Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Martin O'Neill went with a conservative enough selection in the end.
With the Euros just around the corner, he wasn't going to start taking flamboyant risks and the injury of Harry Arter and the ongoing struggles of Robbie Keane and James McCarthy saw O'Neill go with what he knows.
As you can imagine though, people had opinions on the selection.
The players who missed out:
David Forde
Harry Arter
Darron Gibson
Eunan O'Kane
Callum O'Dowda
David McGoldrick
The injured Harry Arter got a lot of sympathy from Irish fans.
https://twitter.com/mufc_anna/status/737764508958109696
https://twitter.com/IrishRED05/status/737762808037834752
https://twitter.com/KoptimusPrime/status/737760835695706112
Eunan O'Kane was a big one that they were all talking about.
https://twitter.com/Scallion26/status/737760357385707520
https://twitter.com/TheConteEra/status/737761339242893312
Decent point.
https://twitter.com/andyirishnews/status/737766482411655168
It's not all about the goals.
https://twitter.com/Mackers1501/status/737761730126831616
83 caps later and Aiden McGeady is still a burning issue.
https://twitter.com/EamoV1/status/737764043625222145
https://twitter.com/patrickjhurley/status/737772525233528834
https://twitter.com/FarrellyBaz20/status/737773390602375168
More daring punters wanted the inclusion of young Callum O'Dowda after 20 blistering minutes.
https://twitter.com/OneMustWonderSo/status/737774150761189376
https://twitter.com/alancaw/status/737744874737401859
https://twitter.com/Bian999/status/737768515516674048
https://twitter.com/NaathanByrne/status/737767307750035456
People were just happy that Westwood was included.
https://twitter.com/JamesQuinlan_/status/737771999150387201
https://twitter.com/Bootsy1990/status/737771286294859776
Some people were more forceful than others.
https://twitter.com/real_sir_puga/status/737765368496852992
The selection of Daryl Murphy split the camp.
https://twitter.com/paulthetim/status/737760203412803584
Except it didn't split it.
https://twitter.com/DarraghMUFC/status/737765932823662593
The Ipswich fans know what they're talking about.
https://twitter.com/Keiryoung501/status/737763673423380480
What about the forgotten striker?
https://twitter.com/chrisclayton15/status/737765386247122944
Rubbing it in.
https://twitter.com/DailyMesut/status/737759920448282624
Something we can all agree on.
https://twitter.com/td_ward/status/737760653981667329
Not everyone was whining.
https://twitter.com/steveneary66/status/737766672090685445
https://twitter.com/Dan23_92/status/737775124259168256
Plenty were though
https://twitter.com/leedalyire/status/737771809261637633
The most glaring absent of all.
https://twitter.com/StamfordEdition/status/737760103739318272
