Kieran McKenna | Close to signing long term deal to stay at Ipswich

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NicolaSacco said:
I’ve never seen Ipswich win a league title; if it doesn’t happen this year then I really doubt I ever will!
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I guess you're on the side of supporters who badly want to win the title next week? (From what I can gather it seems 50/50 from both your and Argyle fanbases of who really want that cherry on top and who only really care about promotion and see the title as a bonus).

I think you may get it tbh as Argyle have a pretty poor record vs Port Vale (no win in nearly 20 years all be it only 8 games) and I feel you are the most likely of the two to make a bid for back to back promotions, Plymouth's ceiling I feel is the Rotherham/Peterbrough yo yo life unfortunately.
 

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Plymouth are a championship / league 1 team historically. Think they had a real chance of the prem under Holloway until he absolutely fecked them.
 

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Plymouth are a championship / league 1 team historically. Think they had a real chance of the prem under Holloway until he absolutely fecked them.
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They fell right down after Championship relegation and nearly dropped out of the football league full stop and were close to doing a Bury.

I don't think they will financially gamble for a PL place which will mean they won't be able to compete with teams living of parachute payments and PL relegation reward money.
 

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A win next week would see them at 100 points and 100 goals scored. Pretty incredible to play 46 league games with only 4 defeats and still not be top. Well done McKenna. The sort of football and form he has Ipswich playing will turn a few heads if it hasn't already. Might be difficult for them to hold on to him.
 

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Munkehboi said:
A win next week would see them at 100 points and 100 goals scored. Pretty incredible to play 46 league games with only 4 defeats and still not be top. Well done McKenna. The sort of football and form he has Ipswich playing will turn a few heads if it hasn't already. Might be difficult for them to hold on to him.
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Definitely a future United manager.
 

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Fair play to him, great to see that footage of the players throwing him up in the air.
 

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Dancfc said:
They fell right down after Championship relegation and nearly dropped out of the football league full stop and were close to doing a Bury.

I don't think they will financially gamble for a PL place which will mean they won't be able to compete with teams living of parachute payments and PL relegation reward money.
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As an Argyle / United fan, it was heartbreaking to see how financially we were mis-managed. We've got a really competent board now and have actually made money to the point that we've been signing players rather than just a load of loan deals. Plus we're now investing massively in the infrastructure of the club including new training ground etc. All that being said, staying up next season will be incredible. Just buzzing we've made it back to the 2nd tier.
 

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Dancfc said:
They fell right down after Championship relegation and nearly dropped out of the football league full stop and were close to doing a Bury.

I don't think they will financially gamble for a PL place which will mean they won't be able to compete with teams living of parachute payments and PL relegation reward money.
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Yeah I am well aware. Lived in Devon pretty much my whole life and follow them as a second team.
 

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mikeyt said:
As an Argyle / United fan, it was heartbreaking to see how financially we were mis-managed. We've got a really competent board now and have actually made money to the point that we've been signing players rather than just a load of loan deals. Plus we're now investing massively in the infrastructure of the club including new training ground etc. All that being said, staying up next season will be incredible. Just buzzing we've made it back to the 2nd tier.
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Feels weird seeing another Argyle fan on here. Were you at the game earlier?
 

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Huge for Ipswich and really pleased for them with sounds of interest around Celtic and Leicester going for him. Think he will be backed in the Championship and push for promotion.
 

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Do we know how he tactics and style of play has progressed? I know youth football is different but his time with the under 18s impressed me. Oversaw the best youth football I think I’ve seen us play at that level for a while.
 

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Has won 15 of the last 17 matches , with goals of 49-5 , or something mad and close to that.
 

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Carrick gets more attention but I think McKenna will go on to be the better manager of the two. I'd expect Ipswich to have a similar kind of season to Sunderland last year, in and around the play-offs but not quite at the level needed for promotion.
 

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i’m worried mckenna is just hypnotising us into thinking he’s getting good results.
 

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3 wins on the bounce to start the new season, 21 match unbeaten run, happy days!
Can’t see him staying here for too long if he keeps this up though.
 

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He'll get a PL offer soon, although for his sake he'd probably be better off staying and trying to lead Ipswich to another promotion this season.
 

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Look what can happen when you get out from under reigns of a crap manager.
 

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top1whoisman said:
vs Cardiff

53’ 0-2 down
78’ 3-2 up

Now hold on to it!
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Very satisfying coming from 2-0 down, well done to KM and the team!

We're back in the automatic promotion spots, but I think it might be a bridge too far. When we came up against a genuinely high quality front 3 vs Leeds, it was apparent we would struggle to keep them out. Here's hoping Tuanzebe does well on trial and can help shore us up.
 

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NicolaSacco said:
Very satisfying coming from 2-0 down, well done to KM and the team!

We're back in the automatic promotion spots, but I think it might be a bridge too far. When we came up against a genuinely high quality front 3 vs Leeds, it was apparent we would struggle to keep them out. Here's hoping Tuanzebe does well on trial and can help shore us up.
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It’s five games in anyway. Just enjoy the ride and perhaps in March you can start looking at the table and what is possible.
 

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top1whoisman said:
It’s five games in anyway. Just enjoy the ride and perhaps in March you can start looking at the table and what is possible.
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Yeah exactly, that post came across more pessimistically than I actually feel. Right now we are 2nd, selling out every home match, still in the League Cup, and *virtually* everything McKenna touches turns to gold
 

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NicolaSacco said:
Yeah exactly, that post came across more pessimistically than I actually feel. Right now we are 2nd, selling out every home match, still in the League Cup, and *virtually* everything McKenna touches turns to gold
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Happy days!
 
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