Greece game highlighted Ireland's 'disconnect' - Paul Corry

Just like in June, this October has seen the Republic of Ireland open an international window with a defeat to Greece before picking up the pieces against minnows Gibraltar.

Overall, Stephen Kenny's side have fallen out of contention in Euro 2024 qualifying even in spite of more positive showings against France and the Netherlands in patches, while hopes of a play-off spot have also been almost definitively hampered by the performances in last year's UEFA Nations League.

But ultimately the results against Greece home and away are what have coloured the perception of the Boys in Green's 2023 and aspects of how Ireland slipped to a 2-0 defeat to Gus Poyet's visitors at the Aviva Stadium last Friday highlighted the continuing cracks within the system according to former Sheffield Wednesday, UCD and Shamrock Rovers midfielder Paul Corry.

"I just thought we were very easy to play against with and without the ball," the ex-Ireland U17 international told this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

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"When Greece have the ball, you don't see any real sort of pressure on the team when they're in possession, particularly when we're in our final third. It seems very easy to play against.

"They always seem to have an extra man, (Ireland) get carved open a number of times.

"Even when you look at the goals or the chance when (Gavin) Bazunu touched the ball over the bar, we seem to be chasing back and we don't seem to have any sort of real pressure on the ball.

"That's a big worry because if you go back on