Trio on Red alert as Trap spoiled for choice

AIDEN MCGEADY flying in Moscow, Damien Duff back for Fulham and Liam Lawrence kicking off anew in Portsmouth – even with Stephen Hunt still on the sidelines at Wolves, Giovanni Trapattoni knows that three into two won’t go when it comes to choosing his wing men for next Friday’s crunch game against Russia.

But, speaking at the Aviva Stadium yesterday, the manager sent out mixed signals when asked if the availability of McGeady and Duff presented him with a difficult selection decision.

“Why should there be a difficult decision between McGeady and Duff, why?” he retorted. “In the past, we play one left and one right. Maybe we have other options like Liam Lawrence who has played well until now. But, fingers crossed, looking at the next two games, we hope not to have injuries and it will be better to have four players fighting for those two positions.”