Les Bleus leave pundits green around the gills

IT TOOK 20 minutes for the Tackle Heard Round The World to be resurrected on RTÉ last night.

Eamon Dunphy didn't waste time getting in amongst them early doors, bypassing co-panellists Liam Brady and John Giles to laud the "buzz around town" at the first opportunity.

However, it was Brady who invoked the Felling of Overmars at 7.23pm. We'd heard about the selection of Dunne, though worryingly Brian Kerr had said the big Manchester City stopper had been "good against most defenders in the Premiership", which suggested Brian was either a) distracted or b) thinking of someone else altogether.