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Josh Stokes
at 21:01 23 Jan 2024

Just seen that he’s signed for Bristol City - nice to see a lad from the Peninsula getting a move like that but do some of our yoof watchers know why we released him and should we have picked him back up again ?
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The world has gone mad (part 78,957) - Trump to win by a landslide Iowa caucus
at 18:24 15 Jan 2024

Damn - what a lot of nonsense

Correct decision that women’s autonomy should be decided at state level is spoken like a true old, white bigoted conservative man - why on earth should women be treated differently in different states of what is supposed to be the most advanced country in the world - that is Taliban style thinking

And as for the fact that the president can be put into power because of an antiquated system is just right cos - well that’s nonsense too - things have changed over the years - originally black people only counted as a three fifths of a person and women couldn’t vote - now they managed to find a way to change those eventually
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The world has gone mad (part 78,957) - Trump to win by a landslide Iowa caucus
at 17:22 15 Jan 2024

There is so much wrong here that it’s hard to know where to start

But let’s start the ‘the election was rigged but legalally’ - the whole system out here is rigged - a voter in Wyoming has far more power than anyone in California or New York - Gerrymandering from both sides means that millions of votes don’t count - but the biggest thing is that Trump was elected last time (and could be elected again) with less votes than his opponent
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Chaplin, Broadhead, Morsy and Leif Davis
at 18:07 30 Nov 2023

Seeing how these guys (and others) have adapted to the way that McKenna wants them to play and really look like top class Championship Players shows just how important it was to pick them up while we were in League 1

You watch how they are playing now - with their passing & movement and you feel that the game time that they got in League 1 has really helped - Millwall yesterday, as well as other teams we have played are trying to do that ‘build out of the back’ but just don’t have the right players to do it

Not sure due to age that Chaplin and Morsy would go for big money but can see the likes of Davis and Broadhead playing in the Prem next year even if we aren’t (which at the moment I am confident we will)
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Who was this ?
at 23:18 1 Sep 2023

Claims on social media that the player, who was at Portman Road today, was close to signing but had an issue with a Town medical are wide of the mark.
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Anyone here remember The Tattingstone Suitcase Murder?
at 13:05 23 Aug 2023

I was always under the impression that it was linked to the Krays ?
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ALERT TONIGHT'S MATCH!
at 20:00 9 Aug 2023

All would like a DM if I nay
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Messi.
at 15:27 7 Aug 2023

We live down the road from Inter Miami so very excited to get the change to take my daughter watch the GOAT play

In terms of quality the MLS is very poor - it doesn't have the speed of the Premier League or the aggression of the Championship - Ipswich would beat most clubs out here comfortably if they played in the league

Messi has come in and his game is far superior to most of those on the field - the defenders don't know where to back off or push up - either way Messi beats them for skill and thought - if they double team him that leaves a player free and he has exploited this as well - the addition of Busquets, Alba and Iniesta will also give him some great outlets

Will be fun for US fans to get to watch him but am sure he could still do a job in the top leagues if he wanted to
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What's the betting that someone in government....
at 09:35 4 Aug 2023

That’s brilliant - loved Battle Chess back in the day

Ipswich actually used to be a big Chess town - I remember playing in tournaments back in the late 80s in the Corn Exchange where there were over 300 kids. The Pert twins were a little bit younger than me but remember how good they were

Can’t see the harm in putting some money into the game - my daughter plays it online with some of her friends
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All Time Ipswich X! - One player from a country
at 13:34 29 Jun 2023

Other bench players - Morsey (Eqypt), Baltacha (Russia) Knudsen or Claus Thomsen (Denmark) Gerry Baker (USA) Jimmy Juan (France) Finidi (Nigeria) Sereni (Italy) Smith (New Zealand) Priskin (Hungary) Edwards (Trinidad & Tobago) and Celina (Kosovo)
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Waghorn to ITFC links incoming.....
at 16:24 30 May 2023

I thought Tyler Walker would have been a great signing a couple of season ago when he was doing well at Lincoln but looks like his career has tailed off a bit
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Any other States based ITFC fans?
at 11:13 28 Mar 2023

Yes, based down in Florida now having moved out here in 2014.

My daughter plays travel soccer out here and is really excited as we are heading back to the UK next week and will be going to the Wycombe game which will be her first Ipswich game ever
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Tyre Nichols in Memphis
at 11:24 28 Jan 2023

There are a lot of problems out here with the policing system in general

1. A lot of it comes down to jobs for the boys - policing provides a good salary for those that don’t really need to be highly educated. In a lot of the smaller towns the guys that finished on the High School (American) Football teams are often the Knuckleheads that are recruited

2. Training basically consists of being told that ‘they’ are out to get you - everyone is armed and wants to kill you - if you go into every stop thinking this then obviously the adrenaline pumps and you make bad decisions - you are also taught to be the aggressor from the get-go in order to intimidate.

3. There is a serious gun/drug/racism problem here in the states which creates for a bad environment for all - I didn’t realize just how racist this country was until I got here - basically in some places it is still a crime to drive whilst black

4. Any effort to control guns is hijacked by the right as an assault on the constitution - the right don’t have any solutions other than more guns and locking more people up (which is handy for them as most are in the pockets of the private prison lobbyists who make more money from more criminals)

5. Any effort to move money any from militising the police and channel it into social work is seen and marketed as ‘defunding the police’ which is again another right wing scare tactic

6. The police force over here is basically run under mob rules - if you so much as make a complaint against another officer then you will be drummed out of the force

Overall the system needs a complete overall but this won’t happen in an America that is deeply polarized between right and left
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Biden - thoughts
at 13:13 17 Oct 2022

Out of touch with what is acceptable by todays norms but hardly walking through the changing rooms at Miss World or boasting about grabbing women by the pussy

The faux outrage that the right show when these sorts of things happen (see Al Franken) is ridiculous when their guys do a lot worse.

Do I think Biden is a great President, no. But he was exactly what the US (and to be honest the rest of the World) needed after the previous 5 years. Personally I hope he doesn’t run again as he isn’t going to be up for another 5 years but problem for the Dems is there really isn’t a natural replacement - Buttigeig would make a great President but a lot of the Blue Collar Dems that still vote Dem just won’t vote for him
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Most disappointing ITFC signings?
at 15:50 25 Aug 2022

My first thought was Stuart Slater as he was the first player I remember getting excited about. Priskin, Paul Taylor, Bullard (perm), Parkin and Karic never lived up to expectations for sure

I would also add in the likes of Steven Taylor, Nathan Ellington, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Aaron Mclean - we got all of these guys well after the had past their prime but you always hoped that they could discover that magic
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Lindsay Graham this morning advocating end of interracial marriage in USA
at 03:13 8 Aug 2022

The irony of Clarence Thomas (mixed race) and Lindsey Graham (Gay - allegedly) not advocating for protection of the sanctity of these types of marriage should not be lost on anyone - just like the Senator that voted against protecting Gay Marriage when his son is gay

America right now is in danger of allowing the Christian Fundamentalists to start making some pretty horrific decisions - a poor showing in November could give them the Supreme Court, House and maybe even Senate (although thanks to a couple of Trumps picks that is less likely) which will be horrible for minorities and the marginalized
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Recession in USA
at 20:03 28 Jul 2022

The issues around the 'recession' out here are far more complex than blaming Biden - in fact there is very little he could have done - especially with the country coming back from a world pandemic !

Big businesses out here - including the hospitality, travel and fuel companies took one hell of a beating out here during Covid - they are now clawing back as much of this as they can. The fact most of these industries are monopolies allows price collusion. Add in the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine also has a massive inpact on fuel prices which seem to be the main driver for peoples concerns

Biden is pretty symbolic as a president simply because the Senate is a 50/50 split - giving too much power to the likes of Manchin & Simena - they have managed to water down a number of the proposals that the Democrates (and therefore Biden) would have put in place - McConnell is sticking to his usual plan to make the Democratic President look bad by refusing to co-operate for the good of the country

The fact is right now there are still plenty of jobs out here in the US and although they aren't particularity well paid it still allows workers to have some power as to whether they accept them or not - something that rarely happens within a recession
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ITFC - Zero to Hero and vice versa
at 00:53 26 Feb 2022

Some good shouts for hero to zero - Ward and Bowditch showing what expectations can be like when you score a first game hatrick

Titus Bramble hasn’t had a mention and to be fair forged a pretty decent career but when he first started out with us i think a lot of people thought he was going to be extra special - similar to when Wickham burst onto the scene - both of them were doing things that we didn’t see kids normally do

Another chap who I thought would have more of a career with us was Cotter - after his debut I think quite a few people expected him to push on

In terms of players probably did better than originally expected - I think Scowcroft got a lot of unwarranted abuse but turned in some good performances after that - and back in the 90s both Geriant Williiams and Steve Palmer were never really fan favorites but did some solid work none the less
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Is McKenna the manager we hoped Paul Hurst would be
at 16:17 9 Feb 2022

I know a lot of people got pretty excited when Hurst was announced only for that to quickly disappear once the season started so badly. At that time I think a lot of fans wanted a good young manager in the mold of a Sir Bobby and hoped that it was Hurst.

Having had to suffer through the disappointment of Hurst, then Lambert then Cook I think fans are a little more jaded but it does seem like people are falling in love with McKenna

Obviously results have been good under him so far, even if performances have been amazing - however for me it’s the way he comes out to talk with the press and actually what he says that has really impressed me so far

I think a play off spot is still a tough ask but feel much more confident now and if we don’t get up this season then I am daring to dream that next season will be a good one
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Keeper
at 02:46 14 Jan 2022

I think Michael Crowe was very close to getting at least some game time - and before that Ian McLaughlin - both have gone to play league games as did Cody Cropper

I though Adam Przybek looked pretty decent in the League Cup game he played for us but then didn’t get another chance

As has been said, it’s very hard for young keepers to come in and keep their places - especially when fan and club expectation is so high
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