Jonathan Walters takes another big step

“All good, very good”.

With those four words — and an equally encouraging smile — Jon Walters gave a quick hello and goodbye to the media as he left the Stade de Montbauron after another solo training session in which he’d worked behind one of the goals with a physio, bending, running, twisting, passing a ball back and forth.

Martin O’Neill also sounded upbeat as he went into rather more detail about all of his walking — but some now running — wounded.