Martin O'Neill...

Exactly! I think Conor would accept why he was dropped, although how Jeff escaped is beyond me. I don't think Hourihane is good enough in his best position.It was already an example of MON playing lads out of position.

Back on topic

It's POSITION

Yeah, Lennon would be a better choice than either Kenny or McCarthy.  What's confusing about that?

 

+1 Neil Lennon mother of god

This sounds kinky, who's Stephens Green? I'd guess he's an American

This reign had 1 highlight in 5 years imo. Germany at home. The rest of it was mediocre at best and full of lucky breaks. I didn't celebrate beating Italy B, as we were not facing the strongest opposition who didn't care whether they won or lost. Plus I knew we were heading out 4 days later, and sure enough, out we went. I didn't celebrate beating Wales either, as we were perfectly capable of winning the easiest qualifying group in our history, and all we got for it was a playoff, which we subsequently lost. Therefore the smash and grab win in Cardiff, against a poor side with just one home win in over a year, was effectively useless. As for this year, the luck ran out and it was a write off from beginning to end. 

Then of course, there was the man himself and his cavalier attitude to the job. His stubborn ignorance of it's fundamental requirements, his poor treatment of the media, especially our media, the constant desire to put himself in the English club shop window, the Stoke business, the Rice/Arter/Grealish business. And so on and so on and so on.

The neutrals and shamefully, some ex-players, have fell for the "lack of players" ruse, hook line and sinker. You don't need great players to coach a team and organise them properly. You don't need great players to have a competent game plan or strategy. You just have to know what you're doing, and they have to know what they're doing. I couldn't do my job if I didn't know what my role was, and footballers can't either. For 2 million quid, you'd want a bit more direction than that.

There are plenty of other countries who don't have world class players, but they can still be trained, coached, organised, disciplined, trusted to take a throw in properly, pass a ball from back to front without bricking it, have a few attempts at goal per game, and score a goal from time to time. Georgia can do it, Iceland can do it, and we can do it. But we haven't done it, and that's why we now have to start again.