Ireland’s culture of fear, Manchester United’s lost culture

Kevin Kilbane seems a nice guy. He was, as Gilesy might say, a good servant. But as the latest Ireland inquest rolled on, he did an extraordinary thing on Newstalk’s Off The Ball: he blamed Aaron Connolly for Switzerland’s first goal in Geneva last Tuesday night.

Indeed, Kevin went so far as to suggest the youngster will be lucky to start against Denmark next month because of this gaffe, and the inexperience he showed in making it. He is learning on the job, Kevin warned.