Chris Wilder has done a better job taking a team from league one to the premiership, kept them up, all playing with expansive overlapping centre backs.
No one would touch him with a barge pole here. But McKenna.......
He'd been a manager for 15-20 years prior. Worked his way up the leaderboard from Alfreton and Northampton and was with his boyhood club.
McKenna on the other hand could be the new young superstar manager?
He has shown that he is not a PL manager just yet Zat, maybe go back down to the Championship and get a few more years experience. He has been far too naïve at times in certain games and I'm not convinced he is ready, tactically they look very poor at times.
Have to admit, not really seen anything too much other than sticking to the 'same' way of playing every game.
He may well have been naive at times but i wonder if he's implemented his style and would be down anyway due to player quality--so is just trying to make his way the 'Ipswich way' so they come back up next year and their rollercoaster doesnt collapse?
Looking at their squad I suppose hes done well to keep them in with a chance at this point?
Wilder had a few more years and a lot more experience than McKenna. Ultimately McKenna has shown a degree of potential….its going to be about how he learns from these experience and adapts accordingly.
Exactly
Hutchinson, looks very light to me, struggling either with the psychically of the PL in my opinion.
Clearly a player with a lot of technical gifts but does seem to lack the physical side which looks to have held back a bigger impact.
Really? Mateta had a brilliant end to last season with 13 prem goals in last 13 games. Even better than what DCL was producing in Carloball. Slower start this season (after playing for France in Olympics) but still scored 7 this season.
Eze is easily the best attacker in the bottom half. I like Ndiaye but Eze is a level above and pretty much like Grealish was at Villa so surely he'll move on next summer.
Sarr hot and cold but in very good form currently. He also has pace which this club desperately needs.
I'm afraid there's only so far up a table workaholics like McNeill and Harrison can get you even if they have good games.
Eze's a good player but Sarr & Mateta havent hit the level expected from their youth potential.
I think as a far bigger club with a lot more potential at the moment we should be aimimg much higher.
Didn't Brighton interview him in the summer before they appointed Huezler? He'll stay on their radar so that's a good shout actually, young up and coming manager who'll have a year of prem experience and worked in the North West before.
The transfer window will be interesting as I expect they'll spend fairly big.
He's got until the end of this season to prove he's got the stones for a bigger job.
Interesting to see whether they or Brighton have the superior manager.
