[Albion] Kieran McKenna

[Gabbiano]

McKenna - I could take or leave, he seems a decent manager who plays good football but if Man U really want him then he's gone.

Potter - don't go back. Not only for how things ended with the fanbase but because he'd want a lot more money now. Let sleeping dogs lie.

I am however, tired of people rewriting history on here to say he was always a shit manager. He was, until RDZ arrived, our most successful manager ever, even with xG failings. We played good football and he was good at developing young players, and much more tactically flexible than de Zerbi. Potter built the platform for the subsequent success.

Who else is there? The Swedish bloke? Haise? Gallardo? I dont think the noise around McKenna is a red herring, no smoke without fire. But equally we can't compete $$$$ with Chelsea and Man U and frankly he won't be interested.

But perhaps the hyperfixation on this bloke will help the club look for other options out of the spotlight

 

[chaileyjem]

An official approach for us to speak to McKenna hasn’t even happened yet it’s all pure speculation.

Chat on here about random Swedish coaches is pure speculation.
Chat on here about our interest in McKenna has been reported and confirmed by The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Athletic , Sky Sports, Talk Sport and Fabrizio Romano etc etc .

 

[dippy2449]

Kieran McKenna makes Man Utd allegiance clear as Chelsea and Brighton plot moves

Kieran McKenna has been linked with jobs at Man Utd, Chelsea and Brighton after guiding Ipswich to the Premier League.

www.express.co.uk

The most speculative and ridiculous article I have read so far.

 

[macbeth]

McKenna - I could take or leave, he seems a decent manager who plays good football but if Man U really want him then he's gone.

Potter - don't go back. Not only for how things ended with the fanbase but because he'd want a lot more money now. Let sleeping dogs lie.

I am however, tired of people rewriting history on here to say he was always a shit manager. He was, until RDZ arrived, our most successful manager ever, even with xG failings. We played good football and he was good at developing young players, and much more tactically flexible than de Zerbi. Potter built the platform for the subsequent success.

Who else is there? The Swedish bloke? Haise? Gallardo? I dont think the noise around McKenna is a red herring, no smoke without fire. But equally we can't compete $$$$ with Chelsea and Man U and frankly he won't be interested.

But perhaps the hyperfixation on this bloke will help the club look for other options out of the spotlight

yes i’d be surprised if contingency options weren’t being looked at. i think potter will definitely be one, and i don’t think i personally would mind that, but given how it’d polarise the fanbase i can’t see it. and also, it does just feel a little bit lazy.

i think gallardo is definitely worth a look, but whether he’d be at all interested when he was earning 12 million a year in saudi is another matter. i would actually like us to have a look at corberan at west brom. not the most exciting on the face of it, and they didn’t do well in the playoffs, but i’ve been pretty impressed with the flexibility and adaptability of his teams. capable of playing beautiful football and likes to have possession, but also capable of shutting up shop when need be

 

[Hiheidi]

An official approach for us to speak to McKenna hasn’t even happened yet it’s all pure speculation.

It was reported that he had an interview with Brighton on Wednesday.

 

[The Fits]

Nah. The 3 up from the Championship will be the 3 favorites, plus Brentford, Forest and Everton, but I agree top 8 looks a long way away at the moment.

Everton without points deductions will be mid table at worst.
Next season will be the toughest league we've faced IMHO (admittedly we have one of the strongest squads we have had but still).

 

[The Fits]

Chat on here about random Swedish coaches is pure speculation.
Chat on here about our interest in McKenna has been reported and confirmed by The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Athletic , Sky Sports, Talk Sport and Fabrizio Romano etc etc .

Exactly.
Of course we've spoken to McKenna.

 

[Machiavelli]

It's in the Express, so I won't be clicking on it.
It does seem as though McKenna wants to go to United, but they'd need to want him. Tuchel and Poch are available, and I suspect they're both stronger candidates, but they actually need to sack ETH first. Once that's been resolved, then where McKenna is working next season will become clearer.

 

[Hiheidi]

Exactly.
Of course we've spoken to McKenna.

Yes!! Along with media reports that we have actually spoken to him/interviewed him, you'd also assume that with Barber knowing him, there might have been an informal chat before RDZ left. Plus right after the news came out that RDZ was leaving, Alex Crook (a reliable source for Brighton news) tweeted that we'd be going after McKenna and to expect things to develop quickly.

 

[GT49er]

yes i’d be surprised if contingency options weren’t being looked at. i think potter will definitely be one, and i don’t think i personally would mind that, but given how it’d polarise the fanbase i can’t see it. and also, it does just feel a little bit lazy.

i think gallardo is definitely worth a look, but whether he’d be at all interested when he was earning 12 million a year in saudi is another matter. i would actually like us to have a look at corberan at west brom. not the most exciting on the face of it, and they didn’t do well in the playoffs, but i’ve been pretty impressed with the flexibility and adaptability of his teams. capable of playing beautiful football and likes to have possession, but also capable of shutting up shop when need be

Corberan? That'd be the end of Sarmiento's Brighton career then.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Kieran McKenna makes Man Utd allegiance clear as Chelsea and Brighton plot moves

Kieran McKenna has been linked with jobs at Man Utd, Chelsea and Brighton after guiding Ipswich to the Premier League.

www.express.co.uk

The most speculative and ridiculous article I have read so far.

Have they mentioned anything about it being an Armageddon style Winter?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Everton without points deductions will be mid table at worst.
Next season will be the toughest league we've faced IMHO (admittedly we have one of the strongest squads we have had but still).

Agree, other than the 3 coming up, everyone else has a min 2 full seasons in the top flight. Think Forest really are the only weak link, everyone else had very good periods and look to have decent squads and managers.

 

[Justice]

Chat on here about random Swedish coaches is pure speculation.
Chat on here about our interest in McKenna has been reported and confirmed by The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Athletic , Sky Sports, Talk Sport and Fabrizio Romano etc etc .

Interest yes still no official approach.

 

[chaileyjem]

Interest yes still no official approach.

The Times reported that we interviewed him on Wednesday.

 

[Hugo Rune]

McKenna will be hiding behind the sofa this afternoon as his dream job opportunity slowly disappears.*



*I realise Utd will sack him even with a 6-0 final win

 

[Eeyore]

I accept we are in for the Ipswich chap. Too many reliable sources. All others are just snowball myths

 

[Justice]

The Times reported that we interviewed him on Wednesday.

I was replying to a poster who mentioned he may have said I’m waiting for the Manure job to Bloom before making a decision. That sounds like speculation to me .

 

[Mancgull]

yes i’d be surprised if contingency options weren’t being looked at. i think potter will definitely be one, and i don’t think i personally would mind that, but given how it’d polarise the fanbase i can’t see it. and also, it does just feel a little bit lazy.

i think gallardo is definitely worth a look, but whether he’d be at all interested when he was earning 12 million a year in saudi is another matter. i would actually like us to have a look at corberan at west brom. not the most exciting on the face of it, and they didn’t do well in the playoffs, but i’ve been pretty impressed with the flexibility and adaptability of his teams. capable of playing beautiful football and likes to have possession, but also capable of shutting up shop when need

I was replying to a poster who mentioned he may have said I’m waiting for the Manure job to Bloom before making a decision. That sounds like speculation to me .

Yes, that was me and I definitely was speculating.

 

[Driver8]

The Times reported that we interviewed him on Wednesday.

Doesn’t make it a fact.

 

[FamilyGuy]

He won’t go to Chelsea cos he’s not stupid, and anyway their American owners have never heard of him.

He won’t go to Man Utd cos they’ll want somebody bigger.

He may come to us if he likes what he sees (and vice versa).