Poor auld Panama. After losing their two of their group games the number 55 ranked side in the world is now the subject of Martin O Neill's acid tongue.
The Ireland manager was speaking to the Panamanian's footballing ability on ITV, and couldn't resist coming down hard on their lack of quality:
With the greatest respect Panama, I sometimes, where I live, I go down and see the local U17 side. And they've had a really bad season they've lost almost every game and what I'm going to do for their pre-season is I'm going to ask them to play Panama, because you know, Panama are wretched!
Martin O’Neill unimpressed by Panama....
— stephen.mcgowan (@mcgowan_stephen) June 25, 2018
With Roy Keane yesterday putting England in their place after the Three Lions 6-1 win over Panama, O'Neill seemed to be similarly looking to deliver some home truths to the team that are bottom of Group G, but surely he could've been a bit kinder to a Panama side that were always going to be up against it in their first World Cup.
