McCarthy: McKenna’s Doing a Remarkable Job
Former Town boss Mick McCarthy says current manager Kieran McKenna is doing a remarkable job at Portman Road.
McCarthy, 64, who was in charge of the Blues between 2012 and 2018, has been hugely impressed by McKenna, who took over at Portman Road just over three years after his departure.
“An amazing job he’s done,” McCarthy told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast. “From getting them promoted and now to seven wins in the Championship, remarkable.
“They came back from 2-0 down against Wolves to win, they were 1-0 down on Saturday against Huddersfield and came back to get a draw.
“Plays great football, they’re flying under him. They’ve got a really good budget in League One, they’ve got it in the Championship, but nevertheless, he’s doing the coaching, he’s doing the managing. Remarkable.”
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Morsy Left Out of Final Egypt Squad
Blues skipper Sam Morsy has been left out of the Egypt squad for their October friendlies.
The 32-year-old, who won his eighth and ninth caps last month, his first international appearances since November 2018, was named on a provisional 11-man list of foreign-based players set to be called up, but was omitted from the final party named this morning.
The Pharaohs are set to play two friendlies at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi against Zambia on Thursday 12th October and then Algeria on Monday 16th October.
Prior to last month’s matches, the Town captain had previously been named in several overseas lists before being omitted from the final squad.
Elsewhere, fellow midfielder Jack Taylor has again missed out on a Republic of Ireland call. The former Peterborough man was named in squads prior to joining Town without making his senior international debut, but not since making his move to Suffolk.
