Roy Curtis: An audition of some substance – John O’Shea’s fingerprints were all over that Ireland performance
Republic of Ireland interim head coach John O'Shea gives instructions to Andrew Omobamidele. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
We could compare what unspooled across a reeling-in-the-years night down Lansdowne Road way to a salty old Lord of the Sea returning from exile to assume his command post for another oceanic tour of duty.
Brian Kerr, three score and 11 years young, has been Grand Admiral of Irish football's fleet for almost as long as Anna Livia has discharged into the tidal Dublin Bay waters that gurgle scarcely a Caoimhín Kelleher kick-out from the Aviva Stadium.
