Analysis: If Kenny has run out of road, is it time to hand the keys to Lee Carsley?

It would be remiss of the FAI, or any association, not to develop contingencies when its showcase - the senior men’s team – is in such a precarious state

Ireland's manager Stephen Kenny reacts during the defeat by Greece in Athens

The irony cannot be lost that Stephen Kenny’s race as Republic of Ireland manager was finally run in the original home of the Olympics.

Three years and 33 games into his reign, this was supposed to mark a peak for the Kenny project, according to the man himself, but instead another qualifying campaign has charred into cinders within 180 minutes.