In just over a week's time, Ireland will have a much better idea of whether they will be heading on a plane to Russia or not come summer 2018.
Georgia away on 2 September represents a tough task in its own right and that is followed by facing the group leaders of Serbia at home just three days later.
If Martin O'Neill's side want to progress they will need all their players on top form for both games and lucky for us at least one of them is doing just that.
Robbie Brady put in a man of the match performance today for Burnley and played a crucial part in the Clarets snatching a point from last year's league runners up in Tottenham Hotspurs.
With a stellar pass, Brady found debutant Chris Wood the score the 92nd-minute equaliser to upset the odds and Twitter went into meltdown.
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The 25-year-old capped off a great week after netting against Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Cup as Burnley progressed to the next round and will be coming into Martin O'Neill's squad brimming with confidence after his stellar few days.
Ireland's next two games are fixed for Saturday 2 September away to Georgia and 5 September at home to Serbia followed by a visit from Moldova on Friday 6 October and Wales away on 9 October.
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