| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna 12:38 - Jun 8 with 27478 views | UppaTowen78 |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 14:15 - Jun 8 with 2752 views | oldburian |
Of course Leicester would have to pay us a substantial sum in recompense. Possibly not in seven figures but certainly a large six figure sum. | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 14:41 - Jun 8 with 2640 views | dirtyboy |
They'll have a cracking squad regardless of those leaving.
They'll have more money for players than anyone else in the league.
They have one of the best training facilities in the world.
They'll pay him more than we can.
All we can do is hope that he sees us as a project he's willing to give another year to.
He appears to have more integrity than many managers, so may see some loyalty involved, however, he's ambitious and wants to test himself.
Leicester, currently, is a step up and he'll have better players, giving him a better chance to go up.
Opportunities like that don't come along often.
I will cry for weeks if that happens and any silence from the club or McKenna will be telling, not to mention, make it very difficult for us to attract new players....Hirst will no doubt have reported back how good he is too.
If McKenna goes, we will be screwed and survival WILL be progress. |  | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 14:50 - Jun 8 with 2583 views | rodney76 |
I cannot see McKenna seeking a move just yet irrespective of the financial rewards or the status of Leicester.
He is in his first managerial role, has a job half-finished and, in reality, has yet to establish himself on the managerial stage. He has only had success in League 1, after all.
A storming next season might well change things. He's getting established, but it would require more for him to be considered top drawer.
Quite frankly I am surprised at all the interest he gets, but that's me, and I'm not privy to the footballing grapevine.
I think there are, at this moment in time, very few realistic opportunities that would lure him away. I suppose Leicester City might be classed as one of those, but it's a long shot, imo.
Failure could set him back in his quest for the top of his profession. | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:00 - Jun 8 with 2541 views | dirtyboy |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 14:50 - Jun 8 by rodney76 |
I cannot see McKenna seeking a move just yet irrespective of the financial rewards or the status of Leicester.
He is in his first managerial role, has a job half-finished and, in reality, has yet to establish himself on the managerial stage. He has only had success in League 1, after all.
A storming next season might well change things. He's getting established, but it would require more for him to be considered top drawer.
Quite frankly I am surprised at all the interest he gets, but that's me, and I'm not privy to the footballing grapevine.
I think there are, at this moment in time, very few realistic opportunities that would lure him away. I suppose Leicester City might be classed as one of those, but it's a long shot, imo.
Failure could set him back in his quest for the top of his profession. |
If Leicester want him, it's a no brainer.
We're 3-5 years away from them and that's with continued success and a PL promotion assumed.
Their training complex is probably 2 or 3 times bigger than ours, state of the art and certainly not stuff housed in shipping containers!
Ours is not comparable, unless you enjoy 'quirky' which isn't what you want when you have a desire to compete at the very top. | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:05 - Jun 8 with 2509 views | SheffordBlue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:00 - Jun 8 by dirtyboy |
If Leicester want him, it's a no brainer.
We're 3-5 years away from them and that's with continued success and a PL promotion assumed.
Their training complex is probably 2 or 3 times bigger than ours, state of the art and certainly not stuff housed in shipping containers!
Ours is not comparable, unless you enjoy 'quirky' which isn't what you want when you have a desire to compete at the very top. |
The flipside to that is that McKenna will be getting the funds to shape the new training ground facilities how he would like them - with Leicester he'd be walking into someone else vision (albeit a very new and extensive one) that he probably won't be able to tweak/change much. Advantages and disadvantages to both. | |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:13 - Jun 8 with 2475 views | Vegtablue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:00 - Jun 8 by dirtyboy |
If Leicester want him, it's a no brainer.
We're 3-5 years away from them and that's with continued success and a PL promotion assumed.
Their training complex is probably 2 or 3 times bigger than ours, state of the art and certainly not stuff housed in shipping containers!
Ours is not comparable, unless you enjoy 'quirky' which isn't what you want when you have a desire to compete at the very top. |
Yeah physically building on their success was a smart move (providing the upkeep is sustainable outside Prem). They're now in a different category to clubs of a historically similar size and their draw shouldn't evaporate in one or two dodgy seasons, as often otherwise happens. | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:24 - Jun 8 with 2425 views | Vegtablue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:05 - Jun 8 by SheffordBlue |
The flipside to that is that McKenna will be getting the funds to shape the new training ground facilities how he would like them - with Leicester he'd be walking into someone else vision (albeit a very new and extensive one) that he probably won't be able to tweak/change much. Advantages and disadvantages to both. |
Providing the whiteboards wipe off I can't think of their disadvantages or our advantages aha, unless we're giving him £130m to spend.
I'm optimistic all this chatter is irrelevant mind and the top targets for these two are elsewhere. | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:37 - Jun 8 with 2391 views | nodge_blue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 13:21 - Jun 8 by Big_Jase |
Come on let’s be realistic. It’s a massive step up, to a team who has won the Premier League & FA cup all within the last 10 years and a team that has regularly been in Europe. They have probably the best training facilities in the UK and parachute payments for the next 3 years. They are clear favourites to straight back up for me.
He could get a big contract that would increase upon promotion, Premier League managers get paid 5-6million a year at a club that level.
It’s not the 1970/80’s anymore, Leicester are a far bigger pull than Ipswich is. If we want to keep McKenna we need to properly fund a promotion push in the Championship, and that’s not going to come cheap. [Post edited 8 Jun 2023 13:29]
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Thats all frickin history. Right now Leicester are in the championship and up to their eyes in wages they need to reduce.
And a bunch of left over players with maybe not enough appetite for championship football.
They are not a massive step up at all. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:40 - Jun 8 with 2376 views | Herbivore |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:37 - Jun 8 by nodge_blue |
Thats all frickin history. Right now Leicester are in the championship and up to their eyes in wages they need to reduce.
And a bunch of left over players with maybe not enough appetite for championship football.
They are not a massive step up at all. |
Their budget and facilities are light years ahead of ours. They've been an established Prem side and even with losing several players they'll still be well placed to challenge for promotion next season. Of course they would be a step up from us. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:48 - Jun 8 with 2345 views | Big_Jase |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:40 - Jun 8 by Herbivore |
Their budget and facilities are light years ahead of ours. They've been an established Prem side and even with losing several players they'll still be well placed to challenge for promotion next season. Of course they would be a step up from us. |
Must be a special offer on blue tinted spectacles in the Ipswich area the moment. Really don’t understand how people can’t see how Leicester is a very attractive proposition and in a better place than Town. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:56 - Jun 8 with 2307 views | Kropotkin123 |
Leicester: ring ring... Hey can we speak to Kieran McKenna?
Ipswich: What about?
Leicester: We have a lot of debt and we want to know if he's still interested in Hirst?
Ipswich: Let me get Mark for you... |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 with 2303 views | hoppy |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:48 - Jun 8 by Big_Jase |
Must be a special offer on blue tinted spectacles in the Ipswich area the moment. Really don’t understand how people can’t see how Leicester is a very attractive proposition and in a better place than Town. |
To be fair, theirs would be blue tinted as well, wouldn't they? |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 with 2309 views | Illinoisblue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:00 - Jun 8 by dirtyboy |
If Leicester want him, it's a no brainer.
We're 3-5 years away from them and that's with continued success and a PL promotion assumed.
Their training complex is probably 2 or 3 times bigger than ours, state of the art and certainly not stuff housed in shipping containers!
Ours is not comparable, unless you enjoy 'quirky' which isn't what you want when you have a desire to compete at the very top. |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:15 - Jun 8 with 2185 views | Horsham |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 by Illinoisblue |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |
Realistically they’ll be looking at next season in terms of top 2 expectations and play offs minimum. A little bit like us last season.
If we’re realistically looking at having a serious tilt at top 6 there’s not so much difference. The question is, are we realistically having a serious tilt at top 6? If we are then I’m not sure it’s such a no brainer to go there. |  | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:18 - Jun 8 with 2171 views | ketton_itfc |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 by Illinoisblue |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |
I think the problem is we are 4-5 years of playing in the EPL behind them which on the face of it is quite conceivable with our ownership over the next 10 years but as we know could be another 20 years before we have a sniff again so whilst I agree with your sentiments it can feel like lightyears. |  | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:20 - Jun 8 with 2169 views | itfcjoe |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 by Illinoisblue |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |
It's not a wild take, it's the legacy of 13 years of underinvestment. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:22 - Jun 8 with 2151 views | Herbivore |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 by Illinoisblue |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |
I was very careful to say in terms of budget and facilities. On those respects, they are light years ahead of us. In terms of stature they are clearly a bigger club after several years of success and generally in the PL era spending more time in it than out of it. I don't think any of that is especially controversial. No doubt we're currently on an upward trajectory and they aren't, but they will still be expecting to go straight back up with the backing they'll have and the quality they'll be able to attract, whereas we're more of an unknown quantity. | |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:26 - Jun 8 with 2136 views | SomethingBlue |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 15:57 - Jun 8 by Illinoisblue |
Obviously they’ve had incredible success in the last seven years or so but this idea that Leicester are light years ahead of us in size and stature is such a wild take. |
It's true if we are talking about club infrastructures and, digressing slightly, it's why I feel very uncomfortable every time I see someone taking for granted that Norwich will be trailing in our wake a year from now. These clubs all have a massive head start on us and won't need too many tweaks to be put back on course; we're firmly on the right path but the chances are it will take a number of years to achieve parity, if indeed we ever manage it. | |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:39 - Jun 8 with 2059 views | jaykay |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 13:21 - Jun 8 by Big_Jase |
Come on let’s be realistic. It’s a massive step up, to a team who has won the Premier League & FA cup all within the last 10 years and a team that has regularly been in Europe. They have probably the best training facilities in the UK and parachute payments for the next 3 years. They are clear favourites to straight back up for me.
He could get a big contract that would increase upon promotion, Premier League managers get paid 5-6million a year at a club that level.
It’s not the 1970/80’s anymore, Leicester are a far bigger pull than Ipswich is. If we want to keep McKenna we need to properly fund a promotion push in the Championship, and that’s not going to come cheap. [Post edited 8 Jun 2023 13:29]
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ask a mr potter about a step up. chelsea were still in the premier league not relegated like leicester and he crashed and burned .the grass is not always greener. these big clubs dont give managers time to sort things out. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:42 - Jun 8 with 2040 views | chicoazul |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:39 - Jun 8 by jaykay |
ask a mr potter about a step up. chelsea were still in the premier league not relegated like leicester and he crashed and burned .the grass is not always greener. these big clubs dont give managers time to sort things out. |
Potter probably got a 12m pay off and would walk into all but about 5 clubs in the country and loads abroad. I don’t think this is the failure you think it is. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:45 - Jun 8 with 2040 views | GavTWTD |
No idea who to reply to so I'll stick it here.
He has time on his hands to build something here. He should look at Neil Critchley who was also fancied as a young manager and he's just returned to Blackpool after burning a few bridges with fans. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:46 - Jun 8 with 2022 views | Big_Jase |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:42 - Jun 8 by chicoazul |
Potter probably got a 12m pay off and would walk into all but about 5 clubs in the country and loads abroad. I don’t think this is the failure you think it is. |
Exactly this. He will get another £3-5m a year contract at those clubs as well. | |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:59 - Jun 8 with 2528 views | Vic |
I'd be utterly, totally and completely gutted if he were to leave now.
But then, if we to get someone like Brenden Rogers in his place (which I happen to think is realistic) it might soften the blow a bit. |  |
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| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 17:04 - Jun 8 with 2476 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 16:59 - Jun 8 by Vic |
I'd be utterly, totally and completely gutted if he were to leave now.
But then, if we to get someone like Brenden Rogers in his place (which I happen to think is realistic) it might soften the blow a bit. |
Have a day off! | | | |
| Leicester ask to speak to McKenna on 17:05 - Jun 8 with 2479 views | dirtyboy |
I love this club and it does have huge potential, but that's all it is, potential.
Leicester, Leeds + Southampton, over the next 3 years will be best part of £100m better off than us.
We'd need to spend £50m a year at least, just to get bl**dy parity!
Money doesn't guarantee success (did for us last season though) but it's a huge indicator of league finish.
Luton and Coventry are outliers, expeptions to the rule, I wouldn't rule out a return to the status quo next year and two of the relegated teams go straight up.
Not only are we £100m behind Leicester in income for the next few years, we're also probably £100m+ behind in infrastructure.
£200m+
Then ask yourself, if you were not an actual fan of Ipswich Town, would you move to the club that much better off? Of course you would (in most cases).
I say that as a bit of an oddball who's turned down more money because I like where I work lol! So there is hope... | | | |
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