| Evans out protests? 09:13 - Feb 24 with 8594 views | EvansOut |
I don't know if anyone still has faith in Evans after Saturday. It's easy to turn on Lambert but the money hasn't been there for him which obviously makes him look bad. Since Evans took over, things have only gone backwards, we went from talking about the Premier League, to now talking about playing League One football for a second season and things look like they could get worse. Personally, the most frustrating thing is that he gave Hurst a license to sell all of our best players and then spend money on absolute twod, whereas McCarthy didn't have a penny to spend and still managed to keep us competitive in the Championship, where would we be if McCarthy had cash? His signings weren't brilliant, but he had an eye for a bargain (Waghorn, Webster, McGoldrick). Apart from Wolf and Flynn, cannot think of one positive for this season, and it looks likely that we will lose them in the summer... Time to start serious protests for Evans to go. Will turn sour, but the only way the fans can have a say in the outcome of our once great football club. |  |
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| Evans out protests? on 10:44 - Feb 24 with 4318 views | monytowbray |
| Evans out protests? on 10:41 - Feb 24 by footers |
So nothing then. |
Is that what i said? No. You are proving my point. |  |
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| Evans out protests? on 10:53 - Feb 24 with 4307 views | artsbossbeard |
| Evans out protests? on 10:44 - Feb 24 by monytowbray |
Is that what i said? No. You are proving my point. |
I've done some of my own research on the "Evans out" groups on social media and it really is like a plot from Life of Brian.
The only one that has any (or some of sort) of creditability, and I use this term loosely, seems to be the Marcus Out Group BUT they're moaning that Evans refused to sanction a loan move for Connor Wickham once weekly wages were discussed (he's on £60k a week currently) plus they were also moaning that they'd been blocked from posting abuse on the MEG Facebook page and this is a freedom of speech issue. Apparently. They're not bored of getting hassle from a couple of online nutters, no sirree.
What would make ITFC an attractive purchase for any potential new buyer? This isn't a question for you but just a question in general. Please feel free to answer though. |  |
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| The main problem with all this "Evans out!" talk is.... on 10:54 - Feb 24 with 4305 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| The main problem with all this "Evans out!" talk is.... on 10:42 - Feb 24 by Bloots |
....obviously that we are not an attractive proposition for a buyer in any way whatsoever.
Literally the only thing we have going for us is the relatively consistent attendances. However as we know this can change massively at the drop of a hat, then we will have even less going for us.
It's generally accepted that Evans will have to write off some, perhaps a huge proportion, of the debt to get a potential buyer to even look twice at us as a proposition worth considering.
Even then anyone that invested money in a club like ours would have to be considered an absolute tool of a businessman. We are simply a bad investment.
There are undoubtedly dozens of clubs that would make a better business case for anyone looking to get into football as an owner.
In short Evans, would have to make massive concessions to sell the club (which he won't) and even then any buyer would have to be two sandwiches short of a picnic to buy us, which would probably end up with the same outcome as we are facing now.
Balls to it all. |
Right which is what you, me and plenty of others have been saying for ages.
Football finances have moved on massively since he took it on. He clearly can't afford to put in more than he does currently each year but that's where we're at and he's stuck with it.
I remember plenty of people telling me I was wrong when I said this around a year ago, but we would be one of the least attractive clubs to buy in the football league. We have very few assets, Ipswich is very far away from anywhere, the town is hardly thriving etc etc, and it'd cost money to buy the thing.
Unless we chance upon a very wealthy fan (there aren't any) - any exit from Evans would be to a potentially much darker place.
We are where we are this season because of an incompetent manager. Evans clearly appointed him and will, I expect, stick with him. | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 10:55 - Feb 24 with 4297 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Evans out protests? on 10:53 - Feb 24 by artsbossbeard |
I've done some of my own research on the "Evans out" groups on social media and it really is like a plot from Life of Brian.
The only one that has any (or some of sort) of creditability, and I use this term loosely, seems to be the Marcus Out Group BUT they're moaning that Evans refused to sanction a loan move for Connor Wickham once weekly wages were discussed (he's on £60k a week currently) plus they were also moaning that they'd been blocked from posting abuse on the MEG Facebook page and this is a freedom of speech issue. Apparently. They're not bored of getting hassle from a couple of online nutters, no sirree.
What would make ITFC an attractive purchase for any potential new buyer? This isn't a question for you but just a question in general. Please feel free to answer though. |
Re your final paragraph.
Administration. |  |
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| Evans out protests? on 10:56 - Feb 24 with 4288 views | artsbossbeard |
| Evans out protests? on 10:55 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
Re your final paragraph.
Administration. |
Exactly!
10 point deduction and angry local suppliers. Again. | |
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| Literally the only way out of this is.... on 11:08 - Feb 24 with 4258 views | Bloots |
| The main problem with all this "Evans out!" talk is.... on 10:54 - Feb 24 by PrideOfTheEast |
Right which is what you, me and plenty of others have been saying for ages.
Football finances have moved on massively since he took it on. He clearly can't afford to put in more than he does currently each year but that's where we're at and he's stuck with it.
I remember plenty of people telling me I was wrong when I said this around a year ago, but we would be one of the least attractive clubs to buy in the football league. We have very few assets, Ipswich is very far away from anywhere, the town is hardly thriving etc etc, and it'd cost money to buy the thing.
Unless we chance upon a very wealthy fan (there aren't any) - any exit from Evans would be to a potentially much darker place.
We are where we are this season because of an incompetent manager. Evans clearly appointed him and will, I expect, stick with him. |
.....to sell Downes and Wolf (plus any others that we can get a few quid for) for as much money as feasibly possible, move Skuse and Chambers onto cheaper contracts, or none at all, and promote the youth properly.
We need to get a a few cheap, solid, 1st Division players with experience and then cross our fingers that it clicks.
Obviously the chances of it "clicking" will be greatly improved if Shambert is binned. |  |
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| Literally the only way out of this is.... on 11:12 - Feb 24 with 4242 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Literally the only way out of this is.... on 11:08 - Feb 24 by Bloots |
.....to sell Downes and Wolf (plus any others that we can get a few quid for) for as much money as feasibly possible, move Skuse and Chambers onto cheaper contracts, or none at all, and promote the youth properly.
We need to get a a few cheap, solid, 1st Division players with experience and then cross our fingers that it clicks.
Obviously the chances of it "clicking" will be greatly improved if Shambert is binned. |
And that's exactly what'll happen in the Summer (except the Lambert bit)! | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:16 - Feb 24 with 4224 views | No9 |
| Evans out protests? on 09:40 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
"His signings were brilliant"
He made 81 signings!!
Which ones do you consider not so brilliant? |
Most people have no idea who the signings were nor how much they cost in wages / expeses etc. | | | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:16 - Feb 24 with 4224 views | patrickswell |
| Evans out protests? on 10:14 - Feb 24 by artsbossbeard |
2 people turned up.
2 people. |
2 people who care.
And if things continue as they are under Evans it will grow to 20 then 50 then 100. Next it’ll be the Sir Bobby Lower...
People can scoff all they want, but if things don’t improve then this feeling will only go in one direction. |  | | |
| Yep, which massively reduces.... on 11:18 - Feb 24 with 4224 views | Bloots |
| Literally the only way out of this is.... on 11:12 - Feb 24 by PrideOfTheEast |
And that's exactly what'll happen in the Summer (except the Lambert bit)! |
....the chances of it "clicking".
In fact it pretty much guarantees it won't.
We are basically depending on "luck" for the future of our football club. | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:19 - Feb 24 with 4215 views | artsbossbeard |
| Evans out protests? on 11:16 - Feb 24 by patrickswell |
2 people who care.
And if things continue as they are under Evans it will grow to 20 then 50 then 100. Next it’ll be the Sir Bobby Lower...
People can scoff all they want, but if things don’t improve then this feeling will only go in one direction. |
I've seen no evidence of this growth to date, in fact it's gone the other way.
Last season, there was a planned march from The Corn Hill to the ground. Didn't happen.
Last weekend, there was a planned protest where more club stewards turned up than protesters. | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:23 - Feb 24 with 4204 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Evans out protests? on 10:11 - Feb 24 by monytowbray |
It's a bit like saying "If you aren't going to run for PM you have no right to have a say in politics" really. I don't get the logic behind it all.
What would these people who make such snide comments prefer? Everyone to just shut up whilst we sink into obscurity? I'd argue we already have. There's a 20 year gap of football fans now with no recent memory of us doing anything. We are the present equivalent of the likes of Port Vale, Grimsby, Stockport and Tranmere in the 90s when I started following Town. To think a neutral would see us at that level is depressing. Hull, Cardiff, Swansea, Bournemouth, Brighton, Huddersfield and Wigan have overtaken us in every regard since I started following football which I'd have p1ssed myself laughing at if you told 9 year old me that's where my beloved Town would be in 23 year's time. |
'We are the present equivalent of the likes of Port Vale'.
Off the pitch though Port Vale fans put our fanbase to shame. Their club was exactly on the same road under the ownership of Norman Smurthwaite as we are now. Sliding down the league tables and almost went out of the Football League. They had been voicing their anger over the clubs policy that was mirroring Evans' one for us. Long period of fans protests finally forced Smurthwaite to sell the club. Now they have new owners and the club has been gradually re-building.
Ipswich? Buy the club if you aren't happy. Otherwise sit quiet ! That is the attitude FFS ! [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 11:25]
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| Evans out protests? on 11:28 - Feb 24 with 4182 views | longtimefan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:23 - Feb 24 by Mach_foreignBlue |
'We are the present equivalent of the likes of Port Vale'.
Off the pitch though Port Vale fans put our fanbase to shame. Their club was exactly on the same road under the ownership of Norman Smurthwaite as we are now. Sliding down the league tables and almost went out of the Football League. They had been voicing their anger over the clubs policy that was mirroring Evans' one for us. Long period of fans protests finally forced Smurthwaite to sell the club. Now they have new owners and the club has been gradually re-building.
Ipswich? Buy the club if you aren't happy. Otherwise sit quiet ! That is the attitude FFS ! [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 11:25]
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How much debt did the Port Vale owner hold? | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:35 - Feb 24 with 4161 views | monytowbray |
| Evans out protests? on 11:28 - Feb 24 by longtimefan |
How much debt did the Port Vale owner hold? |
Also does that make Sheeran our Robbie Williams? | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:37 - Feb 24 with 4153 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Evans out protests? on 11:16 - Feb 24 by No9 |
Most people have no idea who the signings were nor how much they cost in wages / expeses etc. |
We do know the wages though as those are published in the club accounts. Those accounts confirm we regularly had a bottom quarter wage bill for the division, and yet regularly finished in the top half of the table |  |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:38 - Feb 24 with 4147 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Evans out protests? on 11:28 - Feb 24 by longtimefan |
How much debt did the Port Vale owner hold? |
We are talking about the fans' actions. Not only have Port Vale been doing things like this there are other clubs as well.
In a meantime our debt somehow keeps rising despite selling our best players. | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:41 - Feb 24 with 4145 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:23 - Feb 24 by Mach_foreignBlue |
'We are the present equivalent of the likes of Port Vale'.
Off the pitch though Port Vale fans put our fanbase to shame. Their club was exactly on the same road under the ownership of Norman Smurthwaite as we are now. Sliding down the league tables and almost went out of the Football League. They had been voicing their anger over the clubs policy that was mirroring Evans' one for us. Long period of fans protests finally forced Smurthwaite to sell the club. Now they have new owners and the club has been gradually re-building.
Ipswich? Buy the club if you aren't happy. Otherwise sit quiet ! That is the attitude FFS ! [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 11:25]
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Maybe we should spit in Evans face if we ever see him.
Isn't that what you suggested on some facebook page? | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:47 - Feb 24 with 4132 views | braveblue |
| Evans out protests? on 10:09 - Feb 24 by geg1992 |
This money isn't there thing is a load of tosh, as we have the biggest, or 2nd biggest budget in the league. We're already running at a massive loss so to expect more investment and to increase the debt further is silly. What we do need is a complete overhaul at the club, far too many average players on big wages for this level.
Of course, I'm not saying Evans is great, as everything else he does is woeful, but I don't think the budget is an area for complaint, as it's far bigger than pretty much every club in this league. |
But why is it bigger? We cut the squad. The so called senior players must be getting far too much. The running of the club is a shambles. That is the reason for protest. | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:48 - Feb 24 with 4133 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Evans out protests? on 11:41 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
Maybe we should spit in Evans face if we ever see him.
Isn't that what you suggested on some facebook page? |
What a memory !
Asking Port Vale fans for their advice might help you out though. [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 11:50]
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| Evans out protests? on 11:48 - Feb 24 with 4135 views | monytowbray |
| Evans out protests? on 11:41 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
Maybe we should spit in Evans face if we ever see him.
Isn't that what you suggested on some facebook page? |
Thought you'd be into that, good ol' 80s style tear up with some posho. Just imagine he's Norwich. | |
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| Evans out protests? on 11:52 - Feb 24 with 4109 views | longtimefan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:35 - Feb 24 by monytowbray |
Also does that make Sheeran our Robbie Williams? |
I don’t think £240k will make much difference  | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:56 - Feb 24 with 4101 views | longtimefan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:38 - Feb 24 by Mach_foreignBlue |
We are talking about the fans' actions. Not only have Port Vale been doing things like this there are other clubs as well.
In a meantime our debt somehow keeps rising despite selling our best players. |
Interestingly the EFL assigned Oyston as Smurthwaite’s mentor. He certainly learnt a thing or two from him. | | | |
| Evans out protests? on 11:56 - Feb 24 with 4101 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:48 - Feb 24 by Mach_foreignBlue |
What a memory !
Asking Port Vale fans for their advice might help you out though. [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 11:50]
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To be fair my memory is ridiculously bad, I was told this about a week ago. | |
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| Evans out protests? on 12:00 - Feb 24 with 4100 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Evans out protests? on 11:48 - Feb 24 by monytowbray |
Thought you'd be into that, good ol' 80s style tear up with some posho. Just imagine he's Norwich. |
I would never consider spitting at anyone as any form of acceptable behaviour under any circumstances. | |
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| Evans out protests? on 12:22 - Feb 24 with 4068 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Evans out protests? on 10:53 - Feb 24 by artsbossbeard |
I've done some of my own research on the "Evans out" groups on social media and it really is like a plot from Life of Brian.
The only one that has any (or some of sort) of creditability, and I use this term loosely, seems to be the Marcus Out Group BUT they're moaning that Evans refused to sanction a loan move for Connor Wickham once weekly wages were discussed (he's on £60k a week currently) plus they were also moaning that they'd been blocked from posting abuse on the MEG Facebook page and this is a freedom of speech issue. Apparently. They're not bored of getting hassle from a couple of online nutters, no sirree.
What would make ITFC an attractive purchase for any potential new buyer? This isn't a question for you but just a question in general. Please feel free to answer though. |
He's on significantly more than 60k a week incidentally and the loan fee quoted was more than double that again. | | | |
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