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What on earth has gone wrong? 21:46 - Dec 2 with 948 viewsBouncebackIpswich

How do you go from one of the most promising young managers in the game to one dimensional and out of ideas in the space of what a year?

Also how on earth do you explain the appalling scattergun recruitment decisions over 2 seasons and all the money wasted on dross?

Finally what on earth has happened to the team morale and spirit?

Something just seems totally off at the club.im not even sure sacking the manager is the answer, he could just be the tip of the iceberg. It's like a totally different club to the one that went up.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:47 - Dec 2 with 897 viewsLeoMuff

Don’t think we got in the players he wanted.

The only Muff in Town.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:50 - Dec 2 with 792 viewsRadlett_blue

Poor recruitment, both last summer & this summer.
And a manager who doesn't seem to have a clue how to get Town playing with some pace & passion again.

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:51 - Dec 2 with 767 viewsBouncebackIpswich

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:47 - Dec 2 by LeoMuff

Don’t think we got in the players he wanted.


Maybe not, the recruitment has been shambolic, but he is still clearly not getting the best of them. Just seems so much is wrong at the club.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:51 - Dec 2 with 747 viewsDavoIPB

He has been a good manager but was awful in the premier league. Far too easily outthought. We were very lucky promotion season. We scored a lot of late goals and relied on a Leeds fall away. We finished second in league1 behind Plymouth with a very expensive league one side. Tactically I think he is really poor and not sure what we work on in the training ground as our players seem to get worse each week and seem more disjointed each week.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:52 - Dec 2 with 718 viewsBlueForYou

Should sign up Paul Cook to head the recruitment team.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:52 - Dec 2 with 697 viewslazyblue

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:47 - Dec 2 by LeoMuff

Don’t think we got in the players he wanted.


Agreed, missed out on Hackney ( and a forward) then panicked
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:53 - Dec 2 with 646 viewsRadlett_blue

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:52 - Dec 2 by lazyblue

Agreed, missed out on Hackney ( and a forward) then panicked


Both fair points, but why have Town been playing such slow, dull football for most of the season?

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 with 630 viewsEddyJ

He hit on something that worked. He inherited a very good set of players in League One. He chanced upon a strange lopsided formation that people didn't know how to play against.

He also had really strong leadership on the pitch. I don't think we can underestimate the influence Morsy had on McKenna's double promotion. Lets not forget the number of late goals he scored. Morsy was a winner.

The double promotion team was clearly not good enough for the premier league and he was forced to change it. But the recruitment has been erratic. We have no clear game plan. We persist with tactics that clearly do not suit the players we have. Constant team changes.

Its looking more and more likely that the double promotion was in spite of McKenna rather than because of him. This team is totally his and its really poor.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 with 598 viewscatch74

Could it be you? You’ve left Leicester in turmoil and moved on to us. Maybe you could post on WOTB to finish them off?
In all seriousness though very good points. I guess data builds up over time with a manager, as others have said maybe need to change things up. Felt like a bit of momentum was building and then some flat performances, in the end it’s the results that are going to dictate morale, need to get winning again.

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 with 595 viewsArnieM

OP:

ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 with 568 viewsWallingford_Boy

Missed out on most our main targets, so then wasted it all on McAteer, Akpom, etc.

Although Matusiwa, Kipre, Furlong, Azon, Nunez etc have done ok, they’re miles off Prem standard and wouldn’t get in many teams towards the top of this league.

The squad isn’t as strong as many think, a lot of players yes, but lacking real quality.

RIP Sir Bobby

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:56 - Dec 2 with 495 viewsBouncebackIpswich

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 by catch74

Could it be you? You’ve left Leicester in turmoil and moved on to us. Maybe you could post on WOTB to finish them off?
In all seriousness though very good points. I guess data builds up over time with a manager, as others have said maybe need to change things up. Felt like a bit of momentum was building and then some flat performances, in the end it’s the results that are going to dictate morale, need to get winning again.


😂😂😂
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:56 - Dec 2 with 491 viewsFrimleyBlue

Politics.

Perhaps some air of truth to wolfys claim

I mean how can you continue to play akpom as a 10 and think it works..

a niche perspective
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:57 - Dec 2 with 462 viewsBlue_Heath

One trick pony and the game has moved on his tactics haven't.

He thinks he's playing PL football but reality is Man City just signed a goalkeeper to save shots not fanny about at the back, football is changing opposition managers have worked out tippy, tappy teams.

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:57 - Dec 2 with 461 viewsMrPotatoHead

Because we’ve switched a group of highly motivated, highly together players with a point to prove and desire to reach the top with a number (not all) of overpaid players who are here for the size of the pay cheque and little more. I can accept being outclassed but I can’t except being outran or outworked. It’s unforgivable and I feel a bit sorry for McKenna. Far too much change too quickly.

I’d like to see him grow a pair and leave 2 or 3 of the biggest culprits out of the squad. Start putting some faith in Humphreys, he’s played in the 10 before.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:59 - Dec 2 with 369 viewsRadlett_blue

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 by EddyJ

He hit on something that worked. He inherited a very good set of players in League One. He chanced upon a strange lopsided formation that people didn't know how to play against.

He also had really strong leadership on the pitch. I don't think we can underestimate the influence Morsy had on McKenna's double promotion. Lets not forget the number of late goals he scored. Morsy was a winner.

The double promotion team was clearly not good enough for the premier league and he was forced to change it. But the recruitment has been erratic. We have no clear game plan. We persist with tactics that clearly do not suit the players we have. Constant team changes.

Its looking more and more likely that the double promotion was in spite of McKenna rather than because of him. This team is totally his and its really poor.


100% agree with that. A great summary.
In fairness, McKenna did get a very good League 1 squad performing way better than Cook had managed. This somehow carried over to the Championship, with very few meaningful signings. So maybe McKenna is a decent coach, but has no idea how to assemble a squad?

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What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:59 - Dec 2 with 368 viewsBouncebackIpswich

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:56 - Dec 2 by FrimleyBlue

Politics.

Perhaps some air of truth to wolfys claim

I mean how can you continue to play akpom as a 10 and think it works..


He's going to end up out if job if he keeps on playing politics.
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 22:00 - Dec 2 with 360 viewsFromReuserWithLove

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:54 - Dec 2 by ArnieM

OP:

ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION


ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION - moan about new partnerships - ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION
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What on earth has gone wrong? on 22:31 - Dec 2 with 16 viewsWonky

What on earth has gone wrong? on 21:47 - Dec 2 by LeoMuff

Don’t think we got in the players he wanted.


Mckenna's first real mistake.The 'big rotation plan' has failed. Time to find a first team and do it quick.
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