Jack Byrne

Fell out with Owen Coyle, so has he a temperament issue then?  Wigan, manager gets sacked shocker, does this not happen in football all the time?  Oldham were actually a basket case of a club were he did ok.  As for APOEL, maybe they're in a bit of a mess, but the current squad has players from the likes of Argentina, Congo and Brazil.  Why are all these players not leaving the club if it is such a basket case?  Byrne has had contracts cancelled at 4 clubs now, yet it is always the clubs fault it seems!  

If his stint in Holland could attract a move to Blackburn it probably could have got him a loan to a decent top half Eredivisie club at the very least. Hindsight a wonderful thing. 

Brady and Hourihane are two other examples so many of our players refuse to look outside of England when they would be far better suited to other continental Leagues. Very frustrating you look at most other countries you will see players plying thier trade in 10 different countries.

savo01 wrote: I wish him all the best too, genuinely, but he's miles from being in the squad at this stage, never mind the team.

You could say the same about Ogbene if you were to purely go off his club career. Not many managers would have had him in their squad let alone starting. If Byrne gets back to level he was at before he left Rovers then Kenny will select him if he feels he can do a job for the team.

He would need to reinvent his game at this stage to fit in I think.

There's definitely loads ahead of him but he doesn't have many if any competition for the type of player he is. 

I do agree that he will have to up his work rate off the Ball to get into this specific Kenny team, otherwise he would just be forever an impact sub brought on in specific scenarios.

Having said all that, Kenny has been so willing to change formation, style and players over the last 12-months that I wouldn't say anything is set in stone if a player can come along and shift his thinking, even in certain games.

Also, Jack isn't naïve to what's needed of him. He doesn't need a football forum to advise him, I'm sure he's getting it from the horses mouth and has had plenty of conversations with Kenny about what's required of him, not only to potentially make the starting 11, but get back into the squad.

He'd have to significantly up his workrate and contribution off the ball to be a realistic consideration for that role I think. He's a good 10 on the ball, I'm not sure he's a good 10 off the ball - which is the specific role Knight was given last night.