Trap selection ticks all boxes with balanced approach

In the end, Giovanni Trapattoni didn’t have to take an awkward position.

And neither, it seems, will the majority of his 23 players.

While the sad case of James McCarthy obviously illustrates that, yes, there are many issues that matter a lot more than football, it was telling — if comparatively trivial — that the youngster’s withdrawal removed any real talking points from the squad make-up.