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Published 11:33 11 May 2016 BST
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And Darron Gibson has emerged from nowhere. Roberto Martinez's potential final acts as an Everton manager is to resurrect the Derry man's Toffees season and it is showing as the midfielder barges into the top 10 of the power rankings.
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However, no team - never mind an Ireland team - are going to play three at the back (especially one including Christie and Brady) in a major tournament. If you wanted an extra defender in, the next available player who could play in the centre just so happens to have had an award-winning season.
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So to use Martin O'Neill's formation with Ireland and allow the stats to dictate which players play in each role, here is what you would have.
Gibson takes the place of Jeff Hendrick who hasn't featured since leaving the Ireland camp in March injured. James McClean is in the Jon Walters role up top, out wide, basically everywhere and he played that position well against Slovakia.
Despite all the changes, the bolters, the team still looks well.
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