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Summary of ME's tenure? 19:26 - Dec 3 with 6407 viewsDarth_Koont

Extra points for the shortest answer that fairly describes the past 10 years.

Here's a selection:

Fifty false dawns

Learning too late

Support the RIGHT manager

Best intentions don't bring points

You have to be mad to invest in a Championship team


On a side note, I do have a lot of sympathy for ME. Always tried to support his managers with time and money (for the most part) but the only luck he ever got was by appointing Mick to save us. Not sure he's seen any luck at all in the higher ambition of getting promoted.


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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:27 - Dec 3 with 5853 viewsBasuco

Safe
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Austerity. (n/t) on 19:28 - Dec 3 with 5836 viewsBloots


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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:31 - Dec 3 with 5833 viewsbontcho

Disengaging

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:32 - Dec 3 with 5818 viewsSomethingBlue

Litany of missed opportunities.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:35 - Dec 3 with 5823 viewsfactual_blue

balls

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:36 - Dec 3 with 5820 viewsIllinoisblue

1 successful season in 10. (Which was ultimately a failure of the worst kind)

62 - 78 - 81
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:39 - Dec 3 with 5807 viewspowinswitch

A lack of investment leading to a lack of entertainment
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:41 - Dec 3 with 5803 viewsJohnTy

Four Managers and no Promotion.

or

Much Ado about 50 Million.
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:48 - Dec 3 with 5790 viewsDarth_Koont

Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:32 - Dec 3 by SomethingBlue

Litany of missed opportunities.


Yes, I think the inability to recognise the right opportunities has cost him. Allied to backing the wrong horses with too much time and money.

It would be very interesting if we get closer to where we were in 2014/2015 over the next month and whether we'll take a punt this time. Not so much a statement to the fans but to the team itself and the competition that we're serious.

Probably time to show some ambition against the backdrop of a largely solid and sustainable foundation. Maybe the same goes even if we start losing touch over the next few weeks - it seems very important that we challenge this year even if it's ultimately unsuccessful.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:20 - Dec 3 with 5737 viewslegoman

Saved by the bell. Equals one quote!

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:24 - Dec 3 with 5746 viewsSteve_M

ME had one plan for the club and doesn't know what to do now football has become too expensive for it to work. We missed the opportunity when we had a comparative financial advantage.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 with 5717 viewslegoman

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:24 - Dec 3 by Steve_M

ME had one plan for the club and doesn't know what to do now football has become too expensive for it to work. We missed the opportunity when we had a comparative financial advantage.


Wrong!

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 with 5728 viewsJ2BLUE

Tedious mediocrity with occasional lows and highs.

Truly impaired.
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:36 - Dec 3 with 5706 viewslegoman

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by J2BLUE

Tedious mediocrity with occasional lows and highs.


Childish!

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:38 - Dec 3 with 5713 viewsSteve_M

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by legoman

Wrong!


Care to build on your constructive post there?

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 with 5711 viewsTrequartista

Motorcycle Emptiness

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 with 5697 viewslegoman

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:38 - Dec 3 by Steve_M

Care to build on your constructive post there?


Please do not make it worse for yourself. Back off.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:47 - Dec 3 with 5699 viewsSteve_M

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 by legoman

Please do not make it worse for yourself. Back off.


I'm concerned by the challenge of your Wildean wit and sub-Trump level of trolling.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:48 - Dec 3 with 5693 viewsLeoMuff

Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by legoman

Wrong!


Seems correct to me.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 21:07 - Dec 3 with 5658 viewsBlueBadger

Grossly underwhelming.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 21:24 - Dec 3 with 5657 viewsFreddies_Ears

Committted
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 22:36 - Dec 3 with 5611 viewsmonty_radio

Championship consolidation.

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 10:11 - Dec 4 with 5483 viewschicoazul

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Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:18 - Dec 4 with 5446 viewstcblue

Football moved on, and is now well beyond his means / comfort levels.

It's a shame, and he definitely did come in at a time where his ownership and cash would've made enough difference, but the game has gotten so crazy now that it's obviously beyond his means.

And, weirdly, I quite like that. I wish we would take better care of FPR, but I like the fact we are a small bastion of relative fiscal responsibility in a world gone mad. I even - for a short time - thought that FFP would bite and we were playing the smart game, but even when that clearly didn't transpire I still like being Plucky Little Ipswich.
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:50 - Dec 4 with 5428 viewsDarth_Koont

Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:18 - Dec 4 by tcblue

Football moved on, and is now well beyond his means / comfort levels.

It's a shame, and he definitely did come in at a time where his ownership and cash would've made enough difference, but the game has gotten so crazy now that it's obviously beyond his means.

And, weirdly, I quite like that. I wish we would take better care of FPR, but I like the fact we are a small bastion of relative fiscal responsibility in a world gone mad. I even - for a short time - thought that FFP would bite and we were playing the smart game, but even when that clearly didn't transpire I still like being Plucky Little Ipswich.


Yes, the FFP (or rather the lack of effective enforcement) was another call he got wrong. Like you, I thought we were playing a smart, long game but increasingly looks like we've just been handicapping ourselves.

On the plus side, it does look like we've used it to reinforce the academy and U23 teams, not to mention building a much younger and more sustainable squad, so the future looks much better than it did even after the play-off defeat in 2014/15.

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