It’s not ‘do or die’ for Ireland tomorrow tonight – more like a case of ‘do but not die’. From an Irish perspective, Mick McCarthy could afford to beg to differ. “Everybody wants to make it a cup final, a ‘do or die’, and I don’t think it is,” he said. I don’t think there is. “I wouldn’t want him to be isolated up there, that’s for sure,” said McCarthy of the Brighton striker.

Source: Irish Examiner October 14, 2019 22:41 UTC