Somebody posted this on TWTD. Hurst, Lambert and Cook - played 172 matches, won 51. McKenna - played 90, won 54.
My fear is we are now doing so well 2023 has been insane that even the big big clubs might now be considering McKenna
Fulham in the 4th. Not a huge step up from Wolves. But another huge test. I think with another month of development, no reason why we can't make it through.
He won't go yet, not for a few seasons, no matter who comes calling, he is a very grounded individual and knows Ipswich is a great place to be at the moment. Plenty of time for the step up!!
He was and the first assist in particular was a great pass. However he still gives the ball away far too often for my liking.
Does that mean I was the catalyst for our success? Have to say it does make some interesting reading...things weren't great then and looking at some of the things we were being critical of in terms of our play they were addressed to perfection, it seems like the 4 January signings made a huge difference but not only that we went from a team seemingly trying to pass other teams to death to being completely ruthless and pragmatic and getting the ball forward quicker. It very much felt like McKenna went from being ideological to pragmatic
So impressive to see our second team look so assured against a PL side albeit their second team but one made up of multi million pound footballers. Again this is progress whilst I always said last season our second team would've been competing near the top of league 1 some of the cup performances were quite disjointed which can be expected given the high number of changes but this season whilst there are some teething issue even the second team look like a cohesive unit.
Whilst I like I'm sure many fans think now that McKenna is a god like manager, with hindsight I do find it hard to be overly critical of those managers who have gone before him due to their circumstances. Its like comparing pears and apples. I'm sure even McKenna would've struggled under ME.
