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11th September 2023
09:52am BST

"When the Netherlands take control of the game and start knocking it around, it looked like we needed to take a bit of guidance, so you want your manager to step up," Dunne told Virgin Media Sport.
"You want him to tell everyone to get behind the ball for ten minutes to work this out, to see what they have done.
"It took going a goal behind to make some changes. The manager must recognise that, he must have a coaching staff that's going 'right, we need to drop guys back, we need push wingbacks up...'
"There was no reaction, there was nothing.""It all comes down to can we get (Shane) Duffy up front, can we get balls into the box and we were told we were being led away from that. We didn’t have any creativity at all." https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1700977137082388926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw While criticism has plagued the Ireland manager throughout his tenure, there seems to be an acceptance now that his time may soon be up, with Kenny himself saying he doesn't know if he'll remain in the job. The RTÉ panel also delivered a unanimous verdict on Kenny, saying that the time has come for the FAI to start the process of looking for a new manager.
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