Republic of Ireland and Aston Villa great Paul McGrath says coach Stephen Kenny must resign.
Ireland are reeling after Saturday's World Cup qualifying defeat to Luxembourg.
McGrath wrote for the Sunday World: "I never like kicking a man when he's down. I was down myself many a day. But I'm sorry, Stephen Kenny - it is time to go.
"International football management is about making the most of what you have got.
"And Stephen should know that if he wants Ireland to play like Barcelona it would be useful to have a Xavi and an Iniesta in midfield and a little magician called Lionel Messi up front.
"Right now, Ireland haven't got a third cousin, twice removed, of any of those great players in our ranks.
"But we are trying to pass the ball around as though we had such players of that magnificent class to call on.
"We should have known something was badly wrong when top-class coaches like Alan Kelly and Damien Duff walked out of the Kenny set-up before we'd even played a World Cup qualifier."
