Sorry the Swedish guy is on 500k my mistake
But still less then Stephen
Sorry the Swedish guy is on 500k my mistake
But still less then Stephen
Ya but we have a lot of players like that, back when a player needed a 2 point skillset we now have players with a 5 point skillset, sadly most of our players have about 1-2 and don't always deliver on those per game either. I thought he was ok, I think people expect more because of robbie 2016
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Jaysus seanfhear - we're only over the Troubles and you want to start them all over again?!
Why is that only acceptable now though? Because its Stephen Kenny? Why are those desperate like an addict to his last fix, using this argument as a reason to defend kenny but were yet happy to use it as an argument against other managers for not getting the best out of what is/was available?
Kenny, like the last few managers gone before him suffers from player malaise - an inconsistent calibre of player and a player who is inconsistent. But it's never been an excuse before.
Knight is a great example, he was poor against Scotland and average against Armenia, was always on the periphery but against luxembourg he was good ( i havent see anything to merit the excitement others feel about it). And so many managers to come before had their own incarnations of this.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
People won't admit it but Kenny's reign has painted McCarthy's second term in a new light. Played 10, won 5, drew 4 and lost 1 in a difficult group is not bad at all. There were some poor performances though. The O'Neill reign was going very well up to a certain point. Getting to and playing well at Euro 16 is often overlooked along with some great performances and results. Same with Trappatoni, we had some good times but also some very low points. Staunton and Kerr disappointed overall, McCarthy in his first spell certainly got a lot of praise until the end.
All the managers post Jack have at least made us competitive, that's apart from Staunton and Kenny. I don't think it's unrealistic to expect us to compete for qualification. Staunton obviously had to go, same with Kenny now. As for finding a replacement. Brendan Rodgers might be available soon. Might be tricky budget wise but he's a proud Irishman. Losing Anthony Barry was as predicted a huge loss, he could be tempted back with the top job offer. We may need to look outside the box in a search, Celtic for example seem to have found someone decent without looking within familiar circles. One thing's for sure, finding a quality replacement is vital to repair the damage caused by Kenny.
not really true to be honest. it wasn't until we looked set to qualify for wc 02 did he get the media off his back.
the 02 qualification campaign was marked in criticism of many performances including cyprus and andorra away. even the 2-2 holland away drew criticisms.
and despite a very good wc finals showing it didn't take long for the knives to come out when the euro 04 campaign didn't start well
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