Brady: time to end ‘tradition of failure’

IRELAND assistant manager Liam Brady says the BoysIn Green have nothing to fear from their upcomingWorld Cup playoff with France – insisting it’s time to end a ‘tradition of failure’ against Les Bleus.

“We have played against France so many times in the World Cup, that this game was always written. When playing, I faced France during the qualifying phase for World Cups in ‘78 and ‘82 and we also faced them in 2006.

“We always meet on the way to the World Cup. Unfortunately for us, we have always failed. But always by very little. Time has come for that tradition to end.”