Qualifying for Euro 2016 doesn’t make Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane future-proof

Hats off to O’Neill and Keane, but let’s not chuck them in the air just yet, writes Brendan O’Brien

It’s been four days since that memorable night at the Aviva, but the canonisation of Martin O’Neill and the last steps in the 13-year transformation of Roy Keane from national sinner to saint have already been ratified by a congregation of Irish football fans drunk on the giddy cocktail of qualification for Euro 2016 and a performance against Bosnia that was suggestive of even better days to come.

The clamour is rising: sign ’em up! Get those new contracts sorted.