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Well Thomas Frank has ruled himself out of anything for a while. That leaves KM a hotter favourite for the Fulham post than a Pepper X chillie! But hot favourites still lose races. Que sara sara people.
The roar and limbs for the Wes goal are fantastic. Been watching that on repeat this week. Along with the Town in 5 from scum away and laughing at Walton and Dara giving it to the home fans at the end.
The roar and limbs for the Wes goal are fantastic. Been watching that on repeat this week. Along with the Town in 5 from scum away and laughing at Walton and Dara giving it to the home fans at the end.
You don't have to be a visionary to feel what it would be like if we got back into Europe. I am confident he knows what that would be like, and whilst Fulham interest might be flattering, he knows, we are a proper football club.
We are a proper football club, because this is our identity. This is where we come from, and that is what makes this football club special. We don't do this because "we win a few games and the shirts looks nice", we do this because we are Ipswich, this is the club we associate with, and it is not because we win every week. It is not because we are from a fashionable part of London, and that IS the difference, that IS why we are special.
The fans weren’t exactly patient with Robson. There were plenty who wanted him out, but the Board stuck with him.
details :)
But in general the point is valid, a 'suffolk revolt is likely to be mild", a "fulham revolt" is likely to be louder as he has no credit in the bank". We can keep going back to this point, but he started in League 1 with us, what is going to do with Fulham?
You don't have to be a visionary to feel what it would be like if we got back into Europe. I am confident he knows what that would be like, and whilst Fulham interest might be flattering, he knows, we are a proper football club.
We are a proper football club, because this is our identity. This is where we come from, and that is what makes this football club special. We don't do this because "we win a few games and the shirts looks nice", we do this because we are Ipswich, this is the club we associate with, and it is not because we win every week. It is not because we are from a fashionable part of London, and that IS the difference, that IS why we are special.
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There are levels. ‘Proper’ football clubs don’t pretend second to Plymouth and Coventry is world class and elite.
Sorry. Get the hype. But they don’t.
The 22 point season will have humbled him, because he didn’t improve any player, spent £150 million and ended up with a group getting far fewer points than the legacy group Paul Cook talent ID’d.
Sorry. I know that doesn’t make you feel good …, but along with his relationship with Ashton, and knowing our ID is light years off the required standard (and he has to take some responsibility for that) you can see why he lifts his skirt for every club in this league.
He gets a group of players light years ahead of the one he’s built.
You think he rated his own signings? Ogbenne, Akpom, Johnson, Sammie, Walle, McAteer, Azon.
Or a Fulham squad that’s ready made, need fine tuning.
He’s a coach. A very good one. But because Ashton is low on knowing what makes elite, we tried to make him a manager.
I think McKenna will know where his strengths are now - he needs a better structure to take this step.
Ashton hasn’t provided that, Ashton is EFL - and that’s how we spent £200 million to be a point above Millwall .., you think that’s world class…, McKenna won’t.
That’s the difference. Standards. Levels. Self awareness.
You’re hoping McKenna has none of those. I think you’re wrong.
We aren’t elite or even close, and if 22 points wasn’t a wake up call, and ONE hike win, with no league one oakhers and England and Swedish internationals, then I don’t know what is.
Other clubs have spent less, and stayed up, that’s what elite is. It’s not a great away day in the EFL …, they’re amazing, but it’s not elite football is it.
Please have more ambition for us.., we have a great platform and that’s down to KM…, but the journey requires courage, not inertia and more bad talent ID.
We don’t get to spend £200 million badly and get promoted by a point every time.., that can’t continue IF we want to be judged at this level .., not in the EFL.
The fans weren’t exactly patient with Robson. There were plenty who wanted him out, but the Board stuck with him.
Context needed there though surely. If you’re talking about the reaction after the league cup defeat to Manchester United in September 1971, then those chants were going up after two successive relegation battles and a start to the 71/72 season which saw Town fail to score in 6 of their first 7 games of the season (albeit only 2 of those ended in defeats.) Town lost their next game after the League Cup tie too, but based on results, it had looked like 2 and a half years of struggle. It could be argued that it was to be expected, but I wonder whether fans back then thought that they had seen that movie before and worried that 71/72 would be the year that Town finally dropped down in a welter of goalless draws and narrow defeats.
Within a few weeks, Robson had signed Allan Hunter and Rod Belfitt and the tide turned.
There are levels. ‘Proper’ football clubs don’t pretend second to Plymouth and Coventry is world class and elite.
Sorry. Get the hype. But they don’t.
The 22 point season will have humbled him, because he didn’t improve any player, spent £150 million and ended up with a group getting far fewer points than the legacy group Paul Cook talent ID’d.
Sorry. I know that doesn’t make you feel good …, but along with his relationship with Ashton, and knowing our ID is light years off the required standard (and he has to take some responsibility for that) you can see why he lifts his skirt for every club in this league.
He gets a group of players light years ahead of the one he’s built.
You think he rated his own signings? Ogbenne, Akpom, Johnson, Sammie, Walle, McAteer, Azon.
Or a Fulham squad that’s ready made, need fine tuning.
He’s a coach. A very good one. But because Ashton is low on knowing what makes elite, we tried to make him a manager.
I think McKenna will know where his strengths are now - he needs a better structure to take this step.
Ashton hasn’t provided that, Ashton is EFL - and that’s how we spent £200 million to be a point above Millwall .., you think that’s world class…, McKenna won’t.
That’s the difference. Standards. Levels. Self awareness.
You’re hoping McKenna has none of those. I think you’re wrong.
We aren’t elite or even close, and if 22 points wasn’t a wake up call, and ONE hike win, with no league one oakhers and England and Swedish internationals, then I don’t know what is.
Other clubs have spent less, and stayed up, that’s what elite is. It’s not a great away day in the EFL …, they’re amazing, but it’s not elite football is it.
Please have more ambition for us.., we have a great platform and that’s down to KM…, but the journey requires courage, not inertia and more bad talent ID.
We don’t get to spend £200 million badly and get promoted by a point every time.., that can’t continue IF we want to be judged at this level .., not in the EFL.
Both good posts, yours and the one guy replied too. We do need a mentality change though I agree If we are to become “something” like we have been before under the greats of the past Ala Ramsey/Robson.
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