'It's bigger than us as players. I have stayed focused at club level with a lot of noise around it at Everton. As players if we didn't stay focused, as we did, I'm sure the season wouldn't have finished as it did'
Seamus Coleman insists Ireland's players won't be distracted by the drawn-out saga over the managerial vacancy if it continues into the autumn.
READ MORE: John O'Shea looking for 'Jimmy's winning matches' inspiration for Ireland summer friendlies "It's bigger than us as players. I have stayed focused at club level with a lot of noise around it at Everton. As players if we didn't stay focused, as we did, I'm sure the season wouldn't have finished as it did.
"Any time I put on the green shirt or the lads put on the green shirt, as much as you do it for managers you have that pride in yourself, that inner determination and that passion for your country you will always do all you can to prepare for them games and win them games. But the 36-year-old is impressed by the preparation that his former team-mate has brought to the role. "I think I can answer it honestly and not just because he has picked me in the squad, so I’ll big him up in the right way," said Coleman.
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