Martin O’Neill has named his 25-man squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Georgia and Serbia, and Sean Maguire has missed out. Jeff Hendrick, James McCarthy, and Kieran Westwood miss out through injury, but Jon Walters has been included despite missing Burnley’s draw with Tottenham at the weekend due to an ankle complaint. There’s […] More
Declan Rice’s rise has been a steady one. The former Chelsea youth, who qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents, has shone for West Ham a underage level since joining the Hammers in 2014. Expectations are high for Rice at the London club, and the 18 year old was presented with Dylan Tombides […] More
Martin O’Neill has revealed that a recent court case involving may have influenced Jeff Hendrick’s form, and says the Irish international should score more goals. The 25 year old was arguably Ireland’s best performer at Euro 2016, but has struggled to replicate that impressive form at international level since then, despite plenty of strong performances […] More
We last qualified for the World Cup Finals in 2002 when we reached the round of 16 in South Korea (losing on penos to Spain, who we should have knocked out!, how things change quickly in world football) and Japan despite being devoid of our best player Roy Keane. Martin O’Neill’s men picked up where […] More
FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Martin O’Neill and James McClean for comments they made about the referee in Ireland’s 1-1 draw with Austria. Ireland felt they should have had a penalty for a foul on Jon Walters, and Shane Duffy controversially had a late winner ruled out at the Aviva, causing O’Neill and McClean […] More
Shane Duffy and Eunan O’Kane have been included in Ireland’s squad to face Mexico this week despite being involved in a car crash over the weekend. Martin O’Neill’s 19 man squad departed for America today, and will take on Mexico in New Jersey on Thursday in an international friendly. Thursday’s game kicks off at the Metlife […] More
Kevin Long has been included in Martin O’Neill’s 38 man squad for Ireland’s upcoming fixtures against Mexico, Uruguay and Austria. The Burnley defender made his Premier League debut a fortnight ago against West Brom, and the 26 year old has since appeared for the Clarets against Bournemouth. “Roy saw him play last week and he […] More
Martin O’Neill has confirmed that Cork City striker Sean Maguire is on his radar. The 23 year old striker has been in blistering form for Cork this season, and scouts from Preston and Celtic have been to watch the prolific forward in recent weeks. The Rebel Army have made a 100% start to the SSE Airtricity […] More
Having made a fantastic start to his international career with the Republic of Ireland, scoring the first goal at Croke Park against Wales back in 2007, Stephen Ireland’s career is at a crossroads. Despite suffering a broken leg while training for club side Stoke City last year, the midfielder was already on the periphery of […] More
Ronald Koeman has dismissed Martin O’Neill’s statement regarding James McCarthy as laughable, and described the Irish manager as “badly informedâ€. O’Neill labelledthe Dutchman as a “master tactician of the blame game” in a cutting statement on Friday evening in response to criticism from the Everton manager over Ireland’s handling of McCarthy. “No, no of course not,†[…] More
Martin O’Neill has slammed Ronald Koeman as a “master tactician of the blame game” in a withering statement this evening. The Ireland boss criticised the Everton boss and the club’s staff for their role in McCarthy’s injury problems, and claimed that “quiet introspection” would benefit those at the club. McCarthy, 26, suffered a late hamstring injury […] More
Martin O’Neill has slammed Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale’s respective tackles during Ireland’s fiery 0-0 draw with Wales on Friday night. Taylor was shown a straight red in the 68th minute for a reckless challenge on Seamus Coleman, which resulted in the Irish captain suffering a double leg break. A minute earlier, John O’Shea was […] More
