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Thread | What does it take to keep Cajuste?
at 17:58 27 Apr 2025
I know that in reality, it’s almost impossible to keep the team together.
But let’s dream.
I would like us to ask Napoli if we can strike the deal.
Then see whether Jens wants to stay.
I would love us to keep Delap too, but let’s be honest, that’s just as tricky.
And for what it’s worth the third key cog is O’Shea, but I fear he stays in the prem too.
That said, losing those players plus a couple more should mean we can bolster well?
Sorry… slow afternoon on the sofa.
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Thread | Want to thank anonymous helper
at 08:59 9 Feb 2025
Hi all,
So, yesterday at the match I was heading up the steps around 25mins into first half and tripped on the top step. With no hand rail to guide myself I hit the floor pretty hard, got to my feet and carried on.
But I couldn’t carry on, I had aggravated an old back injury.
A very kind man helped me down the stairs and I was greeted my a steward, then a medical team who looked after me incredibly well.
I missed the Jack Clarke goals but amazingly was back in my seat for the second half.
I am in a lot of pain today, and am considering a hospital visit as I am currently still in Coventry, and 3 hours from home.
If anyone saw me fall (Entrance 9/10) and could identify the chap who helped please can you thank them for me.
I am afraid I cannot even describe the fellow as I was bewildered.
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Thread | My weirdest take from yesterday
at 16:41 2 Feb 2025
As I walked out of the ground, there was a sort of disagreement going on in front of me.
There appeared to be a difference of opinion about who was at fault etc.
I get it we are all frustrated, and some times it boils over.
However, the weird bit is what the final comment shouted was….
“You can all F off back to Bury st Edmunds or wherever, now we are….” I couldn’t work out the last few words, but I feel this was an Ipswich resident abusing the non Ipswich residents.
Is there a general feeling from inside the town that those of us from further afield are not as much of a part of the club?
I have lived in suffolk my entire life. My family have been Town fans before me, and I was born in Ipswich Hospital, but growing up in Halesworth, and now living in Beccles, it doesn’t make me any less of a town fan than someone based in IP1.
Welcome thoughts on this.
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Thread | 1st away of season for me yesterday.
at 09:07 22 Sep 2024
Hi all,
I don’t post much anymore, and I don’t go to as many away games as I used to, life has kind of taken over, like it does with many people.
I do have a few observations to share though, and I wondered if others feel the same.
Firstly, I don’t have a lot of away points, I don’t begrudge those with more than me, well done. You’ve earned these by going to all the places.
But why is it now the first comment in a conversation?
“Alright mate, my names ****, we got the 7am train and have been in the pub since 9am… so, how many away points you on then?”
Very strange, you do know being a fan is not a competition? You don’t have to prove you deserve to be here more than me, and yeah, I didn’t go to Shrewsbury or Morecambe. I would have done but the gave us about 7 tickets. I just didn’t get to go…
Also, people now tell you how long they’ve been going, without being asked.
And although I could go on, I won’t as my wife is expecting us to go out for the day as a penance for me going out yesterday, I do have one more observation.
I don’t know much about drugs and drug use, but if I had paid £30 for a match ticket, and all the travel costs etc, what does pushing a lot of white powder up your nose do? I saw it first hand during the game, and it baffled me, especially when said person then got confused and nearly cheered a Southampton attempt…
Sorry, old man nowadays. Getting all a bit too grumpy I guess.
Had a great day though, nearly lost my glasses in the celebrations, and had about 10 people massage me to say they had spotted me on the telly.
Uppa Towen.
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Thread | Away pub?
at 12:06 21 Jan 2023
Which one… there seems to be four |
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Thread | Idles fans, am I going mad or does this work
at 06:54 1 Jun 2022
Danny Ndelko chorus
La La LaLa La
Da Da DaDa Da
Freddie La-Dap-Oo!
Yep, I was singing it to myself at work, fortunately most people already know I am not “Normal”
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Thread | Celina is a sharp wit.
at 20:43 25 Apr 2022
On Saturday we stood on the station, waiting to come home when Celina and Thompson appeared near us.
I was a touch drunk, as were my friends but we chatted to them, without managing to utter any of the usual garb that people say to players. In fact Thompson struck me as quite educated.
Whilst we were doing so. A n other Town fan bustled through our group and aimed an audible noise at Bersant “you gonna stay at Ipswich?” Was more or less what was heard.
“Tonight, yes” was Celinas reply, with a wry grin.
I don’t like this kind of player questioning, and regardless of what this person thought of Thompson, to not acknowledge his presence in the same exchange seemed rude to me. |
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Thread | Merry Christmas
at 08:44 25 Dec 2021
From the BaltachaFanClub household
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Thread | My summer wish list
at 06:41 3 May 2021
I know we are going to see great turnover, although I don’t expect everyone to leave.
I think we will give one year deals to a couple of the current expiring contractees, but if I was to put some names out there (I’ve seen several linked today, mainly by other hopeful fans) there is no one higher on my list than Rochdales Ollie Rathbone.
We need a midfielder who puts in the effort, and Rathbone fits the role.
On top of that, I actually like the swindon lad Twine (Who gave us the win, coincidentally) and had previously liked their Missilou, although he didn’t look that good on Saturday.
I don’t think picking the bones of relegated teams is a good tactic on the whole, but Rathbone and Twine stand out.
Other than those two, I think we all know we need gk, lb, and striker or number 10 role.
I would give bishop a year to prove he is a footballer, but still sign players for the attacking roles,
I don’t know much about the Crewe lads, but there again it’s lower league players, if anything we should be trying to sign players from the bottom half of the champ and maybe those in the sidelines at Hull, Peterborough and Sunderland
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Thread | Hi All
at 11:10 17 Apr 2021
I haven’t been as vocal on here as I used to be, although I have still been watching/reading.
I had a go at being a football writer, and was quite enjoying it, but the website I was writing for wanted more click bait than I could reasonably supply, it was an interesting and cathartic experience, and one which made me appreciate the industry a lot more, Phil especially.
(I kept tapping Phil up for hints, tips etc, and on the odd occasion shared some gossip/rumours with him, thanks Phil)
Anyway, I have stepped away from it all again, not saying I won’t try again, and the people at the72 were great guys and gals, but I wasn’t as big of a clickbaiter as I needed to be.
And back to my point, this season has been a weird one, and the contract situation with so many players has made me compare to my other vice, Football manager (more accurately old versions of Championship manager for this thought)
When I was younger, my brother and I used to have a dual career save on whichever CM was current, and every year a team would be promoted into the league with no players (due to it not running non-league squads) often I would apply to and get the managers job, and this is what I feel has happened to Paul Cook, he has taken on an empty team.
Forgetting who we are keeping/losing what players would you be targeting in your transfer window?
A couple have stood out to me this year, and with our supposed financial backing I was thinking where would you be shopping for your squad....
I will go first, there is no rumour or anything attached, I just like the players :-
Ollie Rathbone - Rochdale (Midfielder, box-to-box)
Ben Sheaf - Coventry (well, Arsenal Midfielder)
Callum Lang- Wigan (forward)
Benny Ashley-Seal Northampton (Forward, but annoyingly a Norwich youth player)
Toby Savin - Accrington (Keeper)
Michael Ihiekwe - Rotherham (Defender, liked him at Tranmere a while back)
Josh Tymon- Stoke (Left back, probably expensive though)
Anyway, hoping for a positive result today
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Thread | Jack Barmby plays for Phoenix Rising
at 10:49 27 Feb 2021
Nick Barmbys son.
And Rufat Dadashov (for the FM players)
And their badge is quite cool considering the usual overdesigned stuff America loves
They are no Sporting Kansas City, though.
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Thread | A new name in the management gossip
at 15:42 13 Feb 2021
Reading a few pages on the twitter verse, as I do, it appears all is not well at Blackburn, with a small but vocal section of the fans wanting change.
Could this be edging towards us needing a manager, and Tony Mowbray being available?
He wouldn’t drop a league for us if he was employed, but if he was out of work...
Personally would top my list, as I am not a fan of the Cowley’s, nor really Paul Cook.
There is no Def info here, just a thought.
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Thread | You chaps made me smile
at 22:46 11 Apr 2020
Sorry I haven’t been around much, but a little while ago I saw someone on one of those Facebook pages have a sly dig at TWTD for being “not what he wanted” and our good soldiers SitfcB and Callis absolutely rail him.
I felt like a proud parent. He was talking utter rubbish and our (as he put it) skaterboy and pre puberty boy, took him down.
You can either like what you read on here or not, but it is choice, he had some obvious right wing borderline racist views which our own TWTD does not condone, he must have posted and been destroyed, felt upset and tried to rally a pack on a different forum, I am afraid I do not know everyone’s real names, but recognising our two gallant heroes school him has brightened my day
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| Blog | It's Not R*********, It's the Promise of an Adventure
at 09:47 13 Apr 2019
Let’s be totally honest, we’ve not had a good year. I know that’s an understatement and come August we begin in a league we haven’t played in for the majority of most readers’ lives. |
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