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"Don't respect them too much" - Kenny Cunningham feels Ireland have little to fear from Bosnia

Kenny Cunningham does not believe that Ireland should have too much to fear from Bosnia & Her...



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"Don't respect them too much" - Kenny Cunningham feels Ireland have little to fear from Bosnia

Kenny Cunningham does not believe that Ireland should have too much to fear from Bosnia & Herzegovina after tonight's 1-1 draw in Zenica.

The result means Ireland have a precious away goal for the second leg of the Euro 2016 playoff match against Edin Dzeko and co on Monday night in Dublin.

"Don't respect them too much because with one or two exceptions, they're a very ordinary football team and even those standout players were very much on the periphery of the game - albeit Dzeko got the goal. Pjanic in particular, in centre midfield for me, was very odd how he played the game," said Kenny of Bosnia's performance on Off The Ball tonight after the full time whistle.

He also felt that the Bosnia manager's decision to substitute midfielder Edin Visca on 73 minutes was a very poor decision.

"You spoke about the Russian federation being banned from international competition, I think the Bosnian manager should be banned from international competitions because of the substitution that he made, taking Visca off the pitch. That wasn't an injury. That's one of the worst decisions I've ever seen because he was their biggest threat," he said.  

Kenny also emphasised that today's goal and showing for Robbie Brady shows that it is better to use him in more advanced positions rather than left-back. 

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