Czech boss admits Ireland ‘have troubles’

KAROL BRUCKNER walked into yesterday’s press conference in Lansdowne Road wearing his best poker face and insisting that Ireland would be no pushovers despite their apparent disarray.

Asked to comment on Steve Staunton’s haemorrhaging casualty list, the wily old Bruckner responded by insisting that it was a matter for Staunton and not for him..

“It is not for us to speculate or comment on the Irish situation,” said the 66-year old.