Amid a blizzard of rumours, reports and press releases, Stephen Kenny needs a stroke of luck

Ireland’ manager Stephen Kenny dejected near the end of the game. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

It seems it may have been a character by the name of Cardinal Mazarin, a French minister in the mid 17th century, and not Napoleon who suggested that it is better to have a lucky general than a good one. 

Whoever it was, the fact stands that we're all at the mercy of chance and Stephen Kenny could clearly do with a win.