Fear not a factor as Ireland striker Callum Robinson contemplates playoff picture

After getting off the mark in the Premier League this season, West Brom striker confident ahead of Slovakia clash 

Callum Robinson: "Every attacker would say they want to be the one scoring goals but when you get to these nights I'd take one off the shin, the defender. It doesn't matter, to be honest, once it gets over the line.” Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The dye has been cast. The Republic of Ireland intend to play some football when they face Slovakia in Thursday's Euro 2020 playoff. the question is whether that will make them any more adept at putting the ball in the opposition's net.

The team's struggles in front of goal were all too obvious in a qualifying group that saw Mick McCarthy's bid fall well short and there are few in Stephen Kenny's ranks with anything like a real pedigree at this level when it comes to rectifying it.