McGeady was tormenting the Andorran defence while the Republic were varying their attacking tactics to good effect with a mixture of precise passing and long balls which were troubling goalkeeper Josep Anton Gomez.

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The net effect is that both the attacker and the victim (who is attacking back) are breaking the law.

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"You only have to look at the way London Irish played to see the effect Brian can have on England, because they were a very attacking team, " Flood said.

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