Summary of ME's tenure? 19:26 - Dec 3 with 6456 views | Darth_Koont | Extra points for the shortest answer that fairly describes the past 10 years. Here's a selection: Fifty false dawns Learning too late Support the RIGHT manager Best intentions don't bring points You have to be mad to invest in a Championship team On a side note, I do have a lot of sympathy for ME. Always tried to support his managers with time and money (for the most part) but the only luck he ever got was by appointing Mick to save us. Not sure he's seen any luck at all in the higher ambition of getting promoted. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:27 - Dec 3 with 5895 views | Basuco | Safe | | | |
Austerity. (n/t) on 19:28 - Dec 3 with 5878 views | Bloots | | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:31 - Dec 3 with 5875 views | bontcho | Disengaging | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:32 - Dec 3 with 5860 views | SomethingBlue | Litany of missed opportunities. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:35 - Dec 3 with 5865 views | factual_blue | balls | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:36 - Dec 3 with 5862 views | Illinoisblue | 1 successful season in 10. (Which was ultimately a failure of the worst kind) | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:39 - Dec 3 with 5849 views | powinswitch | A lack of investment leading to a lack of entertainment | | | |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:41 - Dec 3 with 5845 views | JohnTy | Four Managers and no Promotion. or Much Ado about 50 Million. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:48 - Dec 3 with 5832 views | Darth_Koont |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 19:32 - Dec 3 by SomethingBlue | Litany of missed opportunities. |
Yes, I think the inability to recognise the right opportunities has cost him. Allied to backing the wrong horses with too much time and money. It would be very interesting if we get closer to where we were in 2014/2015 over the next month and whether we'll take a punt this time. Not so much a statement to the fans but to the team itself and the competition that we're serious. Probably time to show some ambition against the backdrop of a largely solid and sustainable foundation. Maybe the same goes even if we start losing touch over the next few weeks - it seems very important that we challenge this year even if it's ultimately unsuccessful. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:20 - Dec 3 with 5779 views | legoman | Saved by the bell. Equals one quote! | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:24 - Dec 3 with 5788 views | Steve_M | ME had one plan for the club and doesn't know what to do now football has become too expensive for it to work. We missed the opportunity when we had a comparative financial advantage. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 with 5759 views | legoman |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:24 - Dec 3 by Steve_M | ME had one plan for the club and doesn't know what to do now football has become too expensive for it to work. We missed the opportunity when we had a comparative financial advantage. |
Wrong! | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 with 5770 views | J2BLUE | Tedious mediocrity with occasional lows and highs. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:36 - Dec 3 with 5748 views | legoman |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by J2BLUE | Tedious mediocrity with occasional lows and highs. |
Childish! | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:38 - Dec 3 with 5755 views | Steve_M |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by legoman | Wrong! |
Care to build on your constructive post there? | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 with 5753 views | Trequartista | Motorcycle Emptiness | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 with 5739 views | legoman |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:38 - Dec 3 by Steve_M | Care to build on your constructive post there? |
Please do not make it worse for yourself. Back off. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:47 - Dec 3 with 5741 views | Steve_M |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:42 - Dec 3 by legoman | Please do not make it worse for yourself. Back off. |
I'm concerned by the challenge of your Wildean wit and sub-Trump level of trolling. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:48 - Dec 3 with 5735 views | LeoMuff |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 20:27 - Dec 3 by legoman | Wrong! |
Seems correct to me. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 21:07 - Dec 3 with 5700 views | BlueBadger | Grossly underwhelming. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 21:24 - Dec 3 with 5699 views | Freddies_Ears | Committted | | | |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 22:36 - Dec 3 with 5653 views | monty_radio | Championship consolidation. | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 10:11 - Dec 4 with 5525 views | chicoazul | "Arms Conference Project Manager In Not Good At Owning Football Club Shock" | |
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Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:18 - Dec 4 with 5488 views | tcblue | Football moved on, and is now well beyond his means / comfort levels. It's a shame, and he definitely did come in at a time where his ownership and cash would've made enough difference, but the game has gotten so crazy now that it's obviously beyond his means. And, weirdly, I quite like that. I wish we would take better care of FPR, but I like the fact we are a small bastion of relative fiscal responsibility in a world gone mad. I even - for a short time - thought that FFP would bite and we were playing the smart game, but even when that clearly didn't transpire I still like being Plucky Little Ipswich. | | | |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:50 - Dec 4 with 5470 views | Darth_Koont |
Summary of ME's tenure? on 11:18 - Dec 4 by tcblue | Football moved on, and is now well beyond his means / comfort levels. It's a shame, and he definitely did come in at a time where his ownership and cash would've made enough difference, but the game has gotten so crazy now that it's obviously beyond his means. And, weirdly, I quite like that. I wish we would take better care of FPR, but I like the fact we are a small bastion of relative fiscal responsibility in a world gone mad. I even - for a short time - thought that FFP would bite and we were playing the smart game, but even when that clearly didn't transpire I still like being Plucky Little Ipswich. |
Yes, the FFP (or rather the lack of effective enforcement) was another call he got wrong. Like you, I thought we were playing a smart, long game but increasingly looks like we've just been handicapping ourselves. On the plus side, it does look like we've used it to reinforce the academy and U23 teams, not to mention building a much younger and more sustainable squad, so the future looks much better than it did even after the play-off defeat in 2014/15. | |
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