Drury: media intrusion may be Staunton's stumbling block

BRIAN KERR'S agent has predicted that Steve Staunton will prove to be a highly successful manager with the Republic of Ireland but has called on the FAI to give the Drogheda man more time and support than was offered to his client.

Staunton has made a favourable first impression on most of the media since his unveiling, but Fintan Drury saw Kerr's relations with the fourth estate plummet from similar giddy heights to rock bottom.

"The disappointment I have is not that Steve Staunton was appointed. I just don't believe that there should have been a vacancy," said Drury.