Greece showed both home and away just how important it is to have a nasty streak at this level.
Stephen Kenny hinted at it yesterday, while Friday’s performance strongly suggested it: Ireland need to develop a nasty streak.
But one easy and quick fix would be to instil a nasty streak into a youthful squad that has paid the price time and again for their lack of ruthlessness. It has happened time and again to this squad - with it’s youthfulness no doubt a factor - that they have started strongly but haven’t been ruthless enough to make it count.
James McClean’s imminent retirement - and his omission from this squad - is robbing Ireland of the chaos that he has so often brought to the table. But look around the continent and the big winners have, among their characteristics, an anger and a ruthlessness, and they have no problem resorting to the so-called dark arts.“Is it fun? I don’t know if that’s the right word, but certainly we have worked extremely hard behind the scenes,” he replied.
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