Without end product Stephen Kenny's Ireland vision looking like a mirage

The Republic of Ireland manager has, by unanimous consent, an ordinary generation of players at his disposal and bugger all time to work

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny 

Arsene Wenger once curled his lip at the theoretical prospect of succeeding Glenn Hoddle as England’s gaffer when offering the opinion that only a masochist would want to be an international manager.

The Arsenal boss focused on how being in charge of a national team meant no access to the global transfer market, the resultant dependence on a defined cohort of players, and the associated limitations with seeing the squad once every blue moon.