O’Shea wants feel good factor

After the Euros flop, John O’Shea says the Irish team is determined to bring back the feelgood factor.

“The mood in the camp, as you can see there, is very positive,” he said, after a lively training session in Gannon Park yesterday. “It’s going to be a tough start with the travelling and the unknown aspect as well, a little bit like Armenia in the last group. But, look, if we play to our strengths we can cause Kazakhstan lots of problems, give everyone a bit of lift, forget about the Euros and get off to a good start. We want to get the feelgood factor back again and it would help if we can get a win in our first qualifying game.”

The Sunderland man reckons there is no option but to draw a line under those summer blues. “It has to be like that. We’re starting World Cup qualifying on Friday. It’s one of those things that the more you think about the Euros, the more disappointed and angry you feel. I try not to as you have to move on. The sooner we can get a qualification win under our belt the better. And no better place to start than in Kazakhstan.”