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Comment | Millwall Friendly Hit By Rail Strike
at 18:27:50
Not to wade in on the political arguments taking place but too many people are hating the player and not the game. Everyone deserves more, they just can't and don't get to fight for it. |
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Comment | Town Takeover Completed
at 11:35:36
Amazing news! I'm no Marcus Evans fan but he seems to have done the sensible thing here. I wonder what calibre we can attract to a League One promotion push next season. So bloody exciting though. |
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Comment | Town Draw Portsmouth at Home in FA Cup First Round
at 22:00:20
This is really really good draw that I'm really really looking forward to. Two really really good clubs each with really really brilliant history should serve up a really really good match that a really really lot of fans would really really like to see (but probably really really won't get the chance to live). Brilliant. |
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Comment | Clubs Vote in Favour of Salary Cap
at 16:26:36
@IpswichToon Just what I was thinking! If promotion bonuses aren't included there's the carrot on a stick for our donkeys. That's how you prove your worth and earn the bucks, lads. Go win promotion! |
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Comment | Oxford United 0-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 07:17:55
Late to the thread but am I the only one who thought Oxford had 12 men most the game with the ref either bottling decisions or going against us in yes albeit challenging weather conditions? Took my neutral mate with me and he said second half especially we looked one dimensional which I can't argue with really. Still we deffo looked more up for it than the Yellows early doors and still think with some better shooting would have won. Downes was my player of the match and I liked Huws' performance too but can see why Woolfenden and Judge were others' picks for MOTM. Decent draw. Just a shame it took me longer to get out the car park after than to get there. |
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Comment | Oxford Date Set
at 00:03:46
Anyone know if tickets will be sold on the gate? |
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Comment | Bolton's Takeover Confirmed
at 20:34:57
Thank feck for that. Made up for Bolton and their fans (tracksuits from Matalan or not) but just as happy that our three points and +5 to the ol' goal difference will not be expunged. |
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Comment | Sheffield United 2-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 20:20:36
I don't know if it's just because I have just watched a very inept Town performance in definitely the worst season for Town (since the first relegation from the Premier League) by the worst Town squad probably in the history of the club but I'm failing to garner that optimism that some others have about next season. Yes get behind the team, yes make some noise and yes throw inflatables around but ITFC... throw us a freaking bone here! Give us something to shout about because on the evidence I've seen there's funk all to get excited for. Even the 'promising' young lads who've got into the team haven't torn up any trees and are gonna have to become men and get a lot better very fast in League One. And the worst thing is, it's the least we deserve because year after year if you sell your best players and replace them with sub-standard ones, guess what, eventually you're going to fail. For all the talk about Marcus Evans saving the club by buying us before we folded and the millions he's put in since, it's his fault for the millions he's taken out in loan repayments, authorising the sale of our best players and the lack of investment in better players that has brought Ipswich Town to it's knees. Lambert can tell us how great the fans are all he likes. We know we are. What I want is someone to show us the the quality we're going to be bringing in to make us better or prove that the players we have can be coached and improve considerably. Yours, a depressed supporter. |
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Comment | Lambert Set to Be Confirmed on Saturday
at 17:57:08
Do I like that a former Naaaaaaaarwich idol will be leading the cause in trying to stave off relegation and in turn become out saviour? No. Can Lambert do it? Who knows...maybe. Will I will the team to succeed? Yes. Will I give credit where credit is due if Lambert becomes the hero? Yes, absolutely. Until then the jury is out and if he fails then that Budgie connection will make things a whole lot worse all round. Thems the rules I'm afraid. |
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Comment | Hull City 2-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 17:22:46
We got what we wanted with a change of manager but it's just not working right now. I haven't got to a game yet but it seems we lurch from being decent but unlucky to totally useless. Someone please tell me there's a glimmer of hope because at this rate we definitely have a relegation battle to look forward to. I'm imagining the wry smile on Mick McCarthy's face but you know what, ANYTHING is better than that dross football...RIGHT? |
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Comment | Knudsen: I Don't Like the Way Fans Treated Mick
at 13:51:52
I never booed MM or TC and although I've never met them I'm sure they're pretty decent chaps but I was an advocate of a change of management which for better or worse is happening and will make things different at Portman Road. I understand some of the players are grieving for the departure of someone they clearly liked working with BUT do they not understand that the fans are grieving for a club that has been playing awful boring football for a good while now. Let's hope someone the players enjoy working under and who can give supporters football worth turning up for is just round the corner. |
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Comment | McCarthy: Fine Margins and Bad Decisions
at 16:35:00
I don't think any of us can deny that the club is at one of its lowest ever ebbs and that the time has come for a change in not just management but ownership too.
I'm seriously sick of being reminded that Marcus Evans was the saviour. Yes, he bought our debt to prevent the club from folding but boy did he know what he was doing. The saviour has truly become the crucifier, the club literally paying for it ever since, with substantial repayments to the owner and little to no investment in the playing staff.
Since we sold Jon Walters 8 years ago we've seen the likes of Connor Wickham, Aaron Cresswell, Tyrone Mings and Daryl Murphy leave for what was then 'big money'. Our transfer policy has seen the club bring in over that time a PROFIT of just under 20m Euros. But what quality big hitters did we see come in for over £1m over the same time as replacements? Michael Chopra, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Paul Taylor! Wow! There's no doubting that Joe Garner and Martyn Waghorn have been good buys and it remains to be seen about Emyr Huws until he recovers from his injuries (though he showed promise last season on loan). But in the age of £200m+ transfer fees, how bad things have things got when as fans we're excited about signing players for £1m when most clubs aiming for the Premier League are paying at least ten times that. It's a joke.
So the owners and the board have a hell of a lot to answer to. The buck doesn't seem to stop at them though, even if it probably should. No, that honour goes to the man in charge who even his biggest doubters have to accept that given the lack of funds he's had to work with he did a job in keeping Town first up in the Championship and then floating in and around the play-offs for a couple of years. I'm genuinely grateful for that. BUT my God man, the football we've had to ensure hasn't half been turgid boring dross most of the time especially in the past 3 seasons. I mean it's been absolutely terrible.
The resulting continued poor displays and lack of goals and entertainment has made Portman Road a horrible place for home fans to come and watch their team. The place is dead. Even the North Stand don't sing anymore it seems. But it's hardly surprising when there isn't anything to cheer or sing about. Mick might say he's getting the most out his boys but we the fans are not getting anything out watching the match. It's dull, Mick. It's just not exciting. We're so busy keeping it tight that we never show any attacking prowess and though we won't get turned over by much more than the odd goal usually we're not scoring either so one mistake seals our fate and we lose again. Or survive with a 0-0 home draw against the worst side in the division. Yet, I have on occasions seen what happens when we attack (and not just with long balls over the top), we just don't do it enough. And it's not acceptable. Whether the reason is because the personnel are just not good enough or because they're being trained to play in a way to keep themselves in the game and maybe nick a win here, the rationale behind why we're so poor is clear. Things aren't being done right from the top to the bottom.
So, I'm sure I'm showing my naivety about what it takes to run a club or coach a team. But what I do know is something has to change otherwise you might as well just lock the gates and turnstiles and call it a day because I for one (of many) don't want to waste my money on watching THAT rubbish.
It'll be interesting though to see whether a change in manager would genuinely turn Town's fortunes around because if the purse strings continue to be kept closed then we'll still continue to polish a turd of an end product. Come on! At least roll it in glitter so we get to see it shine occasionally. |
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Comment | McCarthy: Lincoln Unfortunate Not to Win It
at 19:33:17
People are moaning with good reason about Mick but they're complaining to the wrong man. McCarthy knows that, for as decent a bloke as he is, and I have no doubts him and TC are salt of the earth, the end is nigh with him unable to get the sort of performances out of the squad most clubs look for let alone the results that Ipswich Town FC demand. But resign? Are you mad?! Do the decent thing and go is the argument I keep hearing but if you're in a job and things aren't going well, you try your best to make things right again and you keep doing that until the boss says 'sorry but your time's up son'. Marcus Evans is the man to make that decision and if he doesn't realise that decision has to be made, he's a fool. It's Mr Evans who somehow needs to be told with no uncertainty that it's time for a change. I'm certain Mick is doing all he can but it's just not good enough. We do have a lot to thank him for in not only keeping us up when he arrived but turning us into play off competitors on a shoestring budget. And that of course is what Evans likes about McCarthy, his ability to get blood out of a stone. Unfortunately there's no more blood to get. New blood is needed to breathe life into ITFC. Even if the board do make the inevitable call to sack Mick do you trust the suits in charge to get the right man in when they're not willing to invest pretty much anything in players? A top down change is needed to stop the rot. It's probably already too late. |
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Comment | Webster Fee Set to Be McCarthy's Biggest at Town
at 11:07:12
I'll admit I know nowt about this lad but for us to be shelling out half a million quid he must have something about him. But Pompey seem happy to take the money given they're getting Matt Clarke too (who played quite a few games for them last season). So couldn't we save that cash to go towards a half decent winger and keep Clarke? |
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