Seamus Coleman: We have quality to finish the job and qualify for World Cup

In an era when his Ireland team are backboned by Burnley regulars rather than the big guns of the Premier League, captain Seamus Coleman still feels Martin O’Neill’s team carry ample components to finish the World Cup tilt they’ve begun ablaze.

Ireland sit proudly on top of Group D yet the absence of any squad members within the upper echelons of the top-flight continues to raise questions about their prospects of completing the mission.

Coleman has, and continues to, possess the loftiest standing for an Irish player with seventh-placed Everton.