O'Neill to manage stars on yellows

MICHAEL O'Neill will go into Northern Ireland's final World Cup qualifying Group A game against Luxembourg carefully managing four players who are on a yellow card, despite not knowing for certain if they risk suspension for the playoff to come in March.

- By IAN PARKER

Trai Hume, Justin Devenny, Josh Magennis and Jamie Reid have all picked up a yellow card in this campaign so far and although O'Neill assumes another booking on Monday night would rule them out in March, his request to UEFA for clarification on the rules is yet to receive a reply.