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I must say it was a stifling plan that actually worked Jim although not pretty to watch. IMO the tactics used by Strachan were very 'Irish' in the fact that previous Irish managers have employed a similar type of strategy and eventually gave England a defeat! The players bought in to the game plan and it should have 'paid off' but for 5-10 secs of poor decision making and a goalie who really should have done better but looked extremely nervous 'from the off'.