Ireland v Bulgaria - Nations League - Wed 18th Nov

[QUOTE=sausy] who gives a sh1t about his accent or how his interviews are perceived, stupid things to mention. He'll be judged on performances and results and while the last few months have been bitterly disappointing, I don't think any genuine analysis of his time in the job so far can be made given the unprecedented disruptions he seen with Covid, injury etc.[/QUOTE

MayoMark wrote: That interview didn't bother me in the slightest and I honestly couldn't care less about interviews. The notion that he speaks in the same way in the dressing room is ludicrous ffs. Jim Gavin never did one interesting or gripping interview. I never once assumed that's how he spoke to his players in the dressing room. Didn't seem to affect him too much

MayoMark wrote: Jim Gavin never did one interesting or gripping interview. I never once assumed that's how he spoke to his players in the dressing room. Didn't seem to affect him too much

who gives a sh1t about his accent or how his interviews are perceived, stupid things to mention. He'll be judged on performances and results and while the last few months have been bitterly disappointing, I don't think any genuine analysis of his time in the job so far can be made given the unprecedented disruptions he seen with Covid, injury etc.

The first half was genuinely the worst half of a game that I can remember seeing. I wonder if Kenny rates where you're playing over how you're playing. For me our best central midfielders for his style are Cullen, Byrne and either Hendrick or Browne. They all want it and look relatively comfortable with it. I thought Knight was okay. Would love to see a 5-3-2 with Parrott and Connolly up front at some point with Byrne, Cullen and either Brady, Hendrick or Browne behind. We knew it wasn't going to be easy, let's give it some more time.

sid waddell wrote: As somebody who talks in a not too dissimilar accent, pronunciation etc. to Kenny, ie. a west Dublin housing estate accent, I generally can't take managers who speak with that sort of a Dublin accent seriously Like, he pronounces Jason Knight as "Nigh", Troy Parrott as "Parreh" and Adam Idah as "Eye-dah" - Idah has even tweeted the correct pronunciation of his own name for clarity For somebody with a strong accent, like myself, you generally know for professional purposes to tone it down a little, I mean you don't have to change your accent very much, but you just make sure to pronounce things correctly and speak in grammatically correct language No successful Dublin GAA manager has had that sort of an accent either, I mean they have had Dublin accents but there's a difference between say, a Kevin Heffernan or Pat Gilroy accent - or probably more to the point, manner of speaking, as Heffernan and Gilroy both had old school Dublin accents - and how Kenny speaks  I can't take managers who speak in broad Cockney seriously either I'd have similar enough concerns about how Dessie Farrell projects himself, he's a like a mortuary slab in human form

sid waddell wrote: As somebody who talks in a not too dissimilar accent, pronunciation etc. to Kenny, ie. a west Dublin housing estate accent, I generally can't take managers who speak with that sort of a Dublin accent seriously Like, he pronounces Jason Knight as "Nigh", Troy Parrott as "Parreh" and Adam Idah as "Eye-dah" - Idah has even tweeted the correct pronunciation of his own name for clarity For somebody with a strong accent, like myself, you generally know for professional purposes to tone it down a little, I mean you don't have to change your accent very much, but you just make sure to pronounce things correctly and speak in grammatically correct language No successful Dublin GAA manager has had that sort of an accent either, I mean they have had Dublin accents but there's a difference between say, a Kevin Heffernan or Pat Gilroy accent - or probably more to the point, manner of speaking, as Heffernan and Gilroy both had old school Dublin accents - and how Kenny speaks  I can't take managers who speak in broad Cockney seriously either I'd have similar enough concerns about how Dessie Farrell projects himself, he's a like a mortuary slab in human form

Lads, no one knows if Kenny will be a success or failure. The odds on failure have shortened undoubtedly due to his first 8 games but in fairness they have been played in freakish circumstances with some equally freakish bad luck. And yet if (and its a big if) the Parrot, Idah, Connolly , O Shea, etc generation turn out to be a great crop, their enforced game time over the last 7 games may prove a huge blessing.

50%lesssugar&salt wrote: avfc wrote: If our players are generally judged by the tier system in England. It's fair to say we're currently a middling Championship team.  Apply that same tier level to our manager..... What's he? Plenty of a Championship clubs would offer contracts to our players. What Championship club would offer Kenny a contract? What League 1 club would come in for him? He's a League 2 level manager. That's his level. It's like getting a League 2 striker and expecting him to score at international level.  You don't like Kenny and don't think he is up to it. We all get it.