| I don't think I know much about football 17:18 - Aug 1 with 6722 views | LimitlessBlue |
I mean, I have supported Ipswich all my life, been a ST holder for 30+ years and followed away for a few seasons mid way in to that (before finances dictated away trips and my fear of the outside world) but I swear when a new player we are interested in comes about and this place is awash with folk writing detailed descriptions and getting hard-ons thinking of how wonderful Player A is going to be for us (Note. This Currant Bunn geezer is just a link from a hack at the moment) I think to myself, I have never heard of him?!
Then someone says, "He'll fit nicely into the team", "He's hardworking", "Is a decent chap" I mean wtf?! maybe it is my age or something or maybe ITFC over the past few seasons of utter dross have killed my love and interest of football but some of you folk know so much about football that either you just read up on any player that is mentioned and profess to be his biggest fan (which is pretty pointless), or you do genuinelly know a lot about football. Lots of folk know so much about Bunn and considering he has not played all that many games in the division we are in I am monstrously impressed.
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| I don't think I know much about football on 17:22 - Aug 1 with 6238 views | wkj |
To be honest I think it is a bit of optimism speaking which is in short supply... do not worry though, once a signing actually happens, the optimism turns into to gloom and everyone will be discussing why we wasted money on a nobody - its just the circle of strife that is being a town fan |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 17:41 - Aug 1 with 6164 views | LimitlessBlue |
| I don't think I know much about football on 17:22 - Aug 1 by wkj |
To be honest I think it is a bit of optimism speaking which is in short supply... do not worry though, once a signing actually happens, the optimism turns into to gloom and everyone will be discussing why we wasted money on a nobody - its just the circle of strife that is being a town fan |
thanks, I was beginning to feel not worthy to be around such great football minds! | |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 17:55 - Aug 1 with 6117 views | GeoffSentence |
You are not alone in this. I live in an Ipswich bubble when it comes to football and I have little idea about any of the players we get linked with.
It may be a crumb of comfort to be in the same company as me. Or then again, it might not. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 18:10 - Aug 1 with 6054 views | Wickets |
Well i more or less agree with you but odd players stick in your mind, as with Freddy Sears, Alan Judge is a player i always hoped we would sign, i also remember watching Hibs a couple of times on the telly and pleased when i thought we might sign Mcginn this season. Garner most fans would have seen him for Preston and on the Sky advert Other than those and a few others your right but it is easy to google a player and make a judgement as to if you fancy him or not. |  | | |
| I don't think I know much about football on 18:20 - Aug 1 with 6018 views | textbackup |
Same, never heard of him either. Also see Luke chambers, Berra, etc etc. Not a clue who they were |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 18:36 - Aug 1 with 5974 views | LimitlessBlue |
| I don't think I know much about football on 18:10 - Aug 1 by Wickets |
Well i more or less agree with you but odd players stick in your mind, as with Freddy Sears, Alan Judge is a player i always hoped we would sign, i also remember watching Hibs a couple of times on the telly and pleased when i thought we might sign Mcginn this season. Garner most fans would have seen him for Preston and on the Sky advert Other than those and a few others your right but it is easy to google a player and make a judgement as to if you fancy him or not. |
Google images is good for me to see if I fancy a player or not, depends on hair colour and complexion! | |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 18:44 - Aug 1 with 5948 views | textbackup |
| I don't think I know much about football on 18:36 - Aug 1 by LimitlessBlue |
Google images is good for me to see if I fancy a player or not, depends on hair colour and complexion! |
That, and also wait for Joe to give a thumbs up or not, if he's happy I start believing it's a decent signing lol.
Remember him saying Bru wasn't all that, turns out after a decent season he's spot on | |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 18:47 - Aug 1 with 5927 views | J2BLUE |
Agreed, i've often made the same point. I follow football very closely and watch most games on tv yet it never fails to amaze me how many claim to know every player we're linked with
Some are genuinely knowledgeable...others I suspect either do some basic googling and exaggerate their knowledge or base it on their Football Manager stats... |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 18:55 - Aug 1 with 5889 views | The_Romford_Blue |
I think playing Fifa and watching pretty much every championship match possible helps
Saying that, id only seen Bunn play 6 or 7 times but he looks useful. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 20:46 - Aug 1 with 5755 views | Garv |
Bunn is generally renowned for being a mid to decent level young championship player. I'd argue most fans know of him and his best attributes.
See your point but an odd example for me. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 21:20 - Aug 1 with 5677 views | DinnernotTea |
| I don't think I know much about football on 20:46 - Aug 1 by Garv |
Bunn is generally renowned for being a mid to decent level young championship player. I'd argue most fans know of him and his best attributes.
See your point but an odd example for me. |
Pretty much guarantee no one remembers watching a single game he's played in. That's not to say if he's good or not, but unless Ipswich fans lived in Huddersfield it's unlikely anyone knows of him.
Which is why not a single person has mentioned his name all summer. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 21:44 - Aug 1 with 5610 views | LimitlessBlue |
| I don't think I know much about football on 21:20 - Aug 1 by DinnernotTea |
Pretty much guarantee no one remembers watching a single game he's played in. That's not to say if he's good or not, but unless Ipswich fans lived in Huddersfield it's unlikely anyone knows of him.
Which is why not a single person has mentioned his name all summer. |
I'm pleased you said that! | |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 23:52 - Aug 1 with 5452 views | Sarge |
Play FIFA. You'll know everything about everyone then. | | | |
| I don't think I know much about football on 00:10 - Aug 2 with 5427 views | Garv |
| I don't think I know much about football on 21:20 - Aug 1 by DinnernotTea |
Pretty much guarantee no one remembers watching a single game he's played in. That's not to say if he's good or not, but unless Ipswich fans lived in Huddersfield it's unlikely anyone knows of him.
Which is why not a single person has mentioned his name all summer. |
I remember watching him play against us. If that counts? | |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 00:22 - Aug 2 with 5413 views | Lord_Lucan |
I think it's an age thing. When I was young I seemed to know everything about every player in at least the top two divisions, this was probably helped by football cards in the same way that FIFA game thing does now.
Nowadays I probably couldn't name just one player from every club in the prem.
Things get worse, I couldn't name our first team by looking at them. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 07:45 - Aug 2 with 5283 views | Steve_M |
| I don't think I know much about football on 20:46 - Aug 1 by Garv |
Bunn is generally renowned for being a mid to decent level young championship player. I'd argue most fans know of him and his best attributes.
See your point but an odd example for me. |
Yes, exactly. I don't know a lot about him but have seen bits of him play.
I imagine that a lot of us at least watch most of the Championship (or whatever it's called this year) highlights most weeks and try to take note of opposition players.
Also geographical dispersion means that some fans might be more aware of players who play, or played, for clubs in the area they live. And sometimes people do some research, see Mullet's blog. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 07:49 - Aug 2 with 5262 views | chicoazul |
I often feelt his way too so you are not alone. A lot of it comes from the computer games this lot play endlessly by the way rather than any insight or knowledge. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 07:51 - Aug 2 with 5256 views | Swansea_Blue |
Brilliant OP  .
There are a lot of internet experts out there. There are probably a few real ones too, but it's hard to tell them apart. I watch about 30-40 live games every year across the PL to L1, and it's rare that I've especially noticed players were linked with, let alone have a full break down of their vital statistics. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 07:56 - Aug 2 with 5236 views | Plums |
| I don't think I know much about football on 20:46 - Aug 1 by Garv |
Bunn is generally renowned for being a mid to decent level young championship player. I'd argue most fans know of him and his best attributes.
See your point but an odd example for me. |
I've never heard of him TBH. I now feel very inadequate. |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 08:19 - Aug 2 with 5176 views | itfcjoe |
I'd say I know a good chunk of players based in English league as watch a lot of it and research a lot of it also. Outside of England I'm pretty poor - not helped by CL moving away from ITV so I barely can tell you players at the top European clubs but know about Luton Town....!
With regards to Bunn, I went to Hudds a couple of years back and they were excellent, although we won 1-0. Their front 4 players ran us ragged and we were very lucky - Wells was the most impressive that day but didn't think bunn was far behind and caused Chambers problems down his side.
Ultimately a lot is a leap of faith though - youngish, decent pedigree, scored a few goals and know that he is relatively quick and works hard so assume he'll be a decent addition |  |
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| I don't think I know much about football on 08:31 - Aug 2 with 5147 views | PJH |
| I don't think I know much about football on 00:22 - Aug 2 by Lord_Lucan |
I think it's an age thing. When I was young I seemed to know everything about every player in at least the top two divisions, this was probably helped by football cards in the same way that FIFA game thing does now.
Nowadays I probably couldn't name just one player from every club in the prem.
Things get worse, I couldn't name our first team by looking at them. |
It is an age thing and presumably memory.
For instance I could name the Burnley first choice side from 1961/62 without checking but I could not name half of the current Burnley side.
Not sure what that says about me or about Burnley. |  | | |
| I don't think I know much about football on 08:42 - Aug 2 with 5104 views | Bluebell |
| I don't think I know much about football on 08:31 - Aug 2 by PJH |
It is an age thing and presumably memory.
For instance I could name the Burnley first choice side from 1961/62 without checking but I could not name half of the current Burnley side.
Not sure what that says about me or about Burnley. |
Definitely an age thing.
We can be driving home after a game and I can't remember any of the names of the players from the opposing team. I will just say "Their number 9 was good".
Then I read Mullet's report and he knows all the player's names, ages and inside leg measurements.
Having seen some of the pics Phil has put up of the pre-season games, I failed to name half of our players too! |  | | |
| I don't think I know much about football on 08:44 - Aug 2 with 5095 views | No9 |
Thank you, that is something I wanted to say but never found the words.
I have often been surpried at how some player I have never heard of can be deemed by others to be the answer to be- all of a sudden- the panacea to all thet is needed at ITFC to completely change Town's fortunes.
Frankly speaking I have not heard of many of the players that turn up so I make no judgement until I have seen them play in ITFC blue & white.
It has not been unusual over the relative past to wonder who ever saw what in any particular player.
It is that which has made me question the competency of Town's scouting staff not my wonderous knowledge of who plays for who and would be the next best acquisition.
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| I don't think I know much about football on 10:50 - Aug 2 with 4914 views | Wickets |
| I don't think I know much about football on 08:42 - Aug 2 by Bluebell |
Definitely an age thing.
We can be driving home after a game and I can't remember any of the names of the players from the opposing team. I will just say "Their number 9 was good".
Then I read Mullet's report and he knows all the player's names, ages and inside leg measurements.
Having seen some of the pics Phil has put up of the pre-season games, I failed to name half of our players too! |
Just out of intrest Bluebell why are you intrested in their inside leg measurement, and yes i still can't spell! | | | |
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