Two teams fighting to avoid relegation from League B in Nations League are battling to find any kind of reason to feel positive.
David Sneyd reports from Helsinki ONE OF THE questions put to Heimir Hallgrímsson earlier today was about the benefit of a change of scenery for the Republic of Ireland players and what it could do to boost morale.Not just the back-to-back defeats at home to England and Greece, but the continued sense of drift and despondency.
There have already been five meetings between management and players going over various plans since joining up on Sunday. Well, if he wants to get a sense of the slang there would be some on his staff, and in his squad, who would describe the weather in Helsinki as absolutely manky. The rain has been constant while the wind grew stronger and more erratic just to really add to the sense of dread for an occasion that feels like it’s on the fringes of most people’s consciousness.
“But if you take a look at the squad, Ireland has a lot of quality players playing in the Premier League, Scotland and in the Championship. I’m a little bit disappointed that we can’t get 30,000 or a full stadium but of course we didn’t start the campaign so well. Maybe that can affect a little bit as well.”Hallgrímsson, of course, is a qualified dentist, so to follow a similar theme, Kanerva is more akin to a mortician.
“They have to get three points. It’s going to be a very tight, even game, small margins will play a huge role.
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