Breaking: The Irish Team To Face Moldova Has Been Named

It may be early days in this qualification campaign, and pre-group predictions have made fools of us all in the past, but tonight's game in Moldova is pretty much a must-win.

Preparations have been greatly complicated by Ireland's string of injuries: Robbie Brady and Jeff Hendrick are out through concussion and card-collection respectively, with Harry Arter and Darryl Murphy among the players also missing out through injury.

Here's the team: it looks like 4-2-3-1 with Whelan alongside McCarthy, with Wes recalled to play alongside Walters and McClean, with Long leading the line up front.

BREAKING: The Ireland team to face Moldova has been named! #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/59oVPjnUx9

— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) October 9, 2016

COYBIG.

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