Kieran McKenna has transformed Ipswich from a third-tier team into one that has upset clubs with far greater resources
Kieran McKenna has transformed Tractor Boys from a third-tier team into one that has upset clubs with far greater resourcesn Ipswich the businesses are decking their premises in blue and white while passers-by wish the hours away. Banners, flags, good-luck messages and the nervous thrill of an underlying hubbub: there is only one topic of conversation in the shops and cafes of the modest, compact town centre.
Sam Morsy, the Ipswich captain, had been a respected Championship midfielder when Middlesbrough let him drop down to League One in 2021. When McKenna’s predecessor Paul Cook, who had persuaded him to rekindle a relationship that had thrived at Wigan, was sacked three months later he might justifiably have feared decline setting in.
If Ipswich do have a star it is the attacking left-back Leif Davis, who has turned heads across Europe with 18 assists. Ipswich will probably be able to bankroll another tilt at promotion with any fee received for Davis in the event they fall short this time, such is his range of admirers. At this moment more than any other, Leeds supporters may be wondering exactly who signed off the deal for just over £1m that brought him from Elland Road in July 2022.
It is a message Morsy and McKenna will preach to the last. Barring an implausible 15-goal swing Huddersfield will be relegated at full time and their manager, André Breitenreiter, has not hidden his displeasure at some of his players’ efforts. The Terriers’ camp is not a happy one but Ipswich had to squeeze a late draw in the reverse fixture and their open style usually gives opponents a chance.
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