| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... 16:06 - Jun 9 with 3203 views | SomethingBlue |
What's happened today with the EFL season is very, very bad news — and even more so if we can't restart in September. I'd personally not have been as keen to wish this season away as most people here have, even though it has been a total sh6tshow from us. We are now closer than ever to games with Cambridge, Colchester and Orient becoming our staples. PL2 and regionalised lower leagues are a matter of time unless things snap back into place quickly. |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:07 - Jun 9 with 3165 views | Swansea_Blue |
Inevitable though. It was always likely that we'd be stopping. |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:09 - Jun 9 with 3139 views | BrixtonBlue |
Indeed. But at least the integrity of the game is still intact (apart from with Wycombe who've jumped 2 places into the play offs without doing anything). |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:11 - Jun 9 with 3100 views | clive_baker |
We weren't going up this season had we played out the season or not, so I'm not sure todays events have changed anything in that regard. |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 with 3088 views | ITFC_Forever |
"We'll never play you again" crowed the trophy-dodgers last season.
They might have a point.... |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 with 3083 views | Darth_Koont |
I understand the overall danger of the way football is going. But with the strong possibility of a full season ahead from August doesn't that mean we're out of a risky limbo where that type of decision re: PL2 and regionalised lower leagues could more easily have been taken? |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 with 3083 views | TractorWood |
I see no alternative. We were midtable and lost all momentum.
We have no right to moan. [Post edited 9 Jun 2020 16:14]
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:13 - Jun 9 with 3067 views | SomethingBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:11 - Jun 9 by clive_baker |
We weren't going up this season had we played out the season or not, so I'm not sure todays events have changed anything in that regard. |
It's not about Town going up though (although, as it goes, our chances of ever doing so again might just have taken an almighty whack). Need to look beyond Town. | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:13 - Jun 9 with 3064 views | clive_baker |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 by ITFC_Forever |
"We'll never play you again" crowed the trophy-dodgers last season.
They might have a point.... |
They'll be 1 league above us next season, which is closer than they have been this season. [Post edited 9 Jun 2020 16:13]
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:34 - Jun 9 with 2870 views | giant_stow |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:13 - Jun 9 by SomethingBlue |
It's not about Town going up though (although, as it goes, our chances of ever doing so again might just have taken an almighty whack). Need to look beyond Town. |
realise this has nothing to do with me, but out of interest, you've seemed pretty gloomy about your clubs prospects (if they don't go back up this season) for a while now. How come / whats the thinking there? |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:36 - Jun 9 with 2848 views | kizaitfc |
I thought everything was going swimmingly???!!! | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:39 - Jun 9 with 2808 views | Bluefish |
What are your thoughts on PRP these days? Are we still lucky to have him because he just gets it? |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:57 - Jun 9 with 2687 views | KelvinGrovelBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 by ITFC_Forever |
"We'll never play you again" crowed the trophy-dodgers last season.
They might have a point.... |
What hurts is in my lifetime I've now seen them lift the championship trophy twice, league 1 and a playoff final win.
We can pretend they count for nothing, but they've been able to enjoy alot in football that I haven't
I am too young to remember us in 2001
please Ipswich, give me SOMETHING. At the very least I thought a drop down to league 1 would see us having something to celebrate at the end of it - I'll never learn | | | |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 17:24 - Jun 9 with 2636 views | ArnieM |
I personally think we are now ,looking into the jaws of Football League collapsing in this Country. The Premier League and its awash with money obscenity has a LOT to answer for . This day has always been coming , its just been facilitated more quickly by CoVid. The final straw that has tipped the precarious balance that has existed outside of the PL for many years now.
Perhaps the powers that be will finally wake up and smell the coffee. And I don't include that shower O shyte the EFL |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 17:38 - Jun 9 with 2571 views | SomethingBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:39 - Jun 9 by Bluefish |
What are your thoughts on PRP these days? Are we still lucky to have him because he just gets it? |
He's screwed it up but this isn't a Lambert thread, it's much more important than him. | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 17:39 - Jun 9 with 2569 views | SomethingBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:39 - Jun 9 by Bluefish |
What are your thoughts on PRP these days? Are we still lucky to have him because he just gets it? |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:01 - Jun 9 with 2468 views | Bluefish |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 17:38 - Jun 9 by SomethingBlue |
He's screwed it up but this isn't a Lambert thread, it's much more important than him. |
Predictable. I'm guessing you won't want to participate in another thread regarding him either. | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:05 - Jun 9 with 2448 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:01 - Jun 9 by Bluefish |
Predictable. I'm guessing you won't want to participate in another thread regarding him either. |
Is Something Blue one of the people who should fcuk off? | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:12 - Jun 9 with 2423 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:57 - Jun 9 by KelvinGrovelBlue |
What hurts is in my lifetime I've now seen them lift the championship trophy twice, league 1 and a playoff final win.
We can pretend they count for nothing, but they've been able to enjoy alot in football that I haven't
I am too young to remember us in 2001
please Ipswich, give me SOMETHING. At the very least I thought a drop down to league 1 would see us having something to celebrate at the end of it - I'll never learn |
I don't know what's worse: never having seen us do anything, or having seen our successes and then the decline. | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:25 - Jun 9 with 2366 views | stonojnr |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 16:12 - Jun 9 by Darth_Koont |
I understand the overall danger of the way football is going. But with the strong possibility of a full season ahead from August doesn't that mean we're out of a risky limbo where that type of decision re: PL2 and regionalised lower leagues could more easily have been taken? |
if the cost to run football during these Covid restrictions is the reason for not being able to continue with L1 & L2, why will the costs have lessened enough by August (its only what 8 weeksish before the expected start normally) to commit to starting a new season.
as in fundamentally whats going to change to make football in L1/L2 profitable again in time for August ? | | | |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:44 - Jun 9 with 2320 views | pointofblue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:25 - Jun 9 by stonojnr |
if the cost to run football during these Covid restrictions is the reason for not being able to continue with L1 & L2, why will the costs have lessened enough by August (its only what 8 weeksish before the expected start normally) to commit to starting a new season.
as in fundamentally whats going to change to make football in L1/L2 profitable again in time for August ? |
With the top two divisions still to play out I doubt the season will start until September, though your point still stands. | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:49 - Jun 9 with 2299 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:12 - Jun 9 by Swansea_Blue |
I don't know what's worse: never having seen us do anything, or having seen our successes and then the decline. |
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. | |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:59 - Jun 9 with 2263 views | JimmyJazz |
If the leagues are to be restructured due to costs etc, then surely league 2 will go, becoming a non-league. So we end up with 3 professional divisions in England
To be able to play in the third tier you have to have enough financial backing that would have resulted in finishing league 1. Half the clubs either wanted to or could have finished the season (Coventry and Rotherham didn't because they were top 2 already)
So retain 3 leagues with probably a smaller number of teams in each league. [Post edited 9 Jun 2020 19:00]
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 19:02 - Jun 9 with 2239 views | Ryorry |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 17:24 - Jun 9 by ArnieM |
I personally think we are now ,looking into the jaws of Football League collapsing in this Country. The Premier League and its awash with money obscenity has a LOT to answer for . This day has always been coming , its just been facilitated more quickly by CoVid. The final straw that has tipped the precarious balance that has existed outside of the PL for many years now.
Perhaps the powers that be will finally wake up and smell the coffee. And I don't include that shower O shyte the EFL |
Agree. There is such a thing as bad news :( |  |
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| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 20:43 - Jun 9 with 2064 views | itfcjoe |
| Take your annoyance with ITFC out of it ... on 18:25 - Jun 9 by stonojnr |
if the cost to run football during these Covid restrictions is the reason for not being able to continue with L1 & L2, why will the costs have lessened enough by August (its only what 8 weeksish before the expected start normally) to commit to starting a new season.
as in fundamentally whats going to change to make football in L1/L2 profitable again in time for August ? |
The Championship doesn't finish until July 23rd so we are looking at mid-September before starting again - but your point still stands |  |
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