Kieran Shannon: Even before a ball has been kicked, Stephen Kenny has impressed
Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny in training at Abbotstown ahead of his first game in charge against Bulgaria. Picture Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
The nation is hardly holding its breath right now. It’s just quietly hoped that someday again that it might.
Stephen Kenny’s first match as Ireland manager is tomorrow in Sofia, and if you were unaware of that fact until now, don’t beat yourself up. With the longest, most disrupted season in European club football having just finished, it can be still hard to get the head around the fact that another is already starting. But while you’re only awakening from your slumber, you should take some comfort in learning that Kenny himself is fully alert, mad for road.
