Giovanni Trapattoni announces his squad for the World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands and the end of season friendlies against England, Georgia and Spain in Carrick-on-Shannon today but the media present will be initially concerned with seeking clarity about the manager’s future.

Nil-nil is a scoreline that can tell you a lot or a little.

CHAMPIONS League Group A looked a killer as soon as the draw was made, although no one could have predicted that Villarreal would be languishing on nul points like some ill-fated entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.