David Wilson

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Ben, is it something to be concerned about that Ireland have a bit of a lack of leadership that we need to keep a 37-year-old Seamus Coleman on?

So this is the new era.

So him or Setter, this is like a chapter closing.

This is now the team of Nathan Collins, Queven Callagher, Troy Parrott, Jake O'Brien, Daryl Shea, Jason Blumey, Jason Knight.

He's closer to 30 than the rest of those players, though.

No, no.

I suppose before we move on, the green scene and off the ball with Cadbury's, a proud sponsor of the Republic of Ireland football teams, is one of the big issues here that we actually don't have a better right wing back than Seamus Coleman.

Yeah it's funny you just said stick to this formation and I think that's what we'll be doing and Stewie Byrne kind of said this last night after the game on the show was like this is us now this is like we're back three back five two midfielders two number tens or two kind of inside forwards I guess and a striker.

And I agree that that's probably the best way to go.

And we have found our identity.

And for a long time, even under Stephen Kenny, we lacked having a footballing identity.

And what is the Irish football identity?

I think it's something like what we are right now.

the right wing back position is a worry.

We've actually talked before this that the left wing back position would be more of a worry but we seem to kind of have that covered with kind of Manning and Liam Scales and maybe Robbie Brady continues like let's see what happens there.

Is this, yeah, is this the dawn of a new era and can Hamer adapt this team going forward which he will need to for maybe let's say the friendlies but also the Nations League in the autumn?

I don't know I think he's been picking up good pockets and stuff and actually I think he can but I think defensively when we're in that shape he's like tasked with whoever the right back is or the right wing back is yeah can I just say on Azaz first he let's say he's maybe let's say I don't know what he's like kind of off the field or anything like that but he is the leader of this team