Cult of Stephen Kenny

You can look up the stats if you want. We had more possession, far more shots and dominated the game. A performance Kenny could only dream of. We deserved to win against a country who went on the the Euro semi final, also in our group were Switzerland who went to the quarter finals, knocking out France! And we came so close to qualifying. You may not like to admit it but we were competitive under McCarthy, that's a fact.

From there, Kenny has dragged us down to an uncompetitive rabble. From 34th in the World rankings to 59th in the latest in running rankings. His results have been so bad that we won't even qualify for a play off for the next Euros. He's turned us into a laughing stock. And it's his backers in the media and his supporters like you who are responsible for letting this farce continue for far too long.

And his lack of self-criticism stems from one significant issue . . . . and that's Kenny's refusal to take responsibility for the results he has delivered. He always has excuses.

So where to next? Looking at the list of candidates, Carsley seems to be the only one whose career is on an upward trajectory

The MON and McCarthy spells can't be compared to the Kenny reign at all. There were lots of bad stuff under the first two but Kenny's time has been an unmitigated disaster from start to finish. We qualified and were competitive under our previous managers, Kenny finished just above Bulgaria in his first Nations League, miles behind the top 2. Finished just above Luxembourg in World Cup qualification miles off the top 2. Finished just above Armenia in his next Nations league, miles off the top 2 and finally came just above Gibraltar in his last qualification group, miles off the top 3.

Trying to claim that Kenny's time in charge was in line with previous managers is complete nonsense and the last refuge of the Kenny fanatics. He was the worst manager we've had in 40 years. It will take years to recover from his reign. And all this is ignoring that the only somewhat positive results occured when he had others setting up the team, formation and tactics for him!

Because we didn't win, and according to this thread results are all that matter.

If you can't create chances and then take those chances, nothing else really matters. As I said in the match thread the other evening, Ireland's motto right now should be, "We'll huff and we'll puff and you'll blow our house down." The team shows a bit of energy at the start of games only to invariably be caught out. Denmark created one chance and took it - that's the kind of conversion efficiency every team should strive for on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, it's been a generational problem for the Ireland team that they just don't quite have that cutting edge that really top teams do. People remember France 09 as a great injustice, and it was, but what people forget is that Ireland had a couple of extra chances on the night that a really great team is burying all day long.

Oh I agree. All good teams are clinical and in Paris in 2009, the handball should have never even occurred. We should have beaten them 4-0 in normal time. Doyle had at least one great chance and Duff’s 1 v 1 was unforgivable really.

How would I set them up? I’m not paid €540,000 a year so I’m not obliged to answer that question. I think I’d do a better job at it than Stephen Kenny anyway. For a start, I’d play players in their actual positions.

Depressing options. I hope the FAI look a bit deeper than that.

Kenny will go and yes rightly as results have dictated that

But we could hire whoever we want but the underlying problem will not be address. Now with Brexit, Irish players will not go to England until they are 18. Who then develops Irish players? Should it be what every other country in the world does, develop them through your own domestic clubs. This is where the problem starts, The FAI give each LOI club 10,000 a year towards their academies. This is where the real long term problem lies, not the manager

When you have players as poor as we do you need to be well organised and be good at set pieces. Sam Allardyce is exactly what we need

I don't think he'll ever be our manager so pointless really. Why time for Kenny to go now and not earlier when it was clear he was way out of his depth?

To answer like you do then, I’ll never be CEO so it’s pointless me answering that question.