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Reply | As a fan of town
at 07:31 16 Sep 2025
I get the point. Emotionally you need wins, that is why that season under Burley it was the best feeling ever.
Of course we all loved the promotions, leaving the ground buzzing, but the football played in the Prem is different level.
On a side note, what kind of players would we attract if the club had the attitude that we want to stay in the Championship? |
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Reply | As a fan of town
at 07:04 15 Sep 2025
I'm sure we all loved the Premier League under George Burley when we had a cracking season and played some beautiful football.
Short memories some people. |
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Reply | Ref tonight (n/t)
at 06:53 13 Sep 2025
Not sure if you were at the game or able to see replays on Sky. There was nothing at all in the first challenge, and he did have a word after the second. Personally thought he had an excellent game. |
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Reply | I always wanted to come here . . .
at 16:39 12 Sep 2025
Media training, whatever they say when joining a club is meaningless, they are all coached to say what gullible fans want to hear.
I much prefer to hear from players when they leave, like Chappers - you know it is heartfelt then rather than a load of guff. |
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Reply | Which Ipswich side do you like the best
at 10:31 5 Sep 2025
As others say, very much age dependent.
For me the 81 team, I was at secondary school and surrounded by Liverpool and Forest fans. For years we could compete with them.
The Play Off winning team also holds a special place in my memories, after all those successive failures ,being at Wembley for the win over Barnsley remains my favourite game ever. |
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Reply | Attn; TWTDers
at 07:16 4 Sep 2025
Erik Ten Haag did exactly that at Manchester United, look how that has gone.
Paul Cook, looking back, started the ball rolling. There is no disputing that KMK picked it up and took us to the next level. The big question, that many raise on here, is KMKs signings. |
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Reply | My God this is a gamble 😬
at 07:03 2 Sep 2025
A point I have made many times. He has achieved great things, albeit with the backing he received in League 1, anything but promotion would have been a failure.
I remain jury out, last season worried me from a managerial point of view. Forget results, more a failure to adapt, a Plan B. I never understand the look where we have come from attitude, having such low ambition isn't how successful clubs or businesses work.
The board have invested heavily, tough decisions ahead if KMK can't turn things around quickly. It's squeaky bum time for us fans. |
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Reply | Issues watching game
at 15:59 30 Aug 2025
Like others, having to use the Rams TV feed. Interesting to hear the opposition take on the game and on us. |
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Reply | To think
at 10:54 29 Aug 2025
A grown up, well considered response to the antagonistic wording off the original poster. |
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Reply | Which of us has the strongest bladder?
at 06:25 29 Aug 2025
I'm on the fence with KMK. There is no doubt that he did a terrific job in the two promotion seasons, especially the Championship season. With the backing and budget he had in League One, promotion was the bare minimum.
This season is crucial, the test of a truly great manager is turning around a side when confidence is low. Momentum carried us such a long way, now we have lost it, if anything we are spiralling downward. At the moment I'm jury out.
I'm living in Durham these days and a few Sunderland fans have compared KMK to Roy Keane's time managing them. The upwards curve was fantastic, when things went wrong he was unable to stop the rot and turn it around. |
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Reply | How much are we missing Lee Grant?
at 10:59 28 Aug 2025
If there is no relevance what was the point of paying his wages? Of course a coach working with the manager on a day to day basis has an impact. It's dumb to think otherwise. |
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Reply | Grealish comments
at 06:51 27 Aug 2025
But once that 'pattern' of play is obvious to the opposition...
Every manager and analysis team in the Premier League had us worked out. |
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Reply | How much are we missing Lee Grant?
at 06:44 27 Aug 2025
Why are people so quick to dismiss the relevance?
Clough without Taylor was never as good, George Burley without Dale Roberts... I'm sure there must be many other examples. |
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Reply | Anyone else think that penalty was VARs
at 17:09 19 Aug 2025
But he proved that the only part of his body he could get in the way was his arm? That has to be a penalty, and to me it always has been. |
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Reply | Anyone else think that penalty was VARs
at 06:18 19 Aug 2025
I thought it was a penalty. If his arm is in that position and he had stood still, then I would say no penalty. He leans into, making a move towards the ball - to me that has been a penalty since year dot. |
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Reply | Less tippy tappy football?
at 16:44 18 Aug 2025
Good.
You pay money to be entertained by talented strikers and creative midfielders, not to watch lumbering centre half's pass across the back four with the sole aim of keeping possession. |
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Reply | Have we become a long ball side?
at 16:56 11 Aug 2025
Top level is the likes of Manchester City, PSG, Madrid. I hate to break it to you, but we don't quite have the same quality of players as them.
I'm not saying boot it long by any means, but there is times when we have overplayed and been bit on the ar$e for it.
I agree with who you responded to, the first and most important job of the keeper is to keep the ball out of the net and being a safe pair of hands. If it's all about passing then Glenn Hoddle would have made a superb goalkeeper. |
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