| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league 21:41 - Feb 26 with 5784 views | Mckenna1263 |
Serious question. Poor signings, persisting with Muric when obvious he was not up to it, poor tactics such as tonight. All we needed was to have one other club to underperform to stay up and Wolves have given us that opportunity. We have no system of playing and look disjointed. Tonight was the time to go for it and we showed zero ability. Bringing on Sammy at the end was laughable. Appreciate the promotions but Premier league is different standard. |  | | |  |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:42 - Feb 26 with 3952 views | NeedhamChris |
Yes. Amazing achievements in the championship.
Expensive failure in the Premier League (thus far) [Post edited 26 Feb 21:44]
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:43 - Feb 26 with 3935 views | Swailsey |
It’s very hard to tell. This season hasn’t been a success, but it’s hard to know if that’s down to tactics or the lack of prem quality players.
This is the first time I’ve been concerned with some of his decisions though, after essentially 2.5 years of perfection. |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 with 3887 views | homer_123 |
Young manager still learning his trade.
Is it surprising he gets less right in the Prem? |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 with 3887 views | Blue_Heath |
At this moment in time yes no one can dispute that but he has credit in the bank. Can he get us back and also can he learn from this years mistakes is the real question. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:45 - Feb 26 with 3800 views | ITFCSG |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 by homer_123 |
Young manager still learning his trade.
Is it surprising he gets less right in the Prem? |
FYI Hürzeler is 7 years younger than him, and looks way better even when discounting the superiority of BHA's squad | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:47 - Feb 26 with 3746 views | baxterbasics |
I'd be quite happy to not hear or read that phrase again thanks. It's a lazy stock criticism, lacking in context, and bandied around too easily around here.
KMs been a pro manager for three seasons. This is first crack at it at the highest level. He's learning. |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:47 - Feb 26 with 3749 views | John_Warks_Willy |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:45 - Feb 26 by ITFCSG |
FYI Hürzeler is 7 years younger than him, and looks way better even when discounting the superiority of BHA's squad |
What was your methodology when discounting the squad here? Some of the comments I see on here are mind blowing |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:48 - Feb 26 with 3697 views | stiff_talking |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 by Blue_Heath |
At this moment in time yes no one can dispute that but he has credit in the bank. Can he get us back and also can he learn from this years mistakes is the real question. |
McKenna has kept Man Utd up with tactics !! Tonight, he lost me. | | | |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:50 - Feb 26 with 3624 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
His patience ran out with Muric. I expect most managers would have persisted with him for a good amount of time. Maybe many not quite as long but McKenna has made that change. I think "poor signings" is a big generalisation but overall they haven't knitted together to give enough of an improvement on what we had.
Tactics and speed of play are a conversation to be had. McKenna is learning on the job and hopefully your conclusion is that drawn by all those in a position to offer him such a role. I am confident McKenna has what is needed to become a very good Premier League manager and we are right to give him the time to do so. |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:56 - Feb 26 with 3552 views | Blue_Heath |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:50 - Feb 26 by Nthsuffolkblue |
His patience ran out with Muric. I expect most managers would have persisted with him for a good amount of time. Maybe many not quite as long but McKenna has made that change. I think "poor signings" is a big generalisation but overall they haven't knitted together to give enough of an improvement on what we had.
Tactics and speed of play are a conversation to be had. McKenna is learning on the job and hopefully your conclusion is that drawn by all those in a position to offer him such a role. I am confident McKenna has what is needed to become a very good Premier League manager and we are right to give him the time to do so. |
I really hope you are correct but his big challenge now is building a new centre midfield and finding a Delap replacement to get us back up. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:57 - Feb 26 with 3513 views | ottovonbismark |
If he showed any willingness to be tactically adaptable I'd say something but it's like groundhog day, just the same mistakes over and over again. How is this a demonstration of learning as others say KM is doing? I genuinely don't get this argument. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:03 - Feb 26 with 3443 views | Warkystache |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:45 - Feb 26 by ITFCSG |
FYI Hürzeler is 7 years younger than him, and looks way better even when discounting the superiority of BHA's squad |
Brighton look better as a team because they've steadily built. They've recruited some decent foreign talent through their networks and have consistently improved as they've gone. I'd have loved to pay £40 million for a striker like Rutter from Leeds. They've got a decent eye for talented individuals who perform as a unit.
We just seem to have gone sweetie shopping in the Championship, picking the bright shiny melt-in-the-mouth players without thinking how we can play them as a unit. Playing Broady on the right because Clarke was already on the left. Bringing Sammie on in time added. They glittered at their previous clubs but getting them to play as a team is obviously that stretch too far? |  |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:08 - Feb 26 with 3361 views | Blue_Heath |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:03 - Feb 26 by Warkystache |
Brighton look better as a team because they've steadily built. They've recruited some decent foreign talent through their networks and have consistently improved as they've gone. I'd have loved to pay £40 million for a striker like Rutter from Leeds. They've got a decent eye for talented individuals who perform as a unit.
We just seem to have gone sweetie shopping in the Championship, picking the bright shiny melt-in-the-mouth players without thinking how we can play them as a unit. Playing Broady on the right because Clarke was already on the left. Bringing Sammie on in time added. They glittered at their previous clubs but getting them to play as a team is obviously that stretch too far? |
Agree we have bought potential for a future balance sheet rather than a team on the pitch hence why KM doesn't know his best 11. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:09 - Feb 26 with 3343 views | lewblu |
Undoubtedly yes from me. Questions should be asked regarding recruitment but the buck stops with Mckenna | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:09 - Feb 26 with 3332 views | OldFart71 |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:57 - Feb 26 by ottovonbismark |
If he showed any willingness to be tactically adaptable I'd say something but it's like groundhog day, just the same mistakes over and over again. How is this a demonstration of learning as others say KM is doing? I genuinely don't get this argument. |
I defend, defend, defend both the players and manager at ITFC. Tonight I find it difficult to defend either. We had hardly any width with nobody prepared to take a player on. Utd created more chances than we did second half despite playing with ten men. Too many miss placed passes, too many crosses of which there were few hitting the first man. We made a poor Utd team look good and gave them the boost they needed. We looked amateurish in many areas of the field. It was a shadow of the team we have come to adore over the last two seasons. That doesn't diminish my support for the club but it has to be a two way thing in that supporters give to the club and the club gives back and that wasn't the case tonight. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:11 - Feb 26 with 3259 views | Vaughan8 |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:45 - Feb 26 by ITFCSG |
FYI Hürzeler is 7 years younger than him, and looks way better even when discounting the superiority of BHA's squad |
The Brighton manager has been good but I'm sure before they played us at PR they hadn't won for like 8 or 9 games.
Give McKenna the brighton squad and I think he would do very well. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:13 - Feb 26 with 3205 views | cressi |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:50 - Feb 26 by Nthsuffolkblue |
His patience ran out with Muric. I expect most managers would have persisted with him for a good amount of time. Maybe many not quite as long but McKenna has made that change. I think "poor signings" is a big generalisation but overall they haven't knitted together to give enough of an improvement on what we had.
Tactics and speed of play are a conversation to be had. McKenna is learning on the job and hopefully your conclusion is that drawn by all those in a position to offer him such a role. I am confident McKenna has what is needed to become a very good Premier League manager and we are right to give him the time to do so. |
Put up with Muric because he cost 10 million. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:13 - Feb 26 with 3206 views | FromReuserWithLove |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:43 - Feb 26 by Swailsey |
It’s very hard to tell. This season hasn’t been a success, but it’s hard to know if that’s down to tactics or the lack of prem quality players.
This is the first time I’ve been concerned with some of his decisions though, after essentially 2.5 years of perfection. |
Luton made a better fist of it. Luton.
Luton. |  | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:14 - Feb 26 with 3185 views | ITFC_84 |
For me, no-one takes McKenna away from Ipswich based on his performances this season. He will be a championship manager next season and will need to prove himself again to get another crack at the Prem.
Obviously didn’t expect a cake walk this season, but we’ve been going down with a whimper for some time now… | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:14 - Feb 26 with 3185 views | muccletonjoe |
Tactically - yes
Player recruitment - yes
Player management - maybe |  | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:16 - Feb 26 with 3127 views | WestSussexBlue |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 by homer_123 |
Young manager still learning his trade.
Is it surprising he gets less right in the Prem? |
Exactly. I’m surprised at some comments following the result tonight.
Yes mistakes are being made, yes we would all do things differently but what we mustn’t forget, the guy is learning on the job. Such is the speed we’ve got to the Prem and some want a ready made Premier manager making minimal errors.
Like anything, experience is invaluable. | | | |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:17 - Feb 26 with 3097 views | NeedhamChris |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:16 - Feb 26 by WestSussexBlue |
Exactly. I’m surprised at some comments following the result tonight.
Yes mistakes are being made, yes we would all do things differently but what we mustn’t forget, the guy is learning on the job. Such is the speed we’ve got to the Prem and some want a ready made Premier manager making minimal errors.
Like anything, experience is invaluable. |
For £6m a year - too right that I'm looking for a Premier League standard manager. | |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:18 - Feb 26 with 3062 views | ArmaghBlue |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:56 - Feb 26 by Blue_Heath |
I really hope you are correct but his big challenge now is building a new centre midfield and finding a Delap replacement to get us back up. |
His next big challenge should be rebuilding his defensive coaching team. Set pieces particularly. [Post edited 26 Feb 22:19]
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:19 - Feb 26 with 3037 views | pointofblue |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 21:44 - Feb 26 by homer_123 |
Young manager still learning his trade.
Is it surprising he gets less right in the Prem? |
It's not getting things wrong that's bothering me. It's not seeing what worked earlier in the season and persisting with it, rather than sticking with 4-2-3-1 which has resulted in embarrassing result after embarrassing result in 2025.
Phillips and Cajuste have got to the point where they can put up a fight in a two. Morsy cannot. As soon as Phillips was unavailable we should have looked at a three this evening - Morsy, Cajuste and Taylor. What's Clarke done that Broadhead cannot? Philogene was gifted two goals tonight but haven't seen anything from him in general to stay he deserved to start.
Losing Ogbene and Burns has certainly hurt the right side, there's no doubt about that. But we just seem to be doing the same thing and doing it worse as the season goes on. It'd be nice to go down with a fight. At the moment it's a whimper. | |
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| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:25 - Feb 26 with 2942 views | ITFCSG |
| Is mckenna out of his depth in the Premier league on 22:11 - Feb 26 by Vaughan8 |
The Brighton manager has been good but I'm sure before they played us at PR they hadn't won for like 8 or 9 games.
Give McKenna the brighton squad and I think he would do very well. |
If you watch some of the Brighton games he actually knows how to adjust his formation and change tactics when they go behind / second half.
I haven't seen anything from McK this season other than the same like-for-like changes. Doesn't even cut out the tippy-tappy fannying at the back even when we are chasing a game . | | | |
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