The clothes maketh the man.
Ireland fans are anxiously awaiting the release of the Euro 2016 kit next month but what about the players’ official tournament suits?
When are we going to see those bad boys? England players (and Jonjo Shelvey) have already been pictured in their new threads ahead of France this summer, with English high street favourite Marks and Spencer once more providing formal gear to Roy Hodgson and the lads.
England have had their Euros suits done by M&S again. That's fairly depressing, isn't it? pic.twitter.com/mSA8wtTnQP
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) February 18, 2016
It’s a new enough concept, the tournament suit… If Jack Charlton and the lads had suits back in 1990 they surely would have worn them when they went to the Vatican, instead of those flecky polyester tracksuits.
They were only meeting the Pope, like.
There has of course been a change of management since Euro 2012, with Italian fashionista Giovanni Trapattoni…
…most of the time…
Being replaced by Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane, two men for whom couture is not an over-riding concern, one imagines.
Who better to clothe, in this new era of austerity, the Irish boys in France than this country’s M&S equivalent? That’s right, let’s dress the lads in Dunnes Stores suits.
There are a few decent options, to be fair.
Perhaps not breathable enough for a French summer
The country gentleman might appeal to Tory Jonathan Walters
Winner: similar to England’s, but supporting Irish jobs. Result.
