Im not too pushed about that. We dominated 1st half, Molumby got stupid and had to be replaced and were left with a black hole of Hourihane and Hendrick in midfield that has killed us for years. Hourihane is the most complacent player Ive ever seen and it just seeps through the team. We thought we had it won and it nearly caught us.
Our squad depth is obviously still very weak when you see the subs that came on. We need a few to step up from the 21s now.
But all in all theres plenty on here that say its all about results ..... so a win is a win and we move on
We have no cutting edge, and this has consistently been the case under Kenny. If we don't score from a set-piece or someone creating something out of nothing, like Obafemi did tonight, then we're struggling.
Okay you want to play out from the back play and move the ball into midfield. Then what? We create so little from open play. We don't seem to have a plan, and even at this stage, the team lacks an identity.
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That's exactly it for me. I don't know is it the players aren't good enough or is it a coaching thing. Probably a bit of both really. But while we're not at seven games without a goal level, I don't think we're creating enough at all from open play. It's a big worry
Stephen is talking brown. We were not brilliant/exceptional and we could not have scored 4 or 5 we'd two attempts on goal after they'd scored. He's really losing the run of things , it's very worrying cos he's going to be here a while yet. He's got an altered view of reality. I really don't think he sees the problems.
Our most potent threat is our centre backs. And that's been the case since Robbie went off form
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And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
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I'm looking back at Kenny's tenure and I think there's just eight performances I am happy with: the Slovakia loss (albeit on pens), the loss away in Portugal, Azerbaijan away, Luxembourg away, Qatar at home, Portugal at home, Belgium, Scotland at home. Two of those were friendlies, two of them were against seeds we wouldn't even think about after beating them in cycles past, two were defeats. That leaves Scotland and the Portugal 0-0.
Kenny has had 28 games now, 21 of them competitive. That's more than enough to form a judgement. If the best that can be said is that he is blooding players for the next manager to benefit from, OK. But if that's the thinking, when can we get that next manager in?
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That went exactly how it should do against Armenia. Until it didn?t.
It was generally OK relatively good but done our best to throw it away.
Molumbuy is going to get a costly red card in one of our qualifiers I would be near sure of that.
Subs were poor and have to say not sure Kenny has the know how to make the required in game tactical tweaks (maybe this where someone like Anthony Barry came in useful?) and his subs are generally poor.
I say this as a Kenny loyalist of course (I run the Kenny cult in the Donegal hills) but certainly worrying things there from toward the end of that game.
Hourihane should never play for Ireland again, and I think that was already long the case anyway.
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No Molumby or Cullen in midfield and we're fcuked. A past it Hendrick and Hourihane and a league 1 right back, not suprised Armenia started to walk through us.
Breakdown in our play, rather than theirs, which is I think where the confusion is
As expected, I am none the wiser after these two games. Baffling stuff.
I would aim the blame for this evening falling apart at the players. Not sure how much criticism deserves to be aimed at the manager when they were 2 up against an awful team with 20 minutes to go. More of a problem of individual mistakes rather than systems, I would say.
Hourihane had a stinker and I'm sure he knows it. Silver lining is that he will only be on the pitch if there's a few injuries.
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