It hasn’t always been a barrel of laughs but Jason Knight is seeing the value of an education at Ireland’s school of hard knocks.
A year ago, the Boys in Green experienced their nadir when Gerson Rodrigues scored a late goal at Aviva Stadium to hand Luxembourg a shock World Cup qualifying win.
It was a shambolic night and, according to captain Seamus Coleman in the immediate aftermath, a ‘shocking and embarrassing result’.
