Kerr gives Miller and Lee chance against Poles

BRIAN KERR yesterday confirmed that Celtic's Liam Miller and Cardiff City's Alan Lee will be the immediate beneficiaries of the many withdrawals from the Irish team for today's match against Poland in Bydgoszcz (5.00pm Irish time).

Both will start for the first time in a selection that will, of necessity, be experimental in make-up but overall quite experienced. The team is expected to contain only one other relative newcomer in the exciting Nottingham Forest player, Andy Reid.

Much attention will be focused on the impact that 23-year-old Miller will have on a game that is certain to prove difficult for Ireland, not least because of the absence of 11 of the original squad of 22 players.