James Collins: 'The campaign has not been what we wanted'

'We wanted to win the game and I think we had the better chances to do that, but we just couldn’t break them down'

Ireland's James Collins and Jason Knight react to a missed chance. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

An international window which will be remembered more for the chaos off the pitch than the very little which happened on it finally ended on a whimper for the Republic of Ireland with a 0-0 draw against Bulgaria tonight.

On the back of a 3-0 friendly defeat to England and 1-0 loss to Wales on the road last week, tonight’s tame encounter against a Bulgaria side who had lost six of their eight outings this year might have been the most disheartening of all.