Scary, if we don’t feel we can dominate Georgia

It was a long, strange and distinctly uncomfortable night at the Aviva on Thursday.

In the end, Ireland got the win which, added to the draw in Serbia, makes for a satisfactory points return from the opening two games of World Cup qualifiers. But scarcely masked by the 1-0 result against Georgia was a performance which, especially in an abject first half, served up far more questions than answers about where this Irish team is at under Martin O’Neill.

I’m sure that the manager was expecting a vibrant performance in Dublin after nicking that good result in Belgrade but, instead, what we got was something so lethargic that it was, frankly, alarming.