Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Mo te hunga i kite i te whakatata o Ireland ki te tākaro i a Scotland i Celtic Park i te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi i nga waahi tata, ko nga tohu he kaha, he tika te roopu, kaore e rite ki te tawai. Kāore pea te taha o Martin O'Neill i tino whakaata i te kāhua ahumahi-nui i manakohia e ngā tāngata o Jack Charlton i ngā tau katoa o mua, heoi anō, he iti noa iho ngā kai o te kounga tūturu hei kai mā te hunga pure o te kēmu. Na, he nui ake te mahi a Polani i te whakapuaki i te mea e tino kitea ana i tenei wiki i te wa i korero nui ai ratou mo te rautaki kotahi-ahu, kaha-a-ringa o Ireland i roto i o raatau whakataetae tohu tae noa ki tenei wa? E whakanui ana a Aiden McGeady i tana kaute mō te Reipa o Ireland ki a Georgia. Kaore koe i whakaaro penei, engari, ano hoki, ko Martin O'Neill, ko tana taha o Ireland e whakangahau ana i nga Poari i Dublin, kaore ano kia kaha ki te aukati i te ahua o nga whakapae penei i nga whakapae. He tino hiahia ki te whiwhi i te taha hinengaro iti rawa i mua i te mea e kiia ana he kēmu me wikitoria mo te Republic, i riri te kaiwhakahaere o mua o Celtic i te wa i tukuna mai ai nga korero a nga Poari ki a ia i to raatau turanga Malahide i te Paraire. "Kāore au i te tino āwangawanga ki ā rātou kōrero", te kī a O'Neill, "Kāore au i te tino āwangawanga". Kāore au i te tino mōhio ka taea e rātau te kite i tērā i roto i ngā kēmu i tākaro ai mātou. Ehara i te mea ki ahau te whakahoki kupu engari ko Poland te taha tino tinana i kite ahau i etahi wa. Aue! He aha tēnei? Heoi anō, he tino pūkenga hoki te taha o Ahama Nawalka. I tēnei wā e noho ana ki runga o te Rōpū D, ka hiahia a Ireland ki ngā kaitākaro snookers hei hopu i a rātou mēnā ka wehe atu rātau i te Taiwhanga o Aviva me tētahi atu hokinga nui o ngā tohu. I muri i te wikitoria i Georgia me te whiu i te tohu i Tiamana, ka patua e te pakanga a Ireland te paparanga me te hinganga i Glasgow i roto i to raatau whakataetae whakataetae whakamutunga. I roto i tētahi wāhanga kāore he wāhi mō te hē, ka tino hiahia te kapa o O'Neill ki te tīmata i tētahi raupapa o ngā kēmu kāinga e whā mai i te rima mā te wikitōria. I runga i taua whakaaro, he nui te tango i te tūponotanga kua whakaarohia. Ko te heke o te ahua o Aiden McGeady i kitea ai ia i te taha o Roberto Martinez's Everton mai i...
Ka whawhai a Reipa o Ireland ki a Pori i te whakataetae whiringa toa o Euro 2016 hei te Ratapu. Ko Aiden McGeady pea ka whai waahi ahakoa te kore o te waa takaro i Everton. Ka tīmata te kapa a Martin O'Neill i te raupapa o ngā kēmu kāinga e whā mai i te rima.