I really hope Jack Byrne’s omission from the Ireland squad was down to sharpness as we don’t need another Wes Hoolahan-type saga.
At Aviva Stadium on Tuesday, watching Ireland make hard work of Lithuania, it struck me that the game was tailor-made for the Shamrock Rovers star.
And that’s not because I bumped into Jack on the way in, enjoying a chat about the season to date.