Goalkeepers
Shay Given – 26 – Newcastle
Dean Kiely – 31 – Charlton
Gavin Bazunu – 20 – Southampton
Centre Backs
Kenny Cunningham – 30 – Wimbledon
Andy O’Brien – 22 – Newcastle
John Egan – 30 – Sheffield United
Gary Breen – 28 – Coventry City
Left Backs
Ian Harte – 24 – Leeds
Steve Staunton – 33 – Aston Villa
Right Backs
Steve Finnan – 26 – Fulham
Seamus Coleman – 34 – Everton
Centre Mids
Roy Keane – 30 – Manchester United
Matt Holland – 28 – Ipswich Town
Josh Cullen – 26 – Burnley
Steven Reid – 21 – Milwall
Left Wing
Damien Duff – 23 – Blackburn
Kevin Kilbane – 25 – Sunderland
Right Wing
Jason McAteer – 30 – Sunderland
Callum Robinson – 27 Cardiff
Centre Forwards
Robbie Keane – 21 – Leeds
Niall Quinn – 35 – Sunderland
Michael Obafemi – 22 – Swansea
Clinton Morrison – 23 – Crystal Palace
Gone with a mixture of youth an experience across the squad. Cullen over Kinsella and one from Obafemi/Parrott/Connolly was the only real difficult decision
Cheated a little by moving Staunton from central defence to left full, but he can cover both positions
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Team
StartingXI
Given
Finnan Cunningham O’Brien Harte
Robinson Keane Holland Duff
Keane Morrison
Substitutes
Kiely, Bazunu, Egan, Breen, Staunton, Coleman, Cullen, Reid, , Kilbane, McAteer, Quinn, Morrison
Still not sure about Egan or O'Brien, but I thought Egan and Cunningham would be caught for pace
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