One of the dividends from Ireland’s decision to reinvent themselves as a team that scores great goals in the manner of the great Brazil side of 1982 is that it stopped people talking about Stephen Kenny’s future. A debate about which of Ireland’s goals against Scotland and Ukraine has, surprisingly or not, the potential to get as heated as many other topics, a heat that is aided by the endless potential for disagreement. There can be no right answer. Was Michael Obafemi’s long range shot against Scotland more enriching than his pass which picked out the run of Troy Parrott?…

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