Richard Dunne believes Ireland are no closer to qualifying for major tournaments now than they were before Stephen Kenny became senior manager.
The Boys in Green suffered their second 1-0 Nations League defeat in five days on Wednesday as a Viktor Tsygankov goal early in the second half gave the visitors victory in Dublin.
Former defender Dunne fears that Ireland are going nowhere under Kenny and blasted their performances against both Armenia and Ukraine.
He said: “Again disappointment. There is just a real lack of quality, toothless when we go forward unless Shane Duffy goes up there, there does not seem to be much happening.
“Sadly, I’m probably not surprised by the result even though it is a second string Ukrainian side.
“Overall the team, the performance, the result is just in keeping with what we’ve seen over the last however long.
"Talks of strides being made forward and positivity and all that stuff is wide of the mark. The result (draw) against Belgium in the summer is against a Belgian second team, it’s not where we think we are.
“We want to see progression and the team has progressed to a certain point but there is always that, can you do it on a big night in Armenia against a team that is going to sit in against us, are we actually improving or are we just keeping the ball more?
“The improvement is not noticeable, certainly there is a new group of players and new style of football but in terms of getting results or qualifying for major tournaments, I don’t think we are any closer now than what we were when he took over.”
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