Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg - Match Thread - K.O 19.45 - RTE and Sky Sports

Mantis Toboggan

That's a national scandal

Peter File

Hopefully the post game interviews go very hard on Kenny. He hasnt a clue how to manage at this level.

Bob the Seducer

If one thing sums it up, it's that there was one player on the pitch tonight who played in this year's Champions League, and he plays for Luxembourg.

pjohnson

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

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Bollox, when mick and Mon didn't qualify it's their fault, when Kenny doesn't qualify it's the players.. :rolleyes:

Not even the players. Its John Delaneys fault.

statesaver

Was fully expecting a win tonight.

God, where does Irish football go from here ?

FixdePitchmark

Sad sight . Nice lad.

But he was the final act of Delano.

KH25

I honestly don’t remember a worse Ireland team. There’s such a lack of quality throughout the team.

LowOdour

Worst thing is that this is no great shock. Something stinks in the Irish senior squad...this is not just caused by Kenny.

We have premier league players, we should be better but year after year has shown that we are very poor at this level.

Im stumped to what is wrong

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

"We don't have the players to compete at this level".

Against Luxembourg.

Jesus wept.

Yep. That argument shouldn't even be considered against this opposition.

The manager is the problem. Needs to be sacked immediately.

_Kaiser_

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Man I really wish Giles and Dunphy were on the panel tonight.

I miss the lads

ArielAtom

Farcical, embarrassing use whatever words you want. He’s out of his depth.

thenightman

SomethingElse wrote: »

The comparison with Steve Staunton's record needs to stop. Stan won 6 games.

Stan had Keane, Duff, Given, O'Shea, Kevin Doyle, Dunne, Finnan, Stephen Ireland all prem regulars for decent teams. Kenny doesn't have 1 comparable player of that quality arguably.

Islander13

Kenny better have an apology coming tonight. Disgraceful performance from the players.

Yes we are a shadow of previous teams but cmon. His easy ride has to stop now and big question marks over his tenure

clsmooth

Congratulations to Luxembourg. Cracking goal and were good value for the win.

briany

The good news is that it can't get much worse than this.

The bad news is that it could stay this bad for a long time.

nullzero

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I miss the lads

I miss the decent teams we used to have.

namloc1980

Feel sorry for Kenny but if you think Kenny is the problem here then you need to take another look. Worst Irish squad in 40 years. The quality of Irish players has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. When you think about the squad we had in 2002 versus this rabble it's literally unbelievable how much worse Irish players have become. Magnitudes worse.

siblers

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ah lads.

Just didn’t do enough to get it over the line

Still, we go again

There's no go again. It's over

This was an honourable experiment that has failed and is going nowhere. Get Kenny out of there for his own sanity.

gmisk

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ah lads.

Just didn’t do enough to get it over the line

Still, we go again

Do enough?
We deserved to lose...to Luxembourg...
We go again? We havent "gone" under Kenny.

Agent Coulson

I had a Macedonia

For the last ten games Kenny needs to wear that jersey forever.

Rossi IRL

Playing some of the young players is needed as we have got very stale over the years. Won't be good enough for this qualifying campaign but should be good for the next campaign.

However they should be able to beat Luxembourg at home.

Kenny inspires nothing, he must walk.

sterz

Terrible result but a dose of reality for people thinking it's just down to the management team. It's the worst squad we've seen and the gap in the rankings doesn't really reflect the actual quality of both sides.

Totally deserved and a strange performance considering what we saw on Wednesday night.

AndyBoBandy

We’d have been better off not playing at the start and letting them score an early goal....

Then we might have had a chance...

Soups123

There is nothing to consider, he should be sacked ahead of Qatar.

CantGetNoSleep

DeanAustin wrote: »

It's true we're ****. I'd give Kenny more time because what he's trying to do is huge.

But there is no excuse for tonight. It's unacceptable.

What is he trying to do? Seriously? I'd say he has no clue himself

wadacrack

LowOdour wrote: »

Worst thing is that this is no great shock. Something stinks in the Irish senior squad...this is not just caused by Kenny.

We have premier league players, we should be better but year after year has shown that we are very poor at this level.

Im stumped to what is wrong

Not great performers at that level tho. Few players in teams who will play Championship more than likely soon.

My name is URL

Fair ****s to Luxembourg. They played well.. I've met 10% of lads from there and he was sound

Mantis Toboggan

No wonder duffer got out when he could, the writing was on the wall

blueser

Is this worse than the 5-2 against Cyprus when Staunton was in charge?

SEPT 23 1989

The state of that table

breezy1985

namloc1980 wrote: »

Feel sorry for Kenny but if you think Kenny is the problem here then you need to take another look. Worst Irish squad in 40 years. The quality of Irish players has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. When you think about the squad we had in 2002 versus this rabble it's literally unbelievable how much wise Irish players have become.

We have put nothing into building on the success of the 90s and lived on hope and junkets

nullzero

namloc1980 wrote: »

Feel sorry for Kenny but if you think Kenny is the problem here then you need to take another look. Worst Irish squad in 40 years. The quality of Irish players has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. When you think about the squad we had in 2002 versus this rabble it's literally unbelievable how much wise Irish players have become.

At least John Delaney got to live high on the hog for a while.

No need to invest in Irish football when English clubs are developing our young players on our behalf, that gravy train was never due to come off the tracks.

Molomby should be first name in that midfield he's already head and shoulders above everyone else. Him knight and hourihan is probably out best midfield at this point. I have no idea what to do about strikers just throw idaho or parrott or someone in to give them a shot I guess. We're still paying robbie keane how much worse can he be? At least he'd finish from 3 yards

pjohnson

Bottom of the table.

Can we even haul ourselves up to the heady heights of 4th?

PTH2009

Embarrassing

Great goal tbf but Embarrassing for us

Kenny won't be sacked either as the FAI can't afford a pay out

TheRiverman

Kenny Cunningham is awful.

ShamNNspace

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I miss the lads

Dunphy"d lose the rag completely

It's not fair on Stan being in the same conversation as Stephen Kenny tbh.

As bad as he was, he wasn't at this level.

siblers

thenightman wrote: »

Stan had Keane, Duff, Given, O'Shea, Kevin Doyle, Dunne, Finnan, Stephen Ireland all prem regulars for decent teams. Kenny doesn't have 1 comparable player of that quality arguably.

But it's Luxembourg. No one expects us to beat Serbia but to lose to Luxembourg in this fashion is scandalous

Islander13

Appointing a manager from the League of Ireland has predictable result. We play like a LOI team.

Out the door bossman steo

Beechwoodspark

gmisk wrote: »

Do enough?
We deserved to lose...to Luxembourg...
We go again? We havent "gone" under Kenny.

I support the team

Win lose or draw

johnnyryan89

luckyboy wrote: »

So Kenny critics are themselves criticised for not being forensic accountants? Nice deflection! This whole era is based on a conceit that we can choose a prettier method of being competitive. But we just sacrificed the results for something more superficial and intangible (an impression, moral victories). And now we all pay the price ...

Dogs on the street knew the state of financial investment in Irish football, but people were too happy to get their free drinks or only care about the senior national team.

gmisk

wadacrack wrote: »

Not great performers at that level tho. Few players in teams who will play Championship more than likely soon.

I don't disagree....but we were playing.... Luxembourg...

Azatadine

Sadlier asking the question....

breezy1985

blueser wrote: »

Is this worse than the 5-2 against Cyprus when Staunton was in charge?

No.
Just to put that crap peddled her all day to bed look at Stans team that day

Kenny, Finnan, O'Shea, Andrew O'Brien, Dunne, Kilbane, McGeady, Ireland , Morrison, Keane, Duff.

Coleman is the only player we have these days would get on that team

FintanMcluskey

Really like Sadlier

Very honest analysis

Skid X

Stephen Kenny could keep losing every game for years and his supporters would still defend him unconditionally.

It's like a cult.

nullzero

blueser wrote: »

Is this worse than the 5-2 against Cyprus when Staunton was in charge?

Definitely. We scored twice that night.

gmisk

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I support the team

Win lose or draw

As do I....but...you honestly support Kenny after that?

Any other manager would be gone imo