John Hartson: We’d beat Ireland all day long

John Hartson has news for all those who reckon Ireland copped a lucky break when Wales emerged as top seed in our World Cup 2018 qualifying group.

“We’d beat Ireland all day long,” he baldly states. “If we played now, we’d beat Ireland. You know it and I know it.”

And the former Wales striker and assistant manager has news too for those who think Ireland’s prospects would be still rosier on the road to Russia if, for any reason, Wales were shorn of Gareth Bale.