Defeat to Greece is an embarrassment - we are at an all-time low.
There was this question The Star asked when former British PM Liz Truss sank the economy just weeks into her Downing Street tenure.
Yes, he helped Iceland defeat England eight years ago … but he was joint manager then, not the solitary figure in charge. If Saturday’s match was a joke, this was just as bad. You would have hoped he had learned. Like on Saturday he played five at the back, and started off pressing.But not when you play five at the back - because if you want to play a pressing game then you need bodies to apply the pressure.
In the meantime the FAI promised us a new man by February and then we had to wait until June before they found their Icelandic dentist. Except the dentist hasn’t got his teeth stuck into the job. That was how we ended up with John Aldridge and Ray Houghton - on the back of a manager doing some homework.The process to replace Kenny was inadequate; the end choice was unsatisfactory; the two performances since he became boss have been pathetic.In fact we are at a worse state now than ever - this Greece defeat making it an unhappy record where we have lost four competitive games at home for the first time. There is no point in blaming the players.
Evan Ferguson and Adam Idah, two natural strikers, were introduced as subs. Chiedozie Ogbene, Jason Knight, Molumby and Sammie Szmodics are superb players but they have no chance of excelling in this regime because the manager is not up to the job.
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