| Things you love to see 21:31 - Oct 15 with 3662 views | Illinoisblue |
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| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 21:48 - Oct 15 with 3162 views | Bloots |
....seem that they are very close to embarking a period very similar to our now defunct "banter era".
It's got all the hallmarks.
Losing their long terms "stable" owner and being replaced by a complete novice at football club ownership.
A boardroom that seems totally inept.
A seemingly total disregard for fans.
A totally mediocre football team that could quite easily drift into the lower reaches of the football league.
Of course all of these things could just be short term and they could get out of it.....but it's great fun watching them squirm. |  |
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| Things you love to see on 22:20 - Oct 15 with 2936 views | HighgateBlue |
I'm shedding zero tears. But how strange not to consult on this before announcing it?
And as I've said before, they've broken a lot of eggs and not even made an omelette! What kind of improvement is this? Tin. Pot. |  | | |
| Things you love to see on 22:25 - Oct 15 with 2907 views | Re_User |
Having just read through the live blog, from a human point of view, it very much sounds like they have a bunch of LinkedIn charlatans at the helm, and you have to feel for the fans, especially as the board are clearly lying through their teeth and paying lip service to any concerns.
On the other hand, I kept smirking throughout. |  | | |
| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 22:29 - Oct 15 with 2884 views | Illinoisblue |
| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 21:48 - Oct 15 by Bloots |
....seem that they are very close to embarking a period very similar to our now defunct "banter era".
It's got all the hallmarks.
Losing their long terms "stable" owner and being replaced by a complete novice at football club ownership.
A boardroom that seems totally inept.
A seemingly total disregard for fans.
A totally mediocre football team that could quite easily drift into the lower reaches of the football league.
Of course all of these things could just be short term and they could get out of it.....but it's great fun watching them squirm. |
Feels like a couple wins for them would lift the gloom quickly there but the underlying trend seems be one of anger and resentment. I wish all of them nothing but the worst. And then hope it gets much worse. | |
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| Too right.... on 22:34 - Oct 15 with 2825 views | Bloots |
| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 22:29 - Oct 15 by Illinoisblue |
Feels like a couple wins for them would lift the gloom quickly there but the underlying trend seems be one of anger and resentment. I wish all of them nothing but the worst. And then hope it gets much worse. |
....and any ITFC fan expressing any sympathy for them is very odd.
Utter Woke Nonsense. | |
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| Things you love to see on 22:42 - Oct 15 with 2756 views | NthQldITFC |
Sounds like their owners haven't got a clue what they're doing.
Just like their board.
Just like their Sporting Director.
Just like their manager.
Just like their players.
Their fans, to be fair, perform consistently - they BOO! at the ground, and they BOO! at their fan forums.
The scales of self-delusion are starting to fall from their eyes I think, and they don't have the players or the bottle or the connection with the fans for a relegation scrap.
I reckon they will go down. [Post edited 15 Oct 22:43]
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| Too right.... on 00:41 - Oct 16 with 2427 views | BlueBadger |
| Too right.... on 22:34 - Oct 15 by Bloots |
....and any ITFC fan expressing any sympathy for them is very odd.
Utter Woke Nonsense. |
I will never understand the whole 'you can't take the piss out of them because they're doing better than us' attitude that some football fans take when their local rivals(who happen to be in the ascendancy at the time) suffer a humiliation.
I'd laugh at Norwich getting a walloping if they were in the Champions League and we were in the Jewson League(although, if we were in the Jewson League, I'd probably see a game or two as I'd only have to go to Bury and Sudbury sutin). |  |
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| Things you love to see on 05:20 - Oct 16 with 2142 views | charlie1 |
| Things you love to see on 22:25 - Oct 15 by Re_User |
Having just read through the live blog, from a human point of view, it very much sounds like they have a bunch of LinkedIn charlatans at the helm, and you have to feel for the fans, especially as the board are clearly lying through their teeth and paying lip service to any concerns.
On the other hand, I kept smirking throughout. |
So the fans we should feel sorry for are the ones who have gloated for the last 16 years, when the only reason they were 'dominant' over us was because we were poorly run, poorly managed with minimal investment and zero future planning?
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| Things you love to see on 06:09 - Oct 16 with 2100 views | Zx1988 |
Whilst there is a degree of Schadenfreude, for sure, I can't feel too gleeful about all of this, and have to feel a degree of sympathy for their fans.
This is modern football in a nutshell and, however 'good' our owners are, we are definitely not immune to this sort of thing. The seat moves for the Premier League, and the scrapping of the dividend for shareholders were a prime example of this.
Whilst we've only had small inconveniences so far, it's only a matter of time until we end up undertaking an infrastructure project that sees fans as collateral damage in the name of chasing corporate money. | |
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| Things you love to see on 07:18 - Oct 16 with 1943 views | EssexBloo |
Does a poor season put them in a dodgy financial situation? According to a lot of sites they have the 5th highest wage still in the championship and seem to be running out of decent sellable assests which they have relied on in the past. | | | |
| Things you love to see on 07:25 - Oct 16 with 1904 views | Keno |
| Things you love to see on 07:18 - Oct 16 by EssexBloo |
Does a poor season put them in a dodgy financial situation? According to a lot of sites they have the 5th highest wage still in the championship and seem to be running out of decent sellable assests which they have relied on in the past. |
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| Things you love to see on 11:41 - Oct 16 with 1483 views | Illinoisblue |
| Things you love to see on 07:18 - Oct 16 by EssexBloo |
Does a poor season put them in a dodgy financial situation? According to a lot of sites they have the 5th highest wage still in the championship and seem to be running out of decent sellable assests which they have relied on in the past. |
Their American owners are loaded so I don’t think it’ll be a huge problem. | |
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| Things you love to see on 11:50 - Oct 16 with 1447 views | Bobbychase |
| Things you love to see on 22:25 - Oct 15 by Re_User |
Having just read through the live blog, from a human point of view, it very much sounds like they have a bunch of LinkedIn charlatans at the helm, and you have to feel for the fans, especially as the board are clearly lying through their teeth and paying lip service to any concerns.
On the other hand, I kept smirking throughout. |
Yeah I read it too. Almost every question answered with "but we need to make money from the stadium". Don't think they were prepared for how much fallout there would be. |  |
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| Things you love to see on 12:13 - Oct 16 with 1333 views | catch74 |
| Things you love to see on 07:25 - Oct 16 by Keno |
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I’d say Stacey too, probably the only two that would get anywhere near our squad. |  |
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| Things you love to see on 13:05 - Oct 16 with 1172 views | HighgateBlue |
| Things you love to see on 07:25 - Oct 16 by Keno |
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I think we need a poll don't we?
Is he Ronald McDonald? Mick Hucknall? Annie? That chick out of Brave?
Decent player, I concede. When he manages to find his way out of Kipre's back pocket. | | | |
| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 13:10 - Oct 16 with 1152 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Without wanting to get too "previous", it does..... on 21:48 - Oct 15 by Bloots |
....seem that they are very close to embarking a period very similar to our now defunct "banter era".
It's got all the hallmarks.
Losing their long terms "stable" owner and being replaced by a complete novice at football club ownership.
A boardroom that seems totally inept.
A seemingly total disregard for fans.
A totally mediocre football team that could quite easily drift into the lower reaches of the football league.
Of course all of these things could just be short term and they could get out of it.....but it's great fun watching them squirm. |
As Paul Lambert once quoted “the wheel always turns” |  |
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| Things you love to see on 13:13 - Oct 16 with 1129 views | Linners |
| Things you love to see on 12:13 - Oct 16 by catch74 |
I’d say Stacey too, probably the only two that would get anywhere near our squad. |
I think there are a handful that are young and decent, but not £15m+ decent at the moment. Sargent is the only one that is good enough that a sale might allow for a modest re-build. Not sure what their broader situation is now financially. |  | | |
| Things you love to see on 13:21 - Oct 16 with 1098 views | Reuser_is_God |
Just read through that, is quite funny.
One thing though, Ashton has mentioned several times about wanting to move the away fans at Portman Road too but I just don’t see where they’d be better located than what they are now? They can’t go at either end of the ground because 1) the SARL is our biggest hospitality suite & SARU has Beatties bar & you’d struggle for segregation. 2) they can’t go SBR end because it’s the SBR & 3) the Pioneer is bit of a no go you’d assume because of the Fanzone, hospitality & also logistics of getting 3k away fans over there.
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| Things you love to see on 13:29 - Oct 16 with 1048 views | JakeITFC |
| Things you love to see on 13:21 - Oct 16 by Reuser_is_God |
Just read through that, is quite funny.
One thing though, Ashton has mentioned several times about wanting to move the away fans at Portman Road too but I just don’t see where they’d be better located than what they are now? They can’t go at either end of the ground because 1) the SARL is our biggest hospitality suite & SARU has Beatties bar & you’d struggle for segregation. 2) they can’t go SBR end because it’s the SBR & 3) the Pioneer is bit of a no go you’d assume because of the Fanzone, hospitality & also logistics of getting 3k away fans over there.
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You'd think that a re-developed Cobbold would make the hospitality stuff in the Churchmans less important. I imagine that's where they'll end up - I don't know the capacity of the stand/tiers to know how much of it the away fans will need but I would have thought a couple of blocks of it upstairs and down would be 3,000? |  | | |
| Things you love to see on 13:36 - Oct 16 with 996 views | hype313 |
| Things you love to see on 06:09 - Oct 16 by Zx1988 |
Whilst there is a degree of Schadenfreude, for sure, I can't feel too gleeful about all of this, and have to feel a degree of sympathy for their fans.
This is modern football in a nutshell and, however 'good' our owners are, we are definitely not immune to this sort of thing. The seat moves for the Premier League, and the scrapping of the dividend for shareholders were a prime example of this.
Whilst we've only had small inconveniences so far, it's only a matter of time until we end up undertaking an infrastructure project that sees fans as collateral damage in the name of chasing corporate money. |
You're forgetting they repeatedly sung "we'll never play you again"
Now, if they continue down this road, we might never play them again as they'll end up in the Eastern Counties leagues.
Here's hoping. |  |
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| Things you love to see on 13:58 - Oct 16 with 887 views | WeWereZombies |
| Things you love to see on 07:25 - Oct 16 by Keno |
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Tomorrow
Tomorrow
I love you, tomorrow
That's when I get a move away |  |
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| Things you love to see on 14:29 - Oct 16 with 807 views | Miaow |
| Things you love to see on 13:05 - Oct 16 by HighgateBlue |
I think we need a poll don't we?
Is he Ronald McDonald? Mick Hucknall? Annie? That chick out of Brave?
Decent player, I concede. When he manages to find his way out of Kipre's back pocket. |
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| Things you love to see on 14:34 - Oct 16 with 778 views | patrickswell |
| Things you love to see on 13:36 - Oct 16 by hype313 |
You're forgetting they repeatedly sung "we'll never play you again"
Now, if they continue down this road, we might never play them again as they'll end up in the Eastern Counties leagues.
Here's hoping. |
It was always a small consolation, as we were limping along in the 3rd tier during 2019 to 2021, that Norwich kept messing up whenever they got up to the Premier League. They never realised that it only needed them to have one average year in the Championship, and us getting ourselves sorted in League One for us to be on the same level again, and from there it would be all about decision making.
We’ve largely got ours correct, they’ve jumped from making wrong decisions to actively punching themselves in the face. |  | | |
| Things you love to see on 15:03 - Oct 16 with 682 views | wrightsrightglove |
| Things you love to see on 13:29 - Oct 16 by JakeITFC |
You'd think that a re-developed Cobbold would make the hospitality stuff in the Churchmans less important. I imagine that's where they'll end up - I don't know the capacity of the stand/tiers to know how much of it the away fans will need but I would have thought a couple of blocks of it upstairs and down would be 3,000? |
I’d always envisaged the corners being infilled during the Cobbold redevelopment so could see the away fans being put in the corner closest to the train station. Being in a corner could reduce their impact and theres always potential for an away fan fanzone in the old staples carpark and easy access to the station | | | |
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