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Published 09:51 20 Mar 2015 GMT
Updated 09:59 20 Mar 2015 GMT
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'For us, I was incredibly disappointed with one of the so-called pundits slating one of our midfield last weekend when I thought he’d played a good game and I thought he actually opened them up. He made a couple of line breaks and was dead solid defensively. 'That sort of thing, when we’re trying to build confidence in players, filters back to players through family and friends and I don’t think it helps. I don’t think it’s accurate, it’s one of those unfortunate by-products of having people for entertainment value as opposed to people who are a little bit more in-depth in their analysis as the other two pundits were...'George Hook is unlikely to disagree that he is there very much for entertainment first and analysis second. However it just goes to highlight that the Ireland set up are very aware of what is said about them and the perceptions of players in the media. We await George's response tomorrow. H/T to Irish Examiner
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