No more settling for 'playing well and coming up short' - Player of the Year Josh Cullen 

Despite him being an immovable force in front of Ireland’s defence, what the FAI refer to as vacillating results has stunted real progress for the team.

IMPRESSIVE OPERATOR: Newly-crowned FAI Player of the Year Josh Cullen. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

A natural-born winner like newly-crowned FAI Player of the Year Josh Cullen admits Ireland aren’t the finished article until they develop that killer instinct.

The midfielder was 23 when handed his senior debut by Mick McCarthy in late 2019 but it would be another 18 months before he became a cog in the Stephen Kenny project.