Larry Ryan: Whatever happens Stephen Kenny, let’s persist with passing experiment

Maybe that’s the chief problem with Kenny as boss, that every loss triggers a referendum

UEFA Nations League Group B1, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 8/6/2022. Republic of Ireland vs Ukraine. Ireland manager Stephen Kenny dejected. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Say one thing for Stephen Kenny, he has done his bit to replicate the lurching emotions we ought to be experiencing right now, if the World Cup was on.

These should be the fullest days of our lives. In normal circumstances, we’d be dismantling plenty of reputations and reassessing careers based on a few days’ evidence.