Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Stephen Kenny had plenty of belief in himself and the players. I think many Irish fans including myself have overegged our young players. Most havent kicked on and are dropping down divisions. We are as bad as the results recently and they have been on a downward trend since 2016. England I think will absolutely beat us by 2 or 3 comfortably in Wembley. Now unless the new manager comes in and parks a bus but if it is Carsley, he's never had to coach that style so i dont see that happening. New manager should get 4 years too unless it does go horribly wrong but we are on a downward trend and i dont think we have hit the bottom yet!

No Stephen Kenny had absolute confidence in himself and the players. He failed to get that across onto the pitch and hence his contract wasn't renewed. Maybe his biggest issue was praising the players ability rather than calling them crap and lowering expectations..

Stephen Kenny did not drag us into a loser mindset, we have been loser more often than winners. Bar the 88-94 generation (Granny Rule) we have never had a sustained period of success, and by that i mean making 3 tournaments out of 4 or 1 in every 2. We have never been set up to any sort of long term success. I don't think that will change for another 10 years as it will take that long for the FAI to catch up to everyone else due to the under investment here.

The FAI's infrastructure plan for a start. It was the first time the FAI went to Government with a proper plan. It amounted to like 50mil per year over 10 years. That would build on the good work already done by some but not all LOI clubs and further benefit Irish Football. Majority of players going to the UK are coming through the LOI system now. Clubs also need to fight agents and clubs and get better transfer fees for players to further reinvest in the academies. I think the funding could be handled by the Dept of Sport or Sport Ireland because the new FAI doesn't look that different from the old one given the issues they have had. Ringfence the funding for grounds/training grounds/academy staff. The Fact that some category 3 academies in the UK have more full time academy staff than all of the LOI clubs combined. There's many people to blame for that mess so no point rehashing it but we are going in the right direction but need the finances to do it.

Also the leaked FAI plan for final introduce a pyramid structure into Irish football is long overdue and i hope they can bring it through. I'm involved in Junior football and that proposal will affect my club but the greater benefit of summer soccer should be seen across the board. Everyone finally pulling in the same direction is required in Irish football.

I'd be shocked if he plays Rice in Dublin. Don't think people are as bothered about Grealish, but I'm sure he'd get booed. Probably won't play him either.

Ajax and PSV weighing up Troy Parrott move this summer https://the42.ie/6295320

There's also the fact that someone who might be walking away from a job to take the Ireland job will want some job security.

Think it will be a four year contract in the end with clauses inserted. That though can also bring some downsides because if I'm Carsley just say, and the FAI want to insert clauses that allows them to walk away early for cheap then I want clauses that allow me to walk away cheaply too if things are going good and a better deal comes around.

Szmodics with his 17th league goal of the season and 22nd in all competitions. Whatever issues he was having at the end of last year are hopefully sorted and we see him in a green shirt next month.

I could be wrong but I don’t remember MON saying that? Have you a quote of MON saying something like that? I recall Trap saying something about the quality of the players when quizzed about his very conservative approach and style he had for the team.

His style of management was direct which is in vogue now. When we qualified for Euro 2016 we had a go, it wasn’t conservative. There was pragmatic reasons to play conservatively against Germany and hit on the break. Whoever takes over for the upcoming Nations League I’d imagine a conservative pragmatic approach would be required against an above average England team but get forward when an opportunity arises and maybe be a bit more front foot v Finland or Greece.

This kind of approach is hardly novel. The last manager’s tenure plunged Ireland’s national soccer team into a kind of delusional state of denial littered with excuses that some appear to be still immersed in.