Roy: Ask not what Robbie can’t do for his country

We learned in July that Ireland would have to take on world champions in Group D of Euro 2016 qualifying.

Roy: Ask not what Robbie can’t do for his country

And, perhaps even more worryingly, we learned on Saturday night that they will now be taking on world champions with a point to prove.

“Well, I wouldn’t say it makes it any easier,” says Roy Keane of the implications of Poland’s shock 2-0 win in Warsaw. Or at least shocking to most, if not necessarily Ireland’s assistant manager.

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