Where do we go from here? (Manager Poll)

And I know the same can be said the other way, it’s been a f**kin exhausting time supporting Ireland all the way back to Trap’s later days tbh. And as a supposed member of the Kenny cult, I don’t really like my views being characterised as a slave to one type of football and I hated being solid and hard to beat. That’s just bullsh*t, the problem towards the end of MON’s time and Mick 2.0 is not only were we playing hoofball, but we weren’t even hard to beat. It was just poison all round. 

As YTM says, there’s more options available here, I’d like us to be solid and a pain to play against but also looking to retain the ball when we can and play a bit of football. I also am not really keen on “look at how everyone else is playing, we have to do that”, would prefer to be a disruptor. One of my favourite Jack quotes was how every international side played the same when he took over, with the wee number 10 playmaker and everyone set up the same way, so he set Ireland up different. I’m not saying set up like that, but just think outside the box a bit, where are our strengths and talent - it’s certainly not midfield, so let’s design a method of playing that works to our strengths at the minute.

It’s clear now I was wrong on Kenny and am happy to admit that, I really felt he had horrific luck at the start but since Armenia last year I’ve felt he was out of his depth really. And maybe E2016 or whoever will find that frustrating or want to gloat that they knew all along, more power to ya, couldn’t really give a f**k about being wrong on Kenny, just want to get the next appointment right and I’m still gonna believe we’re capable of better football than the final days of MON or Mick’s lucky win away to Gibraltar - and we’re capable of much much better than last night.