What else can you say Dave?? You are still here.

Jon Walters, I wish him no success at Stoke. Normally I like to see players that leave PR do well but not him thats for sure.

Well it's turning a little bitter between Keane and Walters now!

I just wish more of the so called supporters would show more support for a work in progress ! The end of the season is the time to judge !

Well said Chuck.
Keeeaaanooo!!

Always a good first sentence.......... I am not anti Keane but...........
1.Work in progress, oh please a season a and a third and how people say we are any better than when JM was our manager have no facts to back it up.
2. As a team we are so one dimentional, long throws and long hoof football.
3. I do believe players are fearful of Keane.
4. Tactical we are too ridgid, Derbys free kick/corner near the end of Tuesdays game...they send 3 up we bring all 10 players back!
5. Our football is not entertaining or exciting.
6. We play players out of postion, Scotland a perfect example.

So I am not anti keane just his style of football and management!

If Keane is so hard to work for and work with, why have so many of his former Sunderland players and international team-mates singed for him ???

So much negativity for a team that currently sits 7th in the league with just goal difference denying us a play off place. The only team outside the Championship to reach the 1/4 final of the Carling Cup.

Do some of you so called supporters really think a manager should be sacked for that? If so then you are clearly very deluded. Who cares what Walters has to say - just get behind your team - whether you like the boss or not. It's pretty darn obvious that some of you hate Roy Keane - you are entitled to your opinion - but this shouldn't stop you from supporting your CLUB. To constantly moan considering our current league and cup position, demanding the manager be sacked is quite frankly ridiculous.

Personally I wasn't at all keen on Jim Magilton, but I still turned up every week - praising when he did something good. Reading some of these comments over the past few days anyone would think we are as good as relegated!!

Fans should ignore this soap opera, and instead focus on results and performances. Results are what will decide whether we get promotion and achieve our objectives under Keane's contract. Results and performances together have a large effect on how many people come to the matches and therefore what income the club receives. At the moment results are mixed (9 points and 14 goals behind 2nd place, and 2 goals behind 6th place), performances are uninspiring, and attendances are falling, so we do need to improve. That's what Keane will be judged on.

I don't know why people are getting so upset with Jon Walter's comments. He said he didn't like Roy Keane, he didn't say anything bad about the club (quite the opposite in fact). I don't think Walters should be putting this sort of thing in the papers but the answer is to ignore it. He hates his ex boss. So what? We've all been there...

On the topic of the clubs progress, I agree that the end of the season (or near the end) is the time to judge. We have had some good results, but also some very disappointing ones and are on more or less the same points with half the league, so no need to get carried away either way just yet...

This is so disappointing. I started looking at this site because I was sick of the garbage that was being posted in relation to ITFC on EADT.
Now everyone is entitled to their opinions, but what is it with the personal attacks on Roy Keane? Should we not keep our comments to purely footballing matters rather than this uninformed abuse? I would challenge anyone who contributes to this website to say that they actually know Roy Keane personally (and I don't mean just asking for his autograph). I have listened to numerous interviews he has given and never heard him "rant" once, yet to judge by some of the comments on here you would think that he was some kind foul-mouthed Tasmanian devil. I am not 100% for or against Roy Keane. I like the professionalism he has brought to the club, I like the way he tries to keep what goes on at the club inside the club, but I think that tactically he has a lot to learn. And that is the fundamental point - he is still learning his trade. I think that a lot of his comments are well-intended, but taken out of context by a media that is seeking a sensational headline in order to sell their product. I don't believe that managers of 30 years ago were put under such a spotlight, and therefore had less opportunities to upset the public at large. As a club we have prided ourselves on the young talent that we have brought through, and that goes for the managers as well Ramsey, Robson, Burley). Personally, I will support ITFC whoever the manager is, whoever is playing for the club, and despite what division we are playing in. I may grumble to myself if I don't like it, but as long as the players are putting the effort in, that is all I can ask.

3 points on Saturday is what we need. Entertaining football comes second.

COYB (whoever is playing, whoever is the manager, and whoever is the owner)!

Just a quick post to try and end the argument people bring in to posts saying is this team better than the one Magilton left...

When Magilton was sacked we were 9th and 12 points off the play-offs, and I seem to realise that now even with some defeats like the Derby game, we are 7th and 1 point out-side the play-offs.

Im not a keane lover or hater I just like people to get the facts right before a debate begins.

Why when anyone ever puts a so called negative comment do so many get so sensitive? I am pissed off not because Roy Keane is the manager but becauser of the garbage being served up. And yes I am a season ticket holder apart from the leeds game this season which i really enjoyed I have been bored stiff and all i ask is to play football the correct way we are there to be entertained!

And of Course Norris would say what Walters says is all true, Keano is a Psycho waiting to blow any second then enjoy his time rotting in the reserves before being farmed out for nowhere near his true value..............pointless statement from Norris we learn Jack

Why do we always compare Keane to Magic other than the fact that he succeeded him? It's like comparing Blair to Major and arguing that it's a massive improvement while forgettng that we once had Thatcher or Churchill ...

In our case we had managers with the quality of Royle and Burley a while back and further bac we had Sir Bobby, all quality managers who could spot bargain players, bring on youngsters and played excellent attacking football and got the rewards their budgets allowed.

Magic was a cheap option that didn't work. Keane is an expensive option that is also not working. Back to the Ipswich Way please, asap.

How boring this Keane is with his faffing around . No vision. No planning. No empathy. Divide and rule. It is not enough, indeed it is irrelevant to be a highly successful player. This man really is an insult to the Ipswich ethic.

Isn't it so plain and obvious that players can only truly say what the real situaution is AFTER they have left the club ! They daren't say anything negative whilst working for Keane ! It come as no surprise to anyone what the man is like - volatile and unpredictable is a polite understatement !

Kentblue, if that's the case, why aren't Garvan, Rhodes, Trotter, Wright etc all pontificating at length? As far as I'm aware, it's Walters and Walters only. For me, the fact that Leadbitter, Colback and so on are more than happy to rejoin Keene speaks louder than one man's irrelevant bitterness (or naivety in the face of the press' obsession with Keene the marauder).

We're not there yet, but I'll argue that progress is being made. Magilton and Royle never sorted the defence, and if we have a slightly one dimensional midfield, we're a step forward. Would we stay up? Not a chance, but we're nearer a solid side than we were, and if you want a benchmark, go back to the days of Glenn Pennyfather, Graham Harbey and 10,000 crowds. Those were dark days.

yes indeed mr keane seems to be bad for our club

Well said jas0999 and ChurchmanBlue, its noticeable how much busier this site is after a defeat with the (sadly sizeable) amount of negative fans we have. I recall Magilton and Royle getting just as much negativity on here during their time at Ipswich. I bet most of the fans slagging Keane off and saying how much better things were under Magilton and Royle also relentlessly criticised those managers on this site when they were here. I'm not Keano's biggest fan but 7th in the league, League Cup quarter finals and the tightest defence we've had in years is not the disaster most fans are describing. And the fact those people seem to think he's unbearable to work with also ignore the fact so many of his former players and team-mates are happy to rejoin him winds me up. I'm sure he has fell out with a few players, but managers fall out with players all the time; indeed Keane's former bosses Clough and Fergie fell out with players throughout their careers and I think they did alright! I just wish these people would focus their energy on supporting the team, its no surprise our home record is so mediocre with the lack of atmosphere in Portman Road!

Big Foot Blue ... get your facts right Nov 8th Magiltons last season we were seventh a point of playoffs - no improvement .
Only whole season we can judge Keane on as you are doing with Magiltons last time in charge Magilton left us in 9th Keane had us finish 15th , i would say that the improvement everyone keeps saying is happening is only on last season as it was so crap .
And like others say none of us know Keane like the players do so if Walters ,Stead ,Whitehead,Yorke,Rhodes,Wright,Rosenoir among others say he is awkward to work for surely they know better ?

Once again all the keane haters are on the site saying how keane is rubbish, he isnt the worlds best manager, but he got sunderland up in a season with a team that was good enough to stay in the prem and they then got funds to buy players to keep them there. ultimately i feel its all marcus evans and cleggs fault, clegg does nothing for the club but sit in his chair knowing he can play on his iphone all day whilst Evans goes off round the world doing anything but be at the club, has anyone seen evans at a game, he sees the club as a business unlike many other clubs that are borderline mid table / lower table in the prem they bought the club because they love it not because they want to have something to have in their portfolio. Evans needs to spend money on good scouting and the right players. Portman road has just got quieter and quieter over the last 2 seasons, We need to make more noise as fans instead of moaning. Keane could be the man to take us up, who knows, but if Keane is that bad his contract is out at the end of the year.

tomos .. we are in the middle of a recession ,Evans has thrown a lot of money at the club to stabalise us and in transfers and seen no improvement .I would imagine he is paying his manager a large salary and again has probably been underwhelmed with the progress from his predcessor,but he has lifted the club into the spotlight more.
For why Portman Road is quieter it may be that our ticket prices are ridiculously high for a Championship side and people want to be entertained for their hard earned money ,how many times honestly can you say after coming away from watching Town in the last two seasons ,wow what a game ,personally i could list less than 10 and list a lot more that i have felt disappointed or disillusioned with the negative hoof ball on display .
To all those saying how this is due to having a tighter defence ,again what facts this stage in Magiltons last two seasons in charge Gf 31 Ga 22 +9 07/08 -Gf 24 Ga 16 +8 08/09 this season Gf 19 Ga 18 +1 .We are conceding the same amount of goals we just dont score anywhere near the amount we used to . That is why crowds are dropping dramatically and the atmosphere is poor ,nothing to do with hating Keane just simple value for money

agree with jas0999... also i wonder if walters would say these things to RK's face? i think we know the answer to that one... it's a shame that now walters has the opportunity of establishing himself at a premier league club he is still seemingly focused on us... it'll be hard enough for him there anyway...

It seams that no one seems to think that the players might be to blame for the poor performances we have had this season. I can't imagine that the training sessions are full of bust-ups with the manager, Leadbitter practising to corners and free-kicks to hit the opposition and a general lack of purpose. What I feel we have lacked is a leader on the pitch this season - a Roy Keane clone perhaps. Perhaps missing out on Sean Derry was a bigger blow to RK's plans than was first thought. You could argue that it is up to RK to get the best out of the players, and to identify the right players for the system he wants to play, but players can be a fickle bunch (as well as the supporters). Look at the improvement in Jon Stead this season when it was made clear to him that his contract would not be renewed at the end of the season and he knew he would need a new club that would keep his wages at the required level (why turn down Prem football with Blackpool for cash-rich Bristol City if football is the motivating factor?). We must all remember that the players are working, not just enjoying themselves, and as such, they may not have the same loyalty to the club as we do.
We must remember that everybody connected with the club has a part to play in making the club as successful as we all would like. Our job, as supporters, is to get behind our team, no matter what the circumstances, and cheer them on. RK once criticised the Man U support, but I have been to Old Trafford when Man U have not played well. The only time that the fans did not try to motivate the players was at half-time and full-time when they let the players know the performance was not up to the required standard. During the match itself there was non-stop support - we don't get that at PR.