It's the Stephen Kenny Thread

I'm not really bothered re Scully being called up at this point in time, as I cant see him being utilised for the rest of the campaign and it might be a little bit unfair to lads currently in and around the squad, same for Ronan. Both should 100% be called up for the March friendlies and should be in the reckoning for the Nations League campaign kicking off in June. I have no problem if Scully is called up, I just wont be particularly surprised if he isn't, with Curtis already in there and familiar with the squad and Ogbene (who Andrews name checked in his interview) back from injury. We also have Collins, Idah, Robinson, Parrott, Connolly, Knight, Mc Grath, Horgan and Browne who can either play in a front 3 or as the AM if we go for a front 2. Now I'm not saying all those lads are worth their place ahead of Scully going forward, but I'm not sure Scully is required at this stage of the campaign.

I agree with you re Shane Long, I don't think he (or Arter) should be selected even though he has been a great servant. If actual qualification was still on the line, that would be a different matter.

Ah it’s a crazy call Scully definitely deserves a look in.

For Jesus sake this used to squad thrash is a joke we are not performing or scoring this lad is albeit at a low level but the next 3 games isn’t the highest level.

We need something to change some forward to come good for us it’s obvious the rest aren’t doing enough.

I'll qualify what I said earlier by saying that I would definitely have had Scully in ahead of Will Keane. I'd probably be more annoyed if I was Ronan Curtis being honest! Arter is a strange shout also.

Maybe they are players that have a positive influence on training. They've got experience at various levels.

But Will Keane... I dont know what he's thinking there. 

He should at least be given a chance and I'd expect him to have a good attitude especially when Kenny has called him up. 

I wouldn't have included him personally, just on age grounds as much as anything, but its hardly a big deal. Molumby and Browne are suspended - Taylor is just coming back from a l/t injury and Coventry is captain of the Under 21s.  

When you exclude the 35% and 5% that voted 'Don't know', 80% of those who voted support him.

So, when you exclude 40% of the voters he has 80% support... f**ks sake are we in Belarus all of a sudden?! 

Same sh*te with the foot.ie poll quoted earlier as 80% support - when you look at it actually most were just saying wait until the end of the campaign to decide, that is in no way 80% support for Kenny. Hardly any were saying definitely keep him on beyond the end of the year.