| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying 10:38 - May 4 with 2980 views | unstableblue |
1) the Prem merry go round is limited - Bournemouth have their new man. Brighton have their man. Brentford have their man. Man U have their man. Spurs will stay up and have their man.
2) Palace is now a lesser draw than Town - their off field set-up and training ground no longer far superior. But now their poor ground starts to look way behind PR.
3) the new training ground is coming on line in the autumn, as designed by Kieran (in part) with the training pitches and PR pitches now at a elite level to match. And the academy and U21s reaching Prem level as well.
4) our off field technical, recruitment and player care teams are a completely different level now than last time, as per Kieran’s own comments
5) his wages go back up to the premier league contracted level, which is is top 5 area
6) he’s made commitments to players like OShea, Sindre, Mehmeti, Jaden to come here and prosper under him
7) he’s going to get a serious transfer war chest again - and the club is now more attractive to draw players in, with the £6m profit in the Prem incentivising the ownership to invest heavier, with the expanded investment they have
8) he gets to have another go at the premier league in an environment that has patience
9) he’s only 40, he can further hone his skills here, and then mirror Robson as a launch pad to great things… but when he is ready. The Man U and Spurs job cycle is now a few seasons away as well
10) his family are settled locally, he gets Suffolk, Ipswich and the club — and man he loves those Aldeburgh fish and chips
Super Kieran McKenna - now above Burley in the statue queue -
Long may he reign!! [Post edited 4 May 10:38]
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| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 14:17 - May 4 with 474 views | tractor_lady |
Personally i think there is a single reason.... he will wont to prove the critics wrong and his swan song will be keeping town up next season.. At that point i think he may well go. He will have hated failing last season when he had so many successes and will want to also prove to himself he can do it. IMO. I do believe though that stay up or go down it will be his last season, unless of course we do get into Europe 😉 [Post edited 4 May 14:18]
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| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 15:56 - May 4 with 398 views | Sharkey |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 10:47 - May 4 by pointofblue |
Palace are a lesser draw? Just because Selhurst Park is a throwback? They appear as established Premier League club who might win a European competition this season. We're still a way off that. |
They also have a catchment area that throws up a lot of young talent, |  | | |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 16:22 - May 4 with 380 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 15:56 - May 4 by Sharkey |
They also have a catchment area that throws up a lot of young talent, |
As do we potentially. 5M population across EA. And almost no (local) competition, unlike Palace who have several London clubs competing for the same youngsters.
Bobby Robson went searching for local lads, and turned up some gems - Butcher, Whymark, Osbourne and Osman all scouted young and developed at Town. We now have the academy to do it, and a manager who likes developing players. | | | |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 16:59 - May 4 with 333 views | djgooder |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 11:11 - May 4 by Cafe_Newman |
"Also, don’t have kids myself yet but am led to believe it’s reasonably easy for kids that age to move school without too much disruption."
As a father myself, I can tell you that the biggest problem that Kieran is likely to face is that his son already has a Town shirt. It's going to have enormous psychological implications moving from Suffolk at his impressionable age.
With that in mind, you need to rewrite your list, starting with:
1) His son is an Ipswich fan and has the kit and everything. [Post edited 4 May 11:39]
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This isn’t an issue.
I was a forces brat, moved house and school every few years. The issue is the parents wanting stability for their kids, not necessarily whether kids can adapt. In my later life i have seen non forces people really struggle with this.
And I was an Ipswich fan from very early, moving didn’t change that. |  | | |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 09:47 - May 5 with 226 views | algy |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 12:58 - May 4 by pointofblue |
Finished second in the Championship in two seasons. Burley couldn't manage a top two appearance in five consecutive ones, when we were one of the bigger teams in the division, rather than coming up from League One.
It was a very different era, though. The football pyramid was far more competitive than it is now. Sunderland finished seventh in 1999/2000, straight after promotion to the top flight. Blackburn finished tenth under the same circumstances in 2001/2002, whilst Fulham comfortably survived. Our fifth place finish masked Charlton claiming ninth. |
Of course to be able to finish second on the championship in two seasons McKenna had to manage us to relegation becoming the only manager in the 34 seasons of the Premier League to only win one home game in a full season. He even lost at home to the team that finished lower than us!
And we came up from League One with the resources of Gamechanger etc. which made us one of the bigger teams in the championship. I did think that getting promotion immediately that year was a great achievement for McK, made good use of the momentum and character of Morsy's Men, the other two promotions no more than expected. Never underestimate the difference that having very competitive financing (not for the PL) for the first time in our history has made, reckon McK appreciates it, after all he wouldn't have come to us in the first place if we didn't have it. | |
| Never forget that on 7th. April 2021, for ITFC, the Game Changed. |
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| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 10:35 - May 5 with 175 views | Europa |
I know it’s chalk and cheese, but the doors to Valhalla are ajar and Kieran’s peering in at Sir Alf, Sir Bobby, and George at the top table. There’s a seat there with his name on, but it’s still not occupied, if you ask me. As for moving on, speaking as a father I do think that staying at Ipswich is best for his kids. Even if everything goes completely and utterly to pot, he has at least another season and a half guaranteed here (which he wouldn’t get elsewhere). Once he does move on, I get the feeling he’ll be on the non-stop managerial merry-go-round, something best saved for when his children are a bit older. |  | | |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 10:42 - May 5 with 168 views | MattinLondon |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 11:07 - May 4 by nrb1985 |
In a world where Liam Rosenior can manage Chelsea, anything is possible! |
I don’t wish to scare anyone, but we’re just two Chelsea managers away from Xmas. |  | | |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 10:49 - May 5 with 154 views | MattinLondon |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 11:31 - May 4 by Cafe_Newman |
Vincent Kompany is a case in point. |
Not really - if Vincent Company had had exactly the same managerial career but instead had an average Championship playing career, there’s no way he would’ve been appointed manager of BM. | | | |
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| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 16:37 - May 5 with 38 views | solemio |
| 10 reasons Kieran McKenna is staying on 10:42 - May 5 by MattinLondon |
I don’t wish to scare anyone, but we’re just two Chelsea managers away from Xmas. |
Yes, but how many Watford managers? | | | |
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