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Wed 09 Sep 2010McGeady fitness a boost for Trap
THERE WAS, as they say, good news and bad news for the Ireland management team in Malahide yesterday as they prepared for this afternoon’s trip to Armenia, with Aiden McGeady coming through a training session without any problems but Paul McShane was ruled out of Friday’s game due to his ongoing hamstring problem.
Given the respective strength of his options in defence and midfield, it’s probably a trade off Giovanni Trapattoni would have settled for if he’d been offered the choice, though, with McGeady a far more likely starter on Ireland’s wing in Yerevan than McShane at right back or centre half.
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