Somebody will feast on Stephen Kenny’s faith in youth. Will it be him?

John Fallon examines the good and bad of the Stephen Kenny era to date, taking into perspective the totality of the reign

AN EMERGING TALENT: While an international goal remains elusive, Adam Idah has belied his struggle for gametime at club level by nailing down the role of main striker for Ireland. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

It’s a while since Ireland have fielded the calibre of player that made up our Euro ’88 squad, but the latest three-game window had some symmetry with that trip to Germany — for various reasons.

We beat England in a game we should have lost, drew against the USSR when we could have won and lost to the Netherlands when a draw was the fairest outcome.