From Andy Reid to Steven Reid and a host of other names in between, the number of players that fell out with Giovanni Trapattoni is quite a long one.

Steven was on the line last night to discuss the departure of Giovanni Trapattoni and his own tense relationship with the Italian.

The former Ireland midfielder last played for Ireland in 2008, with injuries holding him back, but retired from international football in 2010. However Trap's comments claiming that the midfielder's career was over, made it hard for him to come back. And Trap made no overtures to welcome him back once his injury problems abated:

"How can I come back into a squad and play for a manager that's publicly come out and said that I might not get back playing at the top level? That would have been virtually impossible. But having said that, when I did get back playing, it wasn't as if the manager went out of his way to welcome me back in or to even offer that olive branch. It was a mess to be honest. My club manager at the time, Sam Allardyce, came out strongly about it as well and that probably made up Trapattoni's mind as well. Anyone who speaks up against Trap can kiss goodbye to getting back into the squad."

But now that Trap has gone, Reid still doubts that he can make his way back into the new manager's plans because he now plays at right-back, a position cemented by the impressive Seamus Coleman.

While Reid sees Martin O'Neill as the front-runner for the job, he believes the budget available to the FAI will dictate who will take over the job. 

"I think it would be a decent appointment," said Reid of O'Neill,"Apart from Sunderlandon the whole he has been successful whatever club he has gone to. His man-management, by all accounts, is meant to be world class. When you've only got the players for a short period of time, it's important you've got a manager in there who's got good man-management skills."

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