Miguel Delaney: O’Neill has point to prove with Ireland

As Ireland make the final preparations for their first game of the Euro 2016 campaign, keen to set the right tone, the team are likely to hear something like this.

“Winger, listen, you’re going to have a brilliant game against the full-back. Full-back, that flank is going to be your own, nobody is going to get past you...

“When we haven’t got the ball, we’re going to get in nice and solid, hard to beat. We’re going to get back into positions as quickly as possible. There’s only going to be one word today: us.”