In fairness to Mick, he surprised us with picking the likes of Jack Byrne for multiple squads. He travelled to see Crowley not even play in the Dutch Cup final, then went down to Waterford to watch our Under-17s.
I believe Mick only wants the best for Irish football and won't pick based on favouritism. He had to come in to this campaign with no friendlies and we're still in with every chance of qualifying. The group ended poorly for us except for the performance against Denmark, and as we all said leaving the Danish game, if the players perform to that level again, we should be able to get past Slovakia.
I'm optimistic. Have to be!
Not too long ago Stevens, Didsy, Egan weren't around. Now all indispensible for a great Sheffield United team. Clark, McCarthy, Long some others, have shown great character and desire to get back playing regularly.
Just to pick a couple of things from the top of my head. We have an accomplished match-winner in Doherty playing for one of the best teams in the league...
These players will relish the game in March.
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