Trap may stick with tried and trusted

Despite all of the new faces who responded when opportunity knocked for them in Fulham last night, Giovanni Trapattoni indicated immediately after the game that he doesn’t expect to make more than one significant change to his usual first 11 for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Germany.

“We need to pay particular attention to Germany and I also want to see their victory over Austria in Vienna,” he said, adding that he would have preferred a draw in that other Group C game last night which the Germans won 1-2. “But after tonight’s game for us, I now know better the young and other options. Germany are strong on the wings and it was interesting for me to see how well Seamus Coleman and Marc Wilson did as full-backs.”

The manager was asked about the eye-catching debut of Manchester United’s rising star Robbie Brady.