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Thread | Hladky
at 23:11 30 Dec 2023
Bit of surprise on here about Morsy not making the Egyptian squad and interest in who they've got that is better, but how come Hladky doesn't seem to be in the conversation for Czechia caps? Just had a quick look at their current goalies and they don't seem all that. |
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Thread | Ladapo
at 16:46 7 May 2023
Ends up on 21 goals for the season, 17 in the league (which is only three behind Colby Bishop and Alfie May) despite not being a regular starter for much of the season.
Seriously impressive. Pleased he got the 100th goal. |
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Thread | Well, we carry on.
at 17:07 22 Apr 2023
One more win and two draws to do it. Or two wins.
We were brilliant today.
COYB. |
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Thread | Evans out
at 15:04 10 Feb 2023
Getting a bit worried about our CM situation tbh. Morsy will be suspended sooner or later, Luongo has had very little football (and is carrying a knock) and Humphreys is very promising but still a kid. |
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Thread | Anyone have a favourite...
at 12:53 6 Jan 2023
...league in a particular time period? Aside from the English game?
Bit of a weird question but I've been getting all nostalgic lately.
I personally loved:
Serie A in the late 1980s and 1990s. So many great teams, the legendary AC Milan team, Juventus, Inter, Roma, Lazio all had great players, and even lesser lights like Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Genoa, Parma and Bari had good teams.
And also, slightly randomly, the Scottish Premier League in the 1980s. Celtic were good, Rangers were even more glamorous under Souness, but the league was very competitive then because at various points Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hearts all had fabulous teams. Funny to think about it now, but to the young Pique it seemed like a very exciting league.
Oddly enough, I've never been able to get excited about the Spanish and German leagues - they've just always felt like two or three top teams and the rest as cannon fodder. Maybe that's unfair.
Anyone have any similar leagues frozen in time that they loved? |
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Thread | What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to?
at 13:43 10 Sep 2022
I think for me it would be Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. A huge second hand bookshop in an old train station on the edge of the town. A truly beautiful building and setting, with a cafe in the old waiting room and miles and miles of books - I could lose myself in there for days.
Genuinely interested to hear if anyone else has a favourite, either in the UK or overseas. |
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Thread | Poaching ITFC managers
at 10:51 3 May 2022
While I don’t think there’s any chance McKenna will be going to Watford, it’s so weird to see an Ipswich manager linked to other jobs and the prospect of being poached.
I’ve supported Town for 30 years, and I don’t think it’s ever really happened in that time has it?
Burley would have been the most obvious target in the late 1990s and early 00s, particularly after the 2000/01 season and winning Manager of the Year. But it was so obvious this was his dream job that I doubt he would have ever left us, at least not unless it was something silly like the Real Madrid job. I don’t really remember any serious speculation linking him to anyone, although I could be wrong.
Apart from him, our more successful managers in my time (Lyall, Royle, McCarthy) were probably all too long in the tooth to prompt any serious interest.
Magilton never really proved himself as a manager here, although he did later get a half decent job at QPR.
And all the rest have been so terrible no one would have wanted them anyway.
Can’t have always been like this surely? Presumably Sir Bobby had suitors left right and centre trying to lure him away? |
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Thread | Thought we missed Evans tonight
at 21:47 22 Feb 2022
Carroll OK first half, poor in the second.
And our set pieces are severely lacking in Evans’ absence. |
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Thread | Paul Cook
at 22:43 10 Apr 2021
For what it’s worth, my view on what’s going on - take it or leave it...
Cook genuinely wanted to work for Marcus Evans. He wanted time, a long-ish contract and zero interference from Directors of Football, Sporting Directors or anyone else he perceived might overstep the mark into his territory. He knew there wouldn’t be much of a budget, but he’d get the other stuff, which he valued more, and with a fairly decent squad by League One standards (or so he thought) already in place and lots of out of contract bargains to pick up in the summer due to COVID, he was confident this was the right job. So he turned down shorter contracts in the Championship and joined us.
Did he know a possible takeover was in the works? Of course he did, he’d have to have been a complete idiot not to. But much of the detail at that point was speculation, often on social media and forums that he will probably have had little engagement with. And there were equally other sources saying the deal was either dead or going nowhere. So perhaps he went to Evans for clarity, and was told that these kinds of discussions often happen, or that it was an attempt to get more investment into the club, or that Evans would still be playing a significant role, or some kind of line like that.
I suspect the speed with which it all happened took him by surprise (as it did a lot of people). Maybe he feels let down by Evans, maybe he doesn’t. But for now, he’s getting on with the job and waiting to see what happens. His initial chat with O’Leary sounds like it was positive, but the real test will be the CEO appointment and what that means for Cook and his role. He’s probably avoiding the press conferences because he doesn’t want to be drawn on any of it just yet, and because he doesn’t feel like he has all the information he needs at this point. The fact that a tumultuous week and another disappointing result gave him reasonable excuses to skip them is a bonus for him.
I really don’t think it’s any more complicated than that. I don’t think he’s about to walk, and I’m sure in many ways he’s very excited by the position he’s ended up in, particularly the prospect of having money to spend next year.
But it will all hinge on the CEO appointment, I think. |
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Thread | Just looking at some of those England training camp pictures
at 11:46 31 Mar 2021
With the motivational messages everywhere, ‘This is our time’ etc.
It might be a bit cheesy, but it shows how you succeed by setting the highest standards everywhere all the time.
I’ve never been to our training ground, but I’m assuming we don’t have anything similar... |
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Thread | What on earth happened with Tom Adeyemi?
at 14:17 17 Mar 2021
Of all the many long term injury problems we’ve had over recent years, his was the oddest.
Just looked him up on Wikipedia and he’s still a professional player, but has never found another club. Doesn’t appear to have played a competitive game since 2017.
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Thread | This team needs a new spine
at 13:46 17 Mar 2021
Both literally and figuratively.
We need a new keeper who can organise and command his box.
Central defence is OK, but we could do with an experienced, commanding centre back who can also organise and put himself about (as with Mowbray and De Vos in the past).
We need a ball winning midfielder who can set the tempo in midfield.
And above all, if we are going to play 4-2-3-1, we need a powerful striker who can score goals, hold the ball up and bring others into play, much as Holt did for Norwich and Lambert did for Southampton.
Oh, and some decent wingers too!
Not much to ask... |
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Thread | That wasn’t great
at 13:48 6 Mar 2021
Couple of decent chances created at least, and we’ve looked a bit better towards the end of the half.
But generally we look half asleep. Losing all the 50-50s. So many misplaced passes.
Doubt Cook will find this acceptable. Couple of changes due at half time I reckon.
Have to say I think we’re missing Judge - Harrop has been a bit disappointing so far. |
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Thread | Going to be really interesting to see what Cook does now
at 22:43 2 Mar 2021
Stick with the (sort of) 4-4-2 with Norwood and Parrott?
Or is his going to change a winning team and formation and revert to his favoured 4-2-3-1?
Will be very interesting to see which way he goes. |
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