are a good club

Watching him.on Quest +1.

Played very well.

Not saying Ebosele will get snapped up by them but I do see him as a type that has all the attributes needed in a modern day attacking full back. I wonder will a big club in the 2/3 years scout him and think the same.

 Be interesting to see does he get the nod tonight. We are lucky with Derby and Rooney. Slide tackle on Knight aside he/they have been very good to Irish youngsters.

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Good for him. Playing RW is seems.

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agreed and its great to see, great progress considering hes only 19

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I can see a big club looking at him in the next 18 months and thinking (we can make an all merciful wing back/full back out of him) in the mould of Adama Traore at Wolves. He'd remind you of him slightly. Hopefully his end product develops to be superior to Traores in time.

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Beats four men! 

Impressive.

Whoooo betsy. He beat 2 men . Let’s not get carried away 

I'd be happy enough to leave him with the 21s for now, but if he keeps developing at the rate he is going he could be capped before the year is out. I'm not entirely sure where he would best fit in our team - possibly as a wing back, or maybe further forward off the bench similar to what Ogbene has brought to the team.

Bodes well this lad could go far with his pace alone (see Traore for this) but the key is adding end product too. He's 19 so still very young can add this overtime. 

Id leave him with the u21s for now but if he continues to progress as fast as he is then he probably will be capped sooner rather than later.

Had our fixture schedule been similar to last year with qualifiers in March and friendlies in June you probably would have had a good squad of young lads given their debuts in a summer camp.

But with the NL in June and Sept they'll probably have to wait until October/November friendlies in the pre World Cup friendlies.

Coleman is fairly struggling at the moment.

He is. Hence the aging part. Seamus is 33yo especially in the full back position he's not getting any younger. Equivalent of a 37yo CB or a 40yo Goalkeeper to my mind in longevity. He'd be stretching to even do the 2024 Euros if we make it. 

Him and Doherty still play at a far higher level then our LWB options. 

Add Idah into the mix there too. As far as I can remember he had considerable success in underage athletics.

It will be some team of Irish/Nigerian heritage in a few years. Bazunu, Omobamidele, Ebosele, Ogbene, Idah/Obamfemi could realistically all find themselves on the pitch at same time at some stage if their careers keep progressing as they are.

Adaramola, Lawal, Kayode, Oko-Flex, Odubkeo and Adedokun could all be full internationals too. Our Nigerian population are really making their mark now!

The inward migration of Nigerians to the country declined massively after the citizenship laws changed around 2006 though, so it may just be a short period where all these players come through. Will be interesting to see if the Polish and other Eastern European communities that developed in the country after that will filter through the age groups in the next few years.

They already are beginning to appear in u15/16/17s age groups.

Those of African/Nigerian decent started to move to Ireland in the early to mid 90s so have had a head start on the other communities.

Eastern Europeans like the Polish, Lithuanians, Latvians etc.. didn't really begin to move here until after they joined the EU in 2004 so their children are few years younger.

O'Connor as cover for Kilkenny.

The CAM role, if you like, is a bit open with Tierney yet to establish himself in Scotland and Noss never playing senior football.  Devoy's season will have only started also and Johansson's loan is stalled.
So, opportunties there.

Back to Festy.  He has to play - put him as one of  the wingers either side of Ferguson.
Lad is a rough diamond and the crowd will love him.

Great to see a few lads coming on the scene with real pace. Our squads havent been blessed with many quick lads down the years.

Obafemi has pace, but has issues with injuries and possibly attitude.   On the bench for Swansea.

Festy looks good attitude-wise and his pace and strength speak for themselves.  He's shown great enthusiasm right through our age groups, including perhaps being too enthusiastic and getting sent off for our U17s a while back at the Euros. He's looked like a good player for Ireland ever since he was 15/16 and will be raising a lot of interest with assists like the one the other day (count it - he took 6 of their 10 outfield players out of the game!).

This should be an interesting time for him as he will surely leave unless they complete the great escape but I would imagine Rooney would be snapped up if they do pull that off. Hopefully Festy has a good agent.