Ireland and Northern Ireland are set to be seeded fourth, meaning that we wouldn’t be drawn against Wales or Northern Ireland.
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“You grow up wanting to be in these tournaments and now I can’t wait”, he told the official site. His one that gave us all three points was massive for us at the time and I don’t forget those particular things.
“If you are driven back in games, as we were by Germany as you would expect as they had a lot of possession and were really world class players and are world champions, that is understandable”.
“We know we will be in the bottom pool of seeds and we will get a tough group”.
“We have to be on the front foot and genuinely win the game”.
In midfield we were solid and with Hoolahan anxious at all times to get on the ball, Bosnia had much more to think about defensively themselves than they had on home turf in Zenica.
“To reach the highest level you need ability but without desire, hunger and workrate you are going to come up short”. There is plenty of fight in this team and that always gives you a chance.
The Republic of Ireland’s play-off heroes were greeted by a surprise guest as they celebrated their qualification for next year’s European Championships. His stock has soared because people in football have seen a different side to him as a No2.
Randolph praised manager Martin O’Neill and assistant Roy Keane for steering the Irish to the finals after finishing ahead of Scotland in their qualifying group.
In fact, their first real opening of the match came after 54 minutes following good work down the right wing by the lively Edin Visca, only for Senad Lulica to completely miss his kick a few six yards out. Stephen Quinn has gone from starting that first game to sitting in long-term rehabilitation in Reading following knee surgery, which will keep him out of the game until late December.
Martin O’Neill hopes that qualification for next summer’s European Championships has lifted the mood of the nation after the rugby side’s failure to make progress in the World Cup.
“I hold the players in the highest esteem”. I’ve been a little bit more hands-on, which I’ve enjoyed. It’s worked out well.
“The manager deserves great credit”.
“It was just towards the bench as I didn’t want to run across for the celebration as I knew that I would be knackered if I sprinted across, so I just ran towards the bench and he was the first person in my path”.
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Keane also revealed he will sit down with O’Neill in the coming weeks to discuss whether or not to stay on in the job beyond the Euros.
