So when you get the highs, enjoy them. His workrate is fantastic and he’s a great example to the other players.
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“Everyone deserves great credit as it was an effort from everyone”.
“I was aware of it because I had the same row on Friday”.
“So when we have it we have to try make a few use of it. Our idea and the thing that I would love us to be able to try and do is have the confidence and courage to keep hold of the ball and play it. (Pause) I had a conversation and he moved”.
“I’ve learned a lot from him”.
IRISH hero Jon Walters is back at Stoke and ready to give it a crack against Southampton at St Mary’s on Saturday.
Walters, a veteran of that campaign, said: “We had Spain and Italy and Croatia, so it was a few group”.
“Definitely Ireland teams in the past have never done it the easy way ever but to go and capitalise on the results we have had in the last while is unbelievable”.
“Well, Germany won’t obviously be a problem!”
“We have to be on the front foot and genuinely win the game”. The pool of players we have is not the biggest. We’ll have a look at that again in the next couple of months. We won’t be short of hunger, desire and determination.
McClean also tweeted a photograph of himself with fellow Derry men and Republic of Ireland internationals Darron Gibson and Shane Duffy in the changing room after the game.
“Don’t be writing these boys off, they’ve all contributed. We have shown we can play: the character, the mental toughness we have”, added Randolph.
Admittedly, they were all friendly games during a getting-to-know-you period for the staff and players respectively.
It may not have been especially pretty, but even without the vast experience of John O’Shea and Shay Given, a makeshift partnership of Ciaran Clark and Richard Keogh defended manfully in front of Darren Randolph in both legs. But they went with it and Irish football is the victor because for Martin his CV just goes on and it is brilliant for him.
“He has just got to be patient because we know it is a long season and injuries, suspensions occur”.
The method underlying O’Neill’s alchemy is hard to define – he does not just big up players with matey bluster, nor does he empower with a method of steel but he projects a likability and credibility that brings the best out of his players. “I can’t praise them enough”.
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“It put me on the back foot for about 20 minutes but then you decide, “OK let’s get on with this and see what we can do”.
