Eoin Sheahan

thinking about I really do think that if Ireland had got another 10-15 minutes 2-0 in front that was it I think that's when the context of this game the sort of the idea that the Czech team were in disarray last November I think that might have actually counted for something

If Ireland had gone in at half-time 2-0 up, I think the doubts inside in that dressing room would have been real.

I think the fact that they managed to just get back with that penalty just gave them a slight sense of hope.

And then the pressure came in the third quarter, which was all important.

It's interesting, you talked there about the crazy goal.

I'm not entirely sure that's a free.

There's a passage of play about two minutes beforehand, I think.

I haven't watched the game back where Alan Brown gives away a foul not too far away from the opposition box.

I'm not sure that's a foul.

I haven't seen any replays of that.

We didn't have any monitors in front of us.

I could be totally wrong on the Alan Brown one, but my instinct at the time watching that was, jeez, that's a harsh free.

If we get a free kick and we can put a delivery into the checkbox...

at this stage in the game, that's just a massive pressure-relieving moment.

But unfortunately, they went up the other end of the pitch, the checks, and eventually that leads to the dead ball situation, which eventually leads to the equaliser.

There'll be an interesting discussion, I think, about how Ireland dealt with the pressure.

I mean, Queevin Kelleher's distribution last night was long.

It was struggling to find a good target man.

Maybe it was down to inaccuracy.

Maybe it was down to the...