With the scrutiny generated by Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane's appointment as Ireland's management team, it is easy to forget that the Boys in Green are not the only national side that are under new management during this international window.
Tonight's opponents, Poland, will also be playing their second game under a new head coach.
Adam Nawalka, a former manager of Wisla Krakow was handed the job last month after the country's failure to qualify for the World Cup.
His predecessor Waldemar Fornalik only lasted a full calendar year after taking over after Euro 2012.
Adam Nawalka ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
Form
The change of management underlines the issues that the Poland national team are currently suffering. They only managed to finish fourth in World Cup qualifying Group H behind England, Ukraine and Montenegro.
After losing to 2 - 0 Ireland in Dublin in their first official friendly of 2012, their form initially improved as they won four of their next seven friendlies and qualifiers, losing just once.
But their most recent form has been dire, losing three games on the bounce including World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and England last month.
The final defeat came on Friday night in a friendly against Slovakia, where the team was booed off following a 2 - 0 loss on home soil in Wroclaw.
It was the worst possible start for new manager Nawalka who cited the defence as a key area of concern.
Formation and team
Nawalka started with a 4-2-3-1 against Slovakia and may go for the same formation. Southampton's Artur Boruc started in goal ahead of Wojciech Szczesny who has only made sporadic friendly appearances since he was sent off against Greece in the opening game of Euro 2012.
Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski plows a lone furrow up front. He has not been in stellar form for his country, netting just three goals in his last 11 games (two of those came against minnows San Marino).
Robert Lewandowski club form tends to overshadow his efforts for Poland ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
To support him, he has Dortmund team-mate and Poland captain Jakub Blasczykowski who operates on the right flank, while Trabzonspor's Adrian Mierzejeski and Club Brugge's Waldemar Sobota started in the hole and on the left respectively against Slovakia.
Poland are missing Dortmund attacking right back Lukasz Piszczek who has missed the entire season thus far after having hip surgery in the summer. He will not return until next month.
Main image: The Poland team that started against Ireland in February ©INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
