MARTIN O’NEILL accepts that many of the players involved for Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will be running on fumes by the time they take to the pitch at the Aviva Stadium this evening – but the 70-year-old insists there is nothing else for it but to get on with the job in hand.
As a former international manager himself, the 70-year-old accepts that the addition of new competitions such as the Nations League leads to yet more fixtures being crammed into an already hectic schedule.
