When you are explaining you are losing – and Stephen Kenny explained much away before his sad if inevitable departure from the job of his dreams. The tepid 2-1 defeat in Athens in June was when even the most hardened backers of the Dubliner appreciated: the game was up. Kenny admitted he did not recognise that performance as that of a team he was coaching.  We can pursue a reflective assessment of the Kenny era via his interactions with the media, which largely was supportive of both him and what he sought to achieve. I recall a lengthy conversation based…

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