FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[AustinPowers]

The French and the Dutch will be quaking in their boots.

The Dutch are  no big shakes . Unfortunately  neither are Ireland

[seafoid]

We could  be down 2 international managers in fortnight if the matches go arseways

[dec]

Evan Ferguson with a Hattrick today for Brighton. What an exciting talent he is for us

Out injured

[seafoid]

Very bad news

[NAG1]

Very bad news

Odds on him being fit for Brighton's next EPL game?

[weareros]

Lot of paranoid nonsense being posted that he can still switch to England until he wins 4th competitive cap. He's already capped 6 times for Ireland.

[AustinPowers]

Very bad news

Odds on him being fit for Brighton's next EPL game?

If that's the case, I  hope  Stephen Kenny doesn't throw that  up to him a couple of days before the start of    Euro championsh ... oh wait.

[delgany]

Lot of paranoid nonsense being posted that he can still switch to England until he wins 4th competitive cap. He's already capped 6 times for Ireland.

I think friendlies are not counted ! So he has 3 full International caps!

[shark]

Lot of paranoid nonsense being posted that he can still switch to England until he wins 4th competitive cap. He's already capped 6 times for Ireland.

I think friendlies are not counted ! So he has 3 full International caps!

They are. He has 6. Couldn't change now even if he wanted to.

[Captain Obvious]

Very bad news

Odds on him being fit for Brighton's next EPL game?

Very short.

[An Watcher]

Guys the campaign is over so these games are trial runs before the next tournament.  Hopefully they play well.  Losing ferguson is a blow but qualification is gone so it's nit the end if the world.  Try some guys in different positions, give others game time

[seafoid]

Lot of paranoid nonsense being posted that he can still switch to England until he wins 4th competitive cap. He's already capped 6 times for Ireland.

I think friendlies are not counted ! So he has 3 full International caps!

That was for Rice. The rules have since changed.

[Cunny Funt]

Guys the campaign is over so these games are trial runs before the next tournament.  Hopefully they play well.  Losing ferguson is a blow but qualification is gone so it's nit the end if the world.  Try some guys in different positions, give others game time

Not over yet but it will be even more difficult to even produce two decent performances in the next two games without the focal point in attack.  Its competition games against the better teams whereby the most is learnt about the players and management. The French and Dutch will be giving their max into these games and you aren't going to get that in any challenges and game time given to players in those type of games isn't overly useful.

[GTP]

 It was mentioned in the Guardian football weekly podcast that E Ferguson could still switch to England through his Grandmother I think. From Wikipedia "in September 2020, the 70th edition of the FIFA Congress approved a rule change that now allows players to switch if they have played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior to them turning 21 including no appearances in FIFA World Cup finals matches or continental finals (e.g. the UEFA European Championship). However, appearing in a tournament qualifier would not". He has 3 competitive caps (qualifiers) so could switch.

[weareros]

3rd place still gives a chance of a playoff depending on nations league rankings after top 2 in each group are known. That said: Greece have looked better than us so far.