Hits and misses: England's stars unthreatened as pressure increases on Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny

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Hits and misses: England's stars unthreatened as pressure increases on Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny
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The Sky Sports football writers and pundits analyse Thursday and Friday's Euro 2024 Qualifiers action...

England understudies jostle but star roles not under threatOllie Watkins made his case with the match-winning goal. Lewis Dunk and Sam Johnstone produced goal-saving interventions. But as England's fringe players jostled to take the understudy roles in this squad, the star players were not threatened by anything seen on Friday night. Watkins, running beyond the Australia defence and striking a post in the first half, was a threat and showed off his attributes.

'He had this mantra of wanting to rip up Irish football and play from the back with a possession-based style - that's fantastic, it's a great idea and it's the way the game is moving on, but was it going to work? It hasn't. Republic of Ireland 0-2 Greece - Match reportHow the teams lined up | Match statsEuro 2024 Qualifying fixtures | Results | Tables'You look at Greece and look at the way they played, and they were comfortable in that game tonight.

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