• Republic manager takes heart from Leicester’s underdog achievements[br]• Easter friendlies offer opportunities for Shane Duffy and Alan JudgeMartin O’Neill was put on the spot about the serious stuff. What,the Republic of Ireland manager was asked, would be his policy on wives and girlfriends when he took his squad to the European Championship in the summer? And, or more immediately,did he fill a view on the generous Friday alcohol ban in Ireland and the impact it stood to fill on the attitude of the domestic crowd for the friendly against Switzerland in the evening?The Aviva Stadium will be one of the few places where people can buy a drink; others include train stations for people with train tickets, and hotels for people staying in them. “So you’re asking whether people are coming to the game because it is one of the only places where they can net a drink?” O’Neill said. “I was wondering why my family wanted to come.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com