Andorra V Republic of Ireland - Thursday, 3rd June 2021 - Friendly

[pineapple stu]

We're practically incapable of playing a decent forward pass. So many times we get to half way and run out of ideas

[Fixer82]

How is an international match being played on a poor astro pitch?

Doesn’t excuse our performance though

[osarusan]

Few voices in the world are more annoying than Stephen Kelly.

[shakermaker1982]

I see a better standard of football on a Sunday morning.

Zero imagination.

[placid casual]

It's actually an embarrassent. Is there an Irish player on the pitch that understands what a midfielder is supposed to do. Get the ball off the defence, pass, move, dictate the game, control the tempo.
You see those things in Division 1 League of Ireland ffs.
Kenny always seems surprised how badly we play after the games we've played so farin his reign - these players certainly have no interest it would seem.

[centre mid]

Every Andoran tackle has been a foul so hard to have any cohesion but doesnt excuse an international footballer being unable to control a ball from a 10 yard pass.

[pineapple stu]

Have we had a shot yet?

One shot blocked from Doherty maybe - is that it?

Edit - there's a shot there from us. A bloody awful one

[CSAD]

It's actually an embarrassent. Is there an Irish player on the pitch that understands what a midfielder is supposed to do. Get the ball off the defence, pass, move, dictate the game, control the tempo.
You see those things in Division 1 League of Ireland ffs.
Kenny always seems surprised how badly we play after the games we've played so farin his reign - these players certainly have no interest it would seem.

It’s quite clear the players have no interest, that’s why they magically have injury problems when the international fixtures come around.

[Trequartista20]

The players excuse doesn't wash when we're playing a side as lowly as Andorra.

We patently haven't been set up or organised properly again. Again we're ponderously knocking the ball about in front of the opposition to no effect. No imagination in general play nor with our set-pieces.

Andorra have scored a couple of times against us before. If they score today I can easily see the unimaginable happening.

[pineapple stu]

Good passage of play there - and then Curtis with an awful header. How do you head six yards wide when six yards out and central?

[Fixer82]

Good passage of play there - and then Curtis with an awful header. How do you head six yards wide when six yards out and central?

Collins

[passinginterest]

Better last 5-10 mins. Not sure how Collins made such a hash of a simple free header. The lack of any creativity in midfield is so hard to watch.

[CSAD]

I was actually very optimistic after th3 2nd international window...it appears the players lost interest since they fialrd to qualify for the euros as the lack of effort on the pitch and all the pull outs says it all.

How can a manager set a team up when it’s clear the players have no interest judging my the lethargic play on the field and the pull outs off it.

[TrapAPony]

I am hoping this will be Kenny's last game as he is taking us nowhere but rock bottom. He is clearly not up to managing the national side. The players are putting in very poor performances too by the way.

[paul_oshea]

This passing possession game definitely isn't for me. It's awful stuff to watch. I'll never not watch them or say I don't want to see us at a championship but it's brutal stuff.

[CSAD]

Good passage of play there - and then Curtis with an awful header. How do you head six yards wide when six yards out and central?

He nearly knocked someone out in row Z when one on one with the keeper against Bulgaria, it seems he’s trying to find new impressing ways to miss.

[DCWA]

I feel like we are watching the end here. It is just nothingness.

[Razors left peg]

Same old players like Hourihane and Collins showing they are poor, but I think Im finally waving the white flag on Kenny after that 1st half.

The players look like we have gone backwards since his 1st few games now. I think I'll admit that its time for a change unless something drastic happens in 2nd half

[seanfhear]

It's actually an embarrassent. Is there an Irish player on the pitch that understands what a midfielder is supposed to do. Get the ball off the defence, pass, move, dictate the game, control the tempo.
You see those things in Division 1 League of Ireland ffs.
Kenny always seems surprised how badly we play after the games we've played so farin his reign - these players certainly have no interest it would seem.
Whats wrong with 4-4-2 ? with 4 actual midfielders ~ Hopefully we see McGrath soon.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Certainly feels like the end of the Kenny regime is occuring. As bad as the ref and the surface are, it's Andorra. They have to win or he has to go.

[the 12 th man]

Absolute rock bottom stuff,I don't think we can get any nearer the bottom of the barrel without scraping the underside of it,abysmal first half.

[shakermaker1982]

It’s a really painful watch. How have we not managed to trouble the Andorran goalkeeper? What exactly is our plan? Is Parrott on the pitch? Has McClean forgot how to cross a ball?

[ifk101]

The passage of play in the built up to the Collins chance (how did he miss that?) was really good and exactly what we should be doing. Otherwise - terrible. Aired passes don't work on astros with the bounce, needs to kept on the ground. No shots on goal - unacceptable after a week's training camp in preparation.

[pineapple stu]

Andorra concede a significant amount of their goals in the last half hour - not surprising if they're mostly part-time - so there's hope for a win yet, but the performance is just bad. This is deeply concerning tbh

[RiffRaff]

Have to say I have been behind Kenny up to now but he has to go. Watching us play backwards and sideways against a park team is the last straw.

[Philly]

This is bad. I had low expectations for the game, but you'd think after a week of working together the team would be able to put some plays together. This game was pretty much chosen to help us get some kind of momentum going, but they are just not showing up. I expect us to win by a goal or two but am genuinely starting to fear a draw here.

[Olé Olé]

Have to say I have been behind Kenny up to now but he has to go. Watching us play backwards and sideways against a park team is the last straw.

I'm finding it very hard to argue with this point now.

[centre mid]

Yep lot of players hiding. Doherty couldn't care less.

[Eirambler]

The biggest surprise here is that so many stuck with Kenny for this long. People said he was unlucky but he's actually fortunate to have been allowed to carry on for as long as he has been. It was clear after the first two international windows last year that the setup was all wrong. Nothing has changed since. There is no logic to how we are set up, how we are trying to play. Honestly worse than Staunton's time in charge. That half was another new low, in a year of many. 0 attempts on target. Against Andorra.

Would be quite happy for us to not win here as long as it definitely meant he would be gone after the Hungary game.

[CSAD]

I find the lack of heart or commitment from the players incredibly disappointing, I can live with us not being great if we atleast show some heart, that atleast makes me proud as an Irish man but these players honestly couldn’t give less of a f*%k and it sickens me. Genuinely think Shanrock Rovers would give this lot more of a game and that’s a damning indictment.

[pineapple stu]

This feels rather like the Luxembourg game tbh.

I hope none of these Andorrans has a right peg.

They're Spanish fourth tier players FFS

[tetsujin1979]

First time we failed to score in the first half in a game against Andorra. We didn't score against them in the second half the last time we played

[Eirambler]

I find the lack of heart or commitment from the players incredibly disappointing, I can live with us not being great if we atleast show some heart, that atleast makes me proud as an Irish man but these players honestly couldn’t give less of a f*%k and it sickens me. Genuinely think Shanrock Rovers would give this lot more of a game and that’s a damning indictment.

I don't think the manager does anything to inspire them. If the setup is wrong off the field them it's hard to turn it around on the field. I honestly feel sorry for them.

[ontheotherhand]

What is Matt Doherty?

[NeverFeltBetter]

Wow. That's just about the worst defending I have ever seen a senior Irish team pull off. This is surreal.

[osarusan]

Ah jaysus. Towering defender left all alone in the centre of the area.

[Trequartista20]

I hate to say it but I saw this coming.

There can be no credible excuses offered for this latest disgrace.

[passinginterest]

I just feel sad at this stage

[shakermaker1982]

We are an utter shambles.

[TrapAPony]

All this is quite predictable. Stephen Kenny making Steve Staunton look like he was the best manager of all time.

[CSAD]

We have well and truely hit rock bottom now. Watch the usual stooges say it’s not the players fault...

[centre mid]

FFS shocking defending the space he had

[pineapple stu]

It's not often you see a goal where literally every player was badly at fault

[NeverFeltBetter]

Should be two, if the #19 plays the forward in instead of shooting.

[Northsider]

Goodbye Kenny. So far out of his depth that it is truly embarrassing

[the 12 th man]

I've seen more commitment in the Leinster Senior League.

[ontheotherhand]

Surely you whip the entire team off the field after that?

[Trequartista20]

Despite the protestations from his supporters it was obvious to many of us from very early on that Kenny had been promoted way beyond his abilities.

A professional team deserves a professional manager.

[D24Saint]

I’ve been a long time hold out as I was desperate for things to work out but times up. The players are a poor crop but still should be better than this. It’s times to give another man a crack at the job.

[placid casual]

Dead. Man. Walking