Lower than losing 4-1 to Wales in Dublin and 5-1 to Denmark in a qualifier?
in 2017 and 2018 Ireland played 17 internationals
winning 3 (10 man Modlova, Wales and USA in a friendly)
scoring 9 and conceding 18
that was the darkest period in Irish soccer history
And rightly so.
youâre still after it a few days later it seems. Jokes on you
Pretty lame stuff from you
Yes.
Iâd consider losing at home to Luxembourg and drawing at home to Azerbaijan to be a far worse result to have you out of the qualification picture after the first few games.
The Danish defeat was in a playoff after Wales had been eliminated.
Spock couldnât even get to a playoff.
OâNeill had big wins in Austria and Wales, big wins at home to Bosnia and Germany, a big win at the Euros over Italy.
What has Spock got? A win away in Luxembourg? Why is OâNeill denigrated and Spock celebrated when one achieved and the other has done little so far. In fact Spockâs current win % is 20% - the lowest of any permanent manager since the 70s. Why are the media lauding what at best can be described as mediocrity when they crucified managers in the past for having Ireland punch above their weight?
Itâs bizarre and the double standards are there, only a blind man would not see them.
If you are comparing Kennyâs reign to the last year of OâNeillâs or Trapsâs tenure then you will find plenty of positives. Both stayed a year/campaign too long but it is not really a fair tool of analysis either. Kennyâs first ten game or so in the job was every bit as big a shit show as the debacles that finished OâNeill and Trap for what it is worth.
Teams Spock has beaten:
Andorra
Qatar
Azerbaijan
Luxembourg
Some perspective please.
MONâs best victory was against Italys b team.
Kenny has given an exhibition on managing expectations, the fact that Luxembourg last night was a do or die game is some achievement by him ⌠the only way is up âŚ
World Champions Germany.
I would have said Austria away was probably their best performance and result.
Germany at home was a great win but a smash and grab
Was it not Qatar rather than Oman? We play both of them all the time.
An Italian B team.
It just shows you that even if you fail, you canât fail once you get the football press on your side.
I canât listen to OTB anymore since they started giving that insufferable cunt John Duggan more air time.
As bland a chap as there is
FFS, let it go
4 points vs the world champions in a group?
Youâre a bad fucker comparing me to that cunt
Under MON, Ireland finished above Sweden in Euro 2016, above Scotland in Euro 2016 qualifying, and above Wales and Austria in WC 2018 qualifying
Spock finished above Luxembourg on H2H record.
Guess which one is lauded and which one is derided?