Away form's Worthy of note.Byline: Darren Fullerton NIGEL Worthington Nigel Worthington (born November 4, 1961 in Ballymena, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager of the national team. As a player, he was a left full back and occasional left midfielder, playing the majority of his club football for Sheffield should pocket numerous positives from Northern Ireland's 2010 World Cup campaign. The emergence of Niall McGinn, Andy Little and Ryan Givern, Grant McCann's renaissance and the continued progress of Jonny Evans Jonathan "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January, 1988, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a football central defender who currently plays for Manchester United. Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland FC, the same club which his brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before , Kyle Lafferty Kyle Lafferty (born 16 September 1987 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley Football Club in the English Football League Championship. and Sammy Clingan are welcome pluses. But the biggest positive? Compare and contrast the first two away games in the group - dismal defeats to the Slovaks and Slovenia - with the last two away draws in Poland and Czech Republic. In Poland and Prague there was composure, assurance, vibrancy and a belief that a positive result could be foraged on foreign soil. Considering the near awful away form of recent times, Worthington merits praise for engendering a new-found confidence away from home. It is clear a psychological barrier has been broken. If there is one overriding plus of the series, it is that. |
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