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“There hasn’t been wholesale changes but I’m looking for an improved performances. If we don’t get an improved performance, we’ll get our backsides spanked,” said Givens.
“If we play at the same level in Cyprus we’ll get our backsides well and truly spanked because they’re a decent side.”
That means that Givens had made just two forced changes to side with Derry City’s Kevin Deery and Sheffield Wednesday’s Glenn Whelan coming in to replace the injured Keith Keane and suspended Darren Potter.
Team: Henderson (Brighton); Deery (Derry City), McShane (Walsall), Fitzgerald (Bury), Painter (Birmingham City); Flood (Coventry City), O’Brien (Bolton Wanderers), Whelan (Sheffield Wednesday), McGeady (Celtic); Tabb (Brentford), Ward (Bohemians).