It's the Stephen Kenny Thread

I think we've generally been pretty strong defensively under Kenny so I think people are oversimplifying it.

He's mixed up our attacking patterns as his regime progresses and we don't look as one-note as we did early on. We've put more crosses in and stopped trying to pass it aimlessly through the middle when it isn't working, forwards look less isolated and drop deep more to better effect.

It's still the lack of an all-rounder in midfield or a #10 along with the lack of experience up front that's inhibiting us.

I think the Slovakia and Serbia performances have given food for thought. We need to play down to weaker opponents levels more, though.

I maintain we could've gotten at least a point against Serbia with Randolph or Kelleher in goal.

Travers and Bazunu are not ready yet and selecting Travers was something I knew was going to backfire when the teams were announced.

I do not think we have any strengths. Taking an hour to take a throw in..waiting for Coleman to come up and take it every time for no apparent reason. Is that a strength?? 

He literally used a clip of Man City v Real Madrid in the fans Q&A a while back to demonstrate the kind of football he was trying to get the team to play. 

or poor and low level( the newer ones). If, and it’s a long shot, a continuous and consistent style develops from underage right thru to u21 and senior then we might develop past caveman level in 5 years or so.This has been coming down the road from waaay back, develop the league here at home, put resources into youth academies at all clubs ,in partnership with schoolboy clubs, and get lads playing adult pro football here then moving up a level abroad instead of exporting kids to play u23 friendly sh*te with English clubs at 16 or 17.

We need to start again not continue the rut. I seriously don't understand why some fans think we were grand before Kenny.

It is possible to not set up like PSG while at the same time not sticking 11 behind the ball. The middle ground between those two setups is huge.

Keeping just four or five behind the ball would represent an improvement on the way we've repeatedly left ourselves wide open under the current management.

I wouldn't even fancy us to take a point off them under Kenny mind you.

Kenny did go to a Portsmouth game recently to scout him and Curtis: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-pair-marcus-harness-and-ronan-curtis-stake-international-claim-in-front-of-republic-of-ireland-boss-stephen-kenny-in-afc-wimbledon-win-3221906