Trap right to take comfort in the familiar

This afternoon we line up at the Aviva Stadium against one of the few European nations we have never faced before.

Bosnia-Herzegovina mightn’t know us very well, just as we don’t know them, but then is there anything much to learn about Giovanni Trapattoni’s Ireland that the Italian hasn’t already laid in full view on the table? The fine Irish football website, Greenscene.me, regularly publishes a ‘Trapattoni Index’, where it ranks the form of Ireland’s squad contenders based on their domestic performances.

We have a feeling Trap doesn’t pay it much attention.