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10th October 2023
12:06pm BST

"One thing that I enjoy when watching them is that they are playing with a smile on their face. If they miss a shot, you can see them smiling and some boys are giving them a bit of jipe on the way out, and it doesn't even faze them. "They have that confidence that they know 9/10 times that ball will go over the bar, and you can see the hunger and desire to get the next ball, and to get the shot away, so it's good to see that there is boys playing with a smile on their face."It reminds you a wee bit of Ronaldinho whenever he was playing, the flashes of genius he would have had in soccer, and to me, they can do the unexpected. "You know that they are going to have a cut, they are going to take their man on and they are going to produce something."
"No he was just aggressive and angry all the time," laughed O'Neill."Peter was the same type of player, he could do the flashes of brilliance, and he was just so calm under pressure, but whatever way people got on when they were on the pitch is up to them. "I think the way they are carrying themselves at the minute, it's great to watch, they are role models for any young forwards growing up to play with a smile on your face, but bring the stuff that every coach and every team wants. "They still bring the intensity, tackling, and take men on - I just think they are great role models." Related links:
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