| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way 11:42 - Mar 4 with 10823 views | SomethingBlue |
It's a delicate situation now, perhaps an existential one. People need to stay engaged, focused and angry — which I know isn't easy to do given the endless stream of kicks in the teeth. But articulated vocally and consistently — which hasn't ever happened yet — it will have an effect in time.
The best case scenario at this point is that Evans hands over to an owner who — even if not especially wealthy — is smart, engaged, understands how a club can maximise its every aspect in the 21st century, and gets the right football brains & voices in around him. I wonder what the Koeman/Bergkamp/Larsson/Kuyt consortium that's been looking around League One is up to at the moment ...
That is not definitely going to happen overnight, though, and the short-term ambition needs to be that ITFC's structure drags itself into the modern age. We will probably take £4-5m in transfers fees this summer and, honestly, if we see a small fraction of it reinvested in a dynamic chief executive (maybe just *a* chief executive for that matter ... !) and a couple of technical roles to take the heat off O'Neill it'll be money far better spent than on any players. We are not fit for purpose; we just lurch, and will continue to do so until the club has a structure both resilient and agile enough to maintain a vision & identity whoever the manager is and whatever is happening on the pitch.
All the fanbase can do is keep driving that message. Everyone probably feels helpless now but it's important to keep the noise up. Certain aspects will look after themselves. Lambert is a good guy, trust me on that, but it hasn't worked and he ought to be gone within the next seven days so that we can get things in place for next year. There is a bit room for optimism: KVY and Lankester have been out so long that nobody will take a punt on them at this stage; I'm not certain Championship clubs are quite convinced enough about Jackson while Norwood should be good for a better goal return if this absence sorts his issues out at last. We will lose players but still have a decent talent base to build on and at least make the play-offs in 2020-21 under the right management.
Overall, the next few games need to be used to hammer in the point, via any platform possible, that nothing about the way ITFC operates is good enough. It shouldn't be personal towards Evans the human being; his intentions are good, but he's just not been good enough in a way that goes way beyond how much cash he does or doesn't have. See it as an opportunity; inside the stadium it's only surfaced in dribs and drabs over the years, mainly because people understandably *want* to believe and there have been bones of various juiciness thrown. There is a way out of this but it will take time, energy and effort. It won't be easy but the alternative is unthinkable.
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 21:28 - Mar 4 with 762 views | SomethingBlue |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 20:21 - Mar 4 by Bluefish |
Your strange bias towards Shambert has been there from start to finish, it is admirable........clueless but admirable |
This was a good thread. | |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 21:31 - Mar 4 with 755 views | SomethingBlue |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 20:45 - Mar 4 by Oxford_Blue |
Sorry - what are you actually saying should be done? |
Tl;dr — "kick off more". | |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 21:34 - Mar 4 with 750 views | Dubtractor |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 20:34 - Mar 4 by SpruceMoose |
Two of those things are not like the other. Bloots is a AAA poster.
I do have a massive whopper though. Footers can vouch for that. Hung like a Pringles tube so I am. [Post edited 4 Mar 2020 20:35]
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Your wanger is made from a composite of paper and aluminium? |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:52 - Mar 4 with 702 views | Bluefish |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 21:28 - Mar 4 by SomethingBlue |
This was a good thread. |
Haha have some dignity please |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:54 - Mar 4 with 697 views | Radlett_blue |
Good points but why do Town need a "chief executive" when Evans is taking all the meaningful decisions? |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:55 - Mar 4 with 697 views | reusersfreekicks |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:52 - Mar 4 by Bluefish |
Haha have some dignity please |
He has loads. You have very little |  | | |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 23:20 - Mar 4 with 677 views | Bluefish |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:55 - Mar 4 by reusersfreekicks |
He has loads. You have very little |
I'm not a Shambert fan girl and I've still never been wrong on itfc and football matters  | |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 23:22 - Mar 4 with 675 views | BrixtonBlue |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:52 - Mar 4 by Bluefish |
Haha have some dignity please |
Self-awareness fail-tastic! |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 23:23 - Mar 4 with 673 views | BrixtonBlue |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 23:20 - Mar 4 by Bluefish |
I'm not a Shambert fan girl and I've still never been wrong on itfc and football matters |
Were you unloved as a child? | |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 00:32 - Mar 5 with 645 views | textbackup |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 15:24 - Mar 4 by itfcjoe |
I've tried to no avail, put a lot of time into doing so a couple of years back and won't be wasting any further time on it |
genuinely that is a shame to hear, there are some really decent blokes on here that, if all heads were put together, im sure the club would happily sit down and talk to.
I don't want a bunch of drips to represent me as the fans group, we know the type, the ones that sit there and ask the most pointless questions in these fan events. |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 07:50 - Mar 5 with 594 views | Steve_M |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 22:54 - Mar 4 by Radlett_blue |
Good points but why do Town need a "chief executive" when Evans is taking all the meaningful decisions? |
Because he doesn't make them quickly enough and isn't always involved on a day to day basis. |  |
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| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 07:54 - Mar 5 with 590 views | Dubtractor |
| The way back from here will be long, but there is a way on 07:50 - Mar 5 by Steve_M |
Because he doesn't make them quickly enough and isn't always involved on a day to day basis. |
Don't forget Steve, apparently Evans is spending a lot more time at the club..... | |
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