Larry Ryan: Stephen Kenny divided us and brought us together

Results or not, we’d do it all over again with Kenny, wouldn’t we?

17 November 2023; Ireland manager Stephen Kenny talks to his players during a Republic of Ireland training session at Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

So, is it really a results business?

Of course it is. Stephen Kenny will be clearing out his desk in the next few days. His three-year innings as Ireland gaffer up, run out by lack of results. This is, to misquote Lloyd Cole, his last weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam. Although even Kenny’s sourest critics might be getting cold feet with every new list of bookies’ favourites to replace him.