| Gut feeling… 13:48 - Jun 7 with 10054 views | SitfcB |
McKenna is gonna go to Brentford.
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| Gut feeling… on 07:09 - Jun 8 with 1713 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
We have already seen from last year that KM is a thinker and taking a long term view over his career. Thomas Frank has done a superb job at Brentford - so much so that it woud be incredibly difficult to do any better next year. And they are a minnow - maybe more highly valued right now, but that can chnage so quickly. Whereas ITFC are a much bigger club in terms of fanbase, community, history, potential. If KM stays and we go up as Champions, whilst Brentford slip backwards, KM would regret it. My money says he stays here unless Spurs or a bigger prem team than Brentford come for him. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 07:56 - Jun 8 with 1592 views | victorysquad |
| Gut feeling… on 16:31 - Jun 7 by Churchman |
Established premier league. Premier League structures all in place. According to the interweb (hardly reliable) the club is valued at £400m. We are valued at £250m.
Bloated on Premier League steroid money, they are a step up as of now (the big bit is a little tongue in cheek and of course there’s more to a club than paper value. Just chucking a rock in the pond), but the fact is that it’s far easier for him to keep them up than it will be ourselves, should we get back up, simply because of the £££ distortion and the time they’ve spent in that division.
If you were him and after say the Man U or Chelsea job down the line, you’d surely consider Brentford as a stepping stone wouldn’t you? Ok screw it up and it’d be bad for him, but if he’s confident and ambitious why not try?
I’d also add that if we start the season poorly, I can see our owners getting edgy. Then where would he be?
All idle speculation based on utter nonsense in the media because we (esp me) doesn’t know his wants and how clubs and the football manager merry go round works.
Nothing in it is my best guess. |
I think he needs another season watching those mid table prem teams so he has a nailed on plan as to what they do and how they do it.
We will never know how last season might have gone for him if he went to Brighton, but he has to be very careful on his choices because it is very easy to lose a reputation, much harder to get it back. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 08:13 - Jun 8 with 1535 views | textbackup |
Getting down voted for this 😂😂😂😂
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| Gut feeling… on 08:28 - Jun 8 with 1491 views | Churchman |
| Gut feeling… on 07:56 - Jun 8 by victorysquad |
I think he needs another season watching those mid table prem teams so he has a nailed on plan as to what they do and how they do it.
We will never know how last season might have gone for him if he went to Brighton, but he has to be very careful on his choices because it is very easy to lose a reputation, much harder to get it back. |
I’d go as far to suggest that if you lose reputation, you never get it back so yes, his next move needs to be the right one assuming he is truly ambitious. |  | | |
| Gut feeling… on 08:47 - Jun 8 with 1419 views | victorysquad |
| Gut feeling… on 08:28 - Jun 8 by Churchman |
I’d go as far to suggest that if you lose reputation, you never get it back so yes, his next move needs to be the right one assuming he is truly ambitious. |
And a move to Brentford when they are about to lose at least one of their best players looks risky.
The lowest risk option would appear to take us back up then keep us up the following year, having had another year planning for it and with a years experience under our belts.
But let’s face it, none of it is risk free and the odds are stacked against managers. But at £5 mill a year, there are worse jobs | |
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| Gut feeling… on 13:00 - Jun 8 with 1128 views | strikalite |
I don't care about Kieran, he don't care about me, all I care about, is ITFC!!
I'm kidding myself, I'd be gutted if he left, though we all know the time will come at some point.. |  | | |
| Gut feeling… on 14:31 - Jun 8 with 956 views | SomethingBlue |
| Gut feeling… on 08:47 - Jun 8 by victorysquad |
And a move to Brentford when they are about to lose at least one of their best players looks risky.
The lowest risk option would appear to take us back up then keep us up the following year, having had another year planning for it and with a years experience under our belts.
But let’s face it, none of it is risk free and the odds are stacked against managers. But at £5 mill a year, there are worse jobs |
The highest risk option by a mile is to stay with us. We could miss out narrowly and then it's a long way back for him to the conversations for those jobs. All you would need to do at Brentford now is keep them competitive in mid table for a couple of years and then you're off to a top six side. | |
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| Gut feeling… on 16:57 - Jun 8 with 779 views | LankHenners |
| Gut feeling… on 14:31 - Jun 8 by SomethingBlue |
The highest risk option by a mile is to stay with us. We could miss out narrowly and then it's a long way back for him to the conversations for those jobs. All you would need to do at Brentford now is keep them competitive in mid table for a couple of years and then you're off to a top six side. |
Absolutely, unfortunately. A manager's reputation can be very 'here today gone tomorrow' in football, and given that he very nearly joined Palace and then Brighton he may feel that letting another opportunity to join a stable Prem slip by may be one too many.
He's young enough to still have a long career ahead of him but as you say sometimes you've got to grab opportunities when they arise or they may not come around again. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 18:08 - Jun 8 with 657 views | itfcsuth |
I’m going to say gut feeling is he won’t go to Brentford actually.
Don’t think that will be the club that lures him away. |  | | |
| Gut feeling… on 18:46 - Jun 8 with 601 views | football |
Far from convinced, having listened to Talk Sport and my own personal thoughts. It's a massive risk for them, especially when they have lost/will lose their two best players. Then, he has just signed a new lucrative contract reported to be £100k a week - this is a lot more apparently than Brentwood pay and would look to pay. Can't see him taking a big pay cut. And lastly, he seems sold on the project, and he has been quite open (unlike last season) about next season and what he wants.
They may be interested as an option, but my strong feeling is he stays! He has so much here at least for his season | | | |
| Gut feeling… on 18:53 - Jun 8 with 569 views | MK1 |
| Gut feeling… on 14:31 - Jun 8 by SomethingBlue |
The highest risk option by a mile is to stay with us. We could miss out narrowly and then it's a long way back for him to the conversations for those jobs. All you would need to do at Brentford now is keep them competitive in mid table for a couple of years and then you're off to a top six side. |
And it's that simple. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 18:56 - Jun 8 with 562 views | stiff_talking |
| Gut feeling… on 15:31 - Jun 7 by mrshallisfit |
Not weird. Just thick. |
Why would McKenna join Brentford ? They are selling their best players and the club is a dump! | | | |
| Gut feeling… on 19:05 - Jun 8 with 535 views | nrb1985 |
| Gut feeling… on 18:56 - Jun 8 by stiff_talking |
Why would McKenna join Brentford ? They are selling their best players and the club is a dump! |
Indeed, west london down on the river by kew and Richmond. One of world’s most infamous dumps. | | | |
| Gut feeling… on 19:11 - Jun 8 with 494 views | monty_radio |
| Gut feeling… on 07:09 - Jun 8 by LegendofthePhoenix |
We have already seen from last year that KM is a thinker and taking a long term view over his career. Thomas Frank has done a superb job at Brentford - so much so that it woud be incredibly difficult to do any better next year. And they are a minnow - maybe more highly valued right now, but that can chnage so quickly. Whereas ITFC are a much bigger club in terms of fanbase, community, history, potential. If KM stays and we go up as Champions, whilst Brentford slip backwards, KM would regret it. My money says he stays here unless Spurs or a bigger prem team than Brentford come for him. |
In he end, not only can we not be sure how those dice would fall, but neither can he. Those who are sure he will stay, or those equally sure he will go are coming to a decision based on imponderables. For Kieran, even with the insight of his personal connections, this particular decision, if it happens, would be one where information could only take him so far. The relative situations are fairly clear to all, and, in this case, the signs point in both directions. Ultimately, he follows his heart. | |
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| Gut feeling… on 19:15 - Jun 8 with 474 views | bazza |
| Gut feeling… on 15:53 - Jun 7 by BlueBadger |
State of this. Incredible that someone's given it an uppie. [Post edited 7 Jun 16:02]
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How people get all nasty 😂 |  | | |
| Gut feeling… on 19:20 - Jun 8 with 456 views | MK1 |
| Gut feeling… on 18:56 - Jun 8 by stiff_talking |
Why would McKenna join Brentford ? They are selling their best players and the club is a dump! |
Community club. Solid fan base. Established PL club. Good backers who give their managers time and money. Good all round club and a great stepping stone for KM to get to Man Utd.
Apart from the above, absolutely no reason for him to go there. | |
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| Gut feeling… on 19:44 - Jun 8 with 379 views | azuremerlangus |
| Gut feeling… on 18:08 - Jun 8 by itfcsuth |
I’m going to say gut feeling is he won’t go to Brentford actually.
Don’t think that will be the club that lures him away. |
If he feels he has something to prove then I believe he will stay - if not it wouldn’t surprise me if he gets lured away by a mid-table prem team like Brentford. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 21:20 - Jun 8 with 260 views | carlo88 |
Don't know how on earth no bigger club has come in for Frank in the last few years. He's a brilliant manager, Spurs finally seeing sense maybe. |  | | |
| Gut feeling… on 21:21 - Jun 8 with 257 views | Trequartista |
I have a similar feeling he will leave if offered the job. I think our only hope is if he is not the number one candidate. |  |
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| Gut feeling… on 21:57 - Jun 8 with 189 views | ClareBlue |
What did he do as a premiership managers that makes him so attractive to established premiership teams. Did he make Ipswich harder to beat as he learned about the Premiership, did he show tactical brilliance that out thought other premiership managers, did he get a collective team performance above the sum of the parts, reinvent style of play to grind out points when needed, consistent knowledge of players that could perform a set task in a game, who to recruit to do this, how to change when it wasn't working.
People keep saying he us one of the best young managers around but objectively he didn't show that last year at all. People say we were expected to be relegated. Maybe, but the manner in how we effectively imploded after January wouldn't say to me Premiership clubs will be rushing to hire him. We are not talking about getting a club like Ipswich out of league 1 or even the championship, we are talking about managing an established premiership club who can't afford to get it wrong. He deserves a chance to build a premiership club with us because of what he's done for our club, but we're not objective. Others clubs are. | | | |
| Gut feeling… on 22:11 - Jun 8 with 136 views | peterleeblue |
| Gut feeling… on 21:57 - Jun 8 by ClareBlue |
What did he do as a premiership managers that makes him so attractive to established premiership teams. Did he make Ipswich harder to beat as he learned about the Premiership, did he show tactical brilliance that out thought other premiership managers, did he get a collective team performance above the sum of the parts, reinvent style of play to grind out points when needed, consistent knowledge of players that could perform a set task in a game, who to recruit to do this, how to change when it wasn't working.
People keep saying he us one of the best young managers around but objectively he didn't show that last year at all. People say we were expected to be relegated. Maybe, but the manner in how we effectively imploded after January wouldn't say to me Premiership clubs will be rushing to hire him. We are not talking about getting a club like Ipswich out of league 1 or even the championship, we are talking about managing an established premiership club who can't afford to get it wrong. He deserves a chance to build a premiership club with us because of what he's done for our club, but we're not objective. Others clubs are. |
Is probably the correct answer.
He think he continues to build ITFC.
He will learn from this season.
We want to be the long term beneficiaries of that. |  | | |
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