Look at all these people who Daryl Murphy made fools of against Serbia

Ireland need a goal.

Things are going badly. A one-goal lead from the start of the game never looked convincing and, in the space of seven second half minutes, it's all inevitably undone. So Martin O'Neill reacts. And his instincts are spot on. A lot of things can change in five minutes though and a lot of attitudes were certainly altered on Monday night. Before the game in Serbia, Daryl Murphy's international record read like this:

9 years 22 games 0 goals

Granted, there was a six-year hiatus in there but those are the facts and the sight of the big Waterford man coming on to rescue the ship didn't inspire a lot of confidence. Especially when he was replacing the goalscorer. https://twitter.com/IrishJack26/status/772892317996896256 Times were tense and his club record stood for nothing - not to impatient fans on Monday evening as Ireland trailed in Belgrade. https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/772893308779651076 So poor Murphy felt the brunt of it as he was brought on for the last 15 minutes. Far too many people were knocking him before he even got his flick on to set up a glorious Shane Long chance. https://twitter.com/field1985/status/772892634893389824 https://twitter.com/GunnerAB10/status/772892154083545089 https://twitter.com/ChrisMorrow44/status/772892068872069121 https://twitter.com/stafford_cian/status/772892568187265024 https://twitter.com/E_0_R/status/772892649154048000 The manager was to blame more than the player. https://twitter.com/cmcm52irfc/status/772891781772050433 Then he literally went from zero to hero. https://twitter.com/dylan_fox96/status/772893380787466241 And Newcastle fans loved it. https://twitter.com/NUFCPulse/status/772894035929341953 https://twitter.com/HD_07/status/772893924126064648 https://twitter.com/NUFCarter/status/772893251846213632 https://twitter.com/ToonArmySD2/status/772923015617089536 We always knew what he could do. https://twitter.com/NewbridgeSaint/status/772913743961415680 The GAA Hour Hurling Show relives Tipperary’s sensational All-Ireland victory with Paidí Maher. Listen below or subscribe on iTunes.