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If we lose McKenna I think we're fucked - what he's been able to do is get the best out of the existing players and only add players who fit his system - I feel like a new manager having to implement a new system and recruit for the Premier League is going to have too much to do.
Just have to hope McKenna thinks that Brighton are too similar a proposition to Ipswich with less reward, and United/Chelsea are coming a bit too soon. A decent season with Ipswich would hugely improve his stock and his next step could be even bigger.
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Just have to hope McKenna thinks that Brighton are too similar a proposition to Ipswich with less reward, and United/Chelsea are coming a bit too soon. A decent season with Ipswich would hugely improve his stock and his next step could be even bigger.
Risky decision innit, even if you go down it might not necessarily kill his hype if you put up a decent fight, i.e. Rob Edwards is being linked with replacing him if he leaves. Brighton could well be a poisoned chalice in that the squad was much weaker this season and they could well sell Mitoma. That said Kompany seems to be failing upwards if reports linking him with Bayern are correct.
Prole.
Refereeing was poor and VAR fucking useless. To try to calculate the lines to mm's when a frame of ball leaving boot either side can make a difference either way is ridiculous.
Add also the preposterous handball rule.
From a Villa POV it was an amazing season, but overall a shame the promoted sides couldn't make more of an impression. Plus the points deduction shenanigans. But in the end I think most clubs finished in pretty much the same place as LY, so a lot of bluster for not much change.
Looking forward to Ipswich coming back up - hope you can hang on to McKenna. Manager merry-go-round might be more interesting than transfers this summer.