Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu made his first-team debut at Shamrock Rovers at 16 years of age.
Gavin Bazunu reckons his exposure to senior football at the age of just 16 has given him the mental strength to get through his recent rocky spell.
But he was back in the starting-11 for the beginning of their Championship promotion bid, under new boss Russell Martin.Bazunu said: “I’m 21 years old but I’ve been around the game a long time. I think for me, I listen to the people who are going to allow me to be better. And he has kept faith with the Dubliner, who kept his first clean sheet of the season in the 1-0 win away to Stoke last week.“He’s not just a great man-manager, he is also great in terms of his tactics and how he goes about the game and the way he speaks with the players is brilliant.“So he’s been brilliant for me to keep my confidence up and to go into every game with full belief.”
“You don’t want to have a complete blackout because then you never learn to take it on and be able to almost block it out. “Finding that balance is a massive part of it because at the end of the day we’re footballers but we’re all human beings and you have to be able to live your life outside of football.
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