| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 with 4047 views | Dubtractor |
Oh sh1t.
That's spoiled my day somewhat. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 with 4017 views | GeoffSentence |
What have we done to him?
Leaving for another club I could see but taking time out from footy I did not
I wonder if there any constraints on his future employment as he has left whilst under contract |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:04 - Jun 10 with 3955 views | Mookamoo |
You know what, he did an alright job. |  | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 with 3906 views | Zx1988 |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 by GeoffSentence |
What have we done to him?
Leaving for another club I could see but taking time out from footy I did not
I wonder if there any constraints on his future employment as he has left whilst under contract |
Was just wondering that myself.
I'm sure he's far too honourable to lie about his intentions but, at face value, it would appear to be one way of getting around an £8m release clause. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 with 3887 views | pingu67 |
If he now rocks up at fulham then we will end up in court and rightly should demand 8mil compensation | | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 with 3878 views | Dubtractor |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 by GeoffSentence |
What have we done to him?
Leaving for another club I could see but taking time out from footy I did not
I wonder if there any constraints on his future employment as he has left whilst under contract |
Something doesn't smell quite right about it, if I'm honest. | |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:06 - Jun 10 with 3817 views | TheMoralMajority |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 by GeoffSentence |
What have we done to him?
Leaving for another club I could see but taking time out from footy I did not
I wonder if there any constraints on his future employment as he has left whilst under contract |
I suspect there will be a clause which says he cannot take another job for X months if he resigns, and he will have something lined up for whenever that expires (otherwise a release clause is not worth the paper it is written on).
Honestly. Better this than ditching us for Fulham. Makes me sad though. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:07 - Jun 10 with 3684 views | DanTheMan |
Well sh1t. This really sucks.
I hope everything is OK with him but this is far from ideal to say the least. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:08 - Jun 10 with 3581 views | TheBoyBlue |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:03 - Jun 10 by GeoffSentence |
What have we done to him?
Leaving for another club I could see but taking time out from footy I did not
I wonder if there any constraints on his future employment as he has left whilst under contract |
To be fair the guy has worked tirelessly for us, full on for 5 years. For a huge amount of money of course, which allows him to take time out that he clearly needs. | |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:08 - Jun 10 with 3543 views | Zx1988 |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 by Dubtractor |
Something doesn't smell quite right about it, if I'm honest. |
I agree.
Nothing of any of his demeanour suggested a move like this was on the cards. Although, that said, I'm not sure anyone would have predicted Thomas Frank was going to opt for an extended break. | |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:08 - Jun 10 with 3530 views | ulrichlepen |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:06 - Jun 10 by TheMoralMajority |
I suspect there will be a clause which says he cannot take another job for X months if he resigns, and he will have something lined up for whenever that expires (otherwise a release clause is not worth the paper it is written on).
Honestly. Better this than ditching us for Fulham. Makes me sad though. |
£7m if he takes a role in the next 12 months | | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:09 - Jun 10 with 3510 views | Linners |
Devastated, but I get it. Doesn't feel he can take us any further, fears a second relegation on his CV, stock is as high as it will likely get, but doesn't want/can't get any of the current posts. Takes a break and then swoops when someone gets sacked. Understandable enough.
What a bloke. |  | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:11 - Jun 10 with 3324 views | bsw72 |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:06 - Jun 10 by TheMoralMajority |
I suspect there will be a clause which says he cannot take another job for X months if he resigns, and he will have something lined up for whenever that expires (otherwise a release clause is not worth the paper it is written on).
Honestly. Better this than ditching us for Fulham. Makes me sad though. |
There will be financial penalties to protect the club, but I doubt a non-compete clause will be there.
Courts will not enforce a non-compete clause simply to prevent competition; there must be something genuinely worth protecting, typically confidential tactical or recruitment knowledge (unlikely), relationships with players or agents (not sure which players he would take), or access to sensitive club data (again unlikely). |  | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:12 - Jun 10 with 3306 views | jontysnut |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 by Dubtractor |
Something doesn't smell quite right about it, if I'm honest. |
When your girlfriend says ' it's not you it's me' and a week later is going out with someone better looking than you |  | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:12 - Jun 10 with 3260 views | FlittonBlue |
Times like this you look back trying to make sense of it all...those quotes in press conferences...every piece of body language will now be poured over.
Just sounds like 5 years in charge of Town and the bloke is exhausted - wont be going anywhere else for at least a year or else the buy out clause will be activated.
The next person in will have big shoes to follow, but will also have a club in the position a lot of managers would love to inherit. Thanks Kieran, you will always be welcome back at Portman Road | | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:13 - Jun 10 with 3215 views | GlasgowBlue |
Something must have happened. You could see how much being promoted meant to him. He's an ambitious manager who has only been in the job for 4 1/2 years. Not like Klopp or Pep who are taking a break.
Wish him the very best all the same. He did wonders for our club. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:16 - Jun 10 with 3073 views | DublinBlue84 |
This wasn't a decision that was taken overnight, it has been something that has been on the cards since the very end of last season and his comments about taking a break and avoiding about talking about next season at any cost in the press conferences post promotion made it clear to anyone who wanted to see it.
Many people didn't want to hear it, but if you go back and analyse those comments now you will see it was in plain views the whole time.
Lastly, the guy is really obsessed with football so I'm sure you're able to read between the lines here. | |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:27 - Jun 10 with 2672 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:16 - Jun 10 by DublinBlue84 |
This wasn't a decision that was taken overnight, it has been something that has been on the cards since the very end of last season and his comments about taking a break and avoiding about talking about next season at any cost in the press conferences post promotion made it clear to anyone who wanted to see it.
Many people didn't want to hear it, but if you go back and analyse those comments now you will see it was in plain views the whole time.
Lastly, the guy is really obsessed with football so I'm sure you're able to read between the lines here. |
This is all supposition and hindsight. He didn't, for me, talk any more or any less about the next season than he usually does. Not sure how you've managed to read his thoughts or what we're meant to "read between the lines". |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:33 - Jun 10 with 2468 views | SouperJim |
In one of the end of season interviews, he said something along the lines of "it's been a really tough season for a variety of reasons, not all of them publicly known about". Seemed like quite a telling thing to say at the time, even more so now. Think we'll probably find out sooner or later, but I also think we can take him at his word. Surely he's earned that? |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:46 - Jun 10 with 2102 views | burnbudgiesburn |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:09 - Jun 10 by Linners |
Devastated, but I get it. Doesn't feel he can take us any further, fears a second relegation on his CV, stock is as high as it will likely get, but doesn't want/can't get any of the current posts. Takes a break and then swoops when someone gets sacked. Understandable enough.
What a bloke. |
This is the situation for me, I absolutely agree and was always worried that the fear of 2/2 relegations on the CV was behind the interest from his agent toward Fulham.
Once it became clear they weren't going to pay the comp and we would not allow him to just go he did the only thing remaining and fair enough.
It's early enough to allow us to plan for next season. Cheers for the memories Kieran. | | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:52 - Jun 10 with 1944 views | Melford |
| McKenna step down!! on 18:05 - Jun 10 by Zx1988 |
Was just wondering that myself.
I'm sure he's far too honourable to lie about his intentions but, at face value, it would appear to be one way of getting around an £8m release clause. |
O'Neill has only signed a one year deal with Celtic, maybe he's taking a year out then going there in 12 month's time. |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 18:59 - Jun 10 with 1824 views | Ryorry |
Seems to me that the guy just needs a break for wellbeing and/or maybe family reasons. We all know what a punishing schedule he set himself, at his desk by 6am six days a week.
He has integrity, so all those suspecting ulterior motives, or saying “something doesn’t small right” can do one as far as I’m concerned.
All the best KM, and thank you for everything 👍 |  |
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| McKenna step down!! on 19:29 - Jun 10 with 1519 views | pointofblue |
Thank you for everything, Kieran. All the best but you'll go down as a club legend. | |
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| McKenna step down!! on 19:32 - Jun 10 with 1465 views | Freddy |
| McKenna step down!! on 19:29 - Jun 10 by pointofblue |
Thank you for everything, Kieran. All the best but you'll go down as a club legend. |
Wonder why hes waited so long after our last game to announce that? | | | |
| McKenna step down!! on 19:38 - Jun 10 with 1395 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| McKenna step down!! on 19:32 - Jun 10 by Freddy |
Wonder why hes waited so long after our last game to announce that? |
Been away on holiday, time with the family etc. Sometimes it's when you stop and take a break that your realise how knackered you are and/or take stock of where you are in life. Maybe time with the wife and kids has made him realised how much he's been missing. | |
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