Content O’Neill hails Ireland’s ‘terrific resilience’

If his team had been playing for points, Ireland would have four now, a healthy return for an opening home and away package.

But, for Martin O’Neill, last night’s scoreless draw in Poznan was all about the new Ireland making a point, his players showing that, after they’d thrived in the comfort zone of the game against Latvia, they could survive in adversity against a much more threatening Polish side playing on their admittedly threadbare home soil.

O’Neill conceded the game had not been “the most fantastic spectacle” but expressed considerable satisfaction with his team’s “terrific resilience” in sometimes trying circumstances.