Damien Delaney

If you're listening to the crowd or you're watching the stadium or that call, I think there was a call to prayer before the Iran game that we were listening to there.

If you're listening to that, you know, you can zone out and kind of compartmentalize that, you know, and again, it's just all about the game and you're focused on the task at hand and you're trying to remember your job and what you're supposed to do.

And

And then the game just passes you by.

It's only when you're kind of Gary and myself.

Now you're finished.

You look back and you go, geez, that was a mad experience, but you don't really have any abiding memory by it.

Only the very fact that we, you know, we went to a world cup, you know?

Yeah.

I think it's a good move it's a good move on both parts I think even up to this point I think Hamer has done enough to warrant it I think from the FAI's point of view you look at the debacle of trying to appoint Hamer and how long it took and the absolute lack of viable candidates that were out there we don't want to go into another situation like that we found a guy that's

more than adept you know he's very very good at organising teams he pivoted midway through this campaign to get us through it so he's shown that he's able to adapt and I think he's very good with the media I think everybody seems to have a good sense I wouldn't imagine I haven't seen anything but I wouldn't imagine anyone was like I'm not happy with this you know I think if we did manage to qualify for a World Cup I think Hamer's phone would be absolutely like tearing up with nations ranked between 50 and 90 in the world and

that we want you and I'm talking all over the world you know I'm sure there'll be African Middle East teams Far East teams would be interested South American teams would be interested in him with what he did in comparison to where Ireland were if he did get us to a World Cup I still think that his body of work of getting us to this point and even if he gets to the Denmark game I think there will still be a lot of job options out there for him so I think on both parts it makes sense and and and

My overriding thought is I'm pleased that he wanted to do it, which means he's happy here.

He wants to stay here because he could have been quite within his rights to wait.

And then, you know, the contract offer will probably still be there, even if we didn't go through in these playoff games.

So, look, I think it's good that he wanted to stay and it's good that he chose to stay.

Yeah, I would think so.

You could make a case that Robbie Brady might come in at left wing back, possibly.

But yeah, I think that's pretty much set.

Seamus is Seamus.