There weren’t too many Mos to admire at the Aviva tonight, but Glenn Whelan certainly looked the part. The part of a 1970’s homicide detective.
Ireland got the MONKEANO era off to a winning start with a handy win over a rather hapless Latvian outfit and while some of the Boys in Green gave some eye-catching performances, no-one caught the eye quite like the central midfielder.
While the rugby boys embrace Movember quite like no other sport, their footballing brothers don’t follow suit in quite the same numbers, relatively speaking. So while there will be many in view during tomorrow’s Autumn international, they were few and far between tonight, but they might argue they are more quality than quantity.
Jon Walters came off the bench to show us his effort and while it wasn’t bad, it was blown out of the water by his Stoke team-mate.
Here is some of the Twitter reaction to the midfielder’s Mo.
There’s a touch of Willie O’Dea about Glenn Whelan with that moustache. #Ireland #IreLat
— Daniel McLaughlin (@Dan23_92) November 15, 2013
Very impressed with Ireland’s composed play. And in a total non sequitur, moustachioed Glenn Whelan is a ringer for Sean Haughey.
— Gavin McLoughlin (@gavmcloughlin) November 15, 2013
Glenn Whelan looks like a wartime era RAF pilot with that tash!
— Brian Allen (@PauloBraldini) November 15, 2013
To be fair to Glenn Whelan he may not be a world class footballer but that is a world class mo… #IrlLat
— David Dunne (@underwear_thief) November 15, 2013
Moustachioed Glenn Whelan. First sign of the apocalypse.
— Patrick Moloney (@CalvLyfeson) November 15, 2013
