Trap ‘shouldn’t overlook Fahey’

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC manager Johnny McDonnell believes Keith Fahey should have been included in Giovanni Trapattoni’s initial 40-man panel for Ireland’s forthcoming training camp in Portugal and friendlies against Serbia and Colombia.

Fahey was the man of the match for the league leaders in their 3-2 defeat of Cork City, the midfielder scoring twice and setting up another as Pats extended their lead at the top of the eircom Premier Division to six points.

Said McDonnell: “Is someone playing for Rotherham’s first team or reserves better than Keith Fahey or Mark Quigley? And I’m not just picking out our players — there’s players at other clubs as well. I think he (Trapattoni) should have a look at them, look at their character, look at them in day-to-day training and see what they’re like. He’s an experienced guy and he’d be able to say whether a guy is up to the grade or not.