0 Have your say Ronan Curtis has really come on in the past couple of years. Derry City boss Kenny Shiels would tend to play him on the left-hand side of a three-man attack. He has plenty of pace and is a big, strong lad. Curtis is also decent with both feet and his improvement has been fantastic this season. He’s broken into the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad and is highly-rated. Curtis was over at Ostersunds, in Sweden, at the end of last season but he didn’t move because of the wages he was offered – they weren’t much better than what he’s on at Derry. But he is a quality. From the tail end of last campaign and the start of this term he’s really got his head down and has come on leaps and bounds. Curtis has always had a lot of potential. He started off as an out-and-out striker. But since Shiels has come on board as Derry boss he’s really taken Curtis under his wing and improved him as a player in his three seasons as manager at the Brandywell. He’s definitely one of the better prospects currently in the team. It was a bit of a surprise he was called up to the Ireland under-21s squad. There’s not a lot of home-grown players who get called up – especially at under-21 level. For a long time, Curtis was the only one who was called up from the League of Ireland by manager Noel King…. [Read full story]
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