'You can't start a game like that. It’s sloppy' - Sammie Szmodics bemoans slow start against Hungary

Ireland will have to do without the services of the Ipswich Town forward as he has since been ruled out through injury and replaced by Shamrock Rovers’ uncapped defender Josh Honohan

SLOPPY: Ireland's Sammie Szmodics reacts to a missed chance. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne.

Sammie Szmodics didn’t quite use the official cliché of “it was a game of two halves” when asked for his assessment on the Republic of Ireland’s draw with Hungary on Saturday night, but his own twist was close enough.

“Yeah, it's crazy. Two halves, completely different,” he began not long after full time.