Richard Dunne believes Ireland have not been good enough under Stephen Kenny - and says statistics back that view up.
The Boys in Green have won just four of their last 21 competitive games and avoided a scare after imploding against Armenia on Tuesday night.
Goals from John Egan and Michael Obafemi had Ireland 2-0 up, but Armenia scored two goals in two minutes to draw the game level in the 73rd minute before a late Robbie Brady penalty gave the hosts a 3-2 win.
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Speaking on Premier Sports after the match, Dunne said: “You hear a lot of statistics about the Irish team, about three defeats in 16 or 17 games or something – the fact is we’ve won four of 21 competitive games, which isn’t good enough.
“The manager is going to be there for the next campaign, that’s going to happen. He’s said that the team is going to be better in a year’s time, which will be three years into his reign, so…”
On the match itself, the former Ireland defender added: "It was very slow, predictable stuff and we got lucky I suppose in the last couple of minutes with a penalty and there wasn't a lot in the game."
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