Ex-Defender Questions Wisdom of Fai Process ; Andersons View On the Main Contendersrobbie Keane Can Be Very, Very Good... The Reality Is That Not Enough Youngsters Like Stephen Hunt and Kevin Doyle Have Come Through the Ranks... And We Havent Got a Roy Keane

Daily Mail › November 20, 2007

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Handing players too much power will make the next managers job all the harder, warns JOHN ANDERSON, a defender from an era when Irelands stars actually helped pick the team JOHN ANDERSON yesterday questioned the wisdom of the FAI consulting their players over who should be the new Ireland boss.

The former Ireland defender was speaking as chief executive John Delaney considered the results of his weekend meeting with five senior members of Irelands squad, who gave him their views on the identity of Steve Stauntons successor.

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Ex-Defender Questions Wisdom of Fai Process ; Andersons View On the Main Contendersrobbie Keane Can Be Very, Very Good... The Reality Is That Not Enough Youngsters Like Stephen Hunt and Kevin Doyle Have Come Through the Ranks... And We Havent Got a Roy Keane

As a player from the Eoin Hand era of Irish football, Anderson knows a thing or two about player power, winning the majority of his 16 caps in a period when Frank Stapleton, Liam Brady and David OLeary were influential beyond t...

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