Grand Slam was four years ago – I wouldn’t expect to be still in a job if I last performed it efficiently 4 years ago. Why should we expect it from a man on an estimated €350,000 – €600,000 a year.

Do we underachieve? Or do we actually just over hype our players based on club competitions?

Maybe we deliver roughly as we should, given the lack of quality international players available. Lack of depth is an inherent flaw in only having 4 professional teams, especially when those four teams sign non-Irish qualified players to supplement their playing pool.

It’s no coincidence that the grand slam winning year was the season when we had very few injuries. We just don’t have the depth of players to cope with injuries without performances suffering.

I think kidney has done about as well as anyone would in charge of a decimated Irish panel.

Had the England and Scotland game resulted in us winning by a single point whilst playing the exact same way very few people would give out about the management. We played totally crap against England, who will more than likely win the grand slam, yet we only marginally lost. Keep in mind the same team tore New Zealands back line open only a few months ago! Again, playing terrible rugby we only marginally lost to Scotland. This could very easily be the other way around and we could have been on course for our own grand slam having only played 40 minutes of respectable rugby. If we were getting hammered I would say definitely somehtings wrong in the backroom, but we arent! Our defense is statistically the best in the tournament! This is simply a transitional period for young players like Gilroy to get experience. With experience comes confidence. I say give it time. By next season Ireland will be in a far better position to compete for the title. This mindset of changing the management every 2-3 years if you dont win anything is ridiculous. Its rife throughout football and its a shame to see it coming into rugby now. Keep in mind that Ireland is already punshing far above its weight in the world of rugby! Kidney shoudl remain in place and be allowed to develop his own team. They need to mature as a team. That team includes the management!

Grand Slam 09! Fair enough, Ireland have been average at best since that! Not good enough, Kidney should have been sent on his bike after the WC.

Been saying the same for years. To b at a similar level to the likes of England and France, Australia, South Africa is amazing considering they all have more playing numbers and clubs than we do… Yes we can get the odd class result but that has always come with a near full strength team.

ANY world side who lost players of the calibre of POC,Ferris,Bowe etc at once would struggle. Look at how much more beatable the mighty all blacks are when they lose Saint Richie and Carter at the same time.

Having said that I think DK has had his chance. I think fresh ideas are needed. He may well go down as our unluckiest coach when history judges him…

Most underachieving Manager in Six nations! Should have gone after 2010, typical Irish attitude leaving an under performing manager in a position for so long without achieving anything!

Kidney will take 3-0, at least he expects Paddy Jackass to get one kick… again!!

in 09 when the heineken cup was resting in cork/limerick ireland won the grand slam. mostly munster men.. now the blues have it for the last two years in dublin and what has this brought too the irish team??? zilch getting beat up and down on both hemispheres… i think their is very little heart in a leinster man. we will have too get more munster spirit back in this team too see success again.