| Lee O'Neill 10:58 - Dec 1 with 3570 views | Coco |
Out of his depth. ANOTHER Evans mouthpiece hired on the cheap. Rotten and under qualified from the top down. Club is fooked. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:19 - Dec 1 with 3220 views | Coco |
Clegg - mocked
Milne - ridiculed
Keane - Rubbish
Jewell - Awful
McCarthy - "Hounded"
Hurst - Worst ever
Lambert - Clueless
They were all bad? Maybe. But there is one common factor in all of these. Maybe we a directing our criticism in the wrong place. | |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:19 - Dec 1 with 3202 views | Swailsey |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:19 - Dec 1 by Coco |
Clegg - mocked
Milne - ridiculed
Keane - Rubbish
Jewell - Awful
McCarthy - "Hounded"
Hurst - Worst ever
Lambert - Clueless
They were all bad? Maybe. But there is one common factor in all of these. Maybe we a directing our criticism in the wrong place. |
Hasn't Phil suffered enough? |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 with 3181 views | Steve_M |
it all comes back to who is empowered to make decisions at the club. And then how the club is structured.
O'Neill is doing about five jobs, some of which he is good at but it's not obviously possible for him to do all of them well, especially with the other yawning gaps in the infrastructure. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 with 3180 views | davblue |
If he’s a mouthpiece how is he out of his depth?
What can we really judge him on whether he is good at his job or not? If he was running the club fair enough but this is on Evans, blaming Lee is incredibly harsh. |  | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:34 - Dec 1 with 3152 views | JDB23 |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 by davblue |
If he’s a mouthpiece how is he out of his depth?
What can we really judge him on whether he is good at his job or not? If he was running the club fair enough but this is on Evans, blaming Lee is incredibly harsh. |
Yeah, judging from Phil's response to the banning incident it sounds like LON doesn't have much power at all. Hard to really slate him when he's just used as a meat shield for Evans. |  | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:36 - Dec 1 with 3140 views | Coco |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 by davblue |
If he’s a mouthpiece how is he out of his depth?
What can we really judge him on whether he is good at his job or not? If he was running the club fair enough but this is on Evans, blaming Lee is incredibly harsh. |
I'm not blaming Lee just saying he is out of his depth. Doing so many things he is inexperienced at. I'm blaming Evans.
Other clubs who have done well have made great hires at in these decision making positions. | |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:38 - Dec 1 with 3121 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:36 - Dec 1 by Coco |
I'm not blaming Lee just saying he is out of his depth. Doing so many things he is inexperienced at. I'm blaming Evans.
Other clubs who have done well have made great hires at in these decision making positions. |
You could hire the best CEO on the planet but if they don't have any authority to make decisions, it is pointless. | | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:52 - Dec 1 with 3093 views | davblue |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:36 - Dec 1 by Coco |
I'm not blaming Lee just saying he is out of his depth. Doing so many things he is inexperienced at. I'm blaming Evans.
Other clubs who have done well have made great hires at in these decision making positions. |
How is he out of his depth?
If he can’t make decisions and has to relay what Evans is saying, again I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion. | | | |
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| Lee O'Neill on 11:59 - Dec 1 with 3059 views | MrTown |
I'm not sure he is out of his depth. Knowledgable football man who is only really doing or saying as others would when working directly under the boss.
Ain't going to break ranks is he.
I don't believe a word anyone from the club says, top to bottom. But behind the scenes I know O'Neill has done a good job at this club. The most 'football man' we've had in a director role here.
I don't know what Evans is thinking. Half thinks he will be sounding others out, half thinks he knows he's tied into another 4 years. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 12:04 - Dec 1 with 3038 views | Fixed_It |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 by Steve_M |
it all comes back to who is empowered to make decisions at the club. And then how the club is structured.
O'Neill is doing about five jobs, some of which he is good at but it's not obviously possible for him to do all of them well, especially with the other yawning gaps in the infrastructure. |
Lee O'Neill is the least of our worries. He is very good at aspects of his job, and quite impressive when spoken to in person. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 12:33 - Dec 1 with 2975 views | istanblue |
Lee O'Neill is a fraud. |  | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 12:40 - Dec 1 with 2965 views | TieDyedIn95 |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:19 - Dec 1 by Coco |
Clegg - mocked
Milne - ridiculed
Keane - Rubbish
Jewell - Awful
McCarthy - "Hounded"
Hurst - Worst ever
Lambert - Clueless
They were all bad? Maybe. But there is one common factor in all of these. Maybe we a directing our criticism in the wrong place. |
Exactly, the guns need to turn on the owner now. I don't care if we as supporters don't have a millionaire lined up to take over, that's not our job, we want to see the club progress, we are not here to cheer on loss limitation. It's a football club. We need to win games of football and trophy's.
Evans is the problem and nothing will change until he's either shamed into real change not soundbites and putting some weight behind this club or leaving. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 12:41 - Dec 1 with 2957 views | TieDyedIn95 |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:36 - Dec 1 by Coco |
I'm not blaming Lee just saying he is out of his depth. Doing so many things he is inexperienced at. I'm blaming Evans.
Other clubs who have done well have made great hires at in these decision making positions. |
He is terrible though. Anyone who comes out with the quote that human body isn't designed to play football as a reason for our mounting injury lists is not worth a wage. | |
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Football League Second Division / EFL Championship
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| Lee O'Neill on 13:08 - Dec 1 with 2906 views | 66notout |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:38 - Dec 1 by tractorboy1978 |
You could hire the best CEO on the planet but if they don't have any authority to make decisions, it is pointless. |
Correct. Lee has no real clout and that is the fundamental problem at Portman Road. The club needs a capable CEO, not a yes-man, but that isn't going to happen as long as Evans is in charge because the least people know about his operational methods, the better he likes it. He clearly has something to hide and the more I hear about what goes on at the club, the more I think Ipswich Town is just a front for something else. I'll stop there in case his lawyers are watching.
Also, the club's recruitment needs to be seriously examined. They have spent decent money - over £5 million - on players like Donacien, Nsiala, Jackson, Edwards and Nolan. and not only have they proved to be poor value for money, their sell-on value has hugely diminished. Before anyone says they were not signed by Paul Lambert, I should point out that he has been happy to play them, albeit only sporadically in the case of Donacien.
Even the so-called free transfers have been expensive when you factor in their signing-on fees and salaries - again minimal return on the investment and the likelihood of absolutely nothing when they eventually move on.
The club has no direction, other than downwards, and its recruitment policy needs to be overhauled. They should be announcing that from the January window onwards they will concentrate their efforts on signing young talent of a standard that, all things being equal, will have a sell-on value in the future, as Norwich have done to such great effect. Ipswich don't have one single player who has been signed in recent years and who can be sold on for more than they paid for him, which is total madness on their part. The transfer market can be a very useful tool when used sensibly but Town's policy can only have disastrous consequences. | | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 13:12 - Dec 1 with 2888 views | RKD |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:19 - Dec 1 by Coco |
Clegg - mocked
Milne - ridiculed
Keane - Rubbish
Jewell - Awful
McCarthy - "Hounded"
Hurst - Worst ever
Lambert - Clueless
They were all bad? Maybe. But there is one common factor in all of these. Maybe we a directing our criticism in the wrong place. |
Milton - respected, passionate, competent
I can't remember the ins and outs of his departure, but feels as if a bug chunk of what the club stood for left with him. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 13:15 - Dec 1 with 2871 views | 66notout |
| Lee O'Neill on 13:12 - Dec 1 by RKD |
Milton - respected, passionate, competent
I can't remember the ins and outs of his departure, but feels as if a bug chunk of what the club stood for left with him. |
I heard Simon left after Evans turned down his application to be the new chief executive. | | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 13:19 - Dec 1 with 2856 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 by davblue |
If he’s a mouthpiece how is he out of his depth?
What can we really judge him on whether he is good at his job or not? If he was running the club fair enough but this is on Evans, blaming Lee is incredibly harsh. |
Without any firm evidence to the contrary, I agree. He seems like a day to day manager with little strategic control, which wouldn't be his fault. And as others have pointed out, things were no different before he was appointed. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 13:20 - Dec 1 with 2846 views | thebooks |
| Lee O'Neill on 11:27 - Dec 1 by Steve_M |
it all comes back to who is empowered to make decisions at the club. And then how the club is structured.
O'Neill is doing about five jobs, some of which he is good at but it's not obviously possible for him to do all of them well, especially with the other yawning gaps in the infrastructure. |
Which of these five jobs is he good at?
The fact he’s willing to take on such a ridiculous role indicates he’s completely out of his depth. |  | | |
| Lee O'Neill on 16:58 - Dec 1 with 2689 views | JammyDodgerrr |
This is just incredible to target at a guy when we have no idea what role he actually takes behind the scenes or gets involved in. How'd you like it if he called you out on being out of your depth at your job? Football seems to have this weird trait where it makes people think they can just judge other people at their jobs without any knowledge. Have some respect - we should be better than this. I wouldn't like it if someone started calling me out on my job when they know nothing about it. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 17:36 - Dec 1 with 2607 views | Coastalblue |
I have no idea how you've reached this conclusion, but strongly disagree. It seems a bizarre reaction to what has gone on recently, strike out at the least cuplable person. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 18:05 - Dec 1 with 2526 views | Coco |
| Lee O'Neill on 17:36 - Dec 1 by Coastalblue |
I have no idea how you've reached this conclusion, but strongly disagree. It seems a bizarre reaction to what has gone on recently, strike out at the least cuplable person. |
Apologies. Please give me a better understanding of his role and what he should be judged on. Thanks. | |
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| Lee O'Neill on 18:07 - Dec 1 with 2521 views | wkj |
No need to overthink it, he's just another mouthpiece for a cock pretending to be a football team owner. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 18:22 - Dec 1 with 2464 views | TractorWood |
| Lee O'Neill on 18:05 - Dec 1 by Coco |
Apologies. Please give me a better understanding of his role and what he should be judged on. Thanks. |
Like a COO. Basically like a sophisticated problem solver. He can't do everything when Evans doesn't empower him. Like a few have said, he's the wrong person to criticse.
It's like shouting at the mail man for not bringing you a Christmas card. |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 18:24 - Dec 1 with 2451 views | Hipsterectomy |
If you were paid £70,000 a year* to have a comfortabl job where you just need to keep things ticking over and defend the owner in the odd interview...would you say no?
*figure pulled straight from the air |  |
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| Lee O'Neill on 18:46 - Dec 1 with 2373 views | jontysnut |
| Lee O'Neill on 13:20 - Dec 1 by thebooks |
Which of these five jobs is he good at?
The fact he’s willing to take on such a ridiculous role indicates he’s completely out of his depth. |
Probably said 'going forward' at lot at the interview |  | | |
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