Evan Ferguson has shown his goal-scoring capabilities on international stage for Ireland but his most immediate challenge is to become the main striker for AS Roma. I took a look at what the data shows and how Roma can get the best out of him.

Evan Ferguson has shown his goal-scoring capabilities on international stage for Ireland but his most immediate challenge is to become the main striker for AS Roma. I took a look at what the data shows and how Roma can get the best out of him.

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IRELAND need to go back to a four-man defence if they want to shock Portugal and turn the momentum in their World Cup qualifying campaign on its head. It is my analysis that because Ireland produced a brave display to go down to a narrow, late defeat by Portugal in Lisbon last month, the Irish team management (and most pundits) would believe that a similar approach is the correct course of action to use when the sides meet in Dublin this Thursday. 

IRELAND need to go back to a four-man defence if they want to shock Portugal and turn the momentum in their World Cup qualifying campaign on its head. It is my analysis that because Ireland produced a brave display to go down to a narrow, late defeat by Portugal in Lisbon last month, the Irish team management (and most pundits) would believe that a similar approach is the correct course of action to use when the sides meet in Dublin this Thursday. 

While Ireland were definitely brave and well-organised in Lisbon on Saturday, my contention regarding this Ireland pool of players is that they are better suited to the higher pressing style associated with the Jack Charlton era than they are with playing deeper and trying to be cagey.  

While Ireland were definitely brave and well-organised in Lisbon on Saturday, my contention regarding this Ireland pool of players is that they are better suited to the higher pressing style associated with the Jack Charlton era than they are with playing deeper and trying to be cagey.  

Let’s be honest, if Ireland could get a 0-0 draw at Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday, most Irish fans would not care a jot how it was achieved. 

Let’s be honest, if Ireland could get a 0-0 draw at Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday, most Irish fans would not care a jot how it was achieved. 

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AS international rivalries go, Ireland-Bulgaria goes back more than 100 years and there is probably as much fanfare around their meeting this week as there was when they first met at the Paris Olympics in 1924. In May last year, the FAI opted to recognise that encounter at Olympique Yves-du-Manoir a century ago as the first official fixture of the Irish Free State.

AS international rivalries go, Ireland-Bulgaria goes back more than 100 years and there is probably as much fanfare around their meeting this week as there was when they first met at the Paris Olympics in 1924. In May last year, the FAI opted to recognise that encounter at Olympique Yves-du-Manoir a century ago as the first official fixture of the Irish Free State.

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Heimir Hallgrimsson WHEN it comes to analysing footballers, and particularly around recruitment, data has claimed the keys to the kingdom in many clubs, but should the same approach be applied when selecting players for international football? Current Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson surprised many with his admission that he prefers to watch the broad range of potential Ireland players via the scouting platform Wyscout than by trekking around the UK looking at them in person.