| McKenna 14:40 - Feb 25 with 4788 views | cressi |
All this talk of him leaving I say no chance No team in the top 8 would take a gamble on him. After one home win so far this season I don't believe he has enhanced his reputation this Yr.
He is also on ridiculous wages and got some credit in the bank so I believe he sits tight and tries to put right what has gone wrong this season. |  | | |  |
| McKenna on 14:42 - Feb 25 with 3827 views | baxterbasics |
I hope so because I want him to stay either way.
I agree a PL club might not go for him, but don't rule out foreign interest. |  |
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| McKenna on 14:46 - Feb 25 with 3786 views | Linners |
I'm not sure this season will have changed many views to be honest. Clubs that fancy him will still do so, and those that don't also won't feel any different. The more pertinent issue was always that there's got to be a job to go to, unless he chooses to quite without one, which I suppose is possible. I defer to the other thread on that debate... |  | | |
| McKenna on 14:54 - Feb 25 with 3690 views | FrimleyBlue |
Every game we go out and play regardless of the result enhances his reputation as we play football the way all top prem clubs do, we just don't have the players who can play it as well as the those clubs, so it's easier to be able to blame results on players abilities over and form of managerial influences.
We lost to spurs 1-4, but their board will see how we set up, at home despite only winning once at PR all season, and he's set up the same front footed, high press way. They would have been impressed despite us losing 1-4. |  |
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| McKenna on 15:00 - Feb 25 with 3666 views | catch74 |
I’ve decided we should just win the FA cup, McKenna & Delap stay because they love it here and we’ll play in Europe. Easy. |  |
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| McKenna on 15:07 - Feb 25 with 3601 views | itfcsuth |
Has there been 'all this talk' about him leaving anyway?
He is absolutely untouchable from our perspective, one of the best young managers in Europe.
Of course he is young, of course he is still learning and developing, of course there will be things he probably wish he'd have done differently this year.
He's overseen us from mid table L1 to the PL in the space of 2 years - you cannot comprehend how special that is, especially with the football on display.
You would have to be absolutely braindead, with absolutely zero knowledge of football to think he shouldn't be Ipswich manager next season regardless.
First hint of a rocky season in the PL I might add, after the journey we have been on in such a short space of time - he has far more than credit in the bank with this football club.
Absolutely untouchable. |  | | |
| McKenna on 15:15 - Feb 25 with 3535 views | WilbrahamBlue |
Any prem opportunity will be looked at and considered by McKenna, being a top 8 team wont be anywhere near as important as you think from here. | | | |
| McKenna on 15:21 - Feb 25 with 3502 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| McKenna on 14:54 - Feb 25 by FrimleyBlue |
Every game we go out and play regardless of the result enhances his reputation as we play football the way all top prem clubs do, we just don't have the players who can play it as well as the those clubs, so it's easier to be able to blame results on players abilities over and form of managerial influences.
We lost to spurs 1-4, but their board will see how we set up, at home despite only winning once at PR all season, and he's set up the same front footed, high press way. They would have been impressed despite us losing 1-4. |
I think that maybe part of the reason that promoted clubs are going straight back down.
Managers are balancing staying up v protecting their own brand.
Its very hard to stay up by playing established Prem clubs 'at their own game'. |  |
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| McKenna on 15:32 - Feb 25 with 3422 views | ghostofescobar |
Even putting aside that PL clubs will still want him, and he is hugely ambitious and will leave us for the right club, no matter what league we are in, I do wonder what his level of motivation is for a season with us in the Championship? He has done it, under circumstances rarely seen in football, a glorious season, and one that probably can’t be topped, for lots of reasons. Obviously I have no idea what he’ll be thinking, but does he go through a “already got the t shirt”, nothing to prove here type thing, or test himself at an established prem club? No idea for sure, but it must come into his thought process? |  |
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| McKenna on 15:35 - Feb 25 with 3375 views | homer_123 |
| McKenna on 15:32 - Feb 25 by ghostofescobar |
Even putting aside that PL clubs will still want him, and he is hugely ambitious and will leave us for the right club, no matter what league we are in, I do wonder what his level of motivation is for a season with us in the Championship? He has done it, under circumstances rarely seen in football, a glorious season, and one that probably can’t be topped, for lots of reasons. Obviously I have no idea what he’ll be thinking, but does he go through a “already got the t shirt”, nothing to prove here type thing, or test himself at an established prem club? No idea for sure, but it must come into his thought process? |
My sense is he wants the 'right' club.
He's been able to 'mould' how we've progressed as a Club, which has benefitted both him and us.
I can't imagine he'd have the same purview in other Clubs. Some, yes, others no chance. So I think the pool of Clubs he can go to and be successful is limited due to the meticulous nature of the way he works. |  |
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| McKenna on 15:39 - Feb 25 with 3343 views | BlueBadger |
| McKenna on 15:35 - Feb 25 by homer_123 |
My sense is he wants the 'right' club.
He's been able to 'mould' how we've progressed as a Club, which has benefitted both him and us.
I can't imagine he'd have the same purview in other Clubs. Some, yes, others no chance. So I think the pool of Clubs he can go to and be successful is limited due to the meticulous nature of the way he works. |
My feeling is he'd probably want a stable lower-midtable club with ambitious but sensible owners.
Fulham, Brentford, Palace or Everton(depending on how the new owners pan out) would look to be the likely candidates to be potentially interested at present, I'd suspect. [Post edited 25 Feb 15:39]
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| McKenna on 15:41 - Feb 25 with 3320 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
Over the next 10 months, chances are the following clubs could need a new manager based on their past histories. Rangers, Wolves, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Chelsea, Manchester United, Spurs, Leicester and Southampton.
Palace, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Leicester have already shown firm interest in the past. While I don't suspect he'll be poached by a Championship rival, there's every chance a lower Premier League team will take a punt on him next season, especially if things aren't going well.
I hope if he does go, it's early in the summer, I think the fact there was speculation here for so long this summer did hold up our plans going into the new season, and while I agree with Ashton paying the money he has to keep him here, while he was courting Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United we were in bit of a state of limbo.
We will need to get our new man in quickly, and our business done as early as possible. A new manager may have a different vision, so replacing Delap and co. might not be a like-for-like situation.
I think he could stay, but he and his coaches will probably be thinking they have taken Ipswich as far as they can with the resources we realistically available, and after 3 seasons they will have done enough to earn a move to the next opportunity. |  |
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| McKenna on 15:47 - Feb 25 with 3261 views | homer_123 |
| McKenna on 15:39 - Feb 25 by BlueBadger |
My feeling is he'd probably want a stable lower-midtable club with ambitious but sensible owners.
Fulham, Brentford, Palace or Everton(depending on how the new owners pan out) would look to be the likely candidates to be potentially interested at present, I'd suspect. [Post edited 25 Feb 15:39]
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The other club that springs to mind, thinking ahead, is Leeds. | |
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| McKenna on 15:50 - Feb 25 with 3244 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
| McKenna on 15:21 - Feb 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think that maybe part of the reason that promoted clubs are going straight back down.
Managers are balancing staying up v protecting their own brand.
Its very hard to stay up by playing established Prem clubs 'at their own game'. |
That's an interesting point. I felt when Lambert arrived he was an idiot to try and play the game he did while we had a record low points total apparent at the bottom of the Championship, where literally draws would have been enough to keep us up but he stubbornly kept playing Prem-parody football with none of the tactical nouse nor the ability with the players to achieve it. He was sadly praised for that at the time, whereas, ironically, we probably needed a Mick-style approach to stay up, which would have angered the support.
Potentially we could have stayed up playing Dyche-ball given how low the points margins at the bottom will be, alongside Spurs and Manure having crud seasons. Instead, we have decided to play our game, and while it's worked against some better sides, we have at times been hammered because of it. | |
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| McKenna on 16:05 - Feb 25 with 3180 views | positivity |
| McKenna on 15:50 - Feb 25 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
That's an interesting point. I felt when Lambert arrived he was an idiot to try and play the game he did while we had a record low points total apparent at the bottom of the Championship, where literally draws would have been enough to keep us up but he stubbornly kept playing Prem-parody football with none of the tactical nouse nor the ability with the players to achieve it. He was sadly praised for that at the time, whereas, ironically, we probably needed a Mick-style approach to stay up, which would have angered the support.
Potentially we could have stayed up playing Dyche-ball given how low the points margins at the bottom will be, alongside Spurs and Manure having crud seasons. Instead, we have decided to play our game, and while it's worked against some better sides, we have at times been hammered because of it. |
even dyche struggled playing dyche-ball with a far better squad than us!
no chance we could've done it with a squad and manager not suited to it, would've ended up like a less successful sheffield united... | |
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| McKenna on 16:23 - Feb 25 with 3103 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| McKenna on 15:35 - Feb 25 by homer_123 |
My sense is he wants the 'right' club.
He's been able to 'mould' how we've progressed as a Club, which has benefitted both him and us.
I can't imagine he'd have the same purview in other Clubs. Some, yes, others no chance. So I think the pool of Clubs he can go to and be successful is limited due to the meticulous nature of the way he works. |
To be fair, Brighton was perfect for him.
I wonder if he ever regrets not taking it. | |
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| McKenna on 17:40 - Feb 25 with 2894 views | MK1 |
The Tottenham job is the one that is still most likely, in my opinion. |  |
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| McKenna could (and probably should) have gone to Brighton on 17:42 - Feb 25 with 2881 views | unstableblue |
The job was his
The squad, facilities, technical backroom staff, scouting were seasons ahead of us - and would have given him a foundation of a successful season.
Think how well his set-up and thinking would have fared with the quality of players at the Amex. Encisco can’t even get in their team, but waltzes into ours.
BUT he chose to stay here! And carry on the project.
Yes the financial package will have been influential.
But as a stepping stone to a top 4-6 club it was a much better move.
Yes he’s made mistake this season. But let’s be thankful.
I agree his stock has massively fallen. And that means he may stay here and try and get us up with a better quality squad for season 26/27 in the Premier League. |  |
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| McKenna on 20:33 - Feb 25 with 2673 views | VanSaParody |
| McKenna on 15:00 - Feb 25 by catch74 |
I’ve decided we should just win the FA cup, McKenna & Delap stay because they love it here and we’ll play in Europe. Easy. |
This
We do this, this, this, this, this, goal... easy! |  | | |
| McKenna on 07:22 - Feb 26 with 2149 views | Clutch |
If he does go, we will get another good manager anyway and our squad will be super strong in the championship.
Rosenior would be my choice at the moment if it happened. |  | | |
| McKenna on 07:46 - Feb 26 with 2098 views | Len_Brennan |
At least one of Brentford or Bournemouth will lose their highly sought after managers during the summer, and McKenna will almost certainly be considered as a potential replacement for them when they do.
Both are strong stable clubs, with a squad full of proven Premier League level players, a great established scouting network & a habit of letting the manager manage as he wants to.
If we go down, McKenna has little to prove by staying & achieving promotion with a much stronger squad than he got up last time, and everything to lose should we not finish in the top 2.
If either of those sides come a'calling, we could well lose him. | | | |
| McKenna on 07:59 - Feb 26 with 2055 views | vapour_trail |
| McKenna on 16:23 - Feb 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
To be fair, Brighton was perfect for him.
I wonder if he ever regrets not taking it. |
Yeah that was the best option for him last summer in terms of a move.
This summer I’d say potentially vacancies at United, Chelsea, spurs, Bournemouth.
Spurs would be the one I’d worry about. |  |
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| McKenna on 08:02 - Feb 26 with 2041 views | Herbivore |
| McKenna on 15:21 - Feb 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think that maybe part of the reason that promoted clubs are going straight back down.
Managers are balancing staying up v protecting their own brand.
Its very hard to stay up by playing established Prem clubs 'at their own game'. |
But it's equally hard to suddenly completely adapt your approach and coach your players to play an entirely different brand of football. We have made tweaks this season as it is but you aren't going to get McKenna suddenly successfully coaching Dycheball with many of the same players he had playing a more expensive game. It's just not realistic and it's nothing to do with managers protecting their brand, it's about coaching a style they know well and that suits the players they have.
To the OP, he won't be short of offers and I'd be very surprised if he's with us next season if we're relegated. Iraola looks like someone who'll be in line for a top job somewhere and I can see Bournemouth going in for him and there's no way he turns them down for another crack at the Championship. Spurs may be tempted as well, when Ange inevitably goes. |  |
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| McKenna on 09:04 - Feb 26 with 1929 views | ibbleobble |
He’s more likely to leave if we stay up than he is if we go down. A bitter sweet irony but true. | | | |
| McKenna on 09:07 - Feb 26 with 1895 views | Herbivore |
| McKenna on 09:04 - Feb 26 by ibbleobble |
He’s more likely to leave if we stay up than he is if we go down. A bitter sweet irony but true. |
If we stay up he'd only go to one of the big boys I imagine (or Spurs) and for me that reduces his chances of leaving us. If we go down, almost any Prem job will be much more appealing than staying with us in the Championship. The people who make decisions aren't going to be unduly swayed by whether we finish 17th or 18th, they'll have seen enough from him already to make a call. | |
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| McKenna on 09:28 - Feb 26 with 1807 views | wrightsrightglove |
| McKenna on 17:40 - Feb 25 by MK1 |
The Tottenham job is the one that is still most likely, in my opinion. |
This.
As much as it pains me to say it, Spurs would be mental not to go for him in the summer regardless of what league we’re in. I can see them going for McKenna, Delap and Hutchinson. He’d want assurances that he’s going to be given time and resources but with the right backing he’ll know he could have them competing at the top of the league and in the Champions League in the next few years. With the right messaging to the fans and the right backing from the people at the top it would be the perfect fit for him. World class stadium, academy, and training facilities, we can’t compete with that unfortunately. | | | |
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