I didn’t know your were also a tractor boy, IOAG.
When I first went to Madrid about 13 years ago I remember seeing a guy jogging in El Retiro wearing an Ipswich shirt.
Maybe it was the OP...
Other than ones from the school teams I played for, I've never owned a football shirt in my life. Wouldn't mind owning a vintage '70s Ipswich shirt though.
VC, yeah. I've never actually set foot in the place in my life, but I took to them growing up in North London. No particular reason that I now of other than I really liked the name. Kicking a ball about in the back garden, I used to imagine I was Trevor Whymark.
My older brothers were Arsenal fans, so the 1978 FA Cup final holds a special place in my childhood memories.
rumour has it that whilst ioag refuses to wear club shirts, he has modelled himself on eric gates.
I watched that team a lot in my early teens.
Kevin Beattie was my favorite player back then other than United players of that time like Pancho and Gordon Hill.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 11 minutes ago
I watched that team a lot in my early teens.
Kevin Beattie was my favorite player back then other than United players of that time like Pancho and Gordon Hill.
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And mine VC You may remember I did an article on him.
Ipswich were a great team then, with a great manager.
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 9 minutes ago
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
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I will hold my hand up and admit I did question what Ole, he and Carrick were coaching.
McKenna is clearly doing something right at Ipswich. My cousins who are season ticket holders say they play good football to watch.
McKenna is a lifelong United fan as well đ
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 9 minutes ago
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
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I will hold my hand up and admit I did question what Ole, he and Carrick were coaching.
McKenna is clearly doing something right at Ipswich. My cousins who are season ticket holders say they play good football to watch.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The answer, it seems, is uncoachable players!
Turns out many of the fans were wrong about many of the managers in the past few years.
comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
McKenna is a lifelong United fan as well đ
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Away!
comment by CurrentlyInPoland (U11181)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Turns out many of the fans were wrong about many of the managers in the past few years.
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Ole has deffo made fools of us all seeing how his career has progressed since leaving United.
We can thank Mourinho for McKenna đ
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Meet-Jose-Mourinho’s-new-right-hand-man-Kieran-McKenna/781478
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Meet-Jose-Mourinho’s-new-right-hand-man-Kieran-McKenna/781478
Stupid link
Anyway….
‘In 2016 he moved on to Manchester United and spent a couple of years there before being brought fully into the first-team setup by Mourinho.
It was really good," he says. "I've said before it was a privilege for me to come onto his coaching staff, he's such an iconic figure for coaches of my generation.
"It was a relatively short period, but even then it was great to work and learn from him. There was a lot I took from him, and you can see why he's been so successful in his career."
Mourinho is a modern figurehead of McKenna's pathway. An icon of the managerial game who did not have an illustrious playing career on his CV.
McKenna thinks it is becoming a more common and understood pathway into management, and the game in this country has benefited from it.
"It's certainly becoming more prevalent," he says. "I think the coaches that have come before us, Brendan Rodgers, Mourinho, people of that ilk who went into management through different pathways, have laid the groundwork and shown what can be achieved by coaches from different backgrounds.
"I think the game has moved on and everyone understands now that there's different ways to gain experience as a coach or as a manager. I don't think one way or another is an advantage.
"There are obviously big advantages to being say, a Michael Carrick, who has 20 years at the highest level and those experiences to draw upon.
"But the other route which is probably becoming a bit more common, especially in Europe, is for coaches who have started early, or finished playing early for different reasons, accumulating a lot of knowledge and experience from an early age”
@Robb:
The football Ipswich play is so diametrically opposite to Mourinho's that one has to presume that McKenna's just too graceful to openly say that his time under Mourinho served to teach him everything football shouldn't be.
Mind you, I do like the fact that he placed Mourinho up there alongside the footballing icon that is Sweaty Brendan.
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posted on 14/12/23
I didn’t know your were also a tractor boy, IOAG.
posted on 14/12/23
When I first went to Madrid about 13 years ago I remember seeing a guy jogging in El Retiro wearing an Ipswich shirt.
Maybe it was the OP...
posted on 14/12/23
Other than ones from the school teams I played for, I've never owned a football shirt in my life. Wouldn't mind owning a vintage '70s Ipswich shirt though.
VC, yeah. I've never actually set foot in the place in my life, but I took to them growing up in North London. No particular reason that I now of other than I really liked the name. Kicking a ball about in the back garden, I used to imagine I was Trevor Whymark.
My older brothers were Arsenal fans, so the 1978 FA Cup final holds a special place in my childhood memories.
posted on 14/12/23
rumour has it that whilst ioag refuses to wear club shirts, he has modelled himself on eric gates.
posted on 14/12/23
I watched that team a lot in my early teens.
Kevin Beattie was my favorite player back then other than United players of that time like Pancho and Gordon Hill.
posted on 14/12/23
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 11 minutes ago
I watched that team a lot in my early teens.
Kevin Beattie was my favorite player back then other than United players of that time like Pancho and Gordon Hill.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And mine VC You may remember I did an article on him.
Ipswich were a great team then, with a great manager.
posted on 14/12/23
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
posted on 14/12/23
comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 9 minutes ago
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I will hold my hand up and admit I did question what Ole, he and Carrick were coaching.
McKenna is clearly doing something right at Ipswich. My cousins who are season ticket holders say they play good football to watch.
posted on 14/12/23
McKenna is a lifelong United fan as well đ
posted on 14/12/23
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 9 minutes ago
Dont worry mate. Most United fans on here thought he was just an assistant to a PE Teacher who became unemployable.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I will hold my hand up and admit I did question what Ole, he and Carrick were coaching.
McKenna is clearly doing something right at Ipswich. My cousins who are season ticket holders say they play good football to watch.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The answer, it seems, is uncoachable players!
posted on 14/12/23
Turns out many of the fans were wrong about many of the managers in the past few years.
posted on 14/12/23
comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
McKenna is a lifelong United fan as well đ
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Away!
posted on 14/12/23
comment by CurrentlyInPoland (U11181)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Turns out many of the fans were wrong about many of the managers in the past few years.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ole has deffo made fools of us all seeing how his career has progressed since leaving United.
posted on 14/12/23
We can thank Mourinho for McKenna đ
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Meet-Jose-Mourinho’s-new-right-hand-man-Kieran-McKenna/781478
posted on 14/12/23
https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Meet-Jose-Mourinho’s-new-right-hand-man-Kieran-McKenna/781478
posted on 14/12/23
Stupid link
Anyway….
‘In 2016 he moved on to Manchester United and spent a couple of years there before being brought fully into the first-team setup by Mourinho.
It was really good," he says. "I've said before it was a privilege for me to come onto his coaching staff, he's such an iconic figure for coaches of my generation.
"It was a relatively short period, but even then it was great to work and learn from him. There was a lot I took from him, and you can see why he's been so successful in his career."
Mourinho is a modern figurehead of McKenna's pathway. An icon of the managerial game who did not have an illustrious playing career on his CV.
McKenna thinks it is becoming a more common and understood pathway into management, and the game in this country has benefited from it.
"It's certainly becoming more prevalent," he says. "I think the coaches that have come before us, Brendan Rodgers, Mourinho, people of that ilk who went into management through different pathways, have laid the groundwork and shown what can be achieved by coaches from different backgrounds.
"I think the game has moved on and everyone understands now that there's different ways to gain experience as a coach or as a manager. I don't think one way or another is an advantage.
"There are obviously big advantages to being say, a Michael Carrick, who has 20 years at the highest level and those experiences to draw upon.
"But the other route which is probably becoming a bit more common, especially in Europe, is for coaches who have started early, or finished playing early for different reasons, accumulating a lot of knowledge and experience from an early age”
posted on 14/12/23
In his opinion
posted on 15/12/23
@Robb:
The football Ipswich play is so diametrically opposite to Mourinho's that one has to presume that McKenna's just too graceful to openly say that his time under Mourinho served to teach him everything football shouldn't be.
Mind you, I do like the fact that he placed Mourinho up there alongside the footballing icon that is Sweaty Brendan.
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