| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. 21:10 - May 17 with 3143 views | tetchris |
Do you think MA would pull the trigger this time and sack KM?
How many free passes will KM be given? OK he is an up and coming young manager, and three promotions in four seasons isn’t to be sniffed at, but we don’t want to be a yo yo club. It’s great getting plaudits for getting promoted, but we need a manager (and players) who can keep us there. If KM insists on going down the route of buying over priced championship players (primarily wide players) and not opening his mind up to further European or South American signings, I can see this being a reality. Based on the knowledge that KM was given the names of many strikers who the club could have signed in January and he rejected them all and instead signing Mehmeti, I just hope that KM alone doesn’t have the final say in who comes in, because based on some of his signings, his judgement isn’t always good imho.
We don’t necessarily need every new player to have PL experience, but I do think we need players with more steel, who have played at a good level abroad, who can see a game out. Granit Xhaka was a great signing for Sunderland, we must look to sign players of his ilk, we also don’t want other PL clubs expensive flops/cast offs either. Hackney is probably one championship player who could step up but I feel that ship has sailed and he will have bigger club suitors. I know the competition to buy good players is hard and Ipswich won’t be seen as a glamorous club by many, but that doesn’t mean we should just buy a championship player because it’s an easier route to take. O.k we do t want t to be lumbered with a lot of highly paid foreigners who we can’t give away if relegation occurred again, so it is a balancing act to find the right player for the club. The signing of Matisuwa has shown it is possible.
I just think the KM/MA bromance isn’t necessarily good for the long term future of the football club. We cannot keep over looking KM’s inadequacies as a PL level manager, especially if we go straight back down to the championship (only playing one way/no plan B). Last time he had a free pass, as the club went from league one to the PL a season too early. The stadium, training ground, and recruitment dept hadn’t caught up with the on field success. Surely MA and Gamechanger 20 aren’t blinkered and realise that keeping KM at any cost (including relegation again) is a better option than staying the the PL long term if we could attract a manager capable of doing that. OK changing manager didn’t work for Wolves this season, but it might work for us if we are in that situation at Xmas, maybe even before then.
As fans let’s not be blinkered either, KM has done well, but he’s no Sir Bobby and until he achieves something more, then a statue outside the stadium is a long long way off. If KM was to leave at some point and he went on to be successful elsewhere, then give him the credit he’s due, but Ipswich is the first club he has managed, if he leaves here and isn’t successful elsewhere then I’m not sure he could be considered to be a great manager. Sir Bobby won the FA cup and UEFA cup during his time at town, but also won titles in the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, including the treble in one season at Barcelona, and taking England to a World Cup semi final; that’s a great manager, as he had success elsewhere, but there are managers who were great at one club but could never replicate it elsewhere, KM might be one of them! |  | | |  |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 with 2467 views | FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:17 - May 17 with 2419 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Genuinely what do you get from a post like this. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:21 - May 17 with 2369 views | NthQldITFC |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:24 - May 17 with 2337 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
It should really have ended with a question mark after MA and the answer would be "no." |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:32 - May 17 with 2267 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
The list of strikers put to KM in Jan may have been sh1te. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:37 - May 17 with 2240 views | farkenhell |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
I can.
Bullshit. | | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:40 - May 17 with 2208 views | Illinoisblue |
“Based on the knowledge…” do tell us more about the inner dealings of our transfer business. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:41 - May 17 with 2194 views | GlasgowBlue |
TL:DR
But going by the first line you are rather jumping the gun don't you think? |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:44 - May 17 with 2172 views | BeachBlue |
No |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:46 - May 17 with 2157 views | Dubtractor |
FFS, what an unbelievably pointless and negative post. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:06 - May 17 with 2078 views | BackToRussia |
Read a book, seriously. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:15 - May 17 with 2040 views | ITFCson |
The title of your thread is way too vague. We could be 20th still seeking our first win playing dreadful football.
Then again - we could be 18th with 20 points, playing delightful football, 4 games in hands due to Portsmouth style postponements and having agreed to sign Lionel Messi in the January transfer window.
So a little more context is needed in your question. | | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:15 - May 17 with 2045 views | pointofblue |
Shall we see whether we are in the bottom three at Christmas, what the gap is to 17th and if the performances are showing signs of growth and promise before sharpening the knives? | |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:17 - May 17 with 2032 views | grow_our_own |
On the contrary. If we're bottom three by xmas, it means Ashton's recruitment has been proven inadequate for the jump to Prem again, and the owners should find fresh leadership. KM can turn water into wine, but not sewage (Ben Godfrey) into wine. | | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:20 - May 17 with 2007 views | ITFC_Forever |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
“I don’t like McK despite everything he’s done for us, so I’m trying to find another way to make a hot take and have a pop” |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:24 - May 17 with 1989 views | BABLUE |
What a waste of time that post was.
I’m particularly looking forward to you sending over said list of strikers for our perusal |  | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:45 - May 17 with 1925 views | BlueBadger |
Don't be Titchris, Tetchris. |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:49 - May 17 with 1898 views | FifeITFC |
Wow... Not even the end of 2025/26 and there's this post already! |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 23:13 - May 17 with 1844 views | eirannach_gorm |
If we are in the bottom three at Xmas MA should be sacked because he has not gotten the right players into the club. | | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 23:44 - May 17 with 1787 views | Churchman |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 22:49 - May 17 by FifeITFC |
Wow... Not even the end of 2025/26 and there's this post already! |
The trouble is the dismals had such a terrible end to the season it’s taken two weeks to emerge from that disappointment to carry on the we know best Ashton out, McKenna out, hated players (all useless and over priced) out, cat out and Bluey out to the glue factory.
A full seasons worth of doom has to be justified so yes, this post already. Let’s not forget the re-post of the 2 Dec one after the Blackburn game. Over 30% of those who uppied/downied wanted KM gone. Nothing for many of them will have changed. Just an opportunity next season to justify their viewpoint.
It’s going to be a long three months and even longer season, if McKenna stays which I still doubt but will be more than happy to be proved wrong. |  | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 23:50 - May 17 with 1759 views | Trequartista |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
"I predicted we wouldn't get promoted, and I'm still digging" |  |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 00:17 - May 18 with 1715 views | J2BLUE |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 21:11 - May 17 by FrimleyBlue |
Can someone summarise that for me. Ta |
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| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 00:21 - May 18 with 1698 views | armchaircritic59 |
Bit pointless that. If my Aunt had b***s, she'd be my uncle. |  | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 08:20 - May 18 with 1372 views | Meadowlark |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 23:13 - May 17 by eirannach_gorm |
If we are in the bottom three at Xmas MA should be sacked because he has not gotten the right players into the club. |
"gotten?" |  | | |
| If we are in the bottom three at Xmas ….. on 08:37 - May 18 with 1319 views | lurcher |
No |  | | |
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