Ipswich Town has This That I Really Like, Former Top-Flight Star Admits
With 21 points from eight games, Ipswich sits in second place in the Championship league standings, just missing out on first place on goal differential.
Blackburn Rovers was defeated 4-3 by McKenna’s team at the weekend, extending their winning streak to five games.
The Ipswich Town manager, according to Clarke, has a large and talented squad at his disposal, and he thinks McKenna has identified his preferred group among them.
The former top-flight star also added that he likes the consistency McKenna shows in picking up his starting line-up and also pointed out that the Ipswich manager has a very strong bench.
“What I really like at the moment is the continuity with team selection”, Clarke said on What The EFL Podcast.
“He has a really big squad of quality individuals, Kieran McKenna, but he seems to have settled on favoured units.
“That central midfield barely ever changes.
“I was looking at it and nine players have made at least seven of the eight starts already, so nine of eleven are pretty much locked in for Ipswich.
“And the bench looks very very strong, Hutchinson, Brandon Williams, Harness, Dane Scarlett and Jack Taylor all came on [against Blackburn Rovers], Freddie Ladapo was not even used.
Ipswich are set to face Premier League side Wolves in an EFL Cup tie at Portman Road tonight.
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