| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan 08:48 - Aug 28 with 22526 views | itfcjoe |
Turned up for the team photo yesterday, told that they aren't in it.
Then subsequently told that they won't be taking part in the Cambridge friendly on Saturday and will be playing for the U23s tonight against Norwich instead.
Tough love? Or just an indication that they aren't going to be involved very much and we'll be going with same senior players again.
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 15:56 - Aug 28 with 4101 views | itfcjoe |
Just heard Ndaba, Drinan and McGavin aren't even playing for the U23s tonight now - Dobra and El Miz are | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 15:58 - Aug 28 with 4090 views | catch74 |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 15:56 - Aug 28 by itfcjoe |
Just heard Ndaba, Drinan and McGavin aren't even playing for the U23s tonight now - Dobra and El Miz are |
They must surely be going out on loan!? |  |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:00 - Aug 28 with 4087 views | itfcjoe |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 15:58 - Aug 28 by catch74 |
They must surely be going out on loan!? |
From what I hear there has been a massive change in what the team was going to be yesterday compared to what it is now today | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:08 - Aug 28 with 4058 views | catch74 |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:00 - Aug 28 by itfcjoe |
From what I hear there has been a massive change in what the team was going to be yesterday compared to what it is now today |
Somethings afoot. | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:12 - Aug 28 with 4043 views | PJH |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:08 - Aug 28 by catch74 |
Somethings afoot. |
Yes, about 12 inches |  | | |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:14 - Aug 28 with 4041 views | BrixtonBlue |
| thanks Phil.... on 15:39 - Aug 28 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Yes too many 'proven' senior wasters who had relegated us without a fight and finished 11th in this league, agree with that. But how on earth can you say : 'lets judge Lambert after a few games'. Hasn't he had enough time? It's been nearly 2 years.
He'll keep waffling about Leeds and Sheffield Utd long spells in this league as an excuse for his own ineptitude. |
I don't think we've got any choice but to give Lambert a few games. It would be really weird to sack him now. |  |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:19 - Aug 28 with 4010 views | catch74 |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:12 - Aug 28 by PJH |
Yes, about 12 inches |
Exactly 12 inches? | |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:26 - Aug 28 with 3981 views | SitfcB |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:14 - Aug 28 by BrixtonBlue |
I don't think we've got any choice but to give Lambert a few games. It would be really weird to sack him now. |
Quite. |  |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:30 - Aug 28 with 3966 views | itfcjoe |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:26 - Aug 28 by SitfcB |
Quite. |
He very nearly went before last season started | |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:31 - Aug 28 with 3961 views | Herbivore |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:14 - Aug 28 by BrixtonBlue |
I don't think we've got any choice but to give Lambert a few games. It would be really weird to sack him now. |
It'd probably be the right call though, even if not ideal timing. |  |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:37 - Aug 28 with 3941 views | Kieran_Knows |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:30 - Aug 28 by itfcjoe |
He very nearly went before last season started |
Would’ve been a stroke of luck. |  |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:46 - Aug 28 with 3913 views | Herbivore |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:37 - Aug 28 by Kieran_Knows |
Would’ve been a stroke of luck. |
We'd be looking forward to playing Norwich again this season. | |
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| thanks Phil.... on 16:58 - Aug 28 with 3882 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| thanks Phil.... on 15:48 - Aug 28 by ITFC_96 |
"No God given right to get promoted from this league" etc etc. |
Don't know what your point is as I'm talking about something else.
Lambert has been using this excuse number of times last season after some bad performances. He isn't willing to admit his own mistakes as he thinks he means something good as a manager. |  | | |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 17:22 - Aug 28 with 3847 views | PJH |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:19 - Aug 28 by catch74 |
Exactly 12 inches? |
Possibly-it depends what the exam boards say after the next U turn. | | | |
| thanks Phil.... on 17:29 - Aug 28 with 3829 views | BrixtonBlue |
| thanks Phil.... on 16:31 - Aug 28 by Herbivore |
It'd probably be the right call though, even if not ideal timing. |
It would be really odd timing, and possibly Marcus's most bizarre decision yet, unless something drastic happened behind the scenes.
I hope you know, I'm not actually convinced Lambert's the right man for the job? I've stated a few times, I'd be totally in agreement with you about getting the Burley/Dyer dream team in. I'm just pragmatic. It is what it is at the moment, and we have to make the best of it and hope Lambert comes good (or falls on his sword and whoever comes next comes good). I honestly don't care, I just want SOMEBODY to come good. | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:02 - Aug 28 with 3785 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 16:00 - Aug 28 by itfcjoe |
From what I hear there has been a massive change in what the team was going to be yesterday compared to what it is now today |
Stuart Watson certainly appears to think the omission of the Ipswich Five was very deliberate
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:06 - Aug 28 with 3781 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:02 - Aug 28 by ElderGrizzly |
Stuart Watson certainly appears to think the omission of the Ipswich Five was very deliberate
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I like Watson, but his grammar isn't the best there (especially for someone who writes for a living). | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:07 - Aug 28 with 3777 views | Wickets |
Is this true the report says The photo shoot was Afternoon and that they where told in the Morning ! That doesn't seem to say they turned up for the shoot then told they aren't in it ! |  | | |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:20 - Aug 28 with 3755 views | itfcjoe |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:06 - Aug 28 by BrixtonBlue |
I like Watson, but his grammar isn't the best there (especially for someone who writes for a living). |
He corrected it a few seconds later | |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:54 - Aug 28 with 3704 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:02 - Aug 28 by ElderGrizzly |
Stuart Watson certainly appears to think the omission of the Ipswich Five was very deliberate
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Well obviously which is really the key point here. The manner of it being done may be up to debate but those 5 were clearly chosen for a reason, which means it was either a deliberate motivational move or that they are currently way down his thinking
If it’s the former it seems questionable to me but hey, let’s hope it works, but the latter seems far more likely and is a much bigger concern as it’s difficult to see how anything is going to change from last year with the same faces - particularly going forwards |  |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 19:07 - Aug 28 with 3679 views | ITFCBlues |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:54 - Aug 28 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Well obviously which is really the key point here. The manner of it being done may be up to debate but those 5 were clearly chosen for a reason, which means it was either a deliberate motivational move or that they are currently way down his thinking
If it’s the former it seems questionable to me but hey, let’s hope it works, but the latter seems far more likely and is a much bigger concern as it’s difficult to see how anything is going to change from last year with the same faces - particularly going forwards |
Lankester, Hawkins & a fully fit Bishop may have something to say about that |  |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 19:16 - Aug 28 with 3667 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 19:07 - Aug 28 by ITFCBlues |
Lankester, Hawkins & a fully fit Bishop may have something to say about that |
They may have something to say about that but until one of them proves they can stay fit for more than 5 minutes and another shows they are fully recovered from a very long layoff then it seems fairly fanciful
As for Hawkins I’m actually hopeful he can provide something different but this is a player that has scored 15 goals in 88 games in league football in his career
Meanwhile we’ve lost Luke Garbutt and Will Keane who respectively had a hand in 9 and 7 of our 46 league goals last season
But yes things will definitely magically change [Post edited 28 Aug 2020 20:50]
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 20:27 - Aug 28 with 3610 views | haynes_toe1 |
Ignoring the semantics the reality is its pretty clear that the modern footballer, young ones especially, live in a very different world to 30 years ago and this sort of harsh treatment almost universally fails to work.
Every one of them will have some form of agent who will simply now try and force a move away to somewhere where the manager isn't a proven archaic failure. |  | | |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 21:39 - Aug 28 with 3567 views | BryanPlug |
| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 18:06 - Aug 28 by BrixtonBlue |
I like Watson, but his grammar isn't the best there (especially for someone who writes for a living). |
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| Dobra, El Mizouni, Ndaba, McGavin and Drinan on 21:59 - Aug 28 with 3540 views | Bluearmy71 |
I thought someone like yourself wouldn't pander to such crappy over sensationalised journalism, surely logic dictates that the U23's is a competitive match where both sides would like to win the match and the five young lads will benefit more from playing 90 mins of that game instead of bit parts in a friendly to which no one really cares about the end result! |  | | |
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