I think partly it's because the Ipswich team really isn't seen as a team of stars

A lot of the headlines when we went up were around the impact of Pukki and Buendia, and how we'd snapped up these incredible players for peanuts.

The view of Ipswich is that McKenna has galvanised this squad of relatively average players into a team that has racked up 96 points; that their strength has come, not from a Buendia like genius feeding a prolific goalscorer like Pukki, but from the ability of a coach to bring together this squad of decent players and turn them into the second best team in the Championship in the absence of any player that the EPL obsessed journos have any interest in.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on May 24th 2024 at 12:21:22

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Fair play to McKenna (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:29:22
- Oh ffs you’re obsessed with them (stamps feet and raises eyebrows) (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, May 24, 11:26:47
- Dutch-lay all three...I reckon it's all agent talk and he will stay at Ipswich (Other Football) - Old Man, May 24, 10:04:56
  - I think he's almost certainly off (Other Football) - norwaay, May 24, 10:37:27
- Would be funny if he takes their £5m a year (Other Football) - jamesward, May 24, 09:43:44
  - …less than 20 points (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, May 24, 09:44:11
    - * fewer (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, May 24, 10:05:15
      - I was temporarily confused because it wouldn't accept my 'less than' symbol (Other Football) - jamesward, May 24, 10:28:16
      - innit bruv! (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, May 24, 10:13:35
- it's interesting (Other Football) - paulg, May 24, 09:40:43
  - He’s bright enough to recognise a stepping stone when he sees one (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, May 24, 11:41:54
  - They got 96 points this season. (n/m) (Other Football) - Bertie Russell, May 24, 10:55:23
    - The point is Farke got 94 and 97 (Other Football) - jamesward, May 24, 11:00:20
      - I think partly it's because the Ipswich team really isn't seen as a team of stars (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 24, 12:21:22
      - It's discussed a bit in this article (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 24, 12:16:38
      - Their lack of success in the last 2 decades has led to glorification (Other Football) - Henclrikus, May 24, 11:46:47
  - Kind of ignores his first season at Ipswich when he took over (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, May 24, 10:22:21
    - I'm not saying he hasn't done well (Other Football) - paulg, May 24, 10:28:10
- These job betting markets are fucking madness. (Other Football) - usacanary, May 24, 09:38:57
  - More fool anyone that bets on a market such as that (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 24, 09:41:04
    - Exactly (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, May 24, 11:45:50
    - Depends if you’re backing or laying (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:43:08
      - maybe, but even if laying, is it a good idea if you have no idea of the true odds? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 24, 09:44:06
        
        Can always lay short and back bigger (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:48:57
        
        Yeah, that's a good point (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, May 24, 09:52:15
        
        I bottled laying him at 6/4 for Brighton when it opened (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:58:20
  - Get laying! (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:40:36
- Just shows what marketing departments gambling companies have. Mug’s game (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, May 24, 09:38:14
  - Not if you want to lay these bets (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 24, 09:42:20
- And according to reports he’s been offered 4x his salary to stay at Ipswich (Other Football) - Duck, May 24, 09:31:40

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