O’Neill: Real work starts here

The old town looks the same as I step down from the train…

Well, not exactly. All around our lodgings in Poznan, hard by the railway station, there’s major reconstruction afoot — roads torn up, underpasses blocked off, detours everywhere — turning the once familiar into a bit of a puzzle.

You could say the same about the Irish football team — and not just because you’re a journalist in search of an intro.