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Thread | The Gamble
at 07:24 28 Jun 2025
Kieron McKenna has in many ways become Ipswich Town over the past 3 seasons.
We play his way and have done since we were in the first division.
We now have almost all of his own signings, his back room staff , the ground and training facilities have all been improved under his tenure.
Therefore it's hardly surprising after a disastrous season in the Premier league, we still have a majority of supporters in the keep the manager camp.
In many ways the clubs fortunes are linked to his next season. Mckennas reputation as the brightest star on the horizon of young british coaching talent has taken a knock with the nose dive into the championship , it has also undoubtedly persuaded more than a few supporters to start to question his game management , and single minded approach to tactics which at times last season bordered on McCarthy- esque
The plus side is we all know what we will be getting next season and this is often preferable than waiting to see what a new manager will bring to the table.
However, the good will bank of itfc, in which Mckenna has deposited vast sums in two promotion campaigns has been severely drawn upon in the last 6 months or so.
Incoming players will not be bought with the bulging wallet which the Premier league supplies, they will have to settle far quicker into the yawning gaps left by those who have gone or returned to pastures new. The excuses of playing Manchester City at the Etihad on a saturday afternoon are gone. Instead we will be playing teams with less resources than our own , which brings an entirely different kind of pressure as does the short odds on a quick return to the Premier league.
Whether you are Mckenna can or Mckenna can't. The bets have been placed , time to spin the wheel. |
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Thread | He is not going to Brentford
at 06:50 13 Jun 2025
The part of this speculation which does cause concern is why he doesn't come out and say so. |
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Thread | Marcus Evans
at 19:06 26 May 2025
Remarkable how some as collective Ipswich supporters return to Marcus Evans tenure as owner to cheer themselves up , rather than face the problems of now |
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Thread | After this weekend...
at 05:46 23 May 2025
Very difficult to say what the core of the team is anymore. I definitely wouldn't rule out virtually anyone leaving. |
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Thread | MIDFIELD
at 06:56 17 May 2025
The success of next season depends upon the recruitment to the centre of the team.
Maybe Morsy can continue as lynch pin , although at a lower level of influence than our last season in the championship. Humphreys will be returning and his improvement will need to be assessed. Taylor has convinced very few so far that he has the consistency to hold down a permanent place.
So that leaves us shopping in the midfield department for at least 2 excellent additions who would tip the promotion scales in our favour. |
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Thread | The promised land turned out to be a bit of an illusion
at 09:04 27 Apr 2025
The riches on offer in the Premier league, the star players, the shine of new stadiums , all those things were there.
When the spot lights and fireworks had faded however, we were able to see what the Premier League is really about.
The bank balance of those routine relegation avoiders bulges by various amounts exceeding £150 million every season, making it more unlikely with each passing season that any club coming up from the championship will be able to gatecrash this party. Those clubs who find themselves regularly jostling for position in the Lower half of the league have now got the comfort of knowing the promoted clubs are highly unlikely to have the financial ability to compete with them, let alone being able to cope with the rest of the circus , which features the headline acts of referees dishing out decisive moments like clowns with buckets of water and the VAR ringmasters seemingly much more eager to see justice done for their regular customers on the Premier league fixture list , than the single season visitors from the championship.
Should the Town find themselves in a position this time next season to make another attempt at the elite, at least we will all have fresh memories of what can and more than likely, will be awaiting us in another ride through gold lined grounds of the Premier league.
It will never be a level playing field , however, and if we can actually survive a season with the odds stacked against us , it will be despite the decisions going against us on a regular basis rather than because we got a fair crack of the whip. |
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