| FAO PHIL 00:07 - Jun 13 with 12167 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
Please can you create a new filter that deletes any posts or threads with the mention of Farage.
If not can you give me a way that I can hide them?
Quite honestly I’m sick and tired of coming on to this site and forum to get my Ipswich town news, insights, and discussions that is now being highjacked by people’s political persuasions.
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| FAO PHIL on 10:33 - Jun 14 with 1138 views | StokieBlue |
| FAO PHIL on 10:30 - Jun 14 by witchdoctor |
it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest…it’s not as if I’m anti anyone…yourself and your chums excepted of course.. |
That's not very nice.
None of my comments towards you were personal but you can't help yourself can you.
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| FAO PHIL on 11:01 - Jun 14 with 1083 views | witchdoctor |
| FAO PHIL on 10:33 - Jun 14 by StokieBlue |
That's not very nice.
None of my comments towards you were personal but you can't help yourself can you.
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just being honest and upfront..surely you haven’t got a problem with that have you? |  | | |
| FAO PHIL on 11:07 - Jun 14 with 1030 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 09:55 - Jun 14 by positivity |
you're talking nonsense, you're being a typical right-winger trying to shut down free speech.
stop telling people how they should feel, you're not the board police |
I know I’m not the board police us Goose stepping Neanderthals leave that rubbish to the LBF on here 🤐😵💫 |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 11:10 - Jun 14 with 1021 views | Benters |
| FAO PHIL on 10:04 - Jun 14 by StokieBlue |
I assume this means yourself and Witchdoctor will be fully supportive and enthusiastic about a visit from Polanski to the club next season?
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I really don’t care who meets Mark Ashton for tiffin. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 11:56 - Jun 14 with 997 views | Ryorry |
| FAO PHIL on 13:07 - Jun 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
Hmmm, let me think - a thread discussing what the content of the football section should include. Let me think where that should be... |
It's an issue that's absolutely fundamental to how this forum works overALL, not just in one 'department'. As such it really needs to be seen by as many forum users as poss, which means putting it in 'general' so that it appears in both 'football' *and* general.
Therw's really no need to fight about that! |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 11:58 - Jun 14 with 997 views | grow_our_own |
| FAO PHIL on 23:11 - Jun 13 by AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
The irony 😂
Anyhoo this thread that was meant to hopefully point out the continuous Ashton beating which may or may not be deserved alongside everything constantly circling back to his political faux pas. I think it’s clear there is a problem here?!?
It may mean a lot to some, I respect that, however not everyone. I appreciate it’s “club related” but seriously give it a break, you’ve made your point and spoken your voice! I want to get back to positive Ipswich town news, hear about our potential new manager and our transfer targets.
The hope was there could be a way I could filter out anything related to the same hamster wheel narrative that seems to hijack any thread and adds conspiracy level mindset to anyone reading.
Ashton may or may not be XYZ and I’d like to think most people are educated enough to have their own opinion on F*r*ge.
Our mighty Ipswich Town FC on the other hand, I’d love to talk about ❤️🔵⚪️💪 |
"Ashton beating which may or may not be deserved" - so you agree Ashton criticism might be warranted, but we shouldn't be allowed to discuss it?
"most people are educated enough to have their own opinion on F*r*ge" - nothing to do with Farage. Everything to do with pointlessly politicising ITFC, and us having to have this conversation. Reform, Greens, Labour, Lib Dems, Tory, Raving Loony - ITFC shouldn't support any of them bc many fans will vociferously disagree with the club's stance. Ashton created a fire storm, and hence here we are. [Post edited 14 Jun 12:00]
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| FAO PHIL on 12:36 - Jun 14 with 943 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
| FAO PHIL on 11:58 - Jun 14 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton beating which may or may not be deserved" - so you agree Ashton criticism might be warranted, but we shouldn't be allowed to discuss it?
"most people are educated enough to have their own opinion on F*r*ge" - nothing to do with Farage. Everything to do with pointlessly politicising ITFC, and us having to have this conversation. Reform, Greens, Labour, Lib Dems, Tory, Raving Loony - ITFC shouldn't support any of them bc many fans will vociferously disagree with the club's stance. Ashton created a fire storm, and hence here we are. [Post edited 14 Jun 12:00]
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Debate it all you want, that’s your entitlement. It’s the hijacking of every football related thread to continue the narrative which is quite tiresome hence the hope of being able to filter it out which I understand is almost impossible.
Do I think Ashton criticism is warranted, yes maybe but not to the level it is being fixated on. I can think of many positive things Ashton has done since being at the club and I’d rather focus on them than focusing on his mistakes (yes you’ve debated his big one a thousand times over).
Everyone makes mistakes and if you dig deep enough you will always find them, even McKenna.
Looking at the outer shell of ITFC it’s in hugely better shape than it was before the takeover on so many different levels. That’s what I would like to fixate on. There will be more mistakes and feel free to keep looking for them but the growth of ITFC in recent years is undeniable.
If we can’t be positive through these five years of growth on and off the pitch then whenever will we be? [Post edited 14 Jun 12:40]
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| FAO PHIL on 12:38 - Jun 14 with 937 views | witchdoctor |
| FAO PHIL on 11:58 - Jun 14 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton beating which may or may not be deserved" - so you agree Ashton criticism might be warranted, but we shouldn't be allowed to discuss it?
"most people are educated enough to have their own opinion on F*r*ge" - nothing to do with Farage. Everything to do with pointlessly politicising ITFC, and us having to have this conversation. Reform, Greens, Labour, Lib Dems, Tory, Raving Loony - ITFC shouldn't support any of them bc many fans will vociferously disagree with the club's stance. Ashton created a fire storm, and hence here we are. [Post edited 14 Jun 12:00]
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“fire storm”..😂😂😂 | | | |
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| FAO PHIL on 13:04 - Jun 14 with 885 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| FAO PHIL on 11:56 - Jun 14 by Ryorry |
It's an issue that's absolutely fundamental to how this forum works overALL, not just in one 'department'. As such it really needs to be seen by as many forum users as poss, which means putting it in 'general' so that it appears in both 'football' *and* general.
Therw's really no need to fight about that! |
That's NOT how the forum works though. General and Football are entirely separate areas. Something posted in General does not appear in Football. | | | |
| FAO PHIL on 13:16 - Jun 14 with 863 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| FAO PHIL on 11:58 - Jun 14 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton beating which may or may not be deserved" - so you agree Ashton criticism might be warranted, but we shouldn't be allowed to discuss it?
"most people are educated enough to have their own opinion on F*r*ge" - nothing to do with Farage. Everything to do with pointlessly politicising ITFC, and us having to have this conversation. Reform, Greens, Labour, Lib Dems, Tory, Raving Loony - ITFC shouldn't support any of them bc many fans will vociferously disagree with the club's stance. Ashton created a fire storm, and hence here we are. [Post edited 14 Jun 12:00]
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" so you agree Ashton criticism might be warranted, but we shouldn't be allowed to discuss it?
I don't think many people are suggesting that, and it's certainly not the point of the discussion here. The issue is that almost every thread is being interjected by some, with Farage/Ashton comments, many which have zero to do with what happened. A thread about toothpaste could be started, and some would feel the necessity to interject Ashton/Farage comments.
Is it asking too much to keep it to threads where that's what's being discussed, rather than hijack every thread whatever the topic? It would make it far easier for those that don't want to participate to avoid those threads. | | | |
| FAO PHIL on 13:24 - Jun 14 with 830 views | bartyg |
| FAO PHIL on 16:34 - Jun 13 by Churchman |
A lot of what you define as politic, I would call economics or rules.
I don’t belong to one golf club any more. I play anywhere with a couple of societies. English golf clubs don’t ban women any more though some do have stupid rules.
The football ground buildings etc) is actually owned by the club. The land on which they sit is owned by the Council (leasehold)
The owners bought the club for economic reasons, not political. The idiot was banned because he broke the rules.
Kids play for fun. They don’t boot a ball around thinking how could Sturgeon miss a motor home or £81k jag. They just play.
In other words, what you define as politics is not the same as how I see it. Politics in the context of TWTD is lunch with Farage, Starmer, Johnson and the dregs that stink out the HoC and HoL.
Yes, actually politics is all about what you vote for every four years. They set policy. Nobody else. The in between thinking is the actions they take, how much they impoverished you this year etc, which is why a separate tab is a good idea.
You can separate out actions and thoughts and it’s actually a good idea that’s always worked for me. Of course those things exist but you don’t have to let them infect your life 24/7 unless you want to. Switching on, switching off. It’s actually why top golfers achieve what they do.
A lot of people don’t which is why my mate will be in the pub and constantly fiddling with his phone texting or piddling around on the internet. It’s hardly a shock that his life is one of chaos.
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Really enjoyed this one, Churchman. It's actually refreshing to read posts with no connecting throughline, just a response to each sentence in the quoted post straight from the id.
Maybe for the future though I would read the post before you start typing, otherwise you might write something in response to one line which is immediately refuted by the next. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 13:26 - Jun 14 with 824 views | Ryorry |
| FAO PHIL on 13:04 - Jun 14 by SuffolkPunchFC |
That's NOT how the forum works though. General and Football are entirely separate areas. Something posted in General does not appear in Football. |
In that case it should be posted separately in both, in order to be seen by as many as possible.
People having ‘all’ as their choice would see it twice, but doubt that’d be a problem.
I think it very unlikely that anyone chooses ‘general’ only though - if they don’t want stuff on ITFC, why would they be here rather than X or any other platform? | |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:01 - Jun 14 with 693 views | Whos_blue |
| FAO PHIL on 11:10 - Jun 14 by Benters |
I really don’t care who meets Mark Ashton for tiffin. |
You have expressed this position consistently since Farage visited the club.
I guess we'll never really know if your position changes as it's quite unlikely many, if any other politicians will be dropping by for lunch.
I seem to recall Hunt visiting, which is fair enough when he was the sitting MP for Ipswich.
Farage wasn't. It's inexplicable that there could've been any other reason in the run up to the local elections for the visit other than to show some support for his aims. Our club was used for that aim. It can't be denied that the red carpet was well and truly rolled out.
No other politician came anywhere near. One can't but help to wonder why.
You've never hidden your support for Farage, which is fair enough. Thousands have.
Likewise You've consistently stated a desire to "restore (No pun intended) our great country to what it once was", though it's not always clear when that was or what it really looked like.
So I think the question for me to you and other Farage supporters is how do you square that desire with Farage's "cold, pure hate" remarks and the empowering nature of those words to those who have created havoc in Southampton, burnt black people out of their houses in Northern Ireland and seen masked thugs zieg heiling on the streets of Glasgow during an anti racism counter protest?
That doesn't sound like a country anyone would want to live in, yet alone somehow a marker of a restoration of greater times.
Is this really what you and others want?
This is what Farage, Lowe (another favourite of one or two here) et al stand for, so as long as the chairman of this club is seemingly supportive of Farage at least, there are many who want better for this country and will continue to campaign against the politics of hate and division.
It's no longer possible to split politics and this club. That's due to no one else other than Ashton and it's hard for many of us (the LBF as you referred to us as) to look past that now.
It doesn't make us somehow less of a Town fan though. |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:03 - Jun 14 with 690 views | Churchman |
| FAO PHIL on 13:24 - Jun 14 by bartyg |
Really enjoyed this one, Churchman. It's actually refreshing to read posts with no connecting throughline, just a response to each sentence in the quoted post straight from the id.
Maybe for the future though I would read the post before you start typing, otherwise you might write something in response to one line which is immediately refuted by the next. |
Well thanks for the lesson but how I choose to respond to a post is my affair.
While we are at it you posted on 9th June in the Belfast knife attack thread:
‘Oh come off it, you offered it up!
Are you stupid?
Oh I'm not calling you stupid, I'm just asking the question.’
My reply asked:
‘So you are asking the question of me ‘are you stupid?’
Compared to who? You? That really isn’t for me to say. What do you think?’
I am still awaiting your response. |  | | |
| FAO PHIL on 15:04 - Jun 14 with 683 views | Swansea_Blue |
| FAO PHIL on 11:56 - Jun 14 by Ryorry |
It's an issue that's absolutely fundamental to how this forum works overALL, not just in one 'department'. As such it really needs to be seen by as many forum users as poss, which means putting it in 'general' so that it appears in both 'football' *and* general.
Therw's really no need to fight about that! |
It seems a lot of people want to fight about all sorts of stuff in here lately. Either I’m turning into an overly sensitive flower or there’s a lot of tetchy arguments kicking off over nothing 🤷♂️ |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:11 - Jun 14 with 670 views | BlueBoots |
The irony of a thread titled "FAO PHIL" which has descended in to the internet equivalent of people smacking eachother with sh1t-filled socks...
Going back to the question in the OP...
"If not can you give me a way that I can hide them?"
...others have already remarked that by clicking on the red cross in an OP you can hide any thread that includes content you'd prefer not to get involved with...my one post here before making use of that function myself |  |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:15 - Jun 14 with 649 views | Swansea_Blue |
| FAO PHIL on 15:11 - Jun 14 by BlueBoots |
The irony of a thread titled "FAO PHIL" which has descended in to the internet equivalent of people smacking eachother with sh1t-filled socks...
Going back to the question in the OP...
"If not can you give me a way that I can hide them?"
...others have already remarked that by clicking on the red cross in an OP you can hide any thread that includes content you'd prefer not to get involved with...my one post here before making use of that function myself |
“ the internet equivalent of people smacking eachother with sh1t-filled socks...”
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| FAO PHIL on 15:16 - Jun 14 with 646 views | Ryorry |
| FAO PHIL on 15:03 - Jun 14 by Churchman |
Well thanks for the lesson but how I choose to respond to a post is my affair.
While we are at it you posted on 9th June in the Belfast knife attack thread:
‘Oh come off it, you offered it up!
Are you stupid?
Oh I'm not calling you stupid, I'm just asking the question.’
My reply asked:
‘So you are asking the question of me ‘are you stupid?’
Compared to who? You? That really isn’t for me to say. What do you think?’
I am still awaiting your response. |
He seems strangely familiar ... | |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:37 - Jun 14 with 601 views | grow_our_own |
| FAO PHIL on 15:05 - Jun 14 by grow_our_own |
Eg I think Ashton is relevant to the topic of McKenna walking:
 McKenna: My Focus Has Been On Working With the Players, But You Don't Like to See Discord 2nd Apr 2026 15:11Town boss Kieran McKenna says he doesn’t like to see a situation which causes discord among supporters and those who care about the club, but with his focus having been on readying his squad for the final eight games of the season, starting with Birmingham City’s visit on Monday, rather than the furore surrounding last week’s visit to Portman Road by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.  60
“I’ve spoken to Mark... there are always going to be different opinions." - on the topic of discord, he said he'd spoken with Ashton and disagreed with him. Mentioned he had "different opinions" to Ashton following his politicisation of ITFC. This is relevant to discussions on why KM left. |
Let's also not forget that Ashton's promotion of Farage/Reform made the players furious:
Protest by PhilTWTD 29 Mar 14:56The players were and probably still are furious about all this, as you'd imagine they'd be having had shirts with their names on appearing in videos promoting Reform without their knowledge. And it's certainly not about 'left-wing views', plenty of people who would put themselves on the right on here and elsewhere are unhappy with the association of their club with Reform.
Permeates a lot of topics, including KM's departure. [Post edited 14 Jun 15:38]
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| FAO PHIL on 15:53 - Jun 14 with 562 views | bartyg |
| FAO PHIL on 15:03 - Jun 14 by Churchman |
Well thanks for the lesson but how I choose to respond to a post is my affair.
While we are at it you posted on 9th June in the Belfast knife attack thread:
‘Oh come off it, you offered it up!
Are you stupid?
Oh I'm not calling you stupid, I'm just asking the question.’
My reply asked:
‘So you are asking the question of me ‘are you stupid?’
Compared to who? You? That really isn’t for me to say. What do you think?’
I am still awaiting your response. |
You're right, it is your post and you can type whatever you like and hit reply. And I can respond saying I thought your message was inane and didn't actually respond to anything raised in the post you quoted. Urbanpenguin set out what I thought a reasoned argument explaining how politics in general is in no way limited to "Politics", or specifically how you feel about the elected government of the time. My reading of your response boiled down to "well I don't think so, and I don't understand any of the examples you've given".
Specifically I found your distinction between "politics" and "rules" quite fascinating. What are rules, if not politics manifest?
Do I think you're stupid? We're all responsible for the content of our posts on here. I find your non sequitur might not be doing you any favours. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 15:57 - Jun 14 with 557 views | bartyg |
| FAO PHIL on 15:16 - Jun 14 by Ryorry |
He seems strangely familiar ... |
I'm afraid I don't know the bogeyman of whom you speak. | |
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| FAO PHIL on 16:32 - Jun 14 with 491 views | Churchman |
| FAO PHIL on 15:53 - Jun 14 by bartyg |
You're right, it is your post and you can type whatever you like and hit reply. And I can respond saying I thought your message was inane and didn't actually respond to anything raised in the post you quoted. Urbanpenguin set out what I thought a reasoned argument explaining how politics in general is in no way limited to "Politics", or specifically how you feel about the elected government of the time. My reading of your response boiled down to "well I don't think so, and I don't understand any of the examples you've given".
Specifically I found your distinction between "politics" and "rules" quite fascinating. What are rules, if not politics manifest?
Do I think you're stupid? We're all responsible for the content of our posts on here. I find your non sequitur might not be doing you any favours. |
It was a closed question but with your answer and deployment of a rarely used word I take it you mean yes.
No need to respond, you are on ignore. | | | |
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