Ireland manager’s credibility dipped gradually, and then suddenly, but at least he was given the opportunity
“I actually feel sorry for the manager.” Chiedozie Ogbene didn’t mean to be cruel, but in the merciless world of top-level football, pity comes across like a polite form of contempt.
Ken Early: The bare facts look ugly for Stephen Kenny as Ireland’s qualification campaign is all but overKenny looked and sounded defeated and depressed as he answered media questions after the defeat to the Netherlands last month that snuffed out his last realistic hopes of saving his job.
His first Ireland team back in 2020 featured Aaron Connolly and Adam Idah in the front line. Neither player has since justified that early confidence. Troy Parrott, the once-dazzling prospect whose link-up with Michael Obafemi provided the highlight of Kenny’s whole time in charge against Scotland in June 2022, has not even made the last two squads.
Encouraged as Kenny media cheerleaders such as myself must be by O’Neill’s faith in the enduring power and influence of the mainstream media, I would venture that the Irish supporters were responding to something else.
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