TV Verdict: ‘Traffic cop’ James McCarthy not Eamon Dunphy’s choice to police midfield

Aptly for the day after the day that was in it, the panel are singing the praises of a Tipperary footballer.

Shane Long is starting and according to John Giles he was as good as any striker in England, Harry Kane included, during the closing months of the season. With his pace, Liam Brady predicts, Long is “bound to trouble” the Swedish defence.

Liam announces he’s reasonably optimistic. So is Eamon Dunphy, provided we “set the tempo and don’t be reacting to the Swedes”.