Ireland v Hungary: talking points after a World Cup qualification fightback

The Boys in Green were two-nil down at the break. 

Ireland's Nathan Collins reacts to Referee Harm Omers. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Stuck in the blocks again 

Heimir Hallgrimsson had bigged this one up. His assistant Paddy McCarthy had bigged it up. The players had bigged it up. FAI president Paul Cooke wrote in the programme about a palpable sense of anticipation. CEO David Courell went on about a renewed sense of optimism.