Live radio and text coverage of Northern Ireland’s Euro 2024 qualifier away to Kazakhstan.
Qualification for the 2026 World Cup does not start until March 2025, by which time players like Steven Davis, 38, Jonny Evans, 35, and Craig Cathcart, 34, could have big decisions to make on their future."It's 16 months away, and we have to look at the picture as it evolves over a period of time, where older players are at a point in their career and with their club careers.
"It's not like we have a full pipeline of players available to come in and replace the older players. "If anything, they are more valuable to us now than at any point. Their experience is invaluable, but also their leadership and influence on the younger players. "The World Cup seems a lifetime away from where we are at the minute. The biggest thing for me is getting the injured players back - Steven Davis, Corry Evans and Stuart Dallas - but we've also missed out on the likes of Conor Bradley, Jamal Lewis, Shane Ferguson.
"Over the next number of months we need to give the squad a bit of strength. I don't think we're in a position to just draw a line and say we're going to go this way. I think we would be far too young and far too inexperienced."
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