Bayan sezuna biyu da suka sauka daga Premier League, Ipswich Town sun dawo kai tsaye zuwa manyan gasa na Ingila — kuma a wannan karo, sun zo da kudade mafi yawa, 'yan wasa da yawa, da kuma abu da za su tabbatar da shi. Tambayar da ke rataye a kan Portman Road kafin kakar 2026-27 tana da sauki: shin Tractor Boys sun koya isashe don tsira?

Rayuwa bayan McKenna

Babban canjin da ya faru a Ipswich shi ne tafiyar Kieran McKenna, maneja mai shekaru 40 wanda aikinsa ya canza kulob din daga wata ƙungiya ta yau da kullun a League One zuwa ƙungiyar Premier League a lokaci mai ban mamaki. McKenna ya janye daga ƙwallon ƙafa don ya mai da hankali ga iyalinsa, yana barin gado da ke sa shi ya tsaya ƙasa da manyan mutane biyu Alf Ramsey da Bobby Robson a tarihin kulob din.

Gary O'Neil ne ya karɓi wurin, yana zuwa bayan gajeren lokaci mai amfani a Strasbourg a Faransa. Kafin haka, ya kiyaye Bournemouth da Wolves a Premier League — ayyukan ceto guda biyu waɗanda suka nuna daidai abin da Ipswich ke neman gare shi. Ya cancanci a lura cewa O'Neil da kansa ɗan wasa ne a cikin ƙungiyar da ta tashi da wasanni tare da abokin hamayya na kusa Norwich City a 2015.

Masoya a Portman Road suna da shakku mai hankali. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer shi ne sunan da masoya suka fi so, kuma ra'ayin gama gari shi ne cewa O'Neil yana buƙatar farawa mai kyau don ya lashe tallafi. Bin sawun McKenna shi ne, ta kowace ma'auni, aikin da ba za a iya yi da sauƙi ba.

Ƙungiyar: mafi karfi a takardar takarda, amma mai damuwa a filin wasa

Ipswich sun dawo Premier League da albarkatun kuɗi mafi yawa fiye da wadanda suke da su a lokacin da suka dawo a karshe. Ƙungiyarsu, a kan takarda aƙalla, ta fi dacewa da wannan matakin. Duk da haka, yaƙin Championship da ya kawo musu tashin hawa — wuri na biyu a ƙarshe — ya nuna ƙungiya mai ƙungiyoyin da ba su da tsayayye da kuma iyakar aiki gaba ɗaya ƙarami fiye da ƙungiyar da McKenna ya gina shekaru biyu da suka gabata.

Dara O'Shea ya bayyana a matsayin ginshiƙi. Mai tsaron tsakiya mai shekaru 27 ya kasance cikin kowane wasa a kakar 2025-26, yana girma ya zama shugaba na gaske. Bayan da ya sha kashi tare da kulob ɗin iri uku daban-daban, O'Shea ya zo yana nufin samun sakamakon daban. Jack Clarke ya ci ƙwallaye 16 a duk gasa a kakar da ta gabata kuma zai buƙaci ɗaukan wannan kawa a yanayi mai wahala.

A wata fuska kuma, daidaituwar dabara ta ci gaba da zama katuwar matsala. Idan Jaden Philogene ko Clarke yana wasa da 'yancin kirkire a gefen hagu, matsayin dama yana buƙatar horo na matsayi — wanda Kasey McAteer da Wes Burns ke bayarwa da aminci fiye da Sindre Walle Egeli mai suna da yawa. Yaron Norway, da aka sanya hannun don a shiga yana saurayi kan kuɗi na tarihi a Championship, har yanzu bai tabbatar da wannan saka jari ba. A lokaci guda, yin da kansa na 'yan wasan ɓangarori na gefen yana tura lambar 10 zurfin ciki cikin tsakiyar filin wasa, matsayin da Marcelino Nunez ke kaiwa da hankali — duk da cewa yana iyakance zaɓuɓɓuka a tsakanin mafari na biyu na Ipswich.

Babban aikin farko na O'Neil zai kasance yanke shawara waɗanne 'yan wasa za su sami 'yanci na kirkirarwa da wanene ke bayar da tsari. Samun wannan daidaito na iya zama banbanci tsakanin tsira da faɗuwa da sauri a karo na biyu.

Murya daga masoya

Masoya Philip Ham ya yi imani cewa wannan sigar Ipswich tana cikin yanayi mafi kyau don tsira fiye da na 2024-25, yana nuna tsarin kayayyakin kulob din da ya inganta, ƙarfafa ƙungiyar daukar ma'aikata, da ƙungiyar da ta fi sani da wannan matakin. Ham ya gano dan wasan tsakiya Azor Matusiwa a matsayin mutumin da ya fi muhimmanci a kakar da ke zuwa, kuma ya yarda cewa masoya za su gamsu da wuri na 17.

Hukuncin ƙarshe

Ipswich suna da albarkatun kuɗi da kuma ƙarfin hali — amma sauyin daga daidaiton McKenna mai zurfi zuwa salon O'Neil mai ƙarfi yana ɗauke da haɗurra na gaske. Tsaron gida, mai ƙarfi a Championship, yana fuskantar ɗagawa mai tsanani a inganci. Idan O'Neil zai iya shirya layin tsaro da fitar da mafi kyau daga zaɓuɓɓukansa na hare-hare a farkon kakar, tsira a cikin rabin ƙasan tebur yana yiwuwa. FourFourTwo sun yi hasashen Ipswich zai ƙare a wuri na 19 — kimantawa mai tsanani, amma ɗaya da Ipswich suke ƙaddara su tabbatar ba daidai ba.