| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football 14:04 - Feb 3 with 3251 views | Dolly2.0 |
was a 6-0 home win over Bristol City in 2007. TEN YEARS AGO!
We had a crowd of over 22,000 that day as well.
Maybe we never should've got rid of Jim Magilton. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:06 - Feb 3 with 2547 views | ITFC_Forever |
Don't fall in to the trap of forgetting just how poor that last season was under Jim.
It was right he went - just because things haven't worked out since, doesn't alter that. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:09 - Feb 3 with 2530 views | The_Romford_Blue |
That second half against QPR was quite exciting..
Two goals, 3 missed one on ones. Loads of shots. Complete dominance. Lovely passing football |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:14 - Feb 3 with 2499 views | Pinewoodblue |
The 3-2 away win at Blackpool was exciting and the news later sad. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:22 - Feb 3 with 2484 views | RoyKeanesDog |
Whilst they have been few and far between, Mick has produced some good performances.
Middlesbrough at home two seasons ago was a better performance than that Bristol City game, and was brilliant, exciting, attacking. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:26 - Feb 3 with 2471 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:22 - Feb 3 by RoyKeanesDog |
Whilst they have been few and far between, Mick has produced some good performances.
Middlesbrough at home two seasons ago was a better performance than that Bristol City game, and was brilliant, exciting, attacking. |
I'll raise you Brentford away on Boxing Day 2014. | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:35 - Feb 3 with 2439 views | SWGF |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:26 - Feb 3 by ITFC_Forever |
I'll raise you Brentford away on Boxing Day 2014. |
Sadly those "in your face", intensive, incessant performances are a world away from what we've produced for over a year now. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:37 - Feb 3 with 2434 views | BlueBadger |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:06 - Feb 3 by ITFC_Forever |
Don't fall in to the trap of forgetting just how poor that last season was under Jim.
It was right he went - just because things haven't worked out since, doesn't alter that. |
What followed him was definitely a case of 'be careful what you wish for', mind. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:48 - Feb 3 with 2411 views | Ftnfwest |
Jim's team pasted Wolves 3-0 the week before that as well, had 10 minutes of being hacked around and elbows in face etc, Alexander saved a penalty and then we were away. Forget the Wolves managers name... |  | | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:50 - Feb 3 with 2397 views | horsehollerer |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:26 - Feb 3 by ITFC_Forever |
I'll raise you Brentford away on Boxing Day 2014. |
Not sure about that. Yes, we scored 4 great goals that day from "brilliant, exciting, attacking football" (as per OP) but we were outplayed for large parts of that game. We had less than 34.8% possession and made only 297 passes (63% completion rate) vs Brentford's 545 passes (83%).
Not to take anything away from Town, or from such a great result, but it's amazing what a difference it made when we were confident, had a bit of momentum, and Murph was on fire. We were effective and hit them early in that game. Not a lot else was different about our approach or play IMO. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 15:04 - Feb 3 with 2353 views | RoyKeanesDog |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:26 - Feb 3 by ITFC_Forever |
I'll raise you Brentford away on Boxing Day 2014. |
Ah, don't. I was in bed with a terrible 3 day sickness, had a ticket and lived in London- just couldn't get out of bed. Probably one of only about 5 days since I was 12 that I didn't smoke a cigarette.
Got Lucan his ticket as a Christmas present, he accused me of suffering from a hangover at first. | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:32 - Feb 3 with 2225 views | Lightningboy |
Been downhill ever since Jimbo got the push,ok he might've made a few dud signings when the cash came in but he had this club in his heart and knew how to play decent football.
Time was there was excitement on almost a weekly basis under Burley and to some extent Royle,now there are posters trying to remember 1 or 2 good performances over the last 2 years.
I despair. |  | | |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:37 - Feb 3 with 2216 views | StokieBlue |
Even better - what would we give for a midfielder like Jim now.
That would make a huge difference.
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:39 - Feb 3 with 2211 views | itfcjoe |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:32 - Feb 3 by Lightningboy |
Been downhill ever since Jimbo got the push,ok he might've made a few dud signings when the cash came in but he had this club in his heart and knew how to play decent football.
Time was there was excitement on almost a weekly basis under Burley and to some extent Royle,now there are posters trying to remember 1 or 2 good performances over the last 2 years.
I despair. |
Been downhill ever since Jimbo got given money to spend.
Our style of football and results went backwards when he invested more - that last season under Jim was an absolute borefest as he totally lost his way.
Such a shame as he did so well before we had the money |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 17:07 - Feb 3 with 2177 views | BackToRussia |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:39 - Feb 3 by itfcjoe |
Been downhill ever since Jimbo got given money to spend.
Our style of football and results went backwards when he invested more - that last season under Jim was an absolute borefest as he totally lost his way.
Such a shame as he did so well before we had the money |
Still, it was only one poor season, and MM has had that too.
In hindsight it's hard to argue against the fact that JM should have had another season to see what he could do to turn it around. |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 17:20 - Feb 3 with 2136 views | pointofblue |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 16:39 - Feb 3 by itfcjoe |
Been downhill ever since Jimbo got given money to spend.
Our style of football and results went backwards when he invested more - that last season under Jim was an absolute borefest as he totally lost his way.
Such a shame as he did so well before we had the money |
Exactly, Jim was doing fine until the money again - then he really struggled with the pressure. I never understood why he got the QPR job for that very reason; he did start well there but when the wheels came off... |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 17:37 - Feb 3 with 2092 views | OxfordTH_1981 |
Depends how you define "brilliant" but our 4-1 or 4-2 win away at Brentford on Boxing Day 2014 when Murphy scored from kick off was pretty devastatingly effective. | | | |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 17:41 - Feb 3 with 2079 views | VillageBlue |
I remember the Bristol City game well, not because I was there but because I wasn't! We were on holiday in Mallorca, I think I probably didn't have a mobile phone then and I recall continuously checking the score on teletext. I couldn't believe it, we'd scored another every time I looked! Can't remember who had my season ticket but I know they were very impressed. Now if I can't go I have real trouble finding someone to use it! [Post edited 3 Feb 2017 17:41]
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 19:25 - Feb 3 with 2020 views | DebenBlue |
To be fair beating West Ham 5-1 at home Jan 12 ( I think ) under Jewell was pretty decent !! | | | |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 19:31 - Feb 3 with 2005 views | Vaughan8 |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 14:09 - Feb 3 by The_Romford_Blue |
That second half against QPR was quite exciting..
Two goals, 3 missed one on ones. Loads of shots. Complete dominance. Lovely passing football |
You really did enjoy that 2nd half! haha
Some people said QPR practically gave up and if we played like you describe there, they must have done! | | | |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 20:16 - Feb 3 with 1931 views | itfcjoe |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 17:07 - Feb 3 by BackToRussia |
Still, it was only one poor season, and MM has had that too.
In hindsight it's hard to argue against the fact that JM should have had another season to see what he could do to turn it around. |
But he managed to fall out with everyone in the process - he wasn't even talking to the media for months.
He also went well backwards with investment, whereas Mick's poor season is at a similar investment level - not massively increased with expectations to match | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 21:15 - Feb 3 with 1857 views | RoyKeanesDog |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 20:16 - Feb 3 by itfcjoe |
But he managed to fall out with everyone in the process - he wasn't even talking to the media for months.
He also went well backwards with investment, whereas Mick's poor season is at a similar investment level - not massively increased with expectations to match |
I agree his inexperience shined in terms of media management etc, but he was treated poorly by fans and local media considering his career with the club.
I think he was worth another year, but we'll never know. I've heard from the horses mouth that he feels uncomfortable going back to Ipswich after the treatment he was subjected to as manager. | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 21:49 - Feb 3 with 1801 views | WeirdFishes |
Remember Pablo scoring a lovely goal that day. You |  |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 22:01 - Feb 3 with 1779 views | textbackup |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 21:15 - Feb 3 by RoyKeanesDog |
I agree his inexperience shined in terms of media management etc, but he was treated poorly by fans and local media considering his career with the club.
I think he was worth another year, but we'll never know. I've heard from the horses mouth that he feels uncomfortable going back to Ipswich after the treatment he was subjected to as manager. |
I take no blame in that, I was banned at the time
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 22:19 - Feb 3 with 1737 views | jpring89 |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 19:25 - Feb 3 by DebenBlue |
To be fair beating West Ham 5-1 at home Jan 12 ( I think ) under Jewell was pretty decent !! |
I quite enjoyed the second half against barnsley away under jewell. Didnt we beat doncaster away 0-6 aswell not sure who under now. | |
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| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 23:33 - Feb 3 with 1662 views | Dolly2.0 |
| Last time I remember us playing brilliant, exciting, attacking football on 19:25 - Feb 3 by DebenBlue |
To be fair beating West Ham 5-1 at home Jan 12 ( I think ) under Jewell was pretty decent !! |
Must admit I'd forgotten about that. And I take on board some of the other shouts in the thread, but none of those come close to that destruction of Bristol City, and it could've been more than six. I seem to remember thinking we should've hit double figures, though that could be the mind playing tricks. | |
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