I agree as much as you do about McKenna not being ready for this job but your agenda against him is baffling bordering childish and fictional. Ipswich are direct, thats clearly their strength and why they are succesful but tell me how many of the 92 goals they scored this season fits your strong counter attack criteria? Here's a video to help you. It's a great watch btw, goals scored from high press, playing out from the back, a lot from a variety of set pieces.
Kieran McKenna | Close to signing long term deal to stay at Ipswich
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I agree as much as you do about McKenna not being ready for this job but your agenda against him is baffling bordering childish and fictional. Ipswich are direct, thats clearly their strength and why they are succesful but tell me how many of the 92 goals they scored this season fits your strong counter attack criteria? Here's a video to help you. It's a great watch btw, goals scored from high press, playing out from the back, a lot from a variety of set pieces.
He didn't have a "failed early stint". Assistants get either too much credit or too much grief on football forums. When in reality their roles are limited to what the managers want them to do. I remember Klopp was also supposed to fall off when his first assistant with Liverpool left as "he was the brains" behind the operation. In the same way, Phelan got blamed when our football wasn't that attractive under SAF; the famous "What does Phelan do?". Quieroz was supposed to be a genius and he had a few mediocre stints with clubs and countries after he left SAF's coaching staff.
He is linked after crazy stint, taking league 1 bottom level team to PL in 2 seasons.
He’s done well but that doesn’t qualify him to be United manager. You’ll be adding a relegation to that resume before next season is over.
If he gets relegated, so what? Klopp also got relegated with Mainz and Poch was at 20th position when he was sacked at Espanyol.
Relegation with Ipswich won't do much damage as they are expected to go down.
So what’s your argument here? He should get the job? Is he your choice for next manager if ETH leaves?
Fans know feck all about coaches, that's the point.
Couldn't care less who gets the job or EtH is retained.
This is the only goal you need to see from last season which is both a work of art and a perfect summation of the way Ipswich play under McKenna...
But we can have an opinion on what we see. I’ve watched United play under a McKenna coached United over 100 times and that concluded my opinion. Harsh to blame it on him? sure but when he’s the man linked to the job it’s crazy not to take the past into it.
I hope he has a good career, if he does well in the PL he could be a future candidate but for me at this moment in time he’s not ready.
I’d expect him to keep Ipswich up this season if he’s after a job like United. There’s been plenty of managers keep small teams in the league and not got a shot at a ‘top club’
See the first part, you also watched Phelan, Rene coached ManUtd play very good football winning lot of trophies. Was it them or the Manager?
Chelsea team that was comically bad under Lampard, with lot of same staff Tuchel made them into very good team winning CL.
I don't know why it's so hard to understand that manager is the one who decides, coaches just follows what is being asked. They don't run the show.
Staying at Ipswich is better for him than a move to Brighton. You can't buy team spirit and momentum. keeping them up for just one season would be an immense achievement from league 1 and his stock will still be high should he move on.
I'm sure coaches work within the framework set out by the head coach. If McKenna was indeed the main coach on the training ground, he'd only be carrying out the instructions and ideas given to him by OGS.
Bingo. The coaches don't decide the tactics. They're given instructions, and they try their best to make the best use of their playing style. Running the training sessions just means they run the training sessions because the manager doesn't want to do repetitive actions on a daily basis.
They're given lemons, and try their hardest to get the juice out of the lemons.
It would be great if he could come into the league like Luton did, really fighting and playing their own game - but obviously with the results to stay up. I do think you might be in danger of losing him this time next year whatever happens though unfortunately. He’s on the radar now.
So don't think De Zerbi/Pochettino or a complete wildcard are options still on the table then
I just can't help feeling that manager from Spurs isn't in there anymore, what is your feeling about De Zerbi out of interest?
Getting it back on topic there is no doubt McKenna has made a very smart choice for his career.
While I would love him here, it does feel a bit soon. Hopefully he has another great season with Ipswich while also gifting us six points.
By idiots
Hope he does well (survival for Ipswich will be great). Even a relegation with some battling qualities displayed will not hurt his reputation too much (like the Luton manager or even Kompany!)
Careful would have been 95% of this forum
Very concerning if true.
Excellent decision by him and his agents. No good reason to leave a job with a position of strength for unknown waters
Yeah, Albert Stuivenberg. Under LVG.
I'm not saying Ipswich wont get relegated but I'm pretty certain they will give quite a few teams a run for their money. It sounds like there is money available for transfers so it should be interesting.
It’s a bit of a back handed compliment in a way…
Oh so that’s why we had a number of come backs under Ole
He's really instilled that belief into his team but they won't be coming back so often in the EPL. Ideally, you don't even want to be in a losing situation to begin with.
Anyway, I've heard he's signed a new long term deal this afternoon. I'll look forward to watching Ipswich with him at the wheel again next season.
New contract until 2028.
He looks delighted in that pic. 
Probably signed a new deal to include a reasonable release clause in case big clubs come in for him.
Probably signed a new deal to include a reasonable release clause in case big clubs come in for him.
Hope does superbly and becomes a contender for the United job at some point.
Hope we won’t be going for Pochettino now.
Hope we won’t be going for Pochettino now.
Interested to see how he does next season. Kompany tried playing the same style of football that shat all over the championship, but against better teams it left them way too open and they paid the price.
Does McKenna go a bit more conservative and just focus on staying in the league, or does he try and actually play football? It doesn’t usually go well for those that do.
Does McKenna go a bit more conservative and just focus on staying in the league, or does he try and actually play football? It doesn’t usually go well for those that do.
The stat may still be true but I know that table isn't 100% accurate as they seem to have only included teams from certain divisions. In League One Barnsley picked up 29 after conceding first so should at least get a mention.
Football Laague clubs playing 46 should give them a great chance of appearing on lots of "most x in Europe stats" too. Can't think of any other leagues that play as many.
Still interesting and shows fighting spirit.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9998gypd7jo
Some interesting lines in that article.
Some interesting lines in that article.
- Becomes one of the highest paid managers in the league
- Compensation has increased
- Close to joining Palace before Glasner was appointed
- Had planned to leave Ipswich this summer regardless of promotion
Looks like a hostage with AK47 pointed at him out of shot.
Wow. Guy has a plan mapped in his head.
Wonder how much he's getting paid - £4m a season for a championship manager was already quite a lot.
What did Ole actually do at the club. Game day only!!! That’s nice work if you can get it