FrankyFourFingers

Absolutely re Duffy - my voice hurts today from screaming at him everytime he did that! Fair enough re the point of yous not turning up, but for us it's still huge because we have not been able to go out and beat a team comprehensively for as long as I've seen us. As a domestic league fan I always hugely respected Kenny, I think we would be crazy to let him go for the sake of short term bad results when he can achieve wins against decent opposition playing relatively well - something we've not been capable of in my lifetime.

Hope you lads enjoyed the trip despite the result! Not sure where we pulled that one out of - we don't do that to anyone, least of all a side better than us. The changes in formation and personnel definitely gave us a lot more, the midfield was a huge problem against Armenia and Ukraine but the introduction of Molumby and moving Knight back made it very well balanced, and Obafemi and Parrott as two up top worked perfectly. We had always thought we could put in a performance like that under Kenny but hadn't done it until yesterday - the challenge is to play like that consistently. Scotland are still a far better side than us on paper and looked like they didn't have any ideas - the manager has gotten you to a finals and close to a 2nd one so must have done something right, but given the gulf in quality between us and Scotland on paper it looked like a side that wasn't very well drilled yesterday. Interesting group now, although it looks like Ukraine will probably win it. Hopefully we can take points off them on Tuesday.

I don't think he'll be sacked - every series of games so far has been a referendum on the manager's position - because he had his success in the League of Ireland the PL supporting brigade never liked him etc. Our performances in the last two games have been completely lifeless and two more like that today and on Tuesday could really start to see the pressure ramp up. I think we can play a lot better than we have this week and even with a shite squad on paper can do well in games like these. A good performance and a draw would probably quieten things down a bit. We're still hugely a team in transition and I honestly don't know what people think sacking the manager, getting another failed English Championship hoofball merchant in and undoing all of the genuinely good work in changing our style of play would achieve.

Hi lads, Irish fan here. Hungover and bored on a Saturday morning and they're shutting the pubs again so decided I'd come on here and give yous a shout. We're optimistic about these NL games. From the outside looking in, our results are shite, we did lose to Luxembourg, and we've had a tough two years. But we are starting to get there. Our new manager youll know from Dunfermline, Stephen Kenny, got the job off turning Dundalk from nobodies into the most dominant team Ireland has seen in a long time, and then did a great job with the U21. The reason our results were so shit is he has tried to revolutionise us somewhat, and nice us away from the physical team of bruisers you played in 2014 towards a progressive, technical style. And recently it's starting to work. We should have had 6 points v Portugal but for some bad refereeing decisions (perfectly good goal ruled out in the Aviva) and have played very well our last few games, we look technically sharp and we press effectively. A lot of the changes have been attributed to the work of Chelsea coach Anthony Barry and we seem to model ourselves on tuchels Chelsea recently, which is working. We're excited about the young players coming through but we don't know how fast they'll develop, so how good we'll be come the summer is an unknown to us, but we have a lot of potential. Scotland obviously have a great set of players the past couple of years and it will be a tough game but not the Championship style derby that we've come to expect given how we both play now. All the best and see you in summer!