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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-0 Watford - Match Report
at 01:35:45
Its seems churlish to be critical after such an amazing season. However, we appear completely spent and running on empty. My concern is that we appear to be running out of steam at a time when we absolutely need to be on top form. Sadly, I think we will fall short and end up playing them lot in the play-offs. Absolute nightmare scenario! |
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Comment | McKenna: We Take the Positives From the Performance
at 01:35:07
Its seems churlish to be critical after such an amazing season. However, we appear completely spent and running on empty. My concern is that we appear to be running out of steam at a time when we absolutely need to be on top form. Sadly, I think we will fall short and end up playing them lot in the play-offs. Absolute nightmare scenario! |
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Comment | Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 06:57:21
I agree with 'North Stander' who writes in the EADT, Ladapo and Jackson are not the answer. They will hardly have defences quaking. Perhaps the team (like so often in the past) have flattered to deceive? The style is undoubtedly better, but the worrying aspect is that the whole league will now be aware that Town have a very soft underbelly. They will know if they fall behind that all they have to do is pile on enough pressure and Town will collapse. I think the club is moving in the right direction, but until they sort out these frailties, then for me they are not top 2 material. I would look to involve a sports psychologist. It's worked for some of our greatest Olympians. They just don't seem to believe in themselves to finish the job against the top teams. The great Town teams of the past (lucky to see them all from '78 onwards) have either had prolific individual or partnerships racking up the goals. None of our current strikers have 20+ goals in them in my view. The frustration is that the plethora of chances that are created are not clinically converted. My prediction is that we will now have a 'wobble' for a few games before settling down again. Top 6 finish for me, unless striking situation sorted out in next transfer window. |
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Comment | Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Ipswich Town - Highlights
at 06:47:12
I agree with 'North Stander' who writes in the EADT, Ladapo and Jackson are not the answer. They will hardly have defences quaking. Perhaps the team (like so often in the past) have flattered to deceive? The worrying aspect is that the whole league will be aware that Town have a very soft underbelly. They will know if they fall behind that all they have to do is pile on enough pressure and Town will collapse. I think the club is moving in the right direction, but until they sort out these frailties, then for me they are not top 2 material. I would look to involve a sports psychologist. It's worked for some of our greatest Olympians. They just don't seem to believe in themselves to finish the job. The great Town teams of the past (lucky to see them all) have either had prolific individual or team partnerships racking up the goals. None of our current strikers have 20+ goals in them in my view. My prediction is that we will now have a 'wobble' for a few games before settling down again. Top 6 finish for me, unless striking situation sorted out in next transfer window. |
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Comment | Barrow 2-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 05:10:02
Well, for me, last night's performance and result was an all-time low for our beloved club. We demonstrated to the nation just how low we have sunk. All talk and reference to 'Kings of Anglia' needs to go. Its an embarrassment. For a long time it was to cast the odious Evans as the 'pantomime villain'. Years of chronic under-investment reinforced by disastrous appointments in senior positions. However, what the last month or so has exposed is that our club is fundamentally broken. I'm tempted to even say the club is cursed! I'm old enough to remember that the England job was once seen as THE 'poison chalice' in football management. Perhaps that unwanted title now belongs to our club. Having followed Town since 1973 I can't believe how many managers we have had in a mere 10 years. None of them have breathed sustained life into this rotting corpse of a club. Big Terry is right, we are just a footnote in football history. The new manager needs something more than just good luck. Sadly, I've yet to see any name that inspires confidence. No doubt in 6-12 months we will be back at square 1 again. I'm no stats genius, but has any club endured so many 'false dawns' in living memory? I wonder how our American owners feel about this tragic circus. |
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Comment | Aluko: A Very Disappointing Result in the End
at 07:54:04
I'm beginning to sound like a stuck record, a bit like Cook's lame post-match rhetoric. I like the man, its hard not to. However, the amount of games thrown from winning positions is alarming, and perhaps, ultimately costly. I was desperate for Cook to succeed here, but he looks out of his depth without his trusty number 2. He appears to completely lack any tactical nous and stubbornly refuses to change things up with different formations. The defence from keeper onwards is shocking. Fratton Park is a difficult place at any time, let alone when you have absolutely no consistency. I fear a Pompey backlash. We won't get anything there. I think I've seen enough of Cook now to state that Town will not get out of this league with him at the helm. If we're still fumbling around come Crimbo, I'm sure the Yank owners will act. As 'Northstander' stated in his column today, these performances are frankly unacceptable. Yet another false dawn! Grrrrrr! |
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Comment | Cook: An Absolutely Shocking Performance
at 23:10:08
I like Cook as a person, its hard not to like him, even though his press conferences are littered with banal, football cliches. His win ratio at Town is simply appalling and I wonder if the key element in past successes was Leam Richardson. He seems to be doing well on his own with Wigan. Cook doesnt appear to have any tactical nous. 10 games in, promotion looks a very distant pipe dream. I wonder how long our American owners will let this uninspiring trend continue? I wonder if we will get a mention in future dictionaries - under the term 'long-suffering' there will be a photo of a Town fan, trudging away from yet another false dawn! |
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Comment | Cook is No Gamechanger
at 07:23:46
I wonder if Cook has been found out without his trusty number 2? Clough was never the same without Peter Taylor. Perhaps the former sidekick has the tactical nous? Certainly, Cook appears stubborn with his formations and bereft of back-up plans. If we still havent won after 10 games I can't see the Yanks putting up with it. I don't really go in for boring stats, but is this the worse start we've ever had? Surely must be up there? |
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Comment | Wycombe Match Postponed
at 02:00:44
I feel this is a welcome reprieve. The current first team appear mentally weak at the moment. The defence probably lacks faith in the new keeper who looks extremely shaky. The current Captain doesnt appear up to the job either. Interesting that Cook is apparently chasing one of his former Captains. Will be good business if we get that keeper from Brighton in. Cook's post-match press conferences are becoming quite formulaic and worryingly, very Lambert-esque. I'm still optimistic, but Cook's goodwill is running a little thin! |
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Comment | Cook: The Reality is We Need a Little Bit of Time to Gel
at 05:32:14
Len Brennan, a well-written and observed synopsis of the current situation. We just appear very limited and tactically inept at times. The basic errors would be laughable, if not so costly. Let's be clear, this is a very talented group of players at the manager's disposal. I wonder how long we hang in there to see what Cook can conjure up?
Can't help but feel the man is a fraud at the moment. The glib, throw-away statements are a little 'Lambert-esque'.
Perhaps when we each come to our final day of reckoning and we're beckoned to step forward at the Pearly Gates, St Peter will state, "one final question, which team did you support down there?"
"Ipswich Town Sir."
"Ok guys, let this one through. Send him to the executive suite, he's suffered enough." |
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Comment | Cook: The Reality is We Need a Little Bit of Time to Gel
at 00:29:17
Well, after all the pre-season hype the mood of optimism is quickly evaporating. The "time to gel" mantra will soon wear thin. There can be few excuses. This is a group of highly talented players, well beyond what we might have expected to get through the doors. They have all week to practice tactics. Mistakes being made are an insult to school boys (school boy error etc). To have an 8 point gap already seems ridiculous. Although not a fan of pressing the panic button, at some point the spotlight has to be shone on Cook. His record at Town so far is abysmal. Next game is a 'must win' for me. |
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Comment | Sheepshanks: We Need a Beating Heart Again, and I Think We’ve Got One
at 04:49:36
Very exciting times ahead and such a relief from the 'wilderness years'. History will record Evans' tenure as our lowest point. A period where we lurched from one disaster to the next. Thankfully that is all behind us. Lets blitz this league and then push on further!
C'mon you blues! |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-1 Sunderland - Match Report
at 01:48:09
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” A quote often attributed to Albert Einstein. Whether he said it or not is not the key point. Evans is clearly insane as he has made 13 years worth of poor appointments, over and over. A change of manager is akin to putting a plaster pot over an already gangrenous wound. The club is rotten to the core, the core being Marcus Evans. There can be no healing, optimism or hope for ITFC until the charlatan is gone. The club is on the cusp of oblivion, IMHO. |
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Comment | Blue Action Newspaper Banner Hits Out at Evans and Lambert
at 05:27:24
Well done Blue Action. The club is broken and ditching Lambert won't make a difference. The common factor across all the years of stagnation and decline is Evans. There will be no healing, no hope and no future for our once proud club until this charlatan is gone. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-1 Sheffield United - Match Report
at 17:09:53
Club is in complete freefall, and our fate as the next Coventry City awaits. No investment, no ambition, no direction. Crook, Dinosaur, Puppet out. Thanks for destroying our club Evans you complete waste of space. |
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Comment | McCarthy: Wonderful Finish By Celina But Result Tough on Burton
at 19:53:44
Lets be clear. This was a 'paper over the cracks win. I fully expect 'normal service' to be resumed come Tuesday. MM has once again highlighted his arrogance by doing what he wants, when he wants. His post-match language is a disgrace to the once-good reputation of our club. He clearly doesnt care what anyone thinks. I'm not a religious man, but I shall turn my eyes to the heavens and state "thank God" when he is given the boot. He has lost the plot, completely. |
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Comment | McCarthy: I'll Finish My Contract and See What Happens
at 16:15:45
Well that has put a massive downer on my day. I keep checking social media regularly to see if this numpty has been given the boot. The man's arrogance is staggering. He only cares about his own reputation, hence why he won't do the decent thing and walk. Last Sunday's gutless second half performance was the final straw for me. Now we learn we are stuck with him until at least May. Another written-off season to endure between now and then. Great. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-1 Norwich City - Match Report
at 15:33:42
Yet another derby day embarrassing performance. Didnt test Gunn in their goal at all. Double substitution of Celina and Sears smacked of desperation from a man who is beginning to look more and more clueless. Oh, and for those of you who think the Burton game is a 'banker', not a chance. 7 defeats out of 9 is pure relegation form. For me MM has to go. He has shown now that he has no more to add. He is bereft of ideas. Change needed soon before this ends up another relegation scrap. Very sad times. |
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