| An Apology from Evans: on 13:41 - Dec 10 with 2271 views | JammyDodgerrr |
A much better, discerned statement than last week. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:43 - Dec 10 with 2242 views | wkj |
Has he freed Phil from the dungeon yet? |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:44 - Dec 10 with 2221 views | SouperJim |
Blimey, I must admit I didn't see an apology coming. Smacks a little bit of revisionism and saying "yeah, no, I didn't mean that, what I meant was" but at least it shows he is listening.
It's still missing the point somewhat though that while the approach may make long-term sense, the man in the hotseat currently leaves a lot to be desired. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 with 2192 views | Illinoisblue |
Although it’s one of those annoying “if anyone took offence, then I’m sorry” |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 with 2184 views | J2BLUE |
I fully understand fans’ frustrations that my strategy has hit a big bump in the road over the last couple of years
Sorry Marcus but this is a ridiculous thing to say. Your strategy hasn't hit a bump in the road. Your strategy has been rolling down Bishop's Hill for at least a decade. With every season that passes it has gathered speed until we hit one of the buildings at the bottom. Now we somehow have to climb that hill with a damaged cart while you tell us it's all under control. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:50 - Dec 10 with 2129 views | DanTheMan |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by Illinoisblue |
Although it’s one of those annoying “if anyone took offence, then I’m sorry” |
Yeah it's a complete non-apology and trying to rewrite what was said.
It was fairly explicitly blaming us for what occurred after McCarthy left.
As for the rest of the statement, whilst he does have points about how unfair the current financial systems work in the pyramid, the criticisms of him go far beyond just pure funding, which he does not address in the slightest.
Just more PR waffle from Evans. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:50 - Dec 10 with 2121 views | JackSted |
He probably heard of the planned protest for the Portsmouth game so brings out an "apology" statement to get the happy clappers happy again [Post edited 10 Dec 2020 13:55]
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:50 - Dec 10 with 2119 views | JakeITFC |
Was needed - the statement last week was completely tone deaf and went quite a long way to pissing off people who were already quite pissed off.
He's made his decision on Lambert so I guess we've got to live with it. I hope he's right. |  | | |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:51 - Dec 10 with 2106 views | hype313 |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by Illinoisblue |
Although it’s one of those annoying “if anyone took offence, then I’m sorry” |
Took offence? I bloody well took the stable. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:52 - Dec 10 with 2093 views | BlueBadger |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:50 - Dec 10 by DanTheMan |
Yeah it's a complete non-apology and trying to rewrite what was said.
It was fairly explicitly blaming us for what occurred after McCarthy left.
As for the rest of the statement, whilst he does have points about how unfair the current financial systems work in the pyramid, the criticisms of him go far beyond just pure funding, which he does not address in the slightest.
Just more PR waffle from Evans. |
Thing is, enough people will be taken in by it to buy him him more time to work with his 'plan'. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:52 - Dec 10 with 2099 views | EastTownBlue |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by Illinoisblue |
Although it’s one of those annoying “if anyone took offence, then I’m sorry” |
I was going to say it was a very Priti Patel sort of apology.
Strange that nobody at the club thought about that before publishing. [Post edited 10 Dec 2020 13:53]
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:54 - Dec 10 with 2053 views | Reuser_is_God |
Don’t care. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:57 - Dec 10 with 1993 views | footers |
It's a very 'it is what it is, we are where we are' kind of statement. As usual.
Oh well, best sit down, shut up and get what we're given. Which in this case will be at least another four years of playing in League One. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 with 2004 views | Reuser_is_God |
I don’t think anyone with half a brain cell really has an issue with how much Evans invests each year.
It’s how poorly it’s invested & the lack of structure at the club that is the issue. | |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 with 1979 views | Dubtractor |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by J2BLUE |
I fully understand fans’ frustrations that my strategy has hit a big bump in the road over the last couple of years
Sorry Marcus but this is a ridiculous thing to say. Your strategy hasn't hit a bump in the road. Your strategy has been rolling down Bishop's Hill for at least a decade. With every season that passes it has gathered speed until we hit one of the buildings at the bottom. Now we somehow have to climb that hill with a damaged cart while you tell us it's all under control. |
As Bishops Hill is my local hill, this comment makes me proud of it! |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 with 1974 views | TieDyedIn95 |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by J2BLUE |
I fully understand fans’ frustrations that my strategy has hit a big bump in the road over the last couple of years
Sorry Marcus but this is a ridiculous thing to say. Your strategy hasn't hit a bump in the road. Your strategy has been rolling down Bishop's Hill for at least a decade. With every season that passes it has gathered speed until we hit one of the buildings at the bottom. Now we somehow have to climb that hill with a damaged cart while you tell us it's all under control. |
League One budget ended up creating a League One club.
Massively shocked. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 13:59 - Dec 10 with 1961 views | Keno |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:47 - Dec 10 by Illinoisblue |
Although it’s one of those annoying “if anyone took offence, then I’m sorry” |
I think they are well aware a lot of fans took offence |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:01 - Dec 10 with 1939 views | JakeITFC |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 by TieDyedIn95 |
League One budget ended up creating a League One club.
Massively shocked. |
Think his point is that the budget remains the same, but the game has changed around him.
Ultimately he is right - the bubble of football is going to burst, and if a bloke worth £800m is struggling to finance a club in the third division of English football then we probably need to think about the same as a whole. | | | |
| He always sounds sensible and realistic when..... on 14:02 - Dec 10 with 1929 views | Bloots |
....he's talking about "the bigger picture" of football in general and even the Club itself.
His problem is that he doesn't actually resolve any of details that he considers to be minor.
Like why does our manager play such dull predictable football that is simple to nullify if you are a half decent team?
Or why does it take 16 minutes to get a beer at half time?
Or why does the ground look so shabby?
If he had a decent management structure around him they would deal with the "minor" details and he could waffle on about the structure of football.
Lambert out. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:02 - Dec 10 with 1919 views | BlueBadger |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:57 - Dec 10 by footers |
It's a very 'it is what it is, we are where we are' kind of statement. As usual.
Oh well, best sit down, shut up and get what we're given. Which in this case will be at least another four years of playing in League One. |
We won't be four years in League One you silly sausage.
When the salary cap kicks in fully we'll be competing in an even playing field with only Lambert's skills as a manager to make the difference.
Meaning we'll be out the division in two seasons, tops... | |
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| HUGELY IMPORTANT note from Marcus on 14:03 - Dec 10 with 1903 views | unstableblue |
This is an extremely significant message from Evans. I think the ridiculous statement he made had gone unrecognised and unchecked, then we were really not in a good place.
I'll continue to criticise Marcus for the unclear strategy and management structure. But its really positive that he has made this gesture. And I hope this leads to a better atmosphere amongst the 2000 on Saturday.
There is very little patience left for the Lambert project and Marcus' reign. We need to see progress against Pompey on the pitch, we may not get the result due to injury. But we need to see the passing system, getting more progressive and forward looking, or we're just not going anywhere.
"That got me thinking about harmony at our club. Every fan, player, coach, manager, owner all want the same thing - success. When that doesn’t happen, it inevitably leads to tensions.
I for one have probably not helped the recent frustrations by my ‘be careful what you wish for comment’ with regards to calls by some for a change in management. It was not meant to offend nor defer blame for past mistakes and if anyone took offence, I apologise.
To be clear I have not been swayed in the past when making important decisions for Ipswich Town, some have been good, some poor but I am 100% responsible for all of them.
The message I was trying to deliver last week is that my assessment of our current progress, based upon the facts and finer details of the uniquely difficult circumstances we are operating in this season, coupled with our results so far, gives me confidence that we have the right players and management to take the Club forward. Some will not agree but that’s football - it’s all about opinions." |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:05 - Dec 10 with 1889 views | BlueBadger |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:52 - Dec 10 by BlueBadger |
Thing is, enough people will be taken in by it to buy him him more time to work with his 'plan'. |
As evidenced by Timefliesbyyellow's downvoting pattern. | |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:16 - Dec 10 with 1774 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Thats refreshing, it was a HUGE mitstake. |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:23 - Dec 10 with 1719 views | ArnieM |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 by Dubtractor |
As Bishops Hill is my local hill, this comment makes me proud of it! |
Conversely I was thinking Marcus won’t have a Scooby Doo where Bishops Hill is. Lol |  |
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| An Apology from Evans: on 14:24 - Dec 10 with 1717 views | hatch |
| An Apology from Evans: on 13:58 - Dec 10 by Reuser_is_God |
I don’t think anyone with half a brain cell really has an issue with how much Evans invests each year.
It’s how poorly it’s invested & the lack of structure at the club that is the issue. |
Yes this is what I picked out of his statement. He seems to think we're demanding a change of owner as we want some big spender to come in and buy his way out of the league.
No, that's not what we want. I'm perfectly content with the level of investment (and very grateful for it), it's the decision making we struggle with. Without the right decision making it doesn't matter how many millions you chuck in. |  | | |
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