Tremendous victory has given Stan food for thought, says MacDonald

IRELAND Head Coach Kevin MacDonald last night hailed Ireland’s 4-0 drubbing of Denmark and said that it would give manager Steve Staunton “food for thought” as he ponders his selection for the forthcoming European Championship qualifiers against Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Still mourning the death of his father Tom, Staunton understandably declined to go before the cameras and the mics after last night’s game and so it fell to MacDonald to sum up an amazing result.

“It was a tremendous victory, winning away 4-0 in Denmark,” he said, “although if they had taken their early chances it could have been very different. If you were marking the players, no-one would get less than seven out of ten. And it means that Stephen now has some difficult choices to make for the next two games.”