Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

You fail to mention that Ireland beat Scotland.

You fail to mention that Ireland played Portugal off the park and only because the referee was in love with Ronaldo, did they play on until he got his record goals and the win. We were leading that game up until the 89th minute.

I have no issue with people criticising Kenny, but I'd prefer it if they acknowledged that we have some great young players coming through and I'm still waiting for the list of these super managers just waiting in the wings to take over, and bring this squad to another level completely.

We're getting somewhere.

And how would they have ensured that Troy Parrott scored or that Alan Browne didn't handle the ball?

What do they bring that improves us and brings us forward as a nation with the players at hand?

Beat me to it!

MON2 had the worst run while he developed his team and brought themmuns to the Euros after years of Lawrie Sanchez and the likes. Sounds awfully familiar...

Yes. Bradley has more financial backing which should be enough for the league and will constantly revert into a shell against better teams. Bradley needs to do a lot more to be considered enough for the national manager role

6/4 favorite to be the next premier league manager gone. He'd be a huge step up

I think the writing is in the wall for Kenny ..it was him who said we should be winning this group and yet here they are battling for relegation...not good enough I'm afraid...Brendan Rodgers would be a massive upgrade but I just don't see it happening unfortunately...looks like we are Stuck with Kenny for the foreseeable future... depressing thought that

Half a million a year for a part time gig. It's the odd weekend managing international football. None of the intensity of premier league. It's still a lucrative gig.

No. I still maintain its a lucrative job. For a proud Irish man 😁

It's a lucrative job for a random proud irishman like myself or yourself perhaps.... but for a quality professional football coach it's a total non-starter. Literally entirely impossible. Pointless to even talk about someone like him.

No but compared to how hard he's working in the premier league it's not close. Sure Trap wouldn't even go and watch the players.

Dyche is a superb tactician and man manager. Plus he would be good with championship/lower premier league level players. Also Dyche is good at the media side of things despite his trademark raspy voice.

Also another one who is a million miles out of our level. At Burnley he was on close to 100k a week!

"While the FAI remains in debt to the tune of some €63.5 million, I can assure all stakeholders, including Government, Sport Ireland and our Bank, that we continue to make real financial progress off the pitch."

A statement of fact from the last Financial Statement y/e 31 December 2021...JD and his cronies almost bankrupted the FAI. We are where we are, a small nation where football is NOT our national sport. We were ar a low ebb, a total rebuild was required, the brand of football we played under the previous managers was truly awful to watch. Kenny has done a fine job, nobody in their right mind thought we would be qualifying for any Finals soon. The players clearly back the manager. The moanboys are only happy when moaning .

I would agree with you that the media are treating Kenny with kid gloves. But I think it is not because he is from Dublin. It is because Ireland has reached such a low at the bottom of the barrel, in an overall sense.

The Irish media don't want to 'kick a man while he is down'.

But the same Irish media, once hung Brian Kerr out to dry, because they took a dislike to him. And this was despite the fact he was from Dublin and had the LOI and youth international background. The more I think of it Kerr was really shafted, when you look at his record.

But this time around the Irish media seem as desperate for any green shoots, as the fanbase. Where positives were constantly looked at in defeat, and anything better than a bad defeat was hyped up as 'turning the corner'. There was definitely a point in Kenny's tenure where many in the Irish media were more 'fans', instead of broadcasters. The mantra was 'we want Kenny to succeed' instead of objective analysis.

But IMO this last game - although a loss was a good performance against a better side on paper away from home. With a high level of intensity Scotland brought to the game, they really wanted the win. If Kenny's teams play like that against weaker teams Kenny will do OK. He won't be losing silly points as much. But I feel that is Kenny's limit doing OK. Bring in the young lads credit where it is due for that.

There is a feel about Kenny that he is merely the substitute teacher stop gap. Until a better option comes along back from holidays. If Kenny gets third place in the next group he will have done the main part of his job, revamping the team, keeping it ticking over. And leave it in OK nick for the next fella that manages Ireland, whoever that may be.

We'll probably be digging around the championship for a manager tbh. Dyche would be good. Michael o'neill is the obvious candidate. Should also keep the loi fan boys happy too. The thing about oneill is he ended up getting it right with NI. Kenny doesnt look like doing that.

Kenny has been shown time and time again to be way way out of his depth. And for all those defending him here - the results don't lie and this is a results business.

The FAI need to bring in someone with the ability to get the best from their talent pool. I'd love to see Big Sam in the job, at least we'd be able to look forward to the side winning a few games.

Think of the headlines 'Women in sport' positivity etc etc. Modern forward thinking. And it can all be done probably even cheaper than Kenny. Fallon brilliant at the media, seems to be well able being a female in male dominated industry. After Kenny (whenever that is) giving Fallon the Irish job could be a masterstroke. I mean if fecking Noel King can be put in charge of Ireland....does he even have a Pro Licence?

A coach under Caulfield at Galway? Fair enough that's highly likely to constrain her, and she talks a lot of sense, and it may be something that could get money in, but the risk-reward be far larger than what's currently in play.