Stephen Kenny stays adamant that he’s the correct man for the Republic of Eire supervisor’s job.
Kenny has discovered himself beneath fireplace in current days after back-to-back 1-0 defeats by Armenia and Ukraine which have left his aspect pointless of their new Nations League marketing campaign, which continues with Saturday’s house recreation towards Scotland.
Certainly, they’ve received solely two of the 17 aggressive video games they’ve performed beneath the previous Dundalk boss, who had tried to play a extra progressive model of soccer since his appointment in 2020.
Requested if, within the circumstances, he thought he was nonetheless the correct man for the job, the 50-year-old replied: “Sure I do, completely, I do, sure. With out a shadow of a doubt.
“I’ve only a signed a brand new contract and I’m dedicated right here till after the Euros. We’ve simply misplaced two very, very slender video games that we’re upset to lose.
I’ve only a signed a brand new contract and I am dedicated right here till after the Euros
Stephen Kenny
“We’re preparing for the sport tomorrow and we’re simply absolutely centered on the sport tomorrow.”
Requested additional if he had made errors and discovered from them throughout his tenure thus far, he added: “I’ve discovered so much, sure, I’ve discovered so much.
“We’ve obtained an terrible lot of potential on this squad, an terrible lot of potential, we wish to develop and get higher and enhance.”
Stephen Kenny’s time at Dunfermline included a relegation (PA)
(PA Archive)
Saturday’s recreation will function a reminder of Kenny’s spell as Dunfermline supervisor, throughout which he guided the membership to the 2007 Scottish FA Cup last, the place they misplaced 1-0 to Celtic, but additionally suffered relegation from the Scottish Premiership the identical season.
Kenny stated: “Once I took the job, I used to be 34 years of age. I used to be solely there per week and we have been 10 factors adrift on the backside. I took it on the premise of being 5 factors on the backside and we have been 10. I believe Dundee United received two video games beneath Craig Levein on the time.
“We beat Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, and Partick Thistle. We took on all of Edinburgh and Glasgow to get to the ultimate and misplaced a slender recreation to Celtic.
“It was an amazing expertise. I made errors. I positively did. I discovered so much. That was a part of my studying as a supervisor and it was an excellent expertise.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
