Georgia v Ireland - 12 Oct

Agree - that’s nonsense, but the critiques of his criticism are pretty on-point.

I think its nice to have a lefty in there and I dont think its a problem IF YOU ROTATE THEM so Georgia cant match 3's literally all night. I honestly think Hourihane and Hendrick get stick when the problem is and always has been Whelan. When McCarthy plays deep our midfield is able to sort itself out because he tend to like taking the ball from the back, its an automatic thing for him. WHelan literally refuses to do his role. You could argue that that should be part of the rotation too but like we play dinoball. so many obvious things, small details would make a huge improvement. Like what do big strong defenders hate playing against? is it big strong dinoballers and small fast tricky players who will run at them, Georgians were made confortable today by that nonsense of not planning to have the ball it seems.

26 times he lost possession today. That's f**king unforgivable. 26 times attacks broke down soley because of McClean. He offers nothing, is utterly predictable and is just nowhere near international standard. He is still dining out on his Welsh and Austria goals, and frankly his performances over the past year should have him lucky to be a squad player, let alone be the undropable starter that he has become. 

Mick made a big thing of Dohertys performance Against Gibraltar, saying it didn't work with him on the right wing. 

Why does it not hit home that having McClean starting isn't working. Many of those 26 lost possessions were right in front of Mick. Why can't he see this guys failings? 

Passion and determination should not determine your starting place 

Losing the ball 26 times in a match! Ffs, thats brutal, you wouldn't accept that in a park match on a council pitch, never mind a senior international. 

I agree - our starting line up and subs need quickly if we are to get out of the group. Would love to see Connolly or even Maguire start Tuesday

That's our Psyche. Yeah, and...that's...not...good enough. 

This idea of "sure isn't that the way we've always done it" is at the root of our failings. Kenny won't be bringing free flowing football in his regime, more importantly he'll be dispelling this myth of the Irish player mindset. Good, bad or indifferent, Kenny's regime will send Irish football in a different direction, and the "it's in our DNA" line will be in the dustbin of history, rightly never to be used for an argument again.

To be honest, I think that all the poppy nonsense from McClean makes some Irish fans give him an allowance on the pitch for us. 

“Yes, he mightn’t be great, but he would die for his country”