u/John__Delaney

“We are thinking that the January camp is the one for League of Ireland players. That’s the time when the squad will be made mostly of LOI players. That will be the next step, to integrate them into the national team, make a platform for these players. That will be next January and there’s already been positive talks with the FAI. We will just need to work with the clubs to find the correct time to go, and find opponents too."

“I’m not saying if we pick a January camp with 23 League of Ireland players that all of them will be in the next [senior] squad. But there will always be one or two players who can shine and that we like and will be in our minds from then on."

“Sometimes doing something different takes time and I accept that. The budget within the association is tight so we need to be careful where we spend. Given the LOI calendar, it [January] makes sense to me. That’s the reason why all the nations with the same calendar are doing it."

“People might disagree with me but this is my belief. I will try push it when I’m here because it gives us one extra camp with new faces. When I managed Iceland and Jamaica, there was always one player who would shine in those environments. From then on, they were in the first teams.”

Jaden Umeh, Eiran Cashin, Killian Cahill, Tayo Adaramola, Joel Bagan, Aidomo Emakhu and Jack Moylan all earning their first call-ups.

The 27 year old Centre Back is currently one of only two outfield players to have played every single minute in the EFL Championship this season, that's 46 appearances & doesn't include his FA Cup appearance along with 8 appearances for Ireland

The Ipswich Captain somehow managed to not get a single yellow or red card for club or country across these 55 appearances!

His League stats:

- 4140 minutes played

- 17 Clean sheets

- 1 Goal / 1 Assist

- 15 Chances created

- 84% Passing Accuracy

- 6.3 Clearances per game

- 0 penalties committed

- 69.3% of Duels won

- 402 Defensive contributions

- 182 recoveries

- 0.4 fouls conceeded per game / 0.8 fouls won per game

With 96 Premier League appearances under his belt, it will be great to see him back at the level we all know he's at.