Reid wants fair crack of the whip for ‘natives’

ANDY REID believes that some Irish players are not getting a fair chance to break into the international squad.

Reid, himself controversially deemed surplus to requirements by Giovanni Trapattoni, says that he has no argument with the best players being selected for international duty regardless of their place of birth, but he has reservations about the declared management policy of looking to entice players born outside the country, if it’s at the expense of capable and committed native talent.

“Where I think it’s unreasonable is where some of the Irish players get overlooked,” says the 28-year-old Dubliner. “Really good examples that I can use — because I’m playing with them now — are Stephen Quinn and Mark Yeates at Sheffield United.