[Albion] Kieran McKenna

[Justice]

We'll be playing West Ham on a new manager bounce soon too ffs.

Could be Potter if the rumours are true.

 

[JBizzle]

And he showed loyalty to the club that gave him his big chance.
He hasn't done much wrong and I wish him and Ipswich every success.
They have a lot of parallels with the Albion.

Yeah I agree. What I wouldn't give for a top flight manager who doesn't bolt at the first whiff of money/discontent?

The fact is, a season with Ipswich does nothing to diminish his reputation, even if they get relegated.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

His Ipswich team were woeful last night. I know the likes of Burns ans Morsy are miles off having the quality to play at this level but McKenna is the one picking them. I’d imagine he’ll go the same way as Edwards at Luton.

Or he might go the same way as Vincent Kompany at Bayern. There's clearly a talented manager there restricted by what he has to work with in a very tough league.

 

[severnside gull]

A talented coach working with limited resources.
Of course his next step will be crucial and of course he will need a bit of luck but if he gets it he has the potential to be a top top manager.
I didn’t like the way he seemingly stiffed us having gone a long way towards agreeing a deal but I understand it and I’m not going to hold it against him.
Hope he does well. We need good British coaches at the top level.

 

[jackalbion]

He is yet to let his secret weapon Number 17 loose on the pitch, could really change their season.

 

[Flounce]

I’m sure he’s a decent manager but I’m delighted we got FH after being turned down by him. He’s got a nasty Man U vibe about him

 

[BLOCK F]

That is a lot of assumptions in one post!

He’s clearly a good manager, he’s done an amazing job there but it was always going to be difficult for Ipswich as it is for every promoted team. They’ve still got a good chance of staying up and he’ll still have a lot of credit in the bank even if they do go down anyway.

Personally, I hope they stay up.
I seem to remember a team that was promoted to the old 1st Division in 1979 after a pretty rapid rise from the lower levels and was in deep trouble until they surprisingly beat Notts. Forest 1-0 away on 17th November and went on to survive.
I wonder who that team was and who was the manager who guided them up through the divisions?
Happy days.

 

[Van Cleef]

He might be this years Rob Edwards.

 

[ACobweb]

It would have been very tedious if he'd come here and been touted as the next Manchester United saviour every time we won a game "of course I'm honoured to be linked with the job at the Biggest Club in the World™ but my focus for now is on Brighton" week in, week out.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

The guy can't win. He decides not to do a 'Potter' and jump ship to a big/bigger club (whether that was the Albion, Manchester United or somewhere else) and then gets pelters for staying loyal and trying to keep a promoted club in the PL. Which, as everyone knows, is more difficult than Brighton winning against relegation fodder.

I didn't see the game last night or even the result, so I was a bit bemused as to the posts on here. Would he have crashed and burned if he came to the Albion, or went to MUFC? Who knows – the squads are incomparable. But his lot did manage to get a point against us, so he must be doing something right.

 

[Han Solo]

They have maybe five points more than I thought they would have at this stage and not been stomped a lot. All they can expect really. Impossible job.
Also don't see any reason to be mad at him.

 

[amexer]

A talented coach working with limited resources.
Of course his next step will be crucial and of course he will need a bit of luck but if he gets it he has the potential to be a top top manager.
I didn’t like the way he seemingly stiffed us having gone a long way towards agreeing a deal but I understand it and I’m not going to hold it against him.
Hope he does well. We need good British coaches at the top level.

Not exactly limited recources Spent £100m

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

A lot of unnecessarily snidey posts here. McKenna brought Ipswich up from level 3 to the Prem in successive seasons, having been highly rated at Manchester United (enough to have him as a candidate for manager in the summer). He’s very clearly a talented coach and his team has made a positive impression so far this season, despite their league position.

His chief crime seems to be his team not letting us score against them at the Amex, and worse, being beaten by Palace last night.

We don't have many talented English coaches. Let’s not crucify the few we do have.

Agree with the sentiment although technically, whilst born in England, he grew up in Co. Fermanagh and regards himself as from Northern Ireland.

 

[JBizzle]

Not exactly limited recources Spent £100m

In Premier League terms, £100m is fairly limited, especially when that £100m is one window's spend on top of a Championship squad. £100m won't do much in lifting a promoted club out of danger.

 

[Professor Plum]

Agree with the sentiment although technically, whilst born in England, he grew up in Co. Fermanagh and regards himself as from Northern Ireland.

Ah, fair enough. I didn’t know that.

 

[jimhigham]

The only thing I'm peeved at McKenna for is losing to them.

 

[schmunk]

The guy can't win.

...which is proving to be a bit of a disadvantage for Ipswich Town...

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

And he showed loyalty to the club that gave him his big chance.
He hasn't done much wrong and I wish him and Ipswich every success.
They have a lot of parallels with the Albion.

I think the owner flying in with a salary offer with many many zeros on the end helped him to stay 'loyal'.

 

[RandyWanger]

I'm glad he didn't come here. Would have been an even duller version of slithering Potts with worse results. 2nd best bullet dodge this year.