Givens: Players are too quiet, I need a Keane-type figure to shout and bawl

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Under-21 manager Don Givens believes his side are crying out for a Roy Keane-type figure to shout and bawl at players.

Givens' squad are in the last-chance saloon with regards their UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying hopes going into tonight's clash, with France at Turners Cross (7.45pm).

The Republic can still clinch a top-two place, but with three matches remaining, they trail second-placed France by six points and third-placed Switzerland by five.