I think Rob Elliot has the pottential to someday be in the England squad in a few years.
I hate to say it but I think some club in the Premiership will buy him in the near future and when he gets his break Mr Fabio Capello will see the quality in him.
I hardly see him make a mistake, the saves he makes make me think how does he do that and his throws well he must be related to Peter Schmeichal lol.
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neither do I. Anyway does playing for U19's & U21's count ? Thought I read recently that some player was thinking of switching to Scotland yet he'd played U21's for Engl;and. May be wrong though.
However there will always be Hart, Carson, Foster and others ahead of him for England places imho, even if he keeps on getting better.
Could become a bit of a Charlton legend though, and may be in line for a senior Ireland cap or 2.
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He has made a few mistakes - his decision making on which cross to come out for and when to stay on his line needs to improve, and he could communicate a little better with his CBs - several times I've seen him and Llera going for the same ball. That said he has gotten away with the mistakes this season. However he's improving all the time, but as with Jonjo he's at least two years off playing prem football regularly and he's better off learning his craft here than sitting on the bench or in the stands and getting the odd start and going nowhere.
I dont let the fact that he supports Charlton cloud my judgement.
He did play for ROI youth, although that doesn't 'count'. He could theoretically switch to play for England in the future.
My thoughts, lets give him time to learn his trade before hyping him up. Well proven as a shot stopper but needs to work on crosses, particularly if they are angled across the penalty area.
Not sure about England (or ROI for that matter) just yet but who knows
I think with U21 caps it depends on the games you've played in, whether they were friendlies or competitive matches. Pretty sure Andy Goram played for England U21's before he switched to Scotland, as did Dominic Matteo.
andy Goram was English and Scottish. FACT
(two Andy Gorams, there's only 2 andy gorams)
That young Hearts winger, can't remember his name.
He's Brazilian by birth and (i believe) parenting, but has spent much of his life in Croatia and therefore qualifies for Croatian citizenship. He took them up on this because he felt he stood more chance of playing international football if he was croatian.
Elliot is obviously a local lad, yet has an irish grandparent or somthing
The only keeper better than him that I saw at a young age is Kirkland, and he had a positional error for shots and runs across his body; something that Carson has but isn't blessed with as much talent and brains as Kirkland to solve it. Maybe it's premature but I haven't been more excited by a Charlton player since Parker, and that includes Shelvey who's talented but not quite effective in his position; something clearly Elliot is.
He comes (unlike Deano who rarely did) and he either catches or punches away. Not seen many that he misses or worst of all gettiing caught in no man's land having started to come and then changed his mind.
Any Irish blood in Jonjo?
He could follow in the footsteps of Kins and Matty (World Cup Hero) Holland.
I was quite impressed by the rookie keeper who stepped up midway through last season, but he was a bit weak on timing for crosses and positioning, facing direct free kicks from the edge of the box.
But compared to last seasons total inexperience, this lad has come on by leaps and bounds, game by game.
If he makes an occasional misjudgement, so do all keepers - but that's all part of his learning.
Coming for crosses has improved greatly too - and his defenders know when he's coming and when he's not.
And his reflex shot stopping is as good as most keepers in the Prem.
He's now beginning to command his box and his positioning is excellent.
Surely the foundation of a sound goalkeeper.
By the time Kiely came to us he had played nearly 350 league game and all but one season (the previous) had been in the lower divisions.
He came to us for the Championship season during which he was 29!
He was nearly 30 before he played a top flight match.
Robbie was 23 in April. He has played a total of 44 league games with Notts Co., Accrington and Charlton including this season according the Rothmans and scored no goals!!!
Will be play as a full international? Who can tell? Foster, Robinson, Green, etc all have weaknesses and are older. Given is getting on? I've no idea who else, other than Randolph there is available for Eire (why are they never called that anymore?).
There are plenty of examples of young keepers being tipped for glory but not living up to the billing. Weaver is one and Mervyn Day was another. Neither were bad keepers and both had good careers but never went on to be regular internationals.
Rob, like Shelvey, can only benefit from playing every week in a winning side. Only time will tell how far he can go but right now IMHO he's doing his job pretty well. Maybe that is because the strikers are not as good in this division so he has a fraction more time or the shots are less well placed but he is not costing us lots of goals.
Somewhere down the line there is, but he's named after the jockey not cos he's Irish, much prefer him playing for England though thanks, he'll be a world cup hero for them and hopefully an Olympic one too