Furious Trap blasts Kiely’s ‘kindergarten’ exit

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI has dished out his harshest criticism yet of goalkeeper Dean Kiely, describing the player’s reaction to being left out in favour of Kieren Westwood in Craven Cottage on Friday as “like being in a kindergarten”.

Kiely left the Irish squad after being told he would play no part in the friendly against Nigeria, even though it subsequently emerged that Trapattoni had known all along that Westwood’s wedding would rule the Coventry City man out of consideration for next Saturday’s World Cup game in Bulgaria. The embarrassing upshot is that the FAI have been forced into a race against time to provide goalkeeping cover for Shay Given – who says that he needed his 45-minute outing last Friday to increase his sharpness after an injury niggle – with the identities of the late call-ups still to be confirmed.

However, Sheffield United’s Paddy Kenny and Birmingham’s Colin Doyle are expected choices, with Preston’s Wayne Henderson and Scunthorpe United’s Joe Murphy also in the running.