FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[From the Bunker]

That was supposedly the weakest team in the group we were up against. Are Ireland taking the nations league as seriously as they should?

They were supposed to be taking this competition serious. 

[red hander]

1 step forward, 2 steps back. That was very poor.

Sent text to mate saying exact same thing on final whistle.

[tiempo]

Had the misfortune of watching most of the game earlier. I'm sorry but this time I'm absolutely adamant, the Dubs would've made a better fist of that. Pure amateur hour from RoI, an embarrassing level of output for a representative team

[Turf]

Real end of season vibes to the game I thought. Ireland were poor but are better than that.
Still in all a very poor result.

[dec]

For those of you in the US the Ireland Ukraine game in on a Spanish language service called VIX for free

[Capt Pat]

Another poor performance from Ireland tonight against Ukraine B. We really miss Rice and Grealish.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Another poor performance from Ireland tonight against Ukraine B. We really miss Rice and Grealish.

There is no sign of any improvement. Kenny has had nearly 25 matches now and it's been dire. We all want him to do well but it's not happening

[seafoid]

Hard to begrudge Ukraine.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0523/1300687-irish-in-premier-league-going-has-never-been-tougher/

[Itchy]

Disappointed with the result but blaming Kenny is still stupid, our players are sub standard and technically not nearly as good as most teams in Europe. That's the sad reality.

[Capt Pat]

How many chances does Stephen Kenny get? I would prefer if the fai gave Ireland a chance and hired a decent manager.

Kennys Ireland team made a mess of world cup qualifying. Now they have made a balls of the nations league. Should the fai give him a go at the euro qualifying?

[yellowcard]

Kenny is lucky that he still has a lot of supporters in the media. The results have been very poor and there are no real signs of progression after 25 games. To be fair to him, the players are fairly mediocre and I would still give him another full campaign. However he has never impressed me when speaking in the media so Im not sure if he could have the full respect of the players.

[Itchy]

Kenny is lucky that he still has a lot of supporters in the media. The results have been very poor and there are no real signs of progression after 25 games. To be fair to him, the players are fairly mediocre and I would still give him another full campaign. However he has never impressed me when speaking in the media so Im not sure if he could have the full respect of the players.

He seemed very tetchy in the after match interview and really struggled to point out a positive. I think if he doesn't get a win in next 2 games he could be gone. Then another manager will come in and fail too as players are not there.

[Captain Obvious]

Two games two defeats against less than great opposition and no goal scored in the Nations league. Tonight at home to a side on a low after missing out on World Cup spot was the opportunity to get a result.

[Captain Scarlet]

Like I know we say we don't have the players but like Armenia are not world beaters and Ukraine missed a good few too.
He does get a very easy ride in my opinion compared to others. Like the line going would you rather hoofball with O'Neill ignores the fact that in the Euros (which we qualified for) they got the best out of players who are going downhill even more with the current set-up.

[Gael80]

Like I know we say we don't have the players but like Armenia are not world beaters and Ukraine missed a good few too.
He does get a very easy ride in my opinion compared to others. Like the line going would you rather hoofball with O'Neill ignores the fact that in the Euros (which we qualified for) they got the best out of players who are going downhill even more with the current set-up.

I think, for whatever reason many fans and media were waiting their opportunity with O'Neill. He got us to the Euro's and was an inspired Eriksen performance away from a WC, that Denmark team have proven to be decent since. O'Neill's record and performances are always threw out as a reason we should be thankful he is gone which I just don't understand.

In saying that I still think sticking with Kenny is the right call as there isn't anyone else and he's at least trying to bring players through, although losing his coach Barry was a big blow and he'll be hard to replace.