Showing posts with label Stephen Kenny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Kenny. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 January 2024

Episode 66 - The Year That Was 2023 In Irish Men's Football

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to review the performances of the Republic of Ireland Senior Men's team in 2023, from the opening friendly against Latvia in March, through the qualification campaign for Euro 2024, to the final game of Stephen Kenny's time in charge against New Zealand in November. What were the highs and lows, and that, if anything, was learned from each game?

Thursday, 30 November 2023

Episode 65 - The End Of The Road

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland Men's Team's final Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands, and the final game of 2023 against New Zealand, which became the final two games of Stephen Kenny's reign following the FAI's announcement that his contract would not be extended.

With the recruitment process for a new manager already in progress, what are we looking for in the new manager, and who are the favourites for the position?

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Episode 63 - The Road To Acceptance

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss two games we really don't want to talk about. There was an element of denial about qualifying for the European Championships in Germany next year when the group draw was made. We've been angry with the results, the most losses in a single campaign since the 1972 European Championships, and despite numerous bargaining efforts with whatever god would listen, it's all left us pretty depressed with the current state of the national side men's team. to the point where we have all accepted the manager's time in charge is ending soon.

Thursday, 14 September 2023

Episode 62 - Nearing the end of the road

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick, Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football, and James Carew of pogmogoal to discuss the two Euro 2024 qualifiers against France and the Netherlands, and what the results mean for the manager Stephen Kenny - how close are we now to the end of his reign, and who will take over after him? Also, James learns the forfeit he has to pay after guaranteeing that Josh Cullen would be sold by Burnley in the summer

Monday, 4 September 2023

Episode 61 - Two Top Ten Teams

I'm joined by Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the senior mens squad announced by Stephen Kenny to face France and the Netherlands, both ranked in the top ten in the world by FIFA, and the U21 squad announced by Jim Crawford to face Turkiye and San Marino

And we haven't forgotten what James Carew said when he joined us in June...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Episode 58 - Hanging By A Thread

Myself, Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick, and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football are joined by James Carew of pogmogoal to discuss the loss in Greece and victory against Gibraltar. After the discussion in our previous episode on what a draw would mean for our qualification hopes, not to mind Stephen Kenny's time in charge of the national side, what does the result in Athens mean for the manager, and did the response against Gibraltar change anything?

Monday, 12 June 2023

Episode 56 - Is A Draw A Bad Result?

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of the Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the 25 players called up by Stephen Kenny to face Greece and Gibraltar in two Euro 2024 qualifier. The squad is settled, but can the team find consistency between performances, and what lessons have been learned from the four games in June 2022? The Ireland Men's U17 2023 European Championship campaign came to an end in the quarter finals against Spain, we look at the players who impressed us, and what the future holds for Irish football at this level.

Thursday, 6 April 2023

Episode 54 - Tired of holding our hands up!

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of hawkeyesidekick and Philip Fanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland's friendly against Latvia and qualifier against France and what both results and performances mean for the qualification Euro 2024 campaign

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Episode 3 - Average Age and Debuts

In the third in our series of programming tutorials, framed around appearance data for the Republic of Ireland national men's team, I show how to prove that the average age of the starting XI named by Stephen Kenny to face Scotland in September 2022 had the youngest average age of any side in a competitive international since a World Cup qualifier against Cyprus in November 1980, and that, following Mark Sykes' debut against Malta, Kenny has given as many players their debuts in his 30 games in charge as Brian Kerr did in his 33 games managing the national side

Github Repository

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Episode 52 - 2022, A Year In Football, Part II

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to continue our discussion on the last 12 months of international football, this time focusing on our Top Five Positives and Negatives from 2022. 

Note - this was recorded before the speculation linking opposition analyst Stephen Rice with the managerial position at Swindon

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Episode 51 - 2022, A Year In Football, Part One

Join myself, Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick, and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football as we review the highs* and lows of the Republic of Ireland mens team in 2022

*yes, there were highs

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Episode 50 - Norway, Malta, and Morocco

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the end of year friendlies for the Republic of Ireland men's team against Norway and Malta, and the women's friendly against Morocco as their preparation for the World Cup in 2023 begin

Monday, 17 October 2022

Episode 47 - The Low of a Draw to the High of a Win

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to review the Republic of Ireland's Women's team's qualification for the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after defeating Scotland in a play off, and also the Men's team's qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2024 to be held in Germany

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Episode 46 - Performance or Result?

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the final two games of Republic of Ireland's 2022/23 UEFA Nations League campaign against Scotland and Armenia - is a good performance in a loss better than a bad performance in a win? Also, we look back at the U21's two legged play off against Israel for the 2023 UEFA U21 Championship, and the U19s topped their 2023 UEFA Under 19 Championship Qualifying Round group with a 100% record, without conceding

Friday, 12 August 2022

Episode 45 - 2022/23 Predictions

In the first episode of the new season in England, and across Europe, myself, Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick, and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football review the performances of Irish players in the opening round of Premier League fixtures, and make some predictions for how the season will go for Irish players

Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Data, stats, and tutorials

For a little while now, I've been thinking of creating a tutorial on how the stats posted on the account are generated. 

Having curated data on Irish international and club football since 2006, there's a wealth of information available to mine statistics from.

With that in mind, I've created a GitHub account to make the raw data publicly available, and have started a YouTube account to explain the stats. Be warned - this is not a beginner's programming tutorial. A level of technical knowledge is assumed. But I have tried to make it as accessible as possible for anyone without development experience.

The first and second episodes are available online now.

Episode 1 introduces the data, how it is stored in JSON files, and accessed using NodeJs

Episode 2 explains how three stats were compiled

  • That Stephen Kenny is the first Ireland manager to lose two games to teams ranked outside the top 90
  • That the winning margin against Scotland was the largest against a higher ranked side in a competitive game since rankings were introduced
  • That Alan Browne's goal against Belgium was the fastest by a substitute since James Collins V Serbia 

This is something different for me. While I have some minor video editing experience, I've never worked on anything on this scale, so bear with me while I learn how video editing works.

There's no formal schedule for how often these videos will be published, but I'm aiming for once a month, with two stats explained in each tutorial.

Have fun!

Friday, 24 June 2022

Episode 44 - A Jekyll And Hyde Episode

 I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the Republic of Ireland's four games in June 2022 against Armenia, Ukraine(twice), and Scotland. From the lows of the opening two fixtures, to the highs of the latter two. A change in formation resulted in a change in fortunes, so what does that mean for the remaining fixtures to be played in September?

Saturday, 28 May 2022

Episode 42 - Life, Football, And Everything

I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the senior squad announced by Stephen Kenny to face Armenia, Ukraine, and Scotland in the opening games of the 2022/23 Nations League campaign, and the final three qualifiers for the U21s in their qualifying group for the 2023 UEFA Under 21 Championship, with their fate very much in their hands.

Due to some unforeseen microphone issues, I did have to deliver some of my segments from a phone box behind the iron curtain in 1972!

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Episode 39: Player Debuts

I'm joined again by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick and Philip Flanagan of The Bottomless Pit of Football to discuss the debuts granted by each international manager since Brian Kerr took over the national side in 2003 - which manager had the best selection of players available to him, what players had the biggest impact, and who will go on to be legends of the game?

Brian Kerr

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Alan Quinn830-April-200323FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Norway
Alan Lee1030-April-200324FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Norway
Joe Murphy29-September-200322FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-2Turkey
Andy Reid2918-November-200321FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Canada
John Thompson118-November-200322FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Canada
Paddy Kenny731-March-200425FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Czech Republic
Liam Miller2131-March-200423FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Czech Republic
Jonathan Douglas928-April-200422FriendlyPoland0-0Republic of Ireland
Jason Byrne228-April-200426FriendlyPoland0-0Republic of Ireland
Martin Rowlands527-May-200425FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Romania
Clive Clarke229-May-200424TournamentNigeria3-0Republic of Ireland
Aiden McGeady932-June-200418TournamentJamaica0-1Republic of Ireland
Michael Doyle15-June-200422FriendlyNetherlands0-1Republic of Ireland
Jonathan Macken118-August-200426FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Bulgaria
Stephen Elliott916-November-200420FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Croatia

Steve Staunton

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Kevin Doyle631-March-200622FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Joey O'Brien51-March-200620FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Wayne Henderson61-March-200622FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Stephen Ireland61-March-200619FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Stephen Kelly3924-May-200622FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Chile
Alan O'Brien516-August-200621FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-4Netherlands
Paul McShane3311-October-200620European Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland1-1Czech Republic
Shane Long887-February-200720European Cup QualifierSan Marino1-2Republic of Ireland
Stephen Hunt397-February-200725European Cup QualifierSan Marino1-2Republic of Ireland
Anthony Stokes97-February-200718European Cup QualifierSan Marino1-2Republic of Ireland
Joe Gamble223-May-200725FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Daryl Murphy3223-May-200724FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Andy Keogh3023-May-200721FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Colin Doyle423-May-200721FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Alan Bennett223-May-200725FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Alex Bruce223-May-200722FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Stephen O'Halloran223-May-200719FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Darren Potter523-May-200722FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Joe O'Cearuill223-May-200720FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Stephen Gleeson423-May-200718FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Joe Lapira123-May-200720FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Peter Murphy126-May-200726FriendlyBolivia1-1Republic of Ireland
Darron Gibson2722-August-200719FriendlyDenmark0-4Republic of Ireland

Giovanni Trapattoni

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Glenn Whelan9124-May-200824FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Serbia
Damien Delaney924-May-200826FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Serbia
Wes Hoolahan4329-May-200826FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Colombia
Caleb Folan715-October-200825World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland1-0Cyprus
Keith Andrews3519-November-200828FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-3Poland
Noel Hunt319-November-200825FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-3Poland
Liam Lawrence1529-May-200927FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Kevin Foley829-May-200924FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Keiren Westwood2129-May-200924FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Leon Best729-May-200922FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Eddie Nolan329-May-200920FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Sean St Ledger3729-May-200924FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
Darren O'Dea208-September-200922FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0South Africa
James McCarthy432-March-201019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Brazil
Paul Green2225-May-201027FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Paraguay
Keith Fahey1525-May-201027FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Paraguay
Cillian Sheridan325-May-201021FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Paraguay
Greg Cunningham428-May-201019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Algeria
Keith Treacy611-August-201021FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Argentina
Jonathan Walters5417-November-201027FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Norway
Ciaran Clark368-February-201121Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland3-0Wales
Marc Wilson258-February-201123Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland3-0Wales
Seamus Coleman638-February-201122Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland3-0Wales
David Forde2424-May-201131Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
Simon Cox3024-May-201124Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
Stephen Ward5024-May-201125Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
James McClean8829-February-201222FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Czech Republic
Darren Randolph5011-September-201225FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
Robbie Brady5711-September-201220FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
David Meyler2611-September-201223FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
Alex Pearce911-September-201223FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
Conor Sammon96-February-201325FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-0Poland
Jeff Hendrick686-February-201321FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-0Poland
Richard Keogh266-February-201326FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-0Poland
Stephen Quinn182-June-201327FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-0Georgia
Paddy Madden114-August-201323FriendlyWales0-0Republic of Ireland
Anthony Pilkington96-September-201325World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland1-2Sweden

Martin O'Neill

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Robert Elliot425-May-201428FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Turkey
Shane Duffy517-June-201422FriendlyCosta Rica1-1Republic of Ireland
Cyrus Christie2918-November-201422FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1USA
David McGoldrick1418-November-201426FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1USA
Harry Arter197-June-201525FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0England
Alan Judge925-March-201627FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Switzerland
Eunan O'Kane725-March-201625FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Switzerland
Jonathan Hayes425-March-201628FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Switzerland
Callum O'Dowda2331-May-201621FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Belarus
Daryl Horgan1728-March-201724FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Iceland
Andy Boyle128-March-201726FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Iceland
John Egan2128-March-201724FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Iceland
Conor Hourihane3228-March-201726FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Iceland
Kevin Long172-June-201726FriendlyMexico3-1Republic of Ireland
Alan Browne172-June-201722FriendlyMexico3-1Republic of Ireland
Sean Maguire116-October-201723World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland2-0Moldova
Matt Doherty2723-March-201826FriendlyTurkey1-0Republic of Ireland
Scott Hogan823-March-201825FriendlyTurkey1-0Republic of Ireland
Declan Rice323-March-201819FriendlyTurkey1-0Republic of Ireland
Derrick Williams328-May-201825FriendlyFrance2-0Republic of Ireland
Graham Burke328-May-201824FriendlyFrance2-0Republic of Ireland
Shaun Williams328-May-201831FriendlyFrance2-0Republic of Ireland
Darragh Lenihan22-June-201824FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1USA
Enda Stevens232-June-201827FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1USA
Callum Robinson246-September-201823Nations LeagueWales4-1Republic of Ireland
Aiden O'Brien511-September-201824FriendlyPoland1-1Republic of Ireland
Ronan Curtis715-November-201822FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0Northern Ireland
Michael Obafemi119-November-201818Nations LeagueDenmark0-0Republic of Ireland

Mick McCarthy(2nd reign)

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Kieran O'Hara210-September-201923FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
James Collins1410-September-201928FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Jack Byrne410-September-201923FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Josh Cullen1510-September-201923FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Mark Travers310-September-201920FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Aaron Connolly812-October-201919European Cup QualifierGeorgia0-0Republic of Ireland
Lee O'Connor114-November-201919FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1New Zealand
Troy Parrott1014-November-201917FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1New Zealand

Stephen Kenny

Player Caps Debut Age Level Home Score Away
Adam Idah133-September-202019Nations LeagueBulgaria1-1Republic of Ireland
Jay Molumby126-September-202021Nations LeagueRepublic of Ireland0-1Finland
Dara O'Shea1014-October-202021Nations LeagueFinland1-0Republic of Ireland
Jason Knight914-October-202019Nations LeagueFinland1-0Republic of Ireland
Ryan Manning418-November-202024Nations LeagueRepublic of Ireland0-0Bulgaria
Gavin Bazunu1027-March-202119World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland0-1Luxembourg
Jamie McGrath63-June-202124FriendlyAndorra1-4Republic of Ireland
Caoimhin Kelleher28-June-202122FriendlyHungary0-0Republic of Ireland
Chiedozie Ogbene58-June-202124FriendlyHungary0-0Republic of Ireland
Andrew Omobamidele51-September-202119World Cup QualifierPortugal2-1Republic of Ireland
Nathan Collins112-October-202120FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-0Qatar
Will Keane111-November-202128World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland0-0Portugal

Monday, 20 December 2021

Episode 36 - 2022-23 UEFA Nations League Group B-1

Following the draw for the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, I'm joined by Mark Kennedy of Hawkeye Sidekick to discuss the Republic of Ireland's group, and the fixtures next year against Ukraine, Scotland, and Armenia. 

Note: this episode was recorded after the draw was made, but before the fixtures were announced.