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Reply | Frank to Spurs confirmed - how are we feeling?
at 09:48 10 Jun 2025
Yeah, but it's been done to death in dozen of threads, both last summer and now again. If you get yourself beat up over every rumor/speculation, we are all going to have a long summer. If hMcKenna goes, the club will recruit a new manager. I doubt he will go, especially to Brentford. I was more worried last summer with Brighton etc. calling. |
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Reply | Frank to Spurs confirmed - how are we feeling?
at 09:39 10 Jun 2025
I feel great, thank you.
I can't and won't lose any sleep because of other clubs changing managers and some doomsday speculation that Brentford could be interested in our manager. |
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Reply | Sunderland and Burnley interested in Broadhead
at 09:31 10 Jun 2025
I'm a bit torn. I really like Broadhead, and when he has played this season, he hasn't looked out of place at Premier League level. He's so silky in his first touch and also has a good shot in his locker. The problem is that he rarely gets extended time on the pitch, either due to injuries or because McKenna simply doesn't see him as the best option. That automatically makes him somewhat of a luxury player. I hope he stays, but if a really good offer comes in, I can understand if the club considers it. |
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Thread | Biggest threats/suprrises next season?
at 10:14 28 May 2025
What are your feelings towards next season, who do you expect to be "up there"?
Obviously Southampton and Sheffield United for me. Questions marks over Leicester and their financial situation.
Wrexham and Birmingham seems in a good financial position, would you consider them dark horses?
Coventry, West Brom and Boro had disappointing seasons, but could be outsiders for me. |
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Thread | So...six years ago we were officially relegated to League One
at 06:31 14 Apr 2025
A few players in the lineup were Emmanuel, Quaner, Kenlock. Paul Lambert was the manager.
Even if this season didn´t go as I had hoped, I still appreciate were we´ve come from, what state the club was in a few years ago.
It´s weird, but I´m already excited by next season. |
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Reply | If you had the choice...?
at 07:59 9 Apr 2025
Strange options, if you cut out the money from going up/parachute money...well, then we are damned if we do and damned if we don´t...The owners investment will only go so far.
But if the choice was only between those two options, it would be a yoyo-club for me.
However I agree with the poster above, the long term ambition should be to be an established Premier League club.
I feel our journey to the PL was maybe a little too fast, but if we play our cards right and keep the right players for next season we could do it again and come back better and stronger next time (first of all we need improvement in our transfer policy).
Weird as it sounds I have enjoyed the Premier League experience, at least up until Southampton at home. Obviously losing many games is never nice, but as a whole I think our club is in a better shape for this season in the PL. |
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Reply | Keep hearing our champ defenders should be playing
at 11:25 19 Mar 2025
Our defensive line often receives a lot of criticism, sometimes deservedly so. But our defensive issues go beyond that. It’s about misplaced passes in midfield, poor decisions all over the pitch, and so on. Losing possession and misplacing passes are punished incredibly harshly in the Premier League. Our goalkeeper rotations don’t make it easier to maintain a stable defense. I'm not sure we would have conceded fewer goals if, for example, Burgess and Woolfenden had played the entire season—the problems are bigger than individual players. |
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Reply | This season has been weird.
at 12:52 13 Mar 2025
I am probably in minority, but I have enjoyed this season, at least up until the Southampton game, in which we were simply not good enough.
The long term ambition for the club must be to compete at the highest level, what else would be the point? Maybe it came a little bit too soon with double promotions.
But no doubt the PL has been and will be good for the club and our progress. If (looking likely) we are going down I do hope we are back for the 26/27 season and have learned a few lessons and developed our scouting network and improved our academy. |
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Reply | Those last 7-8 minutes..
at 08:43 2 Feb 2025
We looked very bland and out of ideas towards the end.
Don´t think it´s about fight our desire, just lacking confidence, belief and ideas at the moment. |
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Thread | Those last 7-8 minutes..
at 08:23 2 Feb 2025
I don’t have much to say about yesterday’s game overall. I agree with McKenna that it felt like we were the better team, and when the 1-2 goal came, it didn’t feel entirely fair. These things happen—sometimes the margins just aren’t on your side. But… what were we doing in the last 7–8 minutes? That much added time should have motivated the players. Plenty of time to create one or two chances… instead, we looked lifeless and completely out of ideas. We just wandered around with the ball in the backline, misplaced passes, poor decisions… no urgency. At one point, it almost looked like we voluntarily gave the ball away. That ending worried me more for the future than the result itself. |
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Reply | What's your relationship with alcohol these days?
at 14:44 22 Jan 2025
I am 46..and I still am an above average drinker, I would say.
This might sound like a bad excuse, but my partner is quite a social person, outgoing, and enjoys dinners with friends and other social gatherings. I, on the other hand, am rather shy and have fairly low self-esteem. Alcohol helps me loosen up a bit and feel more comfortable. I would like to cut back on drinking, and of course, I don't drink as much as I did in my younger years, but quitting entirely or sticking to just ONE beer is simply not an option for me. At least not right now. |
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Reply | Luke Woolfenden is the absolute don
at 09:00 6 Jan 2025
I have always rated Woolfy and backed him.
Sure, as a young defender, he has made mistakes (and sometimes lose focus) but always seem to come back stronger.
Unsure if he is a Premier League defender in the long run, but under McKenna he has the absolute best possibility to be. |
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Reply | We've played them all, who was the worst?
at 10:47 3 Jan 2025
Judging solely on the performances against us I would say United, Wolves and Leicester.
We should have won against United, they were there for the taking. |
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Reply | Hutch
at 05:52 21 Nov 2024
Tough start in the Premier league for him, but certainly improved these last few games.
The ability is there. |
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Reply | Every single time!
at 08:27 13 Nov 2024
I feel we dodged a bullet with Broja rather than Latte Lath. |
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Reply | Very poor from the BBC...
at 09:26 4 Sep 2024
To be fair, I don't think it was an excellent game and a little surprised by the high match rating on twtd.
It was very even and not a lot of chances for either side.
Scrappy is a stretch, though. |
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Reply | "the Ipswich crowd was really, really loud..."
at 20:15 23 Aug 2024
Don't know if it was the broadcast, but the noice didn't quite transform as well as for instance the Soton game last season. I'm sure it was a cracking atmosphere, and having opposition managers taking notion is great! |
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Reply | Has this window now surpassed your expectations?
at 09:53 23 Aug 2024
Over the moon.
Talented, mostly young and developable players that McKenna can work his magic with.
Of course you could argue that there is a little shortage of Premier League experience, but in the current (ridiculous) market what would that cost us?
If our signings are enough to survive is hard to say, but no one can say we haven´t been ambitious and at least given it a good go. |
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Reply | I no longer recognise my Ipswich
at 11:28 22 Aug 2024
I understand your point.
First of all, it's a strange feeling to see us signing several multi-million-pound players. We're not used to it. But would I be happier if we were still in the Championship, under an unambitious owner, signing the likes of Leon Best? Or reading "quiet deadline day expected" when we seriously needed players?
Definitely not.
I want us to stay in the Premier League. Not by gambling the club in any way, but I certainly trust Ashton and the owners to manage that side.
I am immensely proud of the core group of players that got us to the Premier League, and I believe (and hope) that several of them will continue to play a vital role for us. But the reality is that some will inevitably fall away. Jumping from League One to the Premier League in just two seasons is a massive leap.
Professional footballers are accustomed to new signings coming in, and hopefully, it motivates them. They know that there is no room for sentiment in football.
Keeping everyone happy in a 25-man squad is a difficult task, but I honestly believe there are few better capable of doing it than Kieran McKenna. Burgess, Luongo and many others will have a role to play this season. |
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