Andrews: Reid will be back

STEPHEN IRELAND might be out of the picture but Steven Reid is determined to get himself back into the World Cup frame.

That’s according to someone who could accurately be described as a well-placed source – Reid’s Blackburn Rovers and Ireland colleague Keith Andrews.

After a year on the sidelines recovering from a serious knee injury, Reid might have limped off with a hamstring problem in a Carling Cup comeback game against Gillingham last week, but his good friend insists it’s not a fresh cause for alarm.