The Republic of Ireland have a good chance of making a deep run at the upcoming FIFA U17 World Cup in Qatar, according to Graham Gartland, who has coached a portion of the squad at club level.
It will be the first time that a Boys in Green team will have featured in a World Cup at that age grade and harks back to the Brian Kerr era of the 1990s when Irish teams made their mark at World Youth Championships in 1997 and 1999 at under-20 level.
Ireland kick off their group campaign next Wednesday against Panama, before facing Uzbekistan three days later and then Paraguay on 11 November.
The Irish group games will be shown live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, and should the team qualify for the knockout stages, broadcast details for those subsequent fixtures will be confirmed at a later date.
Speaking on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast, former Shamrock Rovers and Drogheda United league-winning defender Gartland felt there is the quality within the squad to make it out of the group and potentially go even further.
"When you look at the fixtures they have and what it takes to get out of a group, I think they will get out of the group," he said.
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"But I also think that if they play to their strengths, with all the firepower they have up the top end of the pitch, and all the physical power they have and the pace at the top end of the pitch, I'm really looking forward to watching them because I think if they can play to their strengths, they have a really good chance of going deep into the tournament."
Gartland went into detail on the players selected by manager Colin O'Brien. Of the 21-strong contingent, 16 have come through the League of Ireland pyramid, with 12 currently lining out for LOI sides.
Many of those have had connections to the Shamrock Rovers academy and Gartland coached a significant number on their way up the development pathways.
But it's former Cork City forward Jaden Umeh - now of Portuguese giants Benfica - who he believes "could really light up this tournament".
The 17-year-old gained first team experience at Cork before moving overseas last year and that is a theme that runs through parts of the squad with the likes of Shamrock Rovers duo Michael Noonan and Victor Ozhianvuna as well as Dundalk's Vinnie Leonard among those to have played their fair share of men's football.
"I think that's the most exciting element of it, is the fact that this talent now is no longer in the UK," said former Shamrock Rovers, UCD and Ireland U17s midfielder Paul Corry, also speaking on the podcast.
"I'm delighted that the clubs, and particularly Stephen Bradley, had enough sense to release the players and not stand in the way of what is an unbelievable opportunity.
"Particularly when you look at the group and the teams that we have to play, you would expect that we would be able to pick up enough points against Panama and Uzbekistan to see us through this group.
"And then when you start heading into knockout phases, who knows what can happen in those situations."
