Martin O ’ Neill says his opinion can not be swayed by Premier League managers who do not rate his players . The Republic of Ireland boss was making specific reference to winger Aiden McGeady , who has not played a single minute for Everton under Roberto Martinez since the end of January . The 28-year-old is set to figure for the Irish in their crunch Euro qualifier with Group D leaders Poland in Dublin on Sunday night . Everton winger Aiden McGeady is tackled by Ireland team-mate John O'Shea during training this week . McGeady , who has not played for the Toffees since January , jokes with Ireland assistant Roy Keane . But O ’ Neill , whose fourth-placed side trail their opponents by three points , said : ‘ If I was to make a judgement on every single player at club level I might be listening to the wrong comments . ‘ Roberto Martinez is absolutely entitled to pick whoever he wants . If he doesn ’ t think Aiden is playing well enough to merit a place in his team , that ’ s entirely up to him . ‘ We ’ ve a different aspect here . We sometimes maybe don ’ t have that particular choice in hand for players in that position . ‘ But Aiden is very important to us and a change of environment might just give him a lift. ’ McGeady has scored more goals for his country this season – two – than he has for the Toffees – one . Ireland boss Martin O'Neill says he will not be swayed by Premier League managers ' opinions of his players . Former Sunderland and Aston Villa manager says McGeady is a key member of his team . His match-winning double in Georgia in September has helped Ireland stay in contention for one of the two automatic qualifying berths for France 2016 . O ’ Neill added : ‘ It ’ s a disappointment from this side that Aiden ’ s not playing . It would be great , absolutely fantastic , if players were coming in here on the back of having played the last couple of weekends , but you always sense it ’ s never going to be that way . ‘ What you wouldn ’ t want is to be going into a game with maybe three or four not having played that much football . ‘ But I think adrenaline can carry you a certain distance . Listen , this is a big game , a really big game . It ’ s taken a long while for it to come around and it ’ s nearly upon us now so they should feed off all of this and be really positive. ’ McGeady was sent off in Everton 's FA Cup third round replay against West Ham in January . How Group D looks ahead of this week 's qualifiers with Germany , Scotland and Ireland chasing Poland . O ’ Neill , meanwhile , has told his players to forget about their Premier League relegation worries . Nine of his squad currently reside in the bottom half of the top-flight , including the likes of Sunderland skipper John O ’ Shea . ‘ I want the players to go into the game with real , serious confidence , ’ said O ’ Neill . ‘ Put club football aside . Forget its trials and tribulations , get that shirt on and give it everything . ‘ We ’ re playing at home and the crowd will be on our side , at least for a while , so go for it . ’
Ireland play Poland in Euro 2016 qualifier at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday . Martin O'Neill will not pick player based on Premier League form . The Republic of Ireland's manager has revealed that he is unlikely to select a number of his players from their domestic league because they are likely to be sold before the end of the season.