The only good thing is that Estonia drew with Serbia so that result went our way and it leaves the group wide open.
Northern Ireland were missing several players who would have started the match so from that point of view it's not a bad result.
A lot of people are asking why we didn't see more of Pat McCourt, who only came on for the last 10 or 15 minutes, but showed the potential that he has.
We have enough players on the park who can defend - we need a few who can show more flair in attack.
McCourt can make things happen and he showed two or three glimpses of what he is capable of - in my view, he should have been on from the start.
Overall, it was a poor game and both managers will be thinking they could have won the match.
Neither side took the bull by the horns and went for it and that's the disappointing thing.
Manager Nigel Worthington will be pleased with his side's effort - the players always give 100% - but we never put Slovenia under a period of sustained pressure, as we have done previously under the lights at Windsor Park.
The Faroe Islands are next up at Windsor Park in August and it's always a worry against the minnows.
We dropped two points there in October and we probably needed the three points against Slovenia to make up for that.
I don't think any other team will drop points to the Faroe Islands and I expect us to win at home, we should be too strong.
Having said that, we need an early goal or it could get nervy.
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موضوع: Pundits' view on N Ireland 
الأربعاء مارس 30, 2011 6:14 am
