The first of Ireland’s warm-up games for EURO 2016 sees Switzerland arrive at the Aviva Stadium. @aulit_z of @FootballSwiss has the low-down on the visitors, their prospects for this summer’s finals, and the view on the Boys in Green.
Foley-gate may be no more with Giovanni Trapattoni firmly drawing a line under the subject but there are a few more faces in the Irish squad who could face tough conversations with the manager after Monday’s final warm-up game with Hungary. Players like Kevin Doyle and Stephen Hunt have some work to do in Budapest or they may find themselves down the pecking order come the showdown with Croatia just six days later.
What connects James McClean to the First World War, a Czech giant and a rotund Andy Reid-esque legend of world football?