Round Up for weekend of Saturday, 20th October 2018

Saturday, 20th October 2018

Premier League

Manchester City 5-0 Burnley

Jeff Hendrick was booked for the first time this season

Championship

Blackburn 2-1 Leeds United

Darragh Lenihan scored his first goal of the season

Hull City 1-1 Preston North End

Sean Maguire made his first start of the season

Rotherham 1-1 Bolton

Richie Towell made his 50th appearance for Rotherham

League 1

Luton 2-0 Walsall

Glen Rea's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Luton

Portsmouth 1-0 Fleetwood

Cian Bolger made his 100th appearance for Fleetwood

Southend United 1-2 Coventry

Michael Doyle was booked for the first time this season
Simon Cox was sent off for the first time in his career

League 2

Bury 4-0 Notts County

Jay O'Shea's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Bury

Forest Green 1-1 Cheltenham

Kevin Dawson made his 150th career start in England
Liam McAlinden came off the bench for his first appearance since Tuesday, 28th August

Lincoln City 1-1 Cambridge United

David Forde made his 100th appearance in League Two

MK Dons 1-0 Northampton

Sam Foley was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Motherwell 0-1 St Johnstone

Charles Dunne's start was his first appearance since Saturday, 21st July

St Mirren 1-2 Kilmarnock

Alan Power scored his first goal for Kilmarnock, this was his first goal since January 2017

Scottish Championship

Dunfermline 0-1 Queen of the South

Aidan Keena made his first appearance for loan club Dunfermline

Sunday, 21st October 2018

Premier League

Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace

Seamus Coleman was booked for the first time this season

Australian A-League

Perth Glory 1-1 Western Sydney Wanderers

Andy Keogh scored on the opening day of the A-League 2018/19 season 

Round Up for weekend of Friday, 14th September 2018

Friday, 14th September 2018

Polish Ekstraklasa

Jagiellonia Białystok 3-1 Cracovia Kraków

On his first start in a month, Cillian Sheridan scored a brace

Saturday, 15th September 2018

Premier League

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Arsenal

Ciaran Clark's first goal of the season was the defender's tenth goal in the Premier League

Championship

Rotherham 1-0 Derby County

Richie Towell made his first appearance of the season
Ryan Manning's goal was his first strike for Rotherham
Richard Keogh made his 300th appearance for Derby County - even more impressive was that the defender started every appearance for the Rams!

Thank you to all involved at @dcfcofficial for the journey over the last six seasons. Thrilled to have reached 300 appearances for the club #COYR 🐏 pic.twitter.com/e0ljv7e6Nl

— Richard Keogh (@RichardKeogh_6) September 18, 2018

Blackburn 1-1 Aston Villa

Derrick Williams made his first appearance since Saturday, 4th August

League 1

Burton Albion 2-1 Sunderland

Aiden McGeady made his first appearance of the season

Fleetwood 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Cian Bolger scored his first goal of the season

Shrewsbury 2-0 Southend United

Stephen McLaughlin was booked for the first time this season in what was his 100th start for Southend United

League 2

Carlisle United 0-2 Tranmere

Jamie Devitt was booked for the first time this season

Cheltenham 0-0 Crewe Alexandra

Corey Whelan made his first appearance for loan club Crewe Alexandra

Colchester 3-0 Cambridge United

David Forde made his 50th appearance for Cambridge United
Gary Deegan made his 250th career appearance

Mansfield Town 1-2 Exeter

Pierce Sweeney was booked for the first time this season

Scottish Premier League

Hibernian 3-2 Kilmarnock

After his release from Oldham, Jack Byrne came off the bench for his first appearance for Kilmarnock

Rangers 4-0 Dundee

Darren O'Dea's start was his first appearance of the season

St Johnstone 1-1 Aberdeen

Chris Forrester made his first start for Aberdeen
David McMillan's goal was his fifth strike for St Johnstone

Round Up for Tuesday, 21st November 2017

Tuesday, 21st November 2017

Championship

Derby County 2-0 QPR

Ryan Manning came off the bench to make his 25th appearance in the Championship

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Norwich

Daryl Murphy's winner was the striker's first goal got his club in almost two months

Sheffield United 4-5 Fulham

Samir Carruthers scored the third of Sheffield United's goals, this was the midfielder's first goal for the club and his first goal since September 2016

League 1

MK Dons 1-1 Southend United

Stephen McLaughlin scored his 15th goal of in England, also his tenth goal in League One

League 2

Cheltenham 0-0 Cambridge United

David Forde was booked for the first time this season

Newport Co. 1-2 Barnet

Padraig Amond was booked for the first time this season

Port Vale 0-4 Mansfield Town

Gavin Gunning made his 50th League Two appearance

Report Card - Weekend of Friday, 25th August 2017

Friday, 25 August 2017

Championship

Hull City 4-0 Bolton

David Meyler's start against Bolton was his 200th appearance in England

Saturday, 26 August 2017

Premier League

Newcastle Utd 3-0 West Ham United

Ciaran Clark scored his first goal since February

Championship

Barnsley 3-0 Sunderland

Aiden McGeady was booked for the first time this season

Brentford 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Matt Doherty was booked for the first time this season

Burton Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Joe Mason scored his first goal for Burton Albion in the first appearance of his loan deal

League 1

Blackburn 4-1 MK Dons

Derrick Williams scored his first goal of the season, before this the defender hadn't found the back of the net since March

Bristol Rovers 3-1 Fleetwood

Rory Gaffney's start today was the first time the striker had been named in the starting XI since Saturday, 1st April

Gillingham 3-3 Southend United

Simon Cox scored his first goal of the season on his 50th start for Southend United

Northampton 1-4 Peterborough

Brendan Moloney made his first start of the season

Plymouth 0-4 Scunthorpe

Paddy Madden's second goal took him into the top ten Scunthorpe United goalscorers

Congratulations to @Paddymadden who enters the top ten all-time Scunthorpe United goalscorers, surpassing John Eyre.

— Scunthorpe United FC (@SUFCOfficial) August 26, 2017

Rochdale 0-0 Bury

Joe Murphy was send off for the first time since November 2009

League 2

Barnet 0-1 Stevenage

Kevin Toner made his first appearance for Stevenage after signing for them on loan

Cambridge United 0-0 Morecambe

David Forde made his 50th appearance in League Two
Emmanuel Osadebe made his first appearance in League Two

Cheltenham 3-4 Exeter

Kevin Dawson scored the first brace of his career (also the tenth goal of his career) in his first start for Cheltenham
Pierce Sweeney was booked for the first time this season

Mansfield Town 2-2 Luton

James Collins scored his fifth goal of the season in his fifth appearance
Alan Sheehan was booked for the first time this season

Newport Co. 4-1 Chesterfield

After signing for Newport County on Wednesday, Padraig Amond scored his first goal for the club - also his 50th goal in League Two

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 1-1 St Johnstone

Jonathan Hayes was booked for the first time this season

Partick Thistle 3-4 Aberdeen

Niall Keown scored his first goal since December 2016, was booked and sent off for the first time in his career in what was his 25th career appearance!
The last Irish player to score, get booked, and sent off in the same game was Philip Roberts in October 2013
Anthony O'Connor made his 50th appearance for Aberdeen
Adam Rooney scored his first goal of the season

Scottish Championship

Brechin 0-4 Inverness CT

Jake Mulraney was booked for the first time this season

Sunday, 27 August 2017

Scottish Premier League

MLS

Philadelphia Union 2-2 Atlanta United

Chris McCann started his first game since Thursday, 29 June

July 2017 Transfers, Contracts and Loans

Transfers

July 2017

Saturday, 1st July

After spending the second half of 2016/17 on loan at Partick Thistle, Niall Keown signed a two year deal at Firhill: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/keown-joins-on-two-year-deal/

Monday, 3rd July

Eddie Nolan signed a one year deal with Crewe Alexandra, with the option of a further 12 months: https://www.crewealex.net/news/2017/july/eddie-nolan-signs-for-crewe/

Tuesday, 4th July

After more than a decade with Dundee United, Sean Dillon signed a two year deal with Scottish League Two side Montrose, and will also be joining the coaching staff at Links Park: http://www.montrosefc.co.uk/index.php/links/scottish-football/33-featured/1237-gable-endies-land-ex-tangerine-captain-dillon

Wednesday, 5th July

Mark Travers joins his previous Bournemouth coach Mark Molesley at Weymouth on a season long loan: http://theterras.com/index.php/2017/07/05/weymouth-sign-goalkeeper-mark-travers/

Friday, 7th July

After two years at Fleetwood Town, Jimmy Ryan signed a two year contract with Blackpool: https://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/jimmy-ryan-moves-to-blackpool/

Rene Gilmartin signed for Colchester United on a free transfer, and will also take over as goalkeeping coach for their first team: https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2017/july/us-flash-keeper-rene-joins-up/

After a short trial, Zachary Elbouzedi signed a two year deal with Inverness Caledonian Thistle: http://ictfc.com/news/club-news/1951-zak-elbouzedi-signs

Tuesday, 11th July

Following his release from Sunderland, Dan Casey signed for Bohemians: http://bohemianfc.com/?p=11329

Wednesday, 12th July

Following the expiration of his contract at Anderlecht, Liam Bossin signed a two year deal with Nottingham Forest: https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2017/july/bossin-signs-for-the-reds/

Thursday, 13th July

Donal McDermott signed a one year deal with Swindon Town after appearing for them twice in preseason: https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/breaking-mcdermott-becomes-signing-number-nine/

Aiden McGeady rejoined Simon Grayson at his new club Sunderland, signing a three year deal: https://www.safc.com/news/team-news/2017/july/double-signing-completed

Monday, 17th July

After six years at Everton, academy graduate Courtney Duffus signed for Oldham Athletic: https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2017/july/17072017-courtney-duffus-signing/

Thursday, 20th July

After the expiration of his contract at Millwall, David Forde signed for Cambridge United: https://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/news/2017/july/forde-signs/

After nine years, and more than 300 appearances, Glenn Whelan left Stoke to sign for Aston Villa: https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/07/20/transfer-news-whelan-joins

Friday, 21st July

Noe Baba signed a one year deal with Macclesfield Town: https://www.mtfc.co.uk/news/macclesfield-town-sign-noe-baba

Daryl Murphy left Newcastle to sign a three year contract with Nottingham Forest: https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2017/july/murphy-joins-the-reds/

Saturday, 22nd July

Darren Randolph joined Cyrus Christie at Middlesbrough, signing a four year contract: http://www.mfc.co.uk/news/boro-complete-ps5m-signing-of-darren-randolph

Friday, 28th July

Having featured in all of their preseason games, Gavin Gunning put pen to paper with Port Vale: https://www.port-vale.co.uk/news/2017/july/welcome-to-vale---gavin-gunning/

Denise O’Sullivan returned to the National Women’s Soccer League to sign for North Carolina Courage: http://www.northcarolinafc.com/news/2017/07/28/north-carolina-courage-adds-firepower-to-roster-with-denise-osullivan

Saturday, 29th July

Defender Niamh Fahey left Chelsea to sign for Girondins Bordeaux: http://www.girondins.com/fr/accord-de-principe-pour-niamh-fahey

Sunday, 30th July

Ciaran Kilduff left Dundalk to sign for NASL side Jacksonville Armada: http://www.armadafc.com/news/2017/07/30/irish-striker-ciarn-kilduff-signed-by-the-armada-fc

Loans

Wednesday, 5th July

Burnley U23 defender Jimmy Dunne signed for Conference side Barrow AFC on loan until January 2018: http://barrowafc.com/jimmy-dunne-deal/

Contracts

July 2017

Monday, 3rd July

After missing the entirety of the 2016/17 season due to a broken leg, Stephen Ireland signed a six month extension to his contract with Stoke City: http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/ireland-signs-short-term-contract

Defender Dan Cleary signed a one year extension on his contract at Birmingham: https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2017/new-deals-for-blues-youngsters/

Thursday, 6th July

After breaking through to the Reading first team in 2016/17, Liam Kelly was rewarded with a new contract until 2020 by the Royals: https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/liam-kelly-commits-until-2020/

Thursday, 13th July

Harry Arter signed a new deal with Bournemouth, which will keep him with the Cherries until 2021: https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/harry-arter-signs-new-afc-bournemouth-contract

Monday, 17th July

Ryan Manning extended his contract at QPR with a new contract until 2020:

https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/ryan-manning-agrees-contract-extension/

Tuesday, 18th July

After returning from a serious leg injury, Sam Byrne was rewarded with a one year extension to his contract at Everton: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/07/18/new-contract-for-byrne

Saturday, 22nd July

Alan Browne extended his stay at Preston North End until 2020 after signing a three year extension to his contract: https://www.pnefc.net/news/2017/july/alan-browne-signs-new-preston-north-end-contract/

Round up - May 2016

Friday, 27th May 2016
International Friendly
Republic of Ireland 1-1 Netherlands
After missing the friendlies in March, Jonathan Walters returned to the Ireland starting XI for the first time since the second leg of the play off against Bosnia in November, the same game where Jeff Hendrick made his last appearance before making his 20th appearance for Ireland against the Dutch today.
Darren Randolph made his fifth start for Ireland
David McGoldrick's start was the striker's first appearance for Ireland in almost a year, having not played for the Boys in Green since 7th June 2015
Harry Arter's second cap for Ireland, almost a year after his first, was the Bournemouth midfielder's first start for Ireland, and unfortunately marked it with his first yellow card
Darron Gibson came off the bench to make his first appearance for Ireland since Nov 2014
Wes Hoolahan made his twentieth home appearance for Ireland
Shane Long scored his sixteenth goal for Ireland

Sunday, 29th May 2016
League 1 Play Off Final
Barnsley 3-1 Millwall
Conor Hourihane made his fiftieth start of the season in the play off final and the Barnsley captain led by example, assisting two of the Tykes' goals in their win.

Monday, 30th May 2016
International Friendly
Republic of Ireland 1-1 Belarus
Shay Given returned to the starting XI for Ireland for the first time since the home qualifier against Germany in October 2015
Darron Gibson made his first start since November 2014
Ciaran Clark made his tenth home start for Ireland
Jeff Hendrick and Richard Keogh both returned to the Irish starting XI for the first game since the second leg of the play off against Bosnia in November
Cyrus Christie made his fifth appearance for Ireland, all of which have seen the Derby defender named in the starting XI
Wes Hoolahan made his thirtieth appearance for Ireland
David Forde came off the bench to make his first appearance since November 2014
Congratulations to Callum O'Dowda on making his senior international debut for Ireland! The Oxford United midfielder is the first player born after USA '94 to play senior international football for the Republic
Stephen Ward scored his third goal for Ireland, more than four years after his last international goal in November 2011

Report Card - Weekend of 18th December 2015

18 December 2015
League 1
Southend United 4-1 Bury
Noel Hunt marked his first appearance since September 29th with his first goal since September 5th and his first brace of the season.
David Mooney scored his fifth goal for Southend, on his twenty-fifth appearance for the Shrimpers

19 December 2015
Premier League
Everton 2-3 Leicester City
Seamus Coleman made his 200th appearance for Everton!

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Bournemouth
James McClean was sent off for the first time for West Brom. This was the third red card for the former Derry City winger since moving to England. His last early bath came on 25th April, against Wolves

Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland
John O'Shea was shown his first yellow card of the season. Coincidentally, his last booking was on April 25, the same date as McClean's last red!

Championship
Brentford 4-2 Huddersfield
Alan Judge has never scored more than eight in a season before, his brace this afternoon (his third of the season) puts him at ten for 2015/16, and the second goal was his twentieth goal for Brentford!

Rotherham 2-0 Hull City
David Meyler made his one hundredth start for Hull City in this game, while former Ireland B international Lee Frecklington scored his twenty-fifth goal for Rotherham.

League 1
Burton Albion 3-3 Doncaster Rovers
Paul Keegan scored his first goal in more than three years, the former League of Ireland player's last goal came on Saturday, 27th October 2012!

Millwall 0-3 Gillingham
David Forde made his return to the Millwall team as a first half substitute following goalkeeper Jordan Archer's red card. This was the Galwayman's first appearance since November seventh, and he was shown his first yellow card since last February

Rochdale 3-1 Colchester
Donal McDermott's goal this afternoon was his first in three months. The former Manchester City trainee last scored on the 15th August

Shrewsbury 0-1 Swindon Town
Anton Rodgers was shown the yellow card for the first time this season

League 2
Dagenham and Redbridge 0-3 Bristol Rovers
Rory Gaffney scored his first goal for Bristol Rovers since signing on loan for the Pirates

Hartlepool 1-2 Plymouth
Carl McHugh's goal this afternoon was the tenth goal of his career, not bad for a defender!

York City 2-1 Morecambe
James Berrett scored his first goal since the 5th September on his twenty-fifth appearance for York, almost as long since Jamie Devitt's last goal on the 1st September

20 December 2015
Championship
Reading 1-0 Blackburn
Stephen Quinn returned to the Reading starting XI with his first start since September 19

Eredivisie
Excelsior 1-4 SC Cambuur
Jack Byrne's first goal for SC Cambuur, indeed the first of his career*, made him their youngest ever goalscorer in the Eredivisie and the Manchester City loanee completed all but one of his passes in the game (see below)

94.6 - Jack Byrne had a pass completion of 94.6 per cent against Excelsior, highest of the starting 22. Precision. pic.twitter.com/mkLkfBZBWF

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) December 20, 2015

19y 240d - Jack Byrne (@Jackb_8) is the youngest ever Eredivisie goalscorer for @SCCambuurLwd. Historic.

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) December 20, 2015

*Byrne did find the back of the net last week from a free kick, but it was officially given as an OG

Irish Abroad player statistics for 2014/15 season

Appearance data for 2014/15: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=14
The Champions League marks the end of the season for the major European football leagues, so we've compile the appearance data for Irish players in England, Scotland and the MLS since 1st July 2015.
Richard Keogh started all but one of Derby County's 54 games, their 3-0 win over Brighton in December was the only game the centre half failed to line up for the rams. For any player, let alone a defender, that's an impressive statistic. Keogh went on to win 26 of the 53 games he started, which along with Aberdeen's Adam Rooney is the most of any Irish player. Of the players who started more than 45 games, only goalkeeper David Forde had started 100% of his club's games, the Galway player started all 50 of 50 games for Millwall. Unfortunately, Millwall's relegation and early exit from both cups meant that Forde also lost the most games, finishing on the losing side 25 times over the course of the season. Ireland and Sunderland captain John O'Shea started the highest number of draws, with 18 of his 43 games finishing all square.
Midfielder Wes Hoolahan was substituted by Norwich managers 28 times in the 31 games he started for Norwich, 90.3%, the next highest percentage of substitutions for a player with over 25 starts is David McGoldrick who was substituted 23 times from 26 starts - 88.4%.
Unsurprisingly, a goalkeeper was the most unused substitute, with Brentford's Jack Bonham remaining on the bench 47 times. He did, however, make one start for the bees, starting in goals for their 2-0 loss in the third round of the FA Cup against Brighton. The combined total of the two highest outfield players, Joey O'Brien (27) and Daniel Devine (28) only just exceeds Bonham's total!Eoin Doyle scored found the back of the net 31 times for two teams in 2014/15, 26 goals for League One side Chesterfield, but only 5 goals after transferring to Championship side Cardiff City - all five of which came in the last eight games of the season. Doyle also scored the most penalties, finding the back of the net nine times from twelve yards. Seamus Coleman was the top scoring defender, with five goals, while recent international debutant Harry Arter matched Jeff Hendrick's total goals from midfield - both Championship player scored nine goals.
Arter also received the most bookings in the season, the London born midfielder was shown the yellow card 13 times in 2014/15, only one ahead of fellow midfielder James McClean.

Irish Abroad player appearance statistics half way report for 2014/15 season

Appearance data for 2014/15 season to date: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=13
We're midway through the 2014/15 season in England and Scotland, so how have the Irish players been performing across the water, and around the world?
Anthony Stokes is leading the wins, starting 17 wins this season for Celtic in the SPL, just ahead of Derby duo Richard Keogh and Cyrus Christie, and Aberdeen's Jonathan Hayes. Stokes has also been substituted more than any other player, he was withdrawn from the action in 14 of his 25 starts, while fellow striker has been introduced more than any other player, coming off the bench 17 times this season - that's six more than any other player
John O'Shea has started 11 draws for Sunderland, just ahead of Paul Green and Keiren Westwood on 10
David Forde has unfortunately started 12 losses for Millwall, just ahead of Shaun Williams and Alex Pearce, both starting ten losses so far this season
Forde's fellow Lion Alan Dunne has been shown the most yellow cards, the Millwall defender has been booked eight times in his 21 starts
Richard Keogh has started 28 of Derby County's 29 games this season, with fellow Ram Cyrus Christie in second on 27 starts. Remarkably Keogh completed 90 minutes in all but one of these, with Christie playing the whole game in each of his 27 starts
Unsurprisingly, two goalkeepers have been unused substitutes the most this season, Colin Doyle and Jack Bonham have both been left on the subs bench 27 times in 2014/15 so far. Doyle has three starts to his name, while Bonham has yet to feature. Of the outfield players, Daniel Devine is the most unused substitute, the Inverness Caledonian Thistle player has been left on the bench 17 times, and is also yet to feature for his club
Daryl Murphy and Adam Rooney have both found the net 17 times for their respective clubs. What makes Murphy's record more impressive is it does not include a single penalty, while Rooney's total includes four finishes from 12 yards. The strike duo have similar results from the games in which they scored - 10 wins and a single loss, while Murphy's goals have also contributed to two draws for Ipswich. Anthony Stokes and Andy Keogh's goals have led to wins in 100% of the games in which they scored - seven wins from seven games

Irish Abroad player statistics for October 2014

Appearance data for October 2014: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=10
Stephen McLaughlin's loan spell at Notts County is going well, the winger started five win in October, scoring once. In the higher leagues, Anthony Stokes started four wins for Celtic
Unfortunately, Enda Stevens' loan at Northampton Town has not gone as well, the Aston Villa loanee started all four of the Cobblers' losses. Stevens also picked up the most yellow cards, the former Shamrock Rovers player was booked three times in those four games
Championship players David Forde, Keiren Westwood, Alan Dunne, James McClean, Paul Green, Lee Frecklington and Conor Sammon all started three draws in the tenth month of 2014
John O'Sullivan's loan at Accrington Stanley means he started six games in October, one more than fellow loanees McLaughlin and Conrad Logan(at Rochdale) as well as Andy O'Brien, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce and Celtic's Stokes
Of these, Logan, O'Brien, Pearce, and McLaughlin all completed 90 minutes in each of their five starts
Nottingham Forest's Simon Cox was substituted three times in October, the same as loanees Anthony Forde(at Walsall) and Michael Drennan(at Portsmouth)
Three was the magic number for introductions from the bench, with Jake Carroll, Jay Tabb, Jeff Hendrick, Callum Reilly and Leon Best all introduced to the action three times in October
Paddy Kenny was an unused substitute six times, while of the outfield players Ian Harte remained on the bench four times
In Australia, Andy Keogh scored six times to top the scoring charts ahead of Daryl Murphy who scored three. Perth Glory won in all three games where Keogh scored. Keogh, Murphy and Liam McAlinden were the only Irish players to score in more than one game in October

Talking points

Darren Randolph's return to the Birmingham City starting XI resulted in them conceding eight goals against AFC Bournemouth. Should Colin Doyle be given a chance in nets for the West Midlands side?
David Forde and Kieren Westwood both performed heroically for their respective club sides at the weekend. With Forde the current number 1, what do Westwood, Randolph, Given, etc have to do to unseat him?
O'Neill reportedly watched Sean Kavanagh and Stephen Henderson on Friday night, with Kavanagh's Fulham side emerging 2-0 winners. Is it still too early for the left sided player after only four senior appearances, or does the fact that there are no specialist left full backs available to O'Neill negate that? Is Henderson ready to follow in the footsteps of his uncle Wayne into goals for the senior international side?
Although Shane Long is still to record his first goal for Southampton, most Saints fans are unconcerned with his form, but how long will this last for the £12m striker?
Robbie Brady's performance against Liverpool in an unfamiliar position was praised by Steve Bruce, will he retain his spot at left wing-back for the Tigers? Is he an option there, or at full back, for Martin O'Neill's team?
James McClean came off the bench to score twice for Wigan, and has impressed in recent games for the senior international side, is he now the starting left winger for O'Neill?
James McArthur and Steven Fletcher are reportedly unavailable for Gordon Strachan's squad for the qualifier in three weeks, how important are they to his side? Who do you expect to replace them?With Germany expected to claim three points at home to Gibraltar, what is the most favourable result in the night's other Group D fixture - Poland away to Georgia?
Following Dundalk's victory in the Airtricity League, Richie Towell is being linked with a move to Cardiff, how will the former Celtic and Hibernian player fare in his second term across the water?
Stephen Hunt referred to David McGoldrick as being one of a three man Irish strikeforce at Ipswich, the others being Conor Sammon and Daryl Murphy, should he be called up?