Jacob Devaney

Played 70 minutes against Hearts in a 1-0 win tonight.
 
That's a big win for St. Mirren, beating top of the table despite being in 10th before the game kicked off. Well done to the lad!
 
Jacob Devanney is a very good prospect, i see him getting a chance to push up the ranks if his loan goes well, a dark horse to make it at United. Mentally strong, very good reader of the game, ideal no 6. Interesting few months ahead for the kid.
 
Is it only a thing with United fans to get super excited at the prospect of a youth product potentially making it with the first team (even as a sub)?

Am not saying Devaney will, but I'd love if 1 or 2 could get more minutes with the first team over the course of this season and the next.

Or maybe that's just me...
 
Last edited:
Varun1 said:
Is it a thing with United fans only to get super excited at the prospect of a youth product potentially making it with the first team (even as a sub)?

Am not saying Devaney will, but I'd love if 1 or 2 could get more minutes with the first team over the course of this season and the next.

Or maybe that's just me...
Click to expand...
I'm not sure I understand? The United fan base is probably the most enthusiastic about academy players making it to the first team. Are you suggesting that isn't the case?
 
P-Nut said:
I'm not sure I understand? The United fan base is probably the most enthusiastic about academy players making it to the first team. Are you suggesting that isn't the case?
Click to expand...
Sorry, it wasn't worded properly, I've not had much sleep.

Am always looking forward to the next United youth product, even if only as a bench option. I was wondering if that's just me, or it's a thing with United fans in general.
 
Varun1 said:
Sorry, it wasn't worded properly, I've not had much sleep.

Am always looking forward to the next United youth product, even if only as a bench option. I was wondering if that's just me, or it's a thing with United fans in general.
Click to expand...
Yeah I'd say it is, it's just that the best youth products usually end up as squad players and it's the exception that they come through and take a starting spot. With PSR it's also stupidly made more sense to fill your bench with transferred in players and take the 100% profit on youth players that could be squad options.

Hopefully that changes with the squad cost rules coming in from next season.
 
limerickcitykid said:
He’s been phenomenal this season. Don’t think it’ll be too long before he’s in the Ireland senior squad.
Click to expand...
It’s great to see. I’d say he could feature in Nations League games in the Autumn.

The young lad at Malaga, Aaron Ochoa Maloney, scored at the weekend too. We could have a proper midfield in the coming years.
 
Last edited:
Hopefully he can break through at Utd.
Been a while since we have seen decent Irish representation in the first team.
 
sleepehead said:
Closer to a Casemiro/Palinha type, I wouldn't say he's a pure destroyer type but maybe something like early Declan Rice at West Ham
Click to expand...
If he is going to be anything close to Casemiro or a Rice he will save us a fortune!
 
Does anyone know the potential of this guy?

Ireland badly needs a PL quality CM.

Is he potentially good enough to be a squad player at MU or more likely to sold to Championship or lower PL?

He's actually playing senior football in Scotland and getting good reviews but that's not a particularly high level.
 
next_number_seven said:
Does anyone know the potential of this guy?

Ireland badly needs a PL quality CM.

Is he potentially good enough to be a squad player at MU or more likely to sold to Championship or lower PL?

He's actually playing senior football in Scotland and getting good reviews but that's not a particularly high level.
Click to expand...
He is where he is at the moment and doing well and we will see how he handles the next step up....that is all he can do.
 
Bondi77 said:
He is where he is at the moment and doing well and we will see how he handles the next step up....that is all he can do.
Click to expand...
Yeah next season will be interesting.
He should get a championship loan at a minimum.
The Championship is higher standard than Scotland.
Hope he declares for Ireland. England are stacked in CM but be could get 100 caps for us.
 
next_number_seven said:
Yeah next season will be interesting.
He should get a championship loan at a minimum.
The Championship is higher standard than Scotland.
Hope he declares for Ireland. England are stacked in CM but be could get 100 caps for us.
Click to expand...
Probably League 1 I reckon.
 
At this moment he is good League 1 level player I guess. That probably means that with solid preseason with United (and we will be short in the midfield with WC around) and a little bit more physical development, he can opt for Championship as well, although not sure what is better for his development. I would like to see him loaned out, not sold yet, and probably to Championship midtable team that will give him some time, or to League One team that is fighting for promotion.
 
KevinJoh said:
At this moment he is good League 1 level player I guess. That probably means that with solid preseason with United (and we will be short in the midfield with WC around) and a little bit more physical development, he can opt for Championship as well, although not sure what is better for his development. I would like to see him loaned out, not sold yet, and probably to Championship midtable team that will give him some time, or to League One team that is fighting for promotion.
Click to expand...
We're desperate for a PL level Irish midfielder so I'm hoping he comes good.

The clips I've seen of him look good.
Good passing range, good touch, good ball winner. Has a goal in him.
 
Only for the Scottish League finishes the weekend of the 16th/17th May I'd have said he's be in with a chance of the Ireland squad for the training camp and game against Greneda. That's the type of some of the players Heimer seems to have in mind for this camp if available
 
Fr. Todd Unctious said:
Only for the Scottish League finishes the weekend of the 16th/17th May I'd have said he's be in with a chance of the Ireland squad for the training camp and game against Greneda. That's the type of some of the players Heimer seems to have in mind for this camp if available
Click to expand...
If he gets a good loan in the Championship next season, we could see him in squads for the Nations League.

AFAIK he can get 3 caps in competitive fixtures before age of 21 and still switch.
 
next_number_seven said:
We're desperate for a PL level Irish midfielder so I'm hoping he comes good.

The clips I've seen of him look good.
Good passing range, good touch, good ball winner. Has a goal in him.
Click to expand...
I think he's just really solid, I think he's floor is really high but his ceiling is still unknown. He seems to have the right mindset which will help him long-term. But I think next season he needs to be playing every week. I could see a couple of League 1 teams take a shot at him, but I'm really hoping a Championship team ends up going for him. Good thing for him is that physically he's fine and at 18 that's a good sign
 
sleepehead said:
I think he's just really solid, I think he's floor is really high but his ceiling is still unknown. He seems to have the right mindset which will help him long-term. But I think next season he needs to be playing every week. I could see a couple of League 1 teams take a shot at him, but I'm really hoping a Championship team ends up going for him. Good thing for him is that physically he's fine and at 18 that's a good sign
Click to expand...
There are usually 1-2 bottom-feeders in there but by and large SPL is decent Championship quality (with at least 3 PL-standard sides in there at any point). It's also quite a robust league. If he's doing well in Scotland across more than 2-3 games then the club should definitely be looking at Championship loan next time around.
 
sleepehead said:
I think he's just really solid, I think he's floor is really high but his ceiling is still unknown. He seems to have the right mindset which will help him long-term. But I think next season he needs to be playing every week. I could see a couple of League 1 teams take a shot at him, but I'm really hoping a Championship team ends up going for him. Good thing for him is that physically he's fine and at 18 that's a good sign
Click to expand...
We're really lacking Irish midfielders.

When you see the likes of the PSG midfield and what world class looks like, it shows how far off we are.
 


Highlights of his performace vs Celtic. He's exceeding my expectations, I always thought he was a bit slow on the ball to receive/turn but he's proving me wrong, the other parts of his game like passing/positioning are really solid. Will be interesting to see what we do with him next season.
 
He looks good in that comp. Couple linebreakers in there too
 
euv2 said:


Highlights of his performace vs Celtic. He's exceeding my expectations, I always thought he was a bit slow on the ball to receive/turn but he's proving me wrong, the other parts of his game like passing/positioning are really solid. Will be interesting to see what we do with him next season.
Click to expand...

Looks a solid player.

Good touch and passing and vision.

Good engine and good ball winner also.
I like the move at 1:38.

He has potential to be upper championship/lower PL at least depending on development.

A championship loan would be ideal or maybe a loan to Dutch league maybe.
 
Fans of both Celtic and Rangers have said to me that he played well against them and that he is one to watch, decent on the ball and good awareness of what is going on around him.

Fingers crossed for him, but let's not forget the case of Dylan Levitt, who looked great on loan to Dundee United (and Mitchell at Hearts before him, albeit as a full-back).

It would be great to see him in the Championship next year, but I'd probably prefer to see him in Scotland again than go to League 1 after things going so badly for Gore there so far.
 
Russell_eire said:
Fans of both Celtic and Rangers have said to me that he played well against them and that he is one to watch, decent on the ball and good awareness of what is going on around him.

Fingers crossed for him, but let's not forget the case of Dylan Levitt, who looked great on loan to Dundee United (and Mitchell at Hearts before him, albeit as a full-back).

It would be great to see him in the Championship next year, but I'd probably prefer to see him in Scotland again than go to League 1 after things going so badly for Gore there so far.
Click to expand...

True - but Levitt did it at 21, Devaney is 18.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.