Croke Park's a Big Place...

I know it's base and mean to continually pick on the poor old FAI (and ill-advised, as I might yet be looking for tickets for the September games in Bratislava and Prague) but they offer a fresh perspective on the behind-the-scenes confusion prevailing in the Ireland camp. In a soft news item on Damien Duff from today's RSS feeds, we are told the following:

Irrespective of where the Dubliner operates from tonight, he will have a critical part to play, according to manager Stephen Staunton.

So, Stan himself doesn't really know where on the park the Duffer's going to end up? All you have to do is give him a ball and a yard of grass...