| Illusions of grandeur? 17:41 - Oct 24 with 1338 views | Bigeze |
Is it time to forget the past and acknowledge our beloved club isn’t as it was when growing up?
The sooner we accept we are a average L1 team, with no steel, flair, who cannot change/influence (for the better) a game, it may just make it better for us all.
I fear all we can hope for is a brief flirtation with the championship maybe once or twice in the next decade* and only dream of ever of the heady heights of playoff to the promise land ever again 🥴
*if the club last that long with shocking parity of league money and Covid ransacking clubs
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 17:42 - Oct 24 with 1325 views | BlueBadger |
I don't think that 'we can do better than mid table in the third division' is a massively entitled view to take of ITFC. |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 17:43 - Oct 24 with 1315 views | Pendejo |
Err, I accepted that 10 years ago , tho not the L1 bit.
There is no grandeur at this level unless you win every game. |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 17:45 - Oct 24 with 1295 views | jeera |
You mean delusions.
However, either way there's nothing wrong with drawing on inspiration from our history and having aspirations based on that.
It feels wrong where are for good reason. |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 17:47 - Oct 24 with 1273 views | Trequartista |
The size of our fanbase far exceeds the likes of Lincoln and Doncaster, as does our current wage bill, so no, mid-table Division Three is not acceptable. |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 18:09 - Oct 24 with 1205 views | Coco |
The sooner we accept mediocrity the better??
Jeeeeez is that what it’s all about now? |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 18:14 - Oct 24 with 1169 views | WD19 |
Either that, or we just have a poo manager. You decide. |  | | |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 18:20 - Oct 24 with 1134 views | BloomBlue |
You are technically correct with your subject too many fans think because we won the FA & UEFA cup we have a right to go to clubs like Lincoln and win by default. History means nothing.
However I don't agree we should accept we're an average L1 team as we should have the ambition to get out of this league. The is a difference between ambition and illusions of grandeur |  | | |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 18:23 - Oct 24 with 1115 views | MattinLondon |
On a forum where s**t posts are common this one is the floater which you can’t get rid off. |  | | |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 18:36 - Oct 24 with 1069 views | istanblue |
I'll never give up on believing that ITFC can play at the top level again, otherwise what's the point?
Whilst your analysis is broadly correct, the one colossal detail you forget is Marcus Evans and the way he has systematically let standards slip at the club season after season. Ultimately the reason we are midtable League One is because a) our owner doesn't know how to run a football club and b) our owner has no serious ambition for the club. It amazes me and depresses me at the same time how certain elements of our fanbase still hold Evans in such high regard as being the man that ''saved us'' and ''where we be without him'' etc. |  | | |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 07:48 - Oct 25 with 882 views | solomon |
Christ |  | | |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 09:55 - Oct 25 with 772 views | CornishMariner |
Take away the three trophies and we still have, by far, one of the biggest fan bases in the league with lots of season ticket sales and a large squad. Yes we might struggle in the championship but we should not accept being an "average" league one team. My suspicion is that we will eventually stumble across a manager that can take us back up, more by luck than judgement. |  |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 10:03 - Oct 25 with 758 views | pointofblue |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 09:55 - Oct 25 by CornishMariner |
Take away the three trophies and we still have, by far, one of the biggest fan bases in the league with lots of season ticket sales and a large squad. Yes we might struggle in the championship but we should not accept being an "average" league one team. My suspicion is that we will eventually stumble across a manager that can take us back up, more by luck than judgement. |
Like Chris Wilder at Sheffield United - it took them time to find him but they eventually managed it. | |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 10:04 - Oct 25 with 756 views | jeera |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 10:03 - Oct 25 by pointofblue |
Like Chris Wilder at Sheffield United - it took them time to find him but they eventually managed it. |
Once we've run out of Pauls, which letter do you think Evans will randomly go for next? | |
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| Illusions of grandeur? on 10:09 - Oct 25 with 745 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Illusions of grandeur? on 10:04 - Oct 25 by jeera |
Once we've run out of Pauls, which letter do you think Evans will randomly go for next? |
Think the OP assumes Lambert will still be here in two years time |  |
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