| It’s been a good week for ITFC 20:06 - Jun 4 with 4318 views | Steve_M |
Ashton starting, two good signings, kit released, Ed Sheeran giving it global attention and a promotion.
A long way to go before the start of the season, even longer before we will have achieved anything but it’s a nice start. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:14 - Jun 5 with 1613 views | IpswichKnight |
All this positivity is novel and strange I’m waiting for ITFC to kick me hard in the nadgers now. Gone are the days of waiting until last weekend of the transfer window to do anything and only get in loans that add nothing.
Like to see us start moving a few out now. |  | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:15 - Jun 5 with 1593 views | saffers12 |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:14 - Jun 5 by IpswichKnight |
All this positivity is novel and strange I’m waiting for ITFC to kick me hard in the nadgers now. Gone are the days of waiting until last weekend of the transfer window to do anything and only get in loans that add nothing.
Like to see us start moving a few out now. |
Still a lot more to come in...a lot more |  | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:47 - Jun 5 with 1543 views | textbackup |
theres no doubt that Ashton will make some calls during his time here that'll shock/piss off a few, but from what he's saying (so far) I trust that he's steering us in the right direction.
CEO's make big calls, its what they are paid to do.
few more first team starters through the door, mix them in with what we already have, bulk out squad with young academy boys, i'll be more than chuffed with that going into the new season |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:52 - Jun 5 with 1529 views | textbackup |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 23:24 - Jun 4 by Bluefish |
But PRP gave us our club back ages ago |
you might need to just change the record mate, just sayin' | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:03 - Jun 5 with 1513 views | Bluefish |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 08:52 - Jun 5 by textbackup |
you might need to just change the record mate, just sayin' |
See the similarities? It has been a good week but it was a good week in past and we got blinded by it. We should be happy at the signings but no point going over board. Make PC earn it and then love him when he does |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:15 - Jun 5 with 1502 views | textbackup |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:03 - Jun 5 by Bluefish |
See the similarities? It has been a good week but it was a good week in past and we got blinded by it. We should be happy at the signings but no point going over board. Make PC earn it and then love him when he does |
Not really, the entire club has changed from that time, proper owners and a structure built behind the scenes.
One man coming in a talking bo11ocks compared to this, well they don't compare do they.
this week hasn't really even been about PC, and not seen him talk too much. More so the CEO arriving, and the managers targets brought in.
as far as i'm concerned they've all earnt credit this week, and long may it continue. | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:31 - Jun 5 with 1484 views | Bluefish |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:15 - Jun 5 by textbackup |
Not really, the entire club has changed from that time, proper owners and a structure built behind the scenes.
One man coming in a talking bo11ocks compared to this, well they don't compare do they.
this week hasn't really even been about PC, and not seen him talk too much. More so the CEO arriving, and the managers targets brought in.
as far as i'm concerned they've all earnt credit this week, and long may it continue. |
It.does have shades of Hurst and Doig coming in though and sweeping old the old and splashing on the new.
We are going to piss the league though | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:55 - Jun 5 with 1460 views | Keaneish |
On the playing staff management side of it I thought Cook did well making very early calls on players and their contracts to help set the foundations for some of this positivity. We were weeks ahead of some clubs with our retained / released lists which has helped nurture some productive recruitment conversation. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:58 - Jun 5 with 1447 views | chrismakin |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:31 - Jun 5 by Bluefish |
It.does have shades of Hurst and Doig coming in though and sweeping old the old and splashing on the new.
We are going to piss the league though |
I'd say tho. Evans and Burns are different first signings than what Hurst gave us. both players are experienced at the level we are playing at for starters. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:11 - Jun 5 with 1433 views | Swansea_Blue |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 07:37 - Jun 5 by Churchman |
Possibly just hope playing tricks with me, but I sense a rapidly growing ‘cohesion’ about the club. Interesting that KD alluded PL was never available, Evans liked to save money and Mick was really only interested in the first team. Add Chambers’ comments about people like Milton going leaving fewer people to do more, it’s easy to see how the club’s fallen apart. It’s been gutted.
People will come and go, but if the set up is right that won’t matter. Mark Ashton maybe the devil incarnate, as that Bristol City dude indicated, but the new appointees bring structure and form.
As for the new players, It’s clear PC values attitude as much as anything else. It’s no surprise he wants rid of most of what he’s seen in the last three months.
Yes, it’s been a very interesting, good week for ITFC. |
It’s not trickery, there’s definitely more cohesion. Which really isn’t difficult considering we had an absent owner, minimal on the ground leadership and a grumpy Weegie living of past glories in charge.
We now have the structure to bind things together. Don’t underestimate the infectious enthusiasm of the new owners too. They’ve done more to galvanise the support base than Evans did in 13 years. It was about 5 years before most of us even saw a picture of Evans FFS, whereas you can’t get this lot off the various podcasts. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:18 - Jun 5 with 1408 views | Pinewoodblue |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:15 - Jun 5 by textbackup |
Not really, the entire club has changed from that time, proper owners and a structure built behind the scenes.
One man coming in a talking bo11ocks compared to this, well they don't compare do they.
this week hasn't really even been about PC, and not seen him talk too much. More so the CEO arriving, and the managers targets brought in.
as far as i'm concerned they've all earnt credit this week, and long may it continue. |
Just need KD confirmed as Assistant Manager..
On a slightly sad note doubt if us older fans could ever imagine getting excited about signings from Fleetwood and Wigan. The only was up. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:18 - Jun 5 with 1410 views | Churchman |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:31 - Jun 5 by Bluefish |
It.does have shades of Hurst and Doig coming in though and sweeping old the old and splashing on the new.
We are going to piss the league though |
It really doesn’t. Hurst and Doig were appointed at the end of May. The season had gone and he had no idea what players he had - not that it mattered since Evans couldn’t get the better ones out fast enough to trouser the £££ and reduce the wages. Decent players replaced by cheap rubbish ones. Cook arrived in March and had enough time to see what he had or more importantly what he didn’t have.
Most important of all, the constant for Hurst, Lambert and their predecessors was Evans. The interviews with Chambers, Dyer, McGoldrick and others tell you all you need to know about the life draining nature of that regime.
It’s not the same now. It’s all changing. It feels like a football club is being formed as opposed to clinging on to the remnants of one. We are no longer blindly hoping a new bloke, whose highlight was one decent season with Shrewsbury, can produce a Championship team with League 1 and worse level players. It’s all good. |  | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:19 - Jun 5 with 1418 views | Dyland |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:31 - Jun 5 by Bluefish |
It.does have shades of Hurst and Doig coming in though and sweeping old the old and splashing on the new.
We are going to piss the league though |
Light years between Hurst and Cook.
Hurst sounded like a numpty literally from the word go. A few fans called it a breath of fresh air. Delusional, and I'm not saying this with hindsight. He was very clearly completely out of his depth and proved it very quickly. The fact Evans allowed it to happen puts the blame at his door as much as if not more than Hurst and Doig.
Cook was the opposite. I don't disagree with questioning his comments about clearing the whole squad, managers are there to be analysed by fans, it's part and parcel. But he has always sounded like he knows what he's talking about. Much like McCarthy. No other manager under Evans has done so. A parade of planks.
Cook knows what he's doing. I agree he will be judged in November, or October perhaps. But Evans isn't involved in running the club any more so it's worlds apart from Lambert even if you do really think Cook and Lambert are similar... which you dont do you, you're just arguing the toss Fishers and trolling yourself. You used to be a far more effective troll you donut :) |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:23 - Jun 5 with 1393 views | footers |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:19 - Jun 5 by Dyland |
Light years between Hurst and Cook.
Hurst sounded like a numpty literally from the word go. A few fans called it a breath of fresh air. Delusional, and I'm not saying this with hindsight. He was very clearly completely out of his depth and proved it very quickly. The fact Evans allowed it to happen puts the blame at his door as much as if not more than Hurst and Doig.
Cook was the opposite. I don't disagree with questioning his comments about clearing the whole squad, managers are there to be analysed by fans, it's part and parcel. But he has always sounded like he knows what he's talking about. Much like McCarthy. No other manager under Evans has done so. A parade of planks.
Cook knows what he's doing. I agree he will be judged in November, or October perhaps. But Evans isn't involved in running the club any more so it's worlds apart from Lambert even if you do really think Cook and Lambert are similar... which you dont do you, you're just arguing the toss Fishers and trolling yourself. You used to be a far more effective troll you donut :) |
"Parade of planks" lovely stuff!
But agreed that Cook comes across as knowing his onions and isn't just making noise to try and justify himself as Hurst and Deputy Doig did. If I were a woman I'd feel safe in his arms.
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:30 - Jun 5 with 1370 views | Oldboy |
This is going to be an excellent season. Fantastic signings so far and more to come. |  | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:35 - Jun 5 with 1351 views | xrayspecs |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 09:55 - Jun 5 by Keaneish |
On the playing staff management side of it I thought Cook did well making very early calls on players and their contracts to help set the foundations for some of this positivity. We were weeks ahead of some clubs with our retained / released lists which has helped nurture some productive recruitment conversation. |
Those conversations started a long time before the end of the season. | | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:52 - Jun 5 with 1319 views | textbackup |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:18 - Jun 5 by Pinewoodblue |
Just need KD confirmed as Assistant Manager..
On a slightly sad note doubt if us older fans could ever imagine getting excited about signings from Fleetwood and Wigan. The only was up. |
didn't paul mariner join from Plymouth? | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:02 - Jun 5 with 1307 views | oldbluey |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:30 - Jun 5 by Oldboy |
This is going to be an excellent season. Fantastic signings so far and more to come. |
I’m hoping that the club arranges an open day before the new season. It will be great to see the place that has been my “ second home” since the late 1950’s . Lots of memories of friend that I worked with on the turnstiles for many years. Very special people. |  |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:06 - Jun 5 with 1294 views | SomethingBlue |
Yes there is a buzz and vitality about things, even at this early stage. Just hope that quickly translates onto the pitch and we can get up next season, because I think it's clear things could get quite interesting if we do. More than anything I'm happy to see a can-do attitude radiating from the club. It's been a long, long time. | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:09 - Jun 5 with 1284 views | Churchman |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:52 - Jun 5 by textbackup |
didn't paul mariner join from Plymouth? |
He did! West Ham were up against us for his signature and he was signed for £220k. A sizeable fee in those days but he had a good goal scoring record and was about 23 when he signed - a good age with plenty to come. | | | |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:10 - Jun 5 with 1282 views | Pinewoodblue |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:52 - Jun 5 by textbackup |
didn't paul mariner join from Plymouth? |
We paid over £200,000 for him 45 years ago so hardly the same. | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 12:00 - Jun 5 with 1233 views | textbackup |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:10 - Jun 5 by Pinewoodblue |
We paid over £200,000 for him 45 years ago so hardly the same. |
so signing a player from a team below us isn't the same as signing a player from a team below us, because he cost money.
ok | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 12:09 - Jun 5 with 1218 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:18 - Jun 5 by Pinewoodblue |
Just need KD confirmed as Assistant Manager..
On a slightly sad note doubt if us older fans could ever imagine getting excited about signings from Fleetwood and Wigan. The only was up. |
Or lower league Plymouth:
Or Portsmouth:
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 12:19 - Jun 5 with 1204 views | Steve_M |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 11:06 - Jun 5 by SomethingBlue |
Yes there is a buzz and vitality about things, even at this early stage. Just hope that quickly translates onto the pitch and we can get up next season, because I think it's clear things could get quite interesting if we do. More than anything I'm happy to see a can-do attitude radiating from the club. It's been a long, long time. |
I’m hopeful that the bright start to each of the last two seasons shows that better players means a team will do ok without organisation or a settled way of playing; if Cook has added them then it should be more sustainable.
A nice opening month of fixtures works hello here too. | |
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| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 12:32 - Jun 5 with 1181 views | NthQldITFC |
| It’s been a good week for ITFC on 10:23 - Jun 5 by footers |
"Parade of planks" lovely stuff!
But agreed that Cook comes across as knowing his onions and isn't just making noise to try and justify himself as Hurst and Deputy Doig did. If I were a woman I'd feel safe in his arms.
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I can offer a 'cavalcade of Charlies', if that is any good?
...or as Edward Fox apparently said, rather unacceptably, 'an absolute fleet of Berties'. |  |
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