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Thread | Yes Another Morsy Thread
at 01:14 16 Jul 2025
While the obvious caveat to my next statement (we hope) is that we win a lot more games next season than we did last, on some level watching games will be less enjoyable now we know Sam Morsy is unlikely to feature in them.
I'd say he's my favourite ever player (regular watcher since 2002), and quite comfortably.
I've never known a player to simply show as much bottle as he does on a football pitch, trusting his ability and strength to get him into good positions and drive the whole team forward, and also get himself out of trouble. Also probably the most "he was everywhere" type player we've had this century.
Yes he's 34, but that's a big big hole to fill both in terms of his standing within the squad and his leadership, and position on the pitch. I think he still would have been one of the best all round midfielders at our level.
Hope it's a good move for him.
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Thread | Delap
at 09:40 30 Jun 2025
Going to have a battle on his hands for a starting spot this season. Joao Pedro joining him from Brighton for £60m - does that offer a better reflection or Delap's true value with them being similar profiles of player?
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Thread | Somewhat gutted
at 22:18 26 Jun 2025
Is how I'd describe how I feel about Tuanzebe.
When fit and able to start games consistently, you won't get much better defensively, even looking up towards the top half of the PL.
But the fitness is always a nagging doubt. It will be very frustrating if he goes and plays 30+ games next season. We almost want him (not genuinely) to pick up some niggles to justify not pushing the boat out for him.
Burnley feels a really anti climactic move looking from the outside but I guess you can't blame him. |
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Thread | Delap
at 20:28 29 May 2025
Has there ever been a more obvious or quickly resolved case of a player leaving us for a higher division/club, assuming it gets wrapped up in the next couple of days?
And by that token, would that make him the best player we've ever had relative to the level we are playing at (Championship, effectively) and the level he's going to?
... obviously I know he's not our best ever player.
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Thread | Doubt anyone cares, but in case they do
at 16:01 27 May 2025
'That' refereeing decision at OT on Sunday, for me, was a triumph for football.
How good was it to see a referee making an honest decision, in real time, and VAR be completely powerless to do anything about it? It should have been celebrated.
Apparently the ref in question has split his time between Championship and PL games this season, which may explain why he didn't instinctively let play continue and then let VAR have a look if needed. It can't be easy having to completely change the way you officiate a game depending on what league you're doing.
Don't know about anyone else but I felt it was almost a nice throwback, and the fact there's been so much controversy about it when some other things in the game - particularly diving and play acting - go basically unchallenged, is a disgrace. Some front of Villa to formally complain about it as well despite openly admitting they played poorly and United deserved the win. |
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Thread | Broadhead
at 19:00 25 May 2025
Quite pleased he scored our last goal of the season. I know he doesn't have the numbers (two goals, zero assists?) but I actually think he's been consistently good when he's played, which hasn't been often enough through a combination of injuries and some slightly strange selections.
We'd be nuts to get rid of him. |
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Thread | Massimo
at 22:48 23 May 2025
One of my standout memories of him will be his cameo against Burnley, his second debut, in that first FA Cup leg in January 2023.
We were good in the game but I think on the whole it was about keeping Burnley out and keeping it tight. Luongo came on and almost immediately went on a surging run through the middle of the pitch and for a few seconds really got people off their seat.
He didn't look back did he? I can't remember when he got into the league side but it can't have been long after that. We haven't had many better partnerships than him and Morsy, they always seem to play very close together which I think has been a big attribute - neither man is ever too far away for a pass or to get stuck in and help out the other with a tackle or a physical battle.
Skinny ball playing teenager on loan from a PL academy in 2012, turned tough tackling and 'everywhere' midfielder today. And clearly a good, laid back bloke and a great team mate.
If anyone hasn't watched the 'Engine Room' interview on Town TV with him and SM I'd highly recommend! |
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Thread | I hate getting wrapped up in modern football fandom
at 18:05 11 May 2025
and all the online nonsense and overload of public opinion
...but I can't help myself...
Have Liverpool just formally announced themselves as the most idiotic fan base in all the land with their treatment of Alexander-Arnold just now having come on as a sub? Full on booing a boyhood Liverpool fan and academy player who has won everything meaningful there is to win with your club, because he's decided to go and live in and play for Madrid...
As I type they've just conceded as well, have to admit I'm absolutely buzzing with that. What a bunch of tits. What are they going to do if he scores?
YNWA? Have a day off. |
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Thread | Season's not dead
at 11:37 10 May 2025
Hope everyone going today can still find a way to get up for it today.
Brilliant day to watch football, two teams who like to play attacking football and you'd think there'll be goals. Chances are Brentford will score more of them but we've known about that trend for a long time now.
Penultimate chance to see Liam Delap play at Portman Road in an Ipswich shirt before he goes on to dominate world football and smash all Haaland's records. If not Delap then it'll be George Hirst running his nuts off and probably finding a goal out of nowhere.
Up the Town.
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Thread | Away ticket offices
at 20:28 24 Apr 2025
What are the chances they would check ID for ticket collections?
Thoughts welcome. |
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Thread | Madrid Arsenal
at 20:29 16 Apr 2025
Two nonsense penalties and an absolute age being taken to decide over the second one.
Awful entertainment. |
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Thread | 10 or 15 years ago being 2-0 up and losing 3-2
at 22:51 13 Apr 2025
Was much more of a talking point and considered more of a disaster, I feel.
I think we should be pretty happy that didn't happen today and the team deserve a fair amount of credit for that. Chelsea had so many chances it's incredible they didn't score three.
It's not anything new that we concede goals and generally aren't quite good enough for the league currently, so I don't really like the idea of another game being lumped into the annoying 'X number of points lost from winning positions' stat. It makes it sound like a mental issue which it clearly isn't, we just can't withstand the quality that so many teams possess. |
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Thread | Shearer
at 23:20 5 Apr 2025
I know it's trendy not to watch MOTD these days but have I really just seen him try to say Nketiah's yellow card for diving was harsh?
Jesus wept. |
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Thread | I haven't been annoyed all season
at 23:34 15 Mar 2025
Like genuinely annoyed. But I was annoyed today.
No one needs to get uptight about this comment and it's not McKenna out or anything silly, but he's lost the plot in terms of team selection since the end of the window. He's said we've still been believing and will go until the end etc, as he should, but in reality he appears to have treated the last 7 games or so like pre season.
I'm assuming plenty have already made this comment but I'll make it anyway, how Jaden Philogene is starting games for us needs to be investigated. I honestly don't think I've ever been as underwhelmed by a new signing in my 25 years supporting the club, certainly a signing that has been given so much game time and has been signed for so much money and given so much hype - in his defence that isn't his fault, but it's been utterly painful to watch. I wince every time he gets the ball and I don't think I'm being harsh. He shouldn't be in the side.
I'll admit, like everyone I had accepted at half time the game was done, but when you see what happened once the three attacking subs came on it's hard not to be annoyed in hindsight that we didn't try and make a go of it from 55-60 minutes, or even half time. I wouldn't mind us losing 5-0 or 6-0 trying to restore some kind of parity, as it was we tried to keep the score at 3-0 and just give some squad players a run out, and ended up having a mini rally.
We need to find some balls and change our starting CF for a game or two. Hirst would be within his rights to be mildly grumpy at his lack of game time I think. Whenever he plays he shows more intelligence than Delap, and offers something else as clearly demonstrated by a superb header - something Delap couldn't replicate earlier in the game despite it being a relative sitter. Aside from that, could we not benefit sometimes from using Delap against (cliche) tiring defences in the second half of games?
Also, why don't we cross the ball with any regularity? Hirst's goal, while a brilliant header, annoyed me because it just made me curse the fact we hadn't tried to do it more throughout the season.
The selection thing is a real issue for me. It's incredibly hard not to get swept up in the assumption that we are giving players minutes because they cost x amount. We have a pre season to bed those players into the team if we really think they are the future, but they are not worthy of their position currently. We all know who they are.
Like every home game we started well enough and had some good moments, Hutchinson's shot from the edge of the box was a big chance considering his ability. Thought he was good today in general, he's getting better which is a big positive. Cajuste was brilliant, his best game of the season and our MOTM by a mile.
Sigh. Oh well. [Post edited 15 Mar 23:37]
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Thread | Question for lovers of football clichés
at 14:42 6 Mar 2025
Off the back off one of McKenna's comments from Phil's thread...
What is the required criteria for a team/ground to be considered 'a tough place to go'?
Is there a school of thought that says the worst ground in the league (let's use Accrington for arguments sake) is always the 'toughest' place to go?
By that token is somewhere like Spurs perhaps the 'easiest' place to go because it's so nice/new? Our result there this season would back that up...
What other factors can be considered? [Post edited 6 Mar 19:03]
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Thread | Bit gutted but a much easier defeat to take than United
at 23:26 3 Mar 2025
Thought we did okay tonight on the whole. The shape of the team and how we were playing first half was fine but we lacked any kind of pace or firepower or ability to beat a man, quite dramatically actually. We looked like a lower league side who pass the ball and are well coached. But we defended well generally and actually controlled large parts of it.
Second half was much improved and bloody hell, we scored from a corner. Nice of them to leave two of our biggest players unmarked at the back post, thank you very much. Sadly it always felt likely they would find a goal from somewhere in reply.
Big credit to our captain. We may be starting to see limitations in his game when it comes to the PL and the pace and issues in transition, but he showed tonight how good he can be for us. He so rarely gets flustered and he keeps possession ticking over so well, at one point second half Palmer was about to bowl it out to him and almost decided it was too risky with a couple of Forest players nearby, Morsy demanded it, turned and started playing again. He's the only midfielder we have who really has the balls to do that in difficult situations.
Woolfenden goes into the same bracket as Morsy. Also un-flustered, calm, hoofed it when he needed, made most of his passes. He's really suffered from us wanting to play a flat 4 so often, and O'Shea proving to be a solid player.
Frankly I'm surprised we scored four penalties, and who scored some of them surprised me too. They were always likely to have better natural penalty takers, and more of them.
So no disgrace tonight, just have to pray we can use it and take some the good things into Saturday.
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Thread | What happens happens
at 21:30 3 Mar 2025
The more likely result is a Forest win one way or another.
But we've done all right. Morsy, Woolfenden have been very good for my money. Un-flustered, calm, composed and physical.
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Thread | Our shape is quite good
at 20:10 3 Mar 2025
We've played okay. It's just when a bit of quality is needed we're lacking a lot.
Wolfy, Townsend and Morsy playing well. |
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