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Reply | 'New Look' Women's Euro 2025 Qualifiers
at 08:34 6 Apr 2024
The main competition should be competitive, but I think the qualifiers should be an equal chance for every team. As it stands the big teams play each other every match, which seems to be the way all football is going for the TV companies and advertisers. If men's international qualifiers go the same way, Harry Kane's 62 goals will never be beaten. |
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Reply | Only three EPL clubs making pre tax profit?
at 22:49 4 Apr 2024
It makes you wonder how the investors in ITFC hope to make a return on their money, even if we get promoted to the Premier League. How can we be competitive on the pitch and make a financial return to pay back the vast investment? |
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Thread | 'New Look' Women's Euro 2025 Qualifiers
at 22:45 4 Apr 2024
I see there are vastly different qualification rules in different groups of four. If England (group A3) finish bottom, we will still qualify for the play-offs. If Scotland or Wales win their groups (B2 and B4) they would only get a play-off spot. I suspect it is about protecting the bigger nations and having more closely matched teams play each other on TV. It is linked to the Nations' League somehow and becomes more complicated that I can be bothered to work out. I wish football could be kept simple!
https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/news/028b-1a5c8e5864a6-f67be0dc5b6 |
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Reply | England playing in dark grey shirts at home
at 19:12 27 Mar 2024
I agree, and wonder if it will be detrimental to football overall in the long run if teams continue to weaken their identities by wearing second and third kits when they could wear home colours.
Imagine if we got promoted and Liverpool came to Portman Road wearing a third kit rather than red, it would deminish the occasion a bit for me.
I would have thought TV companies would want clubs to be instantly recognisable rather than viewers needing to work out which team is which. It makes me think back to that international match a couple of years ago where England Women wore orange and the Netherlands wore white. |
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Reply | England playing in dark grey shirts at home
at 20:50 26 Mar 2024
I am so glad Ipswich have not repeated that this season. We should always play in blue at Portman Road.
Going back to England, the colours of that tiny little flag on the back of the collar of the white England shirt caused uproar, with even the Prime Minister speaking about it. Yet, marketeers can change the whole colour of our kit and little is said?! |
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Thread | England playing in dark grey shirts at home
at 20:39 26 Mar 2024
Why are we not wearing white?! With Belgium playing in light blue, the teams are not recognisable. This is supposed to be a dementia awareness match, surely better to play in the familiar colours?! |
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Thread | Wimbledon Women look set to beat Norwich to the title
at 23:15 24 Mar 2024
I am just taking a look how Norwich Women are doing. They are second in one of the leagues below us, the FA Women's Division One South East Division. They played at Carrow Road in front of 5,941 fans today, drawing 2-2 with QPR. League leaders Wimbledon won 6-0 at Cambridge City, putting them 10 points clear at the top. Norwich have two games in hand, but it looks almost certain Wimbledon will win the title and get promoted to our league. |
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Thread | Brazil playing in blue
at 19:06 23 Mar 2024
Does no one play in their proper colours any more?! England's opponents tonight look more like Italy than Brazil. |
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Reply | FA Cup: TNT Sports agrees four-year deal to broadcast competition
at 07:20 16 Feb 2024
It is an issue because if Ipswich are selected for a live match now we can watch for free, but under the new deal we would have to subscribe to TNT to watch it. I believe that costs £30.99 a month, and I don't think there is a match pass / day pass option. |
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Reply | Blue Card = 10 minute sin bin
at 19:45 8 Feb 2024
I don't like the sound of that, more interfering in the game. Football is better when we keep it simple. Dissent is a yellow card surely, and if the player does it again a second yellow. |
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Reply | Get VAR to the Championship
at 15:54 5 Feb 2024
No to VAR. I want to celebrate when the ball hits the net, not four minutes later after VAR officials have finished procrastinating. |
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Reply | 1-0 Southampton
at 12:51 20 Jan 2024
Yes, the £40m-odd extra the parachute money clubs get is really beginning to show now. We have done remarkably well to be anywhere near them.
Southampton could have worn their home colours, Swansea are all white! |
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Reply | Camera work and director today was appalling
at 18:45 1 Jan 2024
Other than goals or red cards, do fans really want to watch replays? We miss so much of the game when the ball is in play because of so many replays. Sky does it too. [Post edited 1 Jan 19:18]
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Reply | We're in orange tomorrow I think
at 10:44 23 Dec 2023
I can't see that it would have any effect on results.
Everton go to Tottenham today and are apparently going to wear their red away strip. At least our away shirts are not yellow! |
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Reply | We're in orange tomorrow I think
at 09:18 23 Dec 2023
Teams not wearing their home colours when they can is right up there in the list of things I dislike about modern football. Blue is our colour, our heritage, our identity. I want to see us play in blue, and teams coming to Portman Road to wear their home colours when then can. Imagine if we get promoted and Liverpool come to Portman Road wearing a white away shirt. Something is lost from the occasion. |
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Reply | Window cleaning prices
at 08:06 9 Dec 2023
What about cleaning the gutters? Seems to cost £80 these days. |
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Reply | Let’s kick gambling ads out of football
at 19:12 19 Nov 2023
I applaud much of the work ITFC does to promote good mental health, but was disappointed to see an animated roulette wheel on the pitchside adverts recently during a match which somewhat undermines the message.
It is far worse at many clubs, and watching some matches we are under a bombardment of gamling adverts throughout the games. Children are watching these! It isn't right.
As others have written, having so much money in the game does not make it better. The result of these gambling ads is simply that players get even crazier wages. |
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Thread | White shirts tomorrow
at 18:37 6 Nov 2023
It is a shame we aren't playing in blue given Rotherham are red and white. We wore blue last time we went to Rotherham. |
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