Stephen Kenny on Adam Idah: 'It bothers him he hasn’t scored yet but he’s giving us an awful lot'

Ireland have scored just 11 goals with the three most recent coming from defenders John Egan and Shane Duffy and Serbia’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, although Kenny is convinced Norwich’s Idah and Brighton counterpart Connolly, who are yet to register at senior level, have what it takes

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny has a word with Adam Idah. File photo: Niall Carson/PA

Stephen Kenny has backed young strikers Adam Idah and Aaron Connolly to score the goals the Republic of Ireland will need to turn around their miserable run of results.

Ireland have won only one of the 16 games they have played under their new manager and none of his 12 competitive fixtures ahead of Saturday evening’s World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan.