Johnny Kenny

Should be loaning more players to the league of Ireland imo.. like surely we could have thrown duff a couple of additions. Quality isn't the best but it's competitive football (anyone can beat anyone week to week) decent atmosphere etc

Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk

 

At least 2 or 3 levels above that * B league

 

Looks like his loan finishes at end of this month. Be good for him to be in and around the squad and BR can see how he's come along. Looks to have had a good spell in Ireland altho not seen anything myself just what I've read.

 

Aye, will be good to get an extended training run with us, I don't think we'd be able to have him play until after Christmas though due to the registration window, not sure on how loan returners work with that. But could be a good 3rd choice for the 2nd half if this season

 

People are having him as an obvious 3rd choice younger striker, is that lads that have seen him playing in Ireland or just because Rodgers talked bout a young player for 3rd choice when he had Vata earmarked for that role?

 

My opinion on that is from us as a club should have a 3rd choice striker, given just now we have potentially Idah out for a bit, Maeda should be a winger as well lack the depth there and we don't have a recognised other option for the middle. Kenny has performed.well.for shamrock this season including in Europe so looks to be worth a look at us and given the chance

 

Another goal from him tonight for Shamrock Rovers in the Uefa Conference League.

 

Aye that's goal number 17 of 2024 for him tonight and seems to be performing well in Conference League.

 

he seems to have really progresses this season, hopefully he's keen to come back and give it a good go

 

Decent strength and cracking finish there.

 

How long is on his contract?

If he's got a couple year be worth loaning him to a club in our league a Ross County or something and seeing how he does. Never be good enough but to make a profit on and sell on clause down the line..

 

2027 going by the first page. Looks like he'd do well in an attacking team who likes to get the ball down and play so that probably limits his options in Scotland a bit, maybe do well at Motherwell or something like that.

Failing that a decent League 1 team in England would probably be a good move.

 

TNT commentators not even doing the bare minimum homework to know nobody calls them "Shamrock", * sake

 

The shamrock clovers

 

stunning flick to put Kenny through who bullied the defender before launching an unstoppable strike

 

Loan him out to an SPFL side for 6 months and see how he gets on, wouldn't be any point keeping him as third choice striker.

 

Falkirk perhaps?? Only decent footballing side I have seen this season, sheep have plenty strikers, all the rest are just hammer throwers.

 

SHAMROCK ROVERS say they're desperate to keep on-loan Celtic sharpshooter Johnny Kenny after the striker fired Shamrock Rovers to the cusp of the Conference League knockout stages.

The Dublin outfit recovered from missing out agonisingly by two points to Damien Duff's Shelbourne as they came from behind to dump Welsh outfit TNS 2-1 and move onto seven points from three games


That's a point more than Hearts have to their name and it leaves them in a great position, even if they now have to contend with the difficulty of playing their remaining Conference League matches in their OFF SEASON.

Trailing 1-0 to a goal by Jordan Williams, Kenny ran onto a clever Neil Farrugia flick to take a touch and fire a sweet high finish past TNS goalie Conor Roberts.

And a second from Dylan Billy Watts was enough to make it back-to-back wins for the Dubliners.

While the Conference League first phase wraps up at the end of December, it appears increasingly likely that Shamrock will become the first Irish team to make the knockout phase of a European competition and Bradley would love Kenny to be part f it


Still only 21, in all the Irishman has bagged 15 goals for Shamrock and he would be a difficult man to replace but it remains to be seen if Brendan Rodgers has different ideas for him come January.

Bradley told RTE: "Look, we have a brilliant relationship with Celtic at all levels. Our feelings are quite clear on that.

"We have to respect that Celtic are the ones that Jonny are contracted to. They decided it and whatever ever they say goes.

"But I think everyone recognises that Shamrock Rovers have been good for Jonny and he's been brilliant for us and I'd like to continue that."



Kenny has previously said that he had only had minimal contact from his parent club and hat was hard to take.

He has said: "It’s a message here and there from Darren O’Dea [Celtic’s professional player pathway manager], that’s it, that’s all it is.

“It’s hard to take. Last year, [the lack of contact was] fair enough because I wasn’t really performing.

"But this year, I think I have performed well and I have gotten minimal contact from them.


But look, I’ll just keep going game by game and see where it takes me. I’m always hopeful of getting an opportunity [at Celtic], but it might be limited. It would be a dream to play over there, but we’ll wait and see."

As for last night's goal, Kenny himself paid tribute to some extra work on the training ground with former Leeds and Republic of Ireland star Stephen McPhail, who just happens to be sporting director at Shamrock.


Kenny said: "It's a different dressing room. We were thoroughly disappointed on Friday night, tonight is special, we go again in two weeks time.

"I think this year different to previous we have gone down in games but we've always fought back. We knew how good TNS well but we fought back and got the win.


It was a brilliant disguised pass from Wattsy [Dylan Billy Watts] and Neil played it round the corner I'm happy to get on the end of it.

"It was a great touch from Neil and just tried to compose myself and finish. I worked on it yesterday with Stephen McPhail, the near post on my weak foot I prefer. Thankfully it went in and I will take it.

"It guarantees us nothing but it would be great if it did. We will just take it into the last three games and try to get the points there if we can.