Republic need different tune on and off pitch under new boss Heimir Hallgrimsson

Like just about everything served by the Republic of Ireland against England on Saturday, the venom and anger in the booing of Declan Rice and Jack Grealish had faded long before the Spanish referee called a halt to what was a severe beating.

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Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson cuts a frustrated figure during his side's defeat to England Like just about everything served by the Republic of Ireland against England on Saturday, the venom and anger in the booing of Declan Rice and Jack Grealish had faded long before the Spanish referee called a halt to what was a severe beating. The vigour in the chants directed at the pair and the ill-advised booing of God Save The King were not replicated on the field of play where the Irish attack was toothless, devoid of a sting, to ensure that Harry Maguire had surely his easiest afternoon in an England shirt..