DUNDALK MIDFIELDER Richie Towell has been named as the PFAI Player of the Year 2015, having been chosen by his peers as the best player during the 2015 League of Ireland season.
Towell helped the Lilywhites record a league and cup double with 29 goals in all competitions, and finished ahead of Cork City attacker Mark O’Sullivan and Dundalk teammate Daryl Horgan to take the award.
Lilywhites manager Stephen Kenny was named Manager of the Year, having guided Dundalk to back-to-back league titles, while Danny Furlong’s goalscoring exploits for newly promoted Wexford Youths saw him recognised as the First Division Player of the Year.
Shamrock Rovers midfielder Brandon Miele beat off competition from Ismahil Akinade of Bohemians and Dundalk’s Sean Gannon to lift the Young Player of the Year trophy, while Wes Hoolahan was named Overseas Player of the Year, ahead of Robbie Brady and Seamus Coleman.
Surely there is a case to made for giving him a run out with the national team.
Cop on!! Who would you drop to make space?? Mccarthy, Wes hoolihan, Whelan? ?? No player in the League of ireland is good enough!!
Think you answered your own question there…Whelan
So you think towell is better than Whelan? ? Why isn’t towell playing in the premier league week in week out??
When Wes was Towel’s age he was still playing for Shels, at the very least he should be given a chance with the squad such has been his form, and I think that is all anyone is asking, the rest is down to him.
Exactly Sean. 32 year old Paul Green currently playing for Championship strugglers Rotherham was in the last squad. With all due respect to Green surely a fringe squad place like that could be given to someone with potential in Towell. Give him a chance in the squad and see what he’s like in and around other players playing at that level.
So by that logic Seamus coleman wasn’t worth looking at for Ireland when he playing in the LOI nor shane long. We need foreign coaches from england (who play a rubbish brand of football compared to Spain for example) to first spot our own players with potential before we recognise it. Daft.
What’s the case for that then??
Andy Shower and Robbie Toothbrush deserve an honourable mention also