"The style of that performance is what we are looking for home and away" he said afterwards.
"We had one match in Dublin and three outside and they were all difficult in their own way because of the opposition, the surroundings and the apparent lack of depth of the squad. I felt it was possible before the match. I've seen us win games like that before with younger teams. I sensed they wanted to prove themselves after last Saturday (the 3-0 defeat by Nigeria)."
"It might not have happened because Holland might have started well and then there would have been brass bands and Mexican waves and hallelujah choruses, but it wasn't," he added.
"I am more glad for the young players, the likes of Alan Quinn and Graham Barrett, who have had hard season in terms of making the breakthrough or having respect. Graham has had a good end to the season at Coventry but he is very much a fringe player. You look at him tonight and he looked very much an international. Alan Lee missed a lot of the season because of injury, Clinton (Morrison) has had criticisms aimed at him but he is a smashing lad, and Andy (Reid) has moved on. Alan Maybury before these two weeks would have been seen to have been bashing away in Scotland without major respect, so it is fantastic for them and that's how it should be. Any player who played in that match on our side, going back into his club pre-season has to feel more confident about himself - or at least they should do."
"We'll take a bit of time to absorb these games and the options for the future and come August and September we'll have a few more options than we had, and a few more experienced options at that. Andy Reid played three games, Alan Maybury played three-and-a-half, Alan Quinn played two, Graham Barrett played two, they are the bonus."
"You also look at Kenny Cunningham and Andy O'Brien playing together, and the combination of Gary Doherty and Andy O'Brien, and Steve Finnan coming in and getting some consistency. I hope other countries don't respect us too much. I hope they look at last Saturday (the 3-0 defeat by Nigeria) and think we aren't much use, that's what I prefer, or they might think this was just a friendly with Holland taking it easy before the European Championship finals."