Frank McNally in todays Irish Times manages to capture the hope, humour and possibility beckoning with the new Irish management; All told, it was a pleasantly relaxed start to the post-Trapattoni regime. Ireland outclassed a limited Latvian side, playing more dinky one-twos that we saw in the last two years of the ultra-cautious Italian. Next to that, the most dramatic departure of the night was the spectacle of an Irish football pitch being watered heavily — in November! — at half time. Maybe it was because of the mild weather, and the rugby today. Or maybe the ground staff were worried that the new Irish midfield would wear the grass out, unaccustomed as it has been in recent years to having much contact with the ball.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:14:24 +0000
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