Before Stephen Kenny's Ireland team face Portugal and Luxembourg in their final qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, myself and Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick run the rule over the 26 man squad selected by the manager, we take a look at the first two games for the U21 team at a capacity Tallaght Stadium, discuss the announcement by Ruud Dokter that he's leaving the association, and give our thoughts on the new away kit
Callum Robinson's introduction was his 250th appearance in senior football
Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
Darragh Lenihan was booked for the first time in seven weeks
Middlesbrough 0-2 Birmingham City
Scott Hogan scored his first goal since Friday, 10th September
Swansea 3-0 Peterborough
Ryan Manning was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game
League 1
Fleetwood 3-3 Wycombe Wanderers
Anthony Pilkington started a game for the first time in two months
Oxford United 3-1 Morecambe
Anthony O'Connor made his 400th career appearance
Rotherham 5-1 Sunderland
Joshua Kayode made his first assist of the season
Aiden McGeady was send off for the first time since January 2015
League 2
Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool
After not scoring for six weeks, Aaron Drinan scored the third hat trick of the season for an Irish player
Gavan Holohan was booked for the first time this season
Mansfield Town 2-0 Tranmere
After signing a short term deal with Mansfield Town, John-Joe O'Toole made his first appearance for the Stags
Barrow 1-2 Rochdale
Eoghan O'Connell made his first assist of the season, exactly a year to the day since his previous assist
Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 0-1 Dundee
Iin his first start for Dundee since Sunday, 8th August, Cillian Sheridan unfortunately ruptured his achilles and will be out injured for some time
Thanks for all the messages folks, ruptured my Achilles tendon (turns out isn’t a great thing to do). On a positive note though, once I come back I’m told it will be renamed the Acillians Tendon ™ pic.twitter.com/vVzTqV9NTY