Steve Finnan has ruled
out the chance of a players' revolt wrecking thre Republic of Ireland's
World Cup dream.
Mick McCarthy's men face a trip to Tehran in their two-legged play-off
with Iran and while six Chelsea players refused to travel to Tel Aviv,
the Republic do not foresee such problems.
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Steve Finnan happy to join the Irish in Iran
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Leeds Ian Harte is the only player to so far express concerns about the
trip, but McCarthy does not envisage any problems and Finnan also expects
the entire 24-man party to make the trip.
He said: "It was the Chelsea players' decision, and they were given
their chance to go or not. I can understand that they've got families,
and it was down to the players' opinion.
"They were given that chance, but I'm sure that won't happen with
Ireland. It's `we all go or none go' - but it doesn't seem that there'll
be a problem at all.
"Mick McCarthy's been out there and said he was treated fine and
everything was okay. I'm sure all the players will trust him.
"We meet up on Sunday or Monday for the first game, at home next
Saturday. We'll talk about it more when we meet up next week, but I'm
sure there's not a problem for me or any other player to go."