Michael O’Neill believes Northern Ireland are moving in the right directionBy Ian Parker, PA, LuxembourgMichael O’Neill believes Northern Ireland’s successful Nations League campaign has shown his young team is moving in the right direction ahead of next year’s World Cup qualifying campaign. Over the past year, Northern Ireland have lost a whole host of players – including Steven Davis, Stuart Dallas and Jonny Evans – to retirement. Isaac Price is one of Northern Ireland’s young talents. “If you look at the team (in Luxembourg), we had two 19-year-olds playing and I would imagine the average age was close to 22,” O’Neill said. “I thought the game came forward maybe a bit more direct in that stage of the game, the game got stretched a little bit.

Source: Irish Independent November 19, 2024 13:30 UTC