John O'Shea insists sacrifices will be made to ensure the Republic of Ireland do not suffer further humiliation on Wednesday.

Ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying clash with the Czech Republic at Lansdowne Road, the fall-out from Saturday's humiliating defeat by Cyprus continues to provide a harrowing backdrop for under-fire manager Steve Staunton.

Following the 5-2 loss to a team ranked 60 places below his side in the FIFA standings, Staunton returned to Dublin to be greeted by a barrage of criticism and calls for his head.

After just five games in charge, with the last four all ending in defeat, Staunton surely never anticipated he would be walking the kind of managerial tightrope he now precariously negotiates.

At least Staunton and Ireland quickly have the opportunity to show they are not as bad as they were at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia.

Without a point from their campaign so far, Staunton's Ireland now need to bare their teeth against the Czechs, who top Group D with maximum points from three matches.

On the face of it, playing a Czech team in form hardly constitutes the ideal opposition for the Republic to correct the untold errors of their ways.