What about the Boxers Brother ? He was a great man to tell a yarn and could do it in that gorgeous Dublin Brogue. Ya wouldn’t even mind losing.
What I'd like to see is a manager who actually adjusts the tactics depending on the opposition.
McCarthy, Kerr, Trap, O'Neill... all stuck stubbornly to the same gameplan no matter who we were playing.
Kenny was the same. 4-3-3 every game, no matter what. Then gets called out for it and goes 3-5-2, which suits us when we are playing in a game where we might expect to play counter-aacks, like vs Serbia. But now it seems that 3-5-2 is the new formation we are playing no matter what. So we play 3-5-2 vs Luxembourg. Are we expecting to counterattack vs Luxembourg? 4-3-3 would have made sense against Luxembourg.
Is it too much to ask for from a manager that they set up the team with the opponent in mind?
I know what you mean but he switched to 433 in the second half - Doherty came off for Brady - and it didn't seem to help.
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He didn't switch the system though, he stuck with three at the back. Browne was just moved to RWB instead of Doherty. Even when Clark was replaced by McClean, Stevens just moved inside alongside Coleman and O'Shea, and McClean played LWB.
3-5-2 should be counter attacking, but I pointed out after the serbia game, that we didn't utilise any runners, our play became static and we paused around midfield, like we did when hoofing it long of bygone managers, win the ball from an opposition corner/setpiece/dispossess player in our third, run to the halfway line and/or pass to the halfway line, turn around look for someone beside you or someone behind you. Rinse and Repeat. The 3-5-2 was not implemented the way you'd expect to see two pacey wingers bombing forward being picked out from the midfield and played through. Instead we saw all the negatives of a 3-5-2 where if you don't have a very solid couple of CBs and a midfield who can block off the "hole" you get punished. We got punished both days, it felt like Kenny was half a dozen of one thing not really sure what he was trying to implement.
We're very negative in our "Possession" football. It's possession for possession sakes 95% of the time, its the short pass, easy option. Coleman was the only one who tried it, and Browne I think for Collins chance the lob into stepehens in space in the middle. Thats the only time we went for the harder, but better outcome option, all the other times it was the short 15 yard pass to the players closest. Bravery in possession means taking the braver option.
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My Kingdom for a couple of Fast Wingers that can cross the Ball. Or Wing Backs that can do that.
A necessary evil in this case, I think.
The FAI either have to change now. Or commit that Kenny is the man for the Euro24 campaign (unlikely).
Otherwise there’s a further stagnation that’s going to be even harder to recover from.
Great idea. Get rid of Kenny and paper over the cracks that produced last night's result. All the managers from Stan to Kenny have enjoyed a considerable amount of success in their careers. And then, all of a sudden, they become 'clueless' once in the Irish hot seat. Something just doesn't add up.
I say if the suits are gonna get rid of Kenny, this is the gap with some games by June/ July. I wouldnt because we are already in the dance floor we cant change horses in the middle of a stream
I thought it might be interesting do I dug out the list of names suggested the last time we had a thread like this
Mick McCarthy
Thomas Tuchel
Peter Bosz
Ronald Koeman
Mark Hughes
Bernd Schuster
Carlo Ancelotti
Manuel Pellegrini
Carlos Queiroz
Guus Hiddink
Louis Van Gaal
Michael O'Neill
John Sheridan
Stephen Kenny
Jurgen Klinsmann
Laurent Blanc
Luis Enrique
Sven Goran Eriksson
Thomas Schaaf
Jean Tigana
Paul Clement
Sinisa Mihailjovic
Alex McLeish
Martin Jol
Brian McDermott
David O'Leary
Glenn Hoddle
Roberto Di Matteo
Gary Monk
Allardyce, Sam
Bilic, Slaven
Bruce, Steve
Carsley, Lee
Coleman, Chris
Cook, Paul
Grayson, Simon
Hughton, Chris
Keane, Robbie
Keane, Roy
Kenny, Stephen
Kerr, Brian
Lennon, Neil
McCarthy, Mick
Moyes, David
Queiroz, Carlos
Redknapp, Harry
Wenger, Arsene
I'm not sure we have the swing to get Carlo Ancelotti out of Goodison Park tbh
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Some of the names on that list... we've been delusional about our status in world football for a long, long time...
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