When Keane retired, the Republic were always going to struggle for goals. O’Neill’s side have struggled for goals of late, as they have scored just four times in their last seven outings, while also failing to find the net on four occasions. When one of your main attacking threats is Southampton’s goal-shy Shane Long, you know you are in trouble.

In reality, O’Neill’s style of players does not help his teams marcos llorente jersey
cause. In the last few years, the Ireland team have been pragmatic but lacked the sort of spirit that previous Republic teams have had.

Granted, Ireland has a small pool of players mateo kovacic jersey
from which to choose. However, previous regimes have managed to create decent teams that have played with passion and quality. What they lacked in quality, they made up for in passion.

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It seems the current squad of players have raphael varane jersey
gone stale under O’Neill and he is struggling to get any sort of performance from his team. The fact that assistant coach Roy Keane is falling out with the players has probably not helped either.