Eoin Sheahan

I'm not sure what his future in international football is beyond that.

So you just try to think in broader terms, and it is deeply, deeply unlikely that he could go for another four years.

You never know with the Euros in 2028.

He's proved everybody wrong in this campaign, but you'd say that would have to be fanciful as well.

And whenever he does decide that he's played his last game for Ireland or is about to play his last game for Ireland...

The tribute will include something around the idea of him being one of Ireland's greatest ever players.

I thought he was very good last night.

I think his performance is getting mixed reviews.

I thought he actually had a good first half.

I thought he was involved.

And even just the fact that

He is just such a conductor out there with regards to throw-ins.

Obviously, the penalty situation, as we saw in Hungary and as we saw again last night, lengthy VAR check.

Seamus Coleman has the ball.

He's letting Troy Parrott stand on the edge of the box, allowing him to compose himself.

But even just when it comes to set pieces and everything down his side of the pitch, he is the manager on the pitch, so to speak.

And you can just kind of see the aura that he has when it comes to his own teammates.

It wasn't a perfect performance from him last night, but I still thought that

I still thought he was very good, to be honest, and it is likely the last World Cup qualifying game that he will have played, and that is devastating.

That being said, you tally the outs and the continuations in this team, and it is largely a story of continuation going into the next campaign.