'price's Goals Can Be Worth Weight In Gold For Ni'

Former Northern Ireland and Leeds United subordinate Stuart Dallas is portion of BBC Sport NI's sum of Thursday's 2026 World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg.

There's ever a awesome level of excitement astatine nan commencement of a caller qualification campaign.

Every bid to scope a awesome tourney starts pinch hope, and location is besides that unit to effort and scope nan sport's biggest stage.

One subordinate I americium really looking guardant to watching successful that situation is Isaac Price.

He whitethorn only beryllium 21 but he has already go specified a large subordinate nether Michael O'Neill, and he has made a wont of being successful nan correct spot astatine nan correct clip successful beforehand of goal.

He is already a terrific footballer but there's still betterment successful him - and that's really breathtaking because he will support getting better

I've watched Isaac successful nan Championship for West Brom and he's started nan play really well.

He's a large portion of this broadside and Michael's plans. He's an breathtaking talent. He's gone a different measurement to astir players.

When he near Everton he took a immense bet successful going to Standard Liege successful Belgium, but he's backed himself and done well.

He is now backmost successful England astatine West Brom and he's been awesome since moving to nan Hawthorns.

I covered nan crippled against Wrexham and he scored twice. He conscionable has this quality wherever he mightiness drift successful and retired of games but he will ever airs a goal-scoring threat.

It's truthful important to find a regular goalscorer successful world football.

When we qualified for Euro 2016 we had Kyle Lafferty, who looked for illustration he would people each game. Isaac is doing really good astatine nan infinitesimal and hopefully tin make a akin effect successful this campaign.

There person been a fewer wounded concerns, specified arsenic Pierce Charles and Daniel Ballard, and I'm judge Michael was watching nan last group of convention matches earlier nan world break from down nan sofa, hoping everyone would travel done unscathed.

Missing cardinal players is ever a blow, and it's not perfect for Michael.

The goalkeeping business is simply a problem for him now Pierce is out, and Conor Hazard is still sidelined. It each depends connected really Michael wants to play. Different games require different personnel.

We cognize what Pierce brings pinch his expertise pinch nan shot astatine his feet, but he's possibly a spot smaller than a Bailey Peacock-Farrell for example.

Playing against Luxembourg is different than playing against Germany. He mightiness want to get everyone up nan transportation and footwear it long.

I don't deliberation it will disrupt nan squad excessively much, it conscionable mightiness alteration things successful position of really Michael wants to play.

There are goalkeepers location who are much than tin of stepping in. Bailey has represented Northern Ireland a batch of times.

If Michael does spell pinch him past he's much than tin of being a bully replacement.

Stuart Dallas was speaking to BBC Sport NI's Jonathan Bradley

Watch Northern Ireland v Luxembourg connected Thursday, 4 September astatine 19:30 BST connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Three, BBC Two NI; perceive connected BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Ulster and travel unrecorded matter and in-play clips connected BBC Sport website and app.