Football: McMenemy's target area

THE new Northern Ireland manager, Lawrie McMenemy, has quickly identified his side's biggest problem - scoring goals.

"The higher up you go, the harder it is to score goals," McMenemy said before tonight's game with Slovakia in Belfast. "You can't expect lads performing in the First and Second Divisions to go and play inter- national football and suddenly start hitting the back of the net."

McMenemy will probably opt for Queen's Park Rangers' Iain Dowie and West Bromwich's James Quinn up front, although St Johnstone's George O'Boyle could come on at some stage.

NORTHERN IRELAND (possible): Fettis; Patterson/Whitley, A Hughes, Hill, Morrow, M Hughes, Lomas, Lennon, Gillespie, Dowie, Quinn.