It's the Stephen Kenny Thread

Initially I don'lt expect to see many changes to the team. Whelan will drop out and the wing positions may be up for grabs. That may be about the height of it. The back 5 pick itself. McGoldrick will surely retain his place most likely with Hendrick playing in behind him. Molumby will probably get a chance. Will McCarthy come back into the squad? Debateable. I expect the team initially to look something like:

Troy Parrott has had his appendix out. Routine operation but will be out for a while and unavailable for selection. Mick McCarthy has recently expressed the view that he absolutely needs to go on loan to a club where he is going to play, given the obduracy of the Special One, but that will be put off again now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAwNiClguc

good interview with stephen, mentions mccarthy, arter, molumby, long and mcgoldrick

McCarthy, Arter and Molumby are all players who came back from nasty long term injuries and haven't let that affect their tackling. SK seemed eager to see the latter two in the Premiership next year , Arter of course has done well there before though he can be a bit of a loose cannon at times with red cards, etc. McCarthy at least would walk into the Ireland team, the other two may do depending on form. Shane Long has picked up another injury and is unlikely to play against Norwich tonight. SK also mentioned the good young forwards coming through ( though not by name ) whom he envisaged Mc Goldrick being a big help to.

I think its a positive sign that he isn't discounting any player, especially those with PL experience.

horsebox wrote: Surprised he mentioned Arter, considering his previous comments about players not wanting to play for us.

No, I mean he agrees. Read the post again. 

In 1996 MM gave almost everybody a chance. Only a few players (Morris, McGoldrick, and Sheridan) weren’t capped by him, and that stood to us going forward during a major rebuild.