Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill is set to alter the shape of his side for Sunday's Euro 2024 qualifier against Kazakhstan.
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A long flight to Astana has given O'Neill plenty of time to reflect on what went wrong for his side after injuries forced him into a change of shape, switching to a back four."We played with one system for the first four games and then changed the system for game five with not a lot of time to do that if I'm honest.
"It's not like we have a full pipeline of players available to come in and replace the older players. "The World Cup seems a lifetime away from where we are at the minute. The biggest thing for me is getting the injured players back - Steven Davis, Corry Evans and Stuart Dallas - but we've also missed out on the likes of Conor Bradley, Jamal Lewis, Shane Ferguson.
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