Michael O'Neill has shown he can get the most out of a small pool of limited players by playing organised football...at international level. Kenny hasn't done that.
As I said yesterday, I think the previous accomplishments a manager brings with them to a position help to earn them respect, and buy them time when things aren't going their way. The greater the previous accomplishments, (and the level of those accomplishments) the more the respect, and the longer the players will have faith that the manager has what it takes to sort things out, before they finally conclude that he has actually lost the plot.
Rightly or wrongly, after a string of bad performances and results, I don't think the players would have all that much respect for or faith in Kenny, given the level they are playing at and the level he has managed at.
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