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BORO’S VARIETY CAN GIVE THEM THE EDGE

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The LeaguePaper Team
29 March 2026

STYLE: Kim Hellberg

COVENTRY are up, but it looks like the race for that second automatic promotion spot in the Championship will go down to the wire.
For me, it’s between Middlesbrough and Ipswich - and my money would be on Kim Hell-berg’s Teessiders.
Ipswich are a top side who are really well coached by Kieran McKenna. In terms of their recruitment, they’ve had a strategic plan and they’ve executed it to perfection. There’s a lot to like about them.

PLAN: Kieran McKenna

My only reservation is that while their intensity and energy levels wil...

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