I live about half an hour away, just outside Newmarket, and have a couple of mates who go regularly (when they can get tickets as it’s becoming increasingly hard!), they love McKenna. Ipswich are ridiculously wealthy, people probably don’t realise how much money is behind them now, they are also one of the best run football clubs in the country and have excellent staff involved at every level so it’s difficult to know if McKenna is setup to succeed there in a similar way that Brighton/Brentford give their managers the best chance of doing well. I think St Pauli knew they would lose their manager after having such a brilliant season and gaining promotion and it’s the kind of forward thinking move Brighton are renowned for, Hurzeler was probably always their first choice in hindsight.
It’s a huge gamble to go for anyone nowadays but McKenna has back to back promotions, a relegation and now looks likely to take them back up again for the 3rd time in 4 seasons! He’d be high on my list when Moyes is put out to pasture as he’s not a manager who plays 4231 regardless of which players are available to him, McKenna plays a very entertaining and exciting brand of football and in this day and age if your not winning trophies that’s the least you should be aiming for imo.
