“Roll on September, we’ll be ready,” says Roy Keane. The YBIG Football Show, with Dave O’Grady, airing each Tuesday on FRQ.fm looks ahead to tonight’s friendly with Serbia, a must–win game for Ireland’s U21s, and the League of Ireland season kick-off.
After his unveiling as Irish boss, Martin O’Neill spoke of unearthing a hidden 17-year-old gem that would take the Irish team by storm. When naming his squad to face Serbia, the Derryman lamented that he had yet to find one, but when Noel King’s U21s take on Montenegro in a vital Euro qualifier, it could be teenage kicks that get the Republic through the night.