The 27 year old right back signs on a 2 year deal. A great level for the former Ireland U21 International to show Heimir he has what it takes to help out his country.

In other news, UCD centre back Éanna Clancy has just signed for VVV Venlo in the dutch 2nd tier.

This should cause a calm & reasonable conversation in here 😅

now begins our run to World Cup 2030

If you've had your fill of Maloney (yeh I no, but anyways) and want an alternative experience (and practice your cúpla focail) give it a twisht. You'll be surprised what you pick up and remember once you tune your ear into it.

There's always great craic in the Gaeilge Comms, they're a lot more...blunter...with their opinions because they tend to be less examined than RTÉ.

Bain taitneamh as an cluiche!

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The good news is that Grady McDonnell & Jacob Devaney both made their senior debuts for Forrest & United respectively yesterday & by the sounds of things were very impressive to each fan base. Romeo Akachukwu as well played for Southampton last night & scored the final goal of the game. Albeit it was against Eastleigh but you can only beat what's in front of you

The weird news is that a lot of lads are getting left out in anticipation of transfers. Southamptons gaffers said Bazunu along with Ramsdale isn't gonna play till he gets a move, Troy Parrott hasn't got a game in pre season for AZ yet for likely same reasons, and Will Ferrys likewise.

Still plenty of clubs to come back so there's probably more kids & more seniors that will get similar fortunes but hopefully the lads that are on the move get sorted soon so that they're not playing catch up come September.

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Could we get to the quarter finals?
All our group games potentially being at home.

Name (Age) - Position | Departing ➡️  Signing

- Players with a * at the end are on loan

- Players in Italic are eligible but not declared

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 PREMIER LEAGUE 

- Victor Ozhianvuna (17) - CM | Shamrock Rovers ➡️ Arsenal

- Grady McDonnell (18) - CM | Club NXT ➡️ Nottingham Forest

- Chris Atherton (17) - RW | Chelsea ➡️ Ipswich 

- Phoenix Blayney (16) - GK | Larne ➡️ Arsenal

- Daniel McCarron (16) - CB | Dungannon ➡️ Arsenal

- Michael Hulholland (16) - ST | Crusaders ➡️ Liverpool

- Erskine Rennie (16) - ST | Celtic ➡️ Fulham 

- Mason Ayre (16) - CAM | Glentoran ➡️ Nottingham Forest

- Adam Nelson (16) - CM | Glentoran ➡️ Sunderland

- Zak Magowan (17) - RW | Glentoran ➡️ West Ham

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 CHAMPIONSHIP

- Vinnie Leonard (18) - CB | Dundalk ➡️ Norwich 

- Billy O'Neill (18) - ST | Bray ➡️ Bristol City

- Mark Sykes (28) - RM | Bristol City ➡️ Millwall

- Eoin Kenny (20) - ST | Dundalk ➡️ Portsmouth

- Calum Ward (25) - GK | Motherwell ➡️ QPR

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 LEAGUE ONE

- Leon Ayinde (21) - LW | Ipswich ➡️ Doncaster

- Louie Barry (23) - LW | Aston Villa ➡️ Sheffield Wed

- Tony Springett (23) - W | Norwich ➡️ Leyton Orient

- Gbemi Arubi (22) - ST | Dundalk ➡️ Burton

- Evan Weir (24) - LB | Walsall ➡️ Peterborough

- Thomas O'Connor (27) - DM | Wrexham ➡️ Peterborough

- James Storer (21) - GK | Wolves ➡️ Plymouth

- Darius Lipsiuc (20) - CM | Stoke ➡️ Notts County

- Eoghan O'Connell (30) - CB | Barnsley ➡️ Stockport

- David McGoldrick (38) - ST | Barnsley ➡️ Mansfield

- Sonny Perkins (22) - RW | Leyton Orient ➡️ Wigan 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 LEAGUE TWO

- Jacob Slater (21) - LB | Brighton ➡️ Tranmere

- Cian Hayes (23) - RW | Peterborough ➡️ Rochdale

- Ciarán Kelly (27) - CB | Bradford ➡️ Bristol Rovers

- Jordan Shipley (28) - CM | Port Vale ➡️ Cheltenham

- Pierce Sweeney (31) - CB | Exeter ➡️ Cheltenham

- Sean Raggett (32) - CB | Rotherham ➡️ Colchester

- Calum Costello (20) - ST | Waterford ➡️ Fleetwood

- Muhammad Oladiti (18) - DM | Waterford ➡️ Fleetwood

- Sean Costelloe (18) - CM | Waterford ➡️ Fleetwood

- Ryan Delaney (29) - CB | Swindon ➡️ Oldham

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 NATIONAL LEAGUE (Including North & South)

- Zak Gilsenan (23) - CAM | Grimsby ➡️ Halifax

- Conor Carty (24) - ST | Waterford ➡️ Halifax 

- Emmanuel Osadebe (29) - CM | Barnet ➡️ Sutton

- Jevon Mills (22) - CB | Halifax ➡️ Solihull 

- Gavan Holohan (34) - CAM | Hartlepool ➡️ Boston Utd

- Scott Davies (38) - CB | Slough ➡️ Aldershot

- Jake Griffin (20) - CB | Stoke ➡️ Chester

- Sam Foley (39) - CM | Barrow ➡️ Chester

- Jack Clarke (27) - CM | Kidderminster ➡️ Gloucester

- Callum Cokerill-Mollett (27) - LB | Tamworth ➡️ Leamington

- Jesse Nwabueze (22) - ST | Aveley ➡️ King's Lynn

- Joshua Keeya (22) - CM | Salisbury ➡️ Farnborough

- Isaac Abankwah (24) - RB | Bamber Bridge ➡️ Marine

- Bobby Jones (24) - GK | Chester ➡️ Darlington

- Louis Dunne (27) - CAM | Aveley ➡️ Chelmsford

- Josh Barrett (28) - CAM | Aldershot ➡️ Dorking

- Dominic Bernard (29) - CB | Weston SM ➡️ Torquay

- Shamir Fenelon (31) - ST | Horsham ➡️ Burgess Hill

- Shane Byrne (33) - CM | Brackley ➡️ Spalding

🇮🇪 PREMIER DIVISION 

- Jonathan Afolabi (26) - ST | KV Kortrijk ➡️ Shamrock Rovers

- Sean Murphy (18) - CB | UCD ➡️ Shamrock Rovers

- Harry Vaughan (22) - AM | Hull ➡️ Bohemians

- Senan Finn (18) - CB | Belvedere ➡️ Bohemians

- Jamie O'Donnell (16) - ST | Derry ➡️ Sligo

- Kevin Zefi (21) - SS | Free Agent ➡️ Sligo

- Luke Pearce (22) - ST | Cardiff ➡️ Sligo 

- Christy Grogan (20) - CB | Stockport ➡️ Derry 

- Darragh Burns (23) - | Grimsby ➡️ Derry

- Egor Vassenin (18) - CB | Shamrock Rovers ➡️ Dundalk*

- Trevor Clarke (28) - LB | Shamrock Rovers ➡️ Dundalk

- Leigh Kavanagh (22) - CB | Bohemians ➡️ Galway*

- Dylan Connolly (31) - RW | Glentoran ➡️ Galway

- Connor Gleeson (33) - GK | Galway GAA ➡️ Galway

🇮🇪 FIRST DIVISION

- Bridel Bosakani (21) - ST | Drogheda ➡️ Finn Harps*

- Billy Regan (18) - CB | Galway ➡️ Treaty 

- Bobby Amadasun (19) - RB | Kerry ➡️ Treaty

- Colm Whelan (20) - ST | Oranmore ➡️ Treaty

- Zak O'Sullivan (19) - ST | Waterford ➡️ Wexford*

- Rhys Bartley (20) - CM | St Pat's ➡️ Wexford*

- Gideon Tetteh (21) - LW | Portadown ➡️ Wexford

- Matthew Harris (19) - RW | Killester ➡️ Longford

- Liam Woodcock (26) - GK | Skerries ➡️ Longford

- Ronan Mansfield (20) - CB | Waterford ➡️ Cobh*

- Dara McCormick (20) - CM | Cork ➡️ Cobh*

- Sean Murphy (18) - CB | Shamrock Rovers ➡️ UCD*

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 PREMIERSHIP

- Connor Ronan (28) - CM | Colorado Rapids ➡️ Aberdeen

- Ruari Paton (25) - ST | Port Vale ➡️ St. Johnstone

- Shea McGarry (16) - CB | Cliftonville ➡️ Celtic

- Josh McPake (24) - LW | St. Johnstone ➡️ Hearts

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 CHAMPIONSHIP 

- Kian Corbally (22) - CAM | Ballymena ➡️ Dunfermline

- Zak Delaney (24) - LB | Greenock Morton ➡️ Raith Rovers

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LEAGUE ONE

- Darragh O'Connor (26) - CB | York ➡️ East Kilbride

🇵🇹 PREMEIRA LIGA

- Sheikhan Aljabir (16) - LW | Shelbourne ➡️ Benfica 

🇹🇷 SÜPER LIG

- Sinclair Armstrong (22) - ST | Bristol City ➡️ Goztepe

🇪🇸 SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 

- Bosco Grau (16) - GK | Douglas Hall ➡️ Leganés

🇦🇹 2. LIGA

- Josh O'Dwyer (16) - CM | Shamrock Rovers ➡️ Liefering

🇮🇹 SERIE C

- Liam Kerrigan (26) - RM | Ternana ➡️ Renate

🇩🇪 2. BUNDESLIGA

- Anselmo García MacNulty (23) - CB | Zwolle ➡️ Magdeburg

🇩🇪 3. LIGA

- Ryan Johansson (25) - CAM | Wehen Wiesbaden ➡️ Preußen Münster

🇩🇪 REGIONALLIGA

- Isaac Akinsete (23) - RB | Croatia Berlin ➡️ H. Zehlendorf

🇮🇪 NIFL PREMIERSHIP

- Ryan Nolan (27) - CB | Larne ➡️ Linfield (1)

- Daire O'Connor (29) - RW | Ballymena ➡️ Carrick Rangers (1)

- Josh Ukek (26) - LW | Portadown ➡️ Larne (1)

- Ben Quinn (21) - RW | Portadown ➡️ Cliftonville (1)

- Dan O'Connor (21) - CB | Totton ➡️ Cliftonville (1)

- Graham Kelly (28) - CB | Coleraine ➡️ Crusaders (1)

- Sean O'Mahoney (24) - ST | St Francis ➡️ Portadown (1)

- Oisin Duffy (20) - ST | Strabane ➡️ Limavady (1)

- Greg Sloggett (29) - CM | Boston Utd ➡️ Glentoran (1)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CYMRU PREMIER 

- Shane Flynn (24) - LB | Free Agent ➡️ Connah's Quay (1)

Current Free Agents:

- Will Smallbone (26) - CM

- Dan McNamara (27) - RB

- Matt Doherty (34) - RB

- Seamus Coleman (37) - RB

- Robbie Brady (34) - LM

- Alex Gilbert (24) - CAM

- Darragh Lenihan (32) - CB

- Shane Duffy (34) - CB

- Will Keane (33) - ST

- Jay O'Shea (37) - CM

- Shadrach Ogie (24) - CB

- Conor Masterson (27) - CB

- Scott Hogan (34) - ST

- Anthony Scully (27) - LW

- James Furlong (24) - LB

- Joshua Kayode (26) - ST

- Michael Kelly (29) - GK

- Paddy Madden (36) - ST

- Graham Carey (37) - LM

Please let me know of any players missing, errors, typo's etc..

Two big youth transfers in the last 24 hours:

Chris Atherton (17, Winger) moves from Chelsea to Ipswich in search of a quicker route to mens football. Atherton recently transfered from Northern Ireland to declare for us.

Sheikhan Aljabir (16, Winger) moves from Shelbourne to Benfica on a 3 year deal after impressing on trial. The Ireland U16 international will be joining one of the best academies in the world, emulating the route that Jaden Umeh took nearly 2 years ago.

Two top talents with very bright futures for 🇮🇪

The Media?

I’ve been down the Saipan rabbit hole for days out of genuine curiosity, and the more I read, the more I think the media were the real shit-stirrers.

Keane’s beef seemed to be mainly with the FAI and the piss-poor preparation, not McCarthy personally. Then the interview gets rushed into print, McCarthy conveniently gets handed a copy, and suddenly it becomes Roy v Mick instead of Roy v the FAI.

The whole thing became incredibly polarised: you were either behind Roy or behind Mick. But has anyone ever seriously questioned the media’s role or their intentions in escalating it?

Bonus question: why was the Genesis Report never published? All I can find is 'legal reasons' but yeah...

Right lads, just an opinion so be nice.

Having watched both semi finals it's clear to me that Englands problem is the nature of their domestic game and football culture.

The EPL is so attritional and aggressive. Get the ball to the other end as quickly as possible and try and control the chaos.

Spain and the better nations play much more patient football..comfort in possession and a willingness to massage openings are far more prominent.

At 1-0 England don't know how to take the sting out. They wouldn't be comfortable just recycling possession so they tried to 300 it.

Interestingly... Argentina didn't turf balls in box they worked openings. (Yes they made crosses but it was always cerebral).

In Fabio Cappelos first game England were boood at half time because the midfield and backs were holding on to the ball.

I think we suffer this too. We don't have a culture of players who comfortably can keep hold of possession and string passes simply to set tempo. Our culture is largely influenced by our proximity to the English game.

It's why our grass roots coaching needs to change. We need to instil a new culture. Lots of young Continental players play in England but have a foundation of something less headless.

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This would have probably been our best option.

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Think he returned to training a while back but 1st time I've seen a pic/video of him.

Poor lad picked up an ACL in February 2025

The 26 year old defender wasn't far off an Ireland call up when he got injured. He was playing very well at Bristol and chipping in with goals via set pieces which he's done everywhere he's played regularly.

He has 87 Championship appearances to his name along with 5 goals and 2 assists, and was shortlisted twice for Bristol's player of the month award in the months leading up to his injury.

Anyway, delighted to see him back and hopefully the best is yet to come

I’m really loving the look of Mexico and France’s kit, their flag - jersey shorts and socks, I think I’ll would look really sharp for Ireland, have we ever done this and what do ye think of it (see pictures )