Probably when we are 3 or 4 nil up. At the end of the game he will say something like that was the worst Irish performance ever.
It just makes no sense to play open expansive 'total' football where the players express themselves. They are good players but they aren't Gallactico's. It's also pointless to have creative players like Andy Reid, if you don't have grafters to win the ball back or stop the other team playing.
I suspect the Irish team would be torn to shreds as happened with the second Italian goal, if we played anything other than a tight, defensive game. Previous managers, Kerr and Stauntan tried to play positive football. Kerr had some success but we conceded important goals which cost us a play-off place.
At the end of the day the draws against Italy home and away and the away draw against Bulgaria were vital to our qualification. It's a results driven business and no-one remembers the teams who played nice football but lost.
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