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Manager denies working Republic of Ireland too hard

Giovanni Trapattoni has laughed off the suggestion from Aiden McGeady that the Republic of Ireland‘s players felt “jaded” because of the intensity of their Euro 2012 preparations by saying that the training camp in Montecatini was like a “holiday”. McGeady spoke out after Monday night’s 0-0 draw with Hungary in Budapest, when an electrical storm delayed the kick-off and Trapattoni was in thunderous mood afterwards about the flatness of his team’s performance, despite the result extending their unbeaten run to 14 matches, in which they have conceded only three goals. McGeady’s comments were the first murmur of discontent from within the 23-man squad about Trapattoni’s training methods. “A lot of the players felt a bit jaded at half-time,” the Spartak Moscow winger said. “The game had such a high intensity. We may have to take it easy in training.” Trapattoni and the players, who had spent a week training in Tuscany training under blue skies before the brief stop in Budapest, arrived in Gdynia on Tuesday to set up their Euro 2012 base camp. They begin their campaign against Croatia …

Introducing our Sports section; writers needed!

It may be one small step for BuzzHub user, but it is giant step for BuzzHub as today we added a ‘sports’ section to the site. This means we intent to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the European Championship and Olympics, but we need YOU! Our writers have no sports knowledge whatsoever, and we want you to write for us. Please leave a comment anywhere on the site with your email and we will contact you. Really, we will give this position to ANYONE!