The manager has been discussing selections and formations before the arrival of a France squad featuring Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele
Statistics, tweeted by Andrew Cunneen from Stats Perform, signal a weird anomaly: Ireland have conceded 23 goals since 2021, nine from outside the area off 85 shots for a 39 per cent return, which is by some distance the worst record among European nations.
In the same answer, Kenny changed focus to the importance of Callum O’Dowda featuring at left wing back against France on Monday night. Historically, it is easier to extract hens’ teeth from managers about line-ups, but Kenny offers guaranteed team news. A club manager by trade, primarily in the League of Ireland until the international gig came along in 2019, Kenny has effectively signed four new players for this European Championships qualification campaign.
“It’s a different game, I’m not saying we’re going to throw [Smallbone] in. We have to review and have a look at everything.” Also, Jason Knight and Jayson Molumby offer energetic resistance in the face of Real Madrid’s Tchouameni and in-form Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot. France face the Netherlands on Friday night in Saint-Denis with five Dutch players, including Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo, ruled out with food poisoning attributed to a dodgy chicken curry.
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