Mason Melia

Naj razi another lad on that ireland u19s team is one we should be looking at. Watched him loads with rovers he’s a top top player. Signed for a serie A or serie B team last year though

 

Kids a talent..

 

I think with the stronger clubs in the LOI finally at least to an extent getting decent academies going and those young players going and getting playing time at very young ages in the first teams of LOI clubs as well makes the LOI a location where we can likely pick up a good young player or 2 in the future along the lines of how things turned out with Liam Scales.

 

Scored another belter there against waterford

 

No harm whatsoever in buying him and keeping him at Pats for a year or so

 

Think he’s bypassed our level purely by age alone. He’ll go to the premier league or Italy unfortunately. Can’t actually think of the last Irish youth product in the 15-17 age range who’s made the jump to Italy or England and been an instant success. Curtis last year to Sheff utd looked the most promising but nothing as of yet.

think Evan Ferguson was at Brighton before that age? But even he doesnt seem to be in the new managers plans. Few lads away to inter too who I haven’t heard of since.

if Melia was to be really looking out for his career id say stay in Ireland til you’re 18 and get 60 professional games played before then moving away at still a young age

 

We need to be all over him. 17 years old, 50 plus games, 10 plus goals and some assists. It’s the sort of signing we should be making and loaning him out at a higher level, within our league. What’s he going to cost? £1m at a maximum. For a 17 year old who’s a mainstay in a top Irish team.