Who would you like to see replace him?
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Who would you like to see replace him?
Fecking hell that's deflating.
Sprinklers on in the end were shooting into in the 2nd half.
More passing coming up
More passing coming up
Bring back Mick McCarthy
Ah I don't know man but Kenny is not the one IMO.
Two good shots from Latvia
I definitely understand that viewpoint. Results aren't always that good. To be honest I'm worried that we'll revert back to type and go back to the Trappatoni style era. If I thought we could get a better progressive manager than Kenny then I wouldn't mind but I don't trust the FAI. Either way the next few years are important to get right as we do have some talented young players coming up.
Excellent performance, 2 good goals, lots of good play, a couple up, 2 rockets from out of nowhere, 2-2 half time. The very definition of an Irish performance under Kenny. I'm a fan but Jaysus, it never seems to go the way it should. Lots of positives, Smallbone looked great, Ferguson and Obafemi have the potential to be a great partnership, important because we're defo going 5 at the back against the French and the Dutch. Matt and O'Dowda look great going forward but you can see their flaws going g the other way.
Matt Doherty ?
We are so slow.
Crowd is getting restless
Taken off. Thankfully
Might see some urgency now on the right
Might see some urgency now on the right
Mikey Johnstone looks a player. Very impressed.
The colours are weird. It's like an olive green and piss orange, not like the strong colours on the flag.
We're still shite but now have a wonderkid. If France show up on Monday it will likely be a hammering.
Johnston looks like a baller. I like the cut of his jib.
Come on now. Good keeper, three good centre halves, Cullen in for a bit of control, a half decent number 9.....one of the great nights only round the corner, Kid.
Channelling prime McGeady there. We don't get to see many twinkle toed wingers round these parts. Certainly a place for him in the squad.
One of the worst atmospheres I've experienced at Lansdowne in years. Assume everyone's saving their voice to boo Mbappé on Monday. Decent game all the same, both their goals out of nothing really, which, for most teams would be a relief, but for us, it's happening so often now that there has to be something not being done correctly to avoid conceding all these wonder goals.
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Yeah it’s nuts how often we concede long range screamers against teams we should be much better than. Bizarre.
As an aside, people keep telling me Kelleher is really good but he hasn’t looked up to much in an Ireland shirt. He seems to have zero presence about him.
Id have Bazunu ahead of him every time.
Indeed. He's freaking me out a little with that robotic calmness, even when conceding goals. Harsh, possibly but I thought it was a strange dive for the screamer, never got off the ground and deflection or not, I thought he could have done more with the second. I'll be glad to see Bazunu back on Monday.
Is playing with a back 5 causing confusion maybe?
Strange decision from Kenny.
He's only played 3 games all season, whereas Bazunu is playing every week.
Annoyingly, both the young keepers have been consistently pretty gash at shot stopping in an Ireland shirt.
By all accounts, Bazunu is playing shite every week (except against us, obviously). He is statistically the worst performing keeper in the PL. Kelleher isn't playing, but as a result he isn't showing his limitations too often.
I'm a massive Bazunu fanboy, and I reckon that he will definitely prove to be the better keeper in time, but right now it's not a ridiculous decision to drop him.
Think he might even be one of the very worst in Europe, in terms of stats.
The shots should be stopped by the defenders that aren't doing it.
Keepers getting beaten by long range efforts time and again is worrying
Yeah, he's a young lad playing in a poor side. Dave looked pish for us in his first season. I'd say Bazunu got his promotion to Premier league starter a season or 2 early. But I still would be very hopeful for him.
I think Stephen Kenny has been unlucky. Napoleon said something about lucky generals. Trappotoni and O'Neill got lots of luck.
Let's hope the old adage about luck evening out comes in to play for these qualifiers.
I think we'll have a tasty enough team in 2 years assuming certain players continue to develop positively.
I don't know enough about football to know if Kenny's a good coach but it's certainly more interesting to watch Ireland at the moment.
Have no issues with conceding wonder goals. That'll revert to the mean eventually.
But why is no one talking about Ireland actually fecking scoring goals!
It's been so long since goals have been flowing,
11 in the last 5 games, 6 in the last two.
Good signs.
But why is no one talking about Ireland actually fecking scoring goals!
It's been so long since goals have been flowing,
11 in the last 5 games, 6 in the last two.
Good signs.
I think giving Kelleher a game was sound thinking. He needs minutes, having a sub keeper with basically zero club minutes is not ideal.
Anything other than a mauling by France on Monday will be OK. They look tasty as feck against the Netherlands.
Anything other than a mauling by France on Monday will be OK. They look tasty as feck against the Netherlands.
Monday is going to be fun.
Ian Harte on the telly too. Haven't seen or heard of him for such a long time.
Reminded me of that free kick vs Israel all them years ago.
Reminded me of that free kick vs Israel all them years ago.
They might surprise you. They gotta avenge that Henry handball some time.
Poor Ian, all I remember is how tortured he was playing behind a young Kilbane who was always losing possession and making Harte look out of position.
Kilbane aged well but he was a disaster initially.
I'd fancy us to beat that Dutch side