| I'm so frustrated with McKenna 18:51 - Apr 5 with 7385 views | ArnieM |
...this is my take on yet another predictable Town display..... I don't care how many down votes I get. This is my view on things.
81st min, McKenna takes Townsend off for Davis. 3 mins later Wolves score their equaliser from the left babk side of defence....8 mins later they get the winner, down the left back side of defence. Bloody clueless.
0n 58 mins Delap's game was done. He wasn't chasing down, wasn't keeping the ball, was no threat. He needed support ..... but once again, like he does week after week, McKenna leaves it until the 80 + mins before he brings on new forwards. WHY ????????? , but he doesnt CHANGE anything. No tactical change, just a swap of tired legs for fresh legs.
By the time he makes his usual "swap" of the forwards, the game is done.
Half time: Town took ages to re-appear. I thought, here we go, were going to go at thrm. Nope, not a bit of it. Wolves manager had tweaked his team's tactics, and were makinv inrodes and starting to actually cause us problems. Its 20 mins before McKenna reacts to this. He brings on Taylor, who chases down Wolves defenders.
Where was Hirst?, Where was Chaplin. Why weren't they brought on, on 60 mins. WTF is McKenna expecting our players to do in 10mins? They're mentally and physically cold to the game.
Mckenna is displaying week after week and tactical inability. He's still doing the shame thing he fud in league one and Championship, but instead of doing it on 70mins, he's doing it at least ten mins later in the game. WHATS THE POINT??
He never changes his approach. Never plays our teo strikers together when we clearly by 60mins have no choice but to go for it.
I am SO frustrated with McKennas approach. He doesn't, " read" the game DURING the game. As one caller said on Suffolk radio. The game is over coached, ( and he's right).
There's no spontaneity ON the pitch, by the players in RESPONSE to how the opposition change their game. In fact t Town are so over coached, I doubt these players have the ability to play off the cuff despite their supposed individual flair.
We epitomise everything that is wrong in the PL. It's plastic football, spineless, gutless, and lacking in true individuality know how or true inspiration or individual ability to have a go at anything. It's like watching paint dry, it's predictable.
I suspect We all know virtually every pass in order, in our build up play. We're that automatic and practised in our clockwork style. If opponents change their approach we are incapable of reacting to it because....." mckennas says it must be done this way, and in this order".
The season can't end soon enough for me. [Post edited 5 Apr 18:52]
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:45 - Apr 5 with 1856 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Got as far as 3 minutes later Wolves score and realised you must have beer goggles on. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:55 - Apr 5 with 1757 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 20:58 - Apr 5 by pointofblue |
Bit of both. The squad lacks depth and quality but McKenna's stubborness has not helped this season. |
Stubborness ?
How is that. He has made countless changes, tweaked the shape, tweaked players positionally, mixed up the style. What part of that is stubborn. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:59 - Apr 5 with 1724 views | yellowrider |
Well I can assure you things could be a lot worse for you! You could have appointed a schoolboy from Arsenal as 'Sporting Director' and a completely unknown manager with just 16 months experience in actually managing a football club!" To cap it all, neither have played football at professional level (or eve at all in the case of one of them!).
Whilst I didn't like the sour faced attitude of KM to us in the two matches last year, I thought his interview with Sky today post match was honest, refreshing and put the whole season and your progress over the last three years into perspective. I think you will be a leading force in The Championship next season unfortunately! |  | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 22:45 - Apr 5 with 1629 views | Herbivore |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 19:03 - Apr 5 by bournemouthblue |
They reckoned his hamstring had gone so it wasn't tactic
The defending from Davis for their winner was very green though, I do agree
Our second half of the season has been really poor, much of that is McKenna's fault
I just hope we have a solid plan for the Championship and can improve the areas that need addressing in the summer |
I'm not sure much of it is down to McKenna, I think more of it is down to us being in a league where the 4th worst team has two Brazilian internationals in midfield and another one up front, a number of Portuguese internationals as well, and by contrast as the third worst side we have a lot less proven quality. That's been exacerbated by us missing 4 or 5 players every week. I think all this trying to apportion blame like all we needed was the manager or players to be a bit better is a bit removed from reality. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 22:47 - Apr 5 with 1613 views | Herbivore |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:14 - Apr 5 by TractorWood |
To me it's more than stubbornness, it's being one dimensional. |
And yet most of our fans still don't know whether we play a back three or a back four and can't agree on which it is from game to game. Go figure. | |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 22:49 - Apr 5 with 1600 views | Herbivore |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 20:58 - Apr 5 by pointofblue |
Bit of both. The squad lacks depth and quality but McKenna's stubborness has not helped this season. |
How many points do you think we'd have if McKenna had just been less "stubborn"? And what would him being less "stubborn" have looked like and how would it have accrued us those extra points? | |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:07 - Apr 5 with 1551 views | orfordbuoy |
I think we need 'Townsend was injured' a few more times replying to your post.
Always brave to go against the grain on here. Good post. |  | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:08 - Apr 5 with 1536 views | NeedhamChris |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:07 - Apr 5 by orfordbuoy |
I think we need 'Townsend was injured' a few more times replying to your post.
Always brave to go against the grain on here. Good post. |
Townsend was injured | |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:20 - Apr 5 with 1491 views | orfordbuoy |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:07 - Apr 5 by orfordbuoy |
I think we need 'Townsend was injured' a few more times replying to your post.
Always brave to go against the grain on here. Good post. |
Herbivore loves his down-arrow. It's what bitter, 50-year-olds do. [Post edited 5 Apr 23:20]
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 00:11 - Apr 6 with 1398 views | Paramedic |
Wow! |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 00:29 - Apr 6 with 1364 views | nshearman1 |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 22:49 - Apr 5 by Herbivore |
How many points do you think we'd have if McKenna had just been less "stubborn"? And what would him being less "stubborn" have looked like and how would it have accrued us those extra points? |
It's not about McKenna being stubborn. But it is about him and Ashton learning from mistakes. Patently not a PL level defence (Greaves - why?), we need to think about foreign buys to make ourselves PL (and Championship) solid. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 05:40 - Apr 6 with 1244 views | ITFCSG |
Totally agree. Take off the blue tinted glasses guys, we’re sh*t most week. If sports pundits and neutrals can see it why can’t we? I have watched a number of matches this season on TV with fans from other clubs and they can’t believe how poor we were after hearing our amazing back to back promotions and swashbuckling play in the Championship. Last night they were amazed at how passive we were chasing the game last night and unable to change tactically to respond to Wolves in the 2nd half. Same for many matches this season, the same issues are clear for anyone watching. No attacking nous even when we were chasing the game. Aimless backwards and sideways passing. Non-existent midfield. Too much space to exploit behind Davis. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 08:40 - Apr 6 with 1178 views | ITFCSG |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:20 - Apr 5 by orfordbuoy |
Herbivore loves his down-arrow. It's what bitter, 50-year-olds do. [Post edited 5 Apr 23:20]
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He enjoyed the world-class Premier League swashbuckling display our squad put out yesterday against Wolves. Probably there clapping and cheering fist pump Chambo after the 1-1 draw with Brum as well in 2019 | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 08:45 - Apr 6 with 1162 views | Benters |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 23:08 - Apr 5 by NeedhamChris |
Townsend was injured |
Was he no one has mentioned it. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 08:55 - Apr 6 with 1150 views | Blue_Heath |
McKenna for me had a free hit this year unless we were losing 4/5-0 every week given what he has achieved.
However, I have to agree that I have become increasingly frustrated with his decision making or lack of at times.
I thought yesterday was crying out for Jack Clarke after 55 mins when Broadhead was understandably knackered. The one player in Omari's absence who can keep the ball and get us up the pitch and we bring on Taylor who sorry but a few nice goals aside offers very little and often goes missing.
The 4 subs at 8o mins was just desperation and too late to have an impact.
If McKenna still wants to be here next season I am fine with that but hew will need to turn this mess around quick or I fear the fans may turn against him. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 10:01 - Apr 6 with 1093 views | brushhand |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 19:25 - Apr 5 by football |
What club do you manage? I assume its a good one as you seem to know more than our entire coaching staff? |
Our entire coaching staff have failed to improve Davis as a defender. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 10:35 - Apr 6 with 1045 views | Meadowlark |
Kind of agree with the sentiment, but perhaps not all the details, but we see different things. Broady was knackered or injured 10 minutes prior to going off and had stopped chasing. This was clearly giving Wolves more space and time to build and it was unsurprising that he was eventually subbed and Jack Taylor came on, but I don't think Jack was playing in the same areas as Broadhead had been, so their threat from deep midfield was not negated. Of course with us chasing the ball more, our energy levels were dropping and Wolves were becoming more dominant. I agree that the other changes should have be made soon after Taylor came on, and with everyone having played on Wednesday night too there was certain to be other tired legs out there.
I do wonder about our fitness levels compared to some of the teams weve played. The game followed the pattern of so many others in that we started well, got a goal up then almost couldn't keep up the same energy to hold on or too add to our lead. Do we always get out-thought or do we just get tired? |  | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 16:35 - Apr 6 with 969 views | ITFCSG |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 10:35 - Apr 6 by Meadowlark |
Kind of agree with the sentiment, but perhaps not all the details, but we see different things. Broady was knackered or injured 10 minutes prior to going off and had stopped chasing. This was clearly giving Wolves more space and time to build and it was unsurprising that he was eventually subbed and Jack Taylor came on, but I don't think Jack was playing in the same areas as Broadhead had been, so their threat from deep midfield was not negated. Of course with us chasing the ball more, our energy levels were dropping and Wolves were becoming more dominant. I agree that the other changes should have be made soon after Taylor came on, and with everyone having played on Wednesday night too there was certain to be other tired legs out there.
I do wonder about our fitness levels compared to some of the teams weve played. The game followed the pattern of so many others in that we started well, got a goal up then almost couldn't keep up the same energy to hold on or too add to our lead. Do we always get out-thought or do we just get tired? |
I presume fitness levels are lacking. In League One and the Championship our team was the fittest in the League which allowed us to throw on attacking subs and basically turn the game around with fresh legs in the 2nd half.
In the Prem it is the reverse, we are now one of the weakest teams physically and fitness wise, and PL teams are doing to us what we did to Rotherham / Bristol City et al last season. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 17:05 - Apr 6 with 890 views | ernie |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 22:49 - Apr 5 by Herbivore |
How many points do you think we'd have if McKenna had just been less "stubborn"? And what would him being less "stubborn" have looked like and how would it have accrued us those extra points? |
Ooh, I’d say dropping Muric earlier would have gained us at least 4-5 more | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:15 - Apr 6 with 775 views | Vic |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:59 - Apr 5 by yellowrider |
Well I can assure you things could be a lot worse for you! You could have appointed a schoolboy from Arsenal as 'Sporting Director' and a completely unknown manager with just 16 months experience in actually managing a football club!" To cap it all, neither have played football at professional level (or eve at all in the case of one of them!).
Whilst I didn't like the sour faced attitude of KM to us in the two matches last year, I thought his interview with Sky today post match was honest, refreshing and put the whole season and your progress over the last three years into perspective. I think you will be a leading force in The Championship next season unfortunately! |
Thank you YR - a welcome word of common sense from one of you lot. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 21:19 - Apr 6 with 746 views | Vic |
Not sure if anyone has pointed out that Townsend was still on the pitch, but went off injured soon after. | |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 10:34 - Apr 7 with 573 views | longtimefan |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 16:35 - Apr 6 by ITFCSG |
I presume fitness levels are lacking. In League One and the Championship our team was the fittest in the League which allowed us to throw on attacking subs and basically turn the game around with fresh legs in the 2nd half.
In the Prem it is the reverse, we are now one of the weakest teams physically and fitness wise, and PL teams are doing to us what we did to Rotherham / Bristol City et al last season. |
Worth noting Wolves also had an extra day to recuperate. | | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 11:18 - Apr 7 with 521 views | BlueBlood90 |
I also believe McKenna negatively changed the game in Wolves' favour on Saturday.
I really don't understand why we brought Jack Taylor on for Broadhead. Broadhead had a poor game and was rightfully replaced but why Taylor? If we had 5 minutes left to play and wanted to drop deep and pack the midfield then I could understand but no with 30 minutes left to play!
I also have no idea why Jack Clarke was overlooked yet again. He's looked sharper every week and has the ability to carry us up the pitch, which we desperately lacked in the second half. |  |
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| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 11:20 - Apr 7 with 514 views | SamWhiteUK |
Your complaints about McKenna just changing the forwards to play the same role is exactly why we've bought the players we have. It's what we've done the last three years, exactly the sort of thing I'm sure you were praising before. |  | | |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 12:30 - Apr 7 with 443 views | ITFCSG |
| I'm so frustrated with McKenna on 10:34 - Apr 7 by longtimefan |
Worth noting Wolves also had an extra day to recuperate. |
It’s not only the Wolves game, this falling away in the 2nd half has been almost a weekly occurrence this season | | | |
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