Green shoots offer World Cup consolation

My attention was caught t’other day by a piece in the paper headlined ‘World Cup: Ten Talking Points From The Midweek Friendlies’.

It made for interesting reading. If I may be permitted to quote from the top: 1 Ireland won’t be there. 2 Ireland won’t be there. 3 Ireland won’t be there. 4 Ireland won’t be there. 5 Irl- Er, hang on a mo. (Pushes laptop to one side. Leans forward. Bangs head violently against desk. Retrieves laptop. Resumes typing).

And so it seems I’m not quite over that Danish pasting just yet.