| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment 09:27 - Dec 14 with 2619 views | GlasgowBlue |
Let’s hope so. |  |
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| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 12:07 - Dec 14 with 538 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 11:25 - Dec 14 by FPL_Tractor |
I've tried to look at that season in hindsight, because it was such an improvement on the year before. I guess the signings of Goddard and Whitton were key but I'd suggest a bit of luck with injuries (the only one i recall really is the Linighan one for the run in) meant we kept a pretty stable 11. It seems everything came together and I guess that rolled on for the first half of the season after. |
Zondervan and Goddard missed a large part of that season. | |
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| Yeah, nothing prettier.... on 12:12 - Dec 14 with 523 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Yeah, nothing prettier.... on 09:51 - Dec 14 by Bloots |
...than Craig Forrest humping it diagonally 75yards onto Steve Whitton's head. |
But they were good at it. Nothing wrong with a well executed plan! |  | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 12:38 - Dec 14 with 487 views | burnbudgiesburn |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 09:48 - Dec 14 by DMDC |
Lyalls team played great football,he had a track record for it. Not sure where Harris fits with that. |
John Lyalls team didn't play sexy football from the back through midfield at all. They simply didn't have the defenders with the technical ability to do it.
Linighan was very limited with the ball at feet but did possess a good long range diagonal pass to Whitton who used to win 80% of everthing. We then played all our better football in midfield/attack with Doz & Kiwomya with Goddard who were very clever footballers.
Even our central midfield wasn't that gifted. Milton was an excellent runner into the box and Steve Palmer was very limited but always 100% effort.
I'd be amazed if Warky & Linighan played 10% of the passes between them that our back 4 have this season. | | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 12:42 - Dec 14 with 477 views | MattinLondon |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 09:58 - Dec 14 by Trequartista |
Paul cook p38 w11 John lyall p38 w11
Lyall would never get to see his promotion nowadays [Post edited 14 Dec 2021 9:58]
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Then, we were a mid table championship team whereas now we are a mid table L1 team. Totally different scenario to Cook’s failure. |  | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 12:57 - Dec 14 with 453 views | Vic |
Cant see too many similarities GB, apart from style of play (apparently)
Lyall was an experienced manager with a good reputation, having a managed in the top league, taking one last job.
Harris is relatively inexperienced, with an OK reputation, no experience at top level and looking to get back on the ladder.
Loyal got the best out of a relatively average squad. Harris will get an above average squad for this league. |  |
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| Yeah, nothing prettier.... on 13:03 - Dec 14 with 445 views | borge |
| Yeah, nothing prettier.... on 09:51 - Dec 14 by Bloots |
...than Craig Forrest humping it diagonally 75yards onto Steve Whitton's head. |
Having watched quite a few highlights from that season recently, the football was decent. Yes, there were many diagonal passes (I recall them mainly coming from Thompson), but then when it was in the final third we really got the ball down and played some slick passing stuff. Nothing like the dross we've seen for most of the past ten years. | | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:46 - Dec 14 with 412 views | urbanblue |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 11:38 - Dec 14 by chicoazul |
Whitton was one of our best players Goddard less so. Dozzell and Kiwomya were up front during the best periods. That team is the greatest example of the essence of Ipswich Town; a core of youth players and cheap buys with a sprinkling of inspired experienced signings, of course helped by the greatest player in our history. A team worth so much more than the sum of its parts and playing the big boys off the park. Such a shame it’s all gone now. |
Can't be bothered to look it up but my memories were Marshall and Kiwomya up top .. |  | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:54 - Dec 14 with 405 views | blu_dru |
Served JL in JJB once, his grandson wanted Predators but JL wanted nothing but the cheapest possible pair of boots. Good lesson for the young man |  | | |
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| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:55 - Dec 14 with 403 views | chicoazul |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:46 - Dec 14 by urbanblue |
Can't be bothered to look it up but my memories were Marshall and Kiwomya up top .. |
Marshall was a few years later. |  |
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| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:58 - Dec 14 with 397 views | urbanblue |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 13:55 - Dec 14 by chicoazul |
Marshall was a few years later. |
Aah right, the memories are just disappearing into the ether amid the last 20 years of mediocrity. | | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 14:01 - Dec 14 with 394 views | BonneNIL |
John Lyall... who was one of West Ham's best ever managers, who won the FA Cup twice, reached the Cup Winners Cup final, reached the League Cup Final as well as storming what is now the Championship with West Ham. Lyall was an exceptional club manager and a great appointment for Ipswich to make.
Yes, that's a like for like comparison with Harris... |  |
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| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 14:53 - Dec 14 with 377 views | blu_dru |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 14:01 - Dec 14 by BonneNIL |
John Lyall... who was one of West Ham's best ever managers, who won the FA Cup twice, reached the Cup Winners Cup final, reached the League Cup Final as well as storming what is now the Championship with West Ham. Lyall was an exceptional club manager and a great appointment for Ipswich to make.
Yes, that's a like for like comparison with Harris... |
Think the OP meant in terms of how people felt about the appointment (not the big exciting name etc..) rather than directly comparing Harris and Lyall's careers etc... | | | |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 17:16 - Dec 14 with 341 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Harris could be a John Lyall type appointment on 14:53 - Dec 14 by blu_dru |
Think the OP meant in terms of how people felt about the appointment (not the big exciting name etc..) rather than directly comparing Harris and Lyall's careers etc... |
I don't remember people being against John Lyall at the time. |  |
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