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Thread | It can be dressed up any way you want…
at 08:20 19 May 2025
…One step back to take two forward, we’re ahead of plan, the gap was always going to be too big, impossible for a newly promoted club to stay up nowadays etc and I’d probably agree with you. I’d also argue that McKenna remains the best young manager in the country and is the best thing to happen to our club for a generation but let’s be honest, this season has been a disaster. We’ll bounce back and learn from it but there’s no way that McKenna, the owners, directors, players or supporters envisaged a season this poor when there was such momentum and investment in the summer. Relegation isn’t a surprise, maybe it was almost inevitable but we’ve not even made a fight of it. |
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Thread | Jamie Vardy
at 08:33 17 May 2025
I’m sure he couldn’t care less but I’d like to see our fans show him some respect tomorrow.
Under-rated as a footballer, loyal to Leicester, an inspiration for those who don’t make it as professionals in their teens, part of the greatest story of the Premier League era and a down to earth bloke. In an era where there are so few “characters” he stands out. As for the song about his wife, it was mildly amusing the first time I heard it a few years ago but is now tedious and unoriginal. |
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Thread | We’ve won 4 in 36, 1 in 18 at home , can we drop the arrogance?
at 19:36 10 May 2025
The Championship is going to be tough. Our squad is a lot stronger than it was a year ago, financially the club are very well placed, the stadium has been upgraded and we’ve got an exceptional young manager. These are all massive points in our favour but despite them next season will be testing. Too many supporters are talking as if all we have to do is turn up and we’ll be promoted as champions with 100 points and 100 goals. It could happen , I’d love it to but I have my doubts.
A big overhaul in the squad this summer seems inevitable, despite Kieran saying he’ll be here, things can change and as we know very well, the championship is a hard league. We found league one challenging for 4 years, we didn’t even make the play offs for the first 3 before eventually getting promoted by the skin of our teeth.
This will be the 5th time I’ve seen us relegated (4 times from the top division, once from the Championship). Not once have we bounced straight back. The chances of us doing so next season are better than at any time in the past but it’s not guaranteed.
This isn’t intended as a negative post, just a reality check. My concern is that if a significant proportion of the fanbase think next season will be a walk in the park and we then get off to a bad start, the atmosphere will become quite toxic, quite early.
It’s going to be a long, hard season and it’s not going to be plain sailing. There will be plenty of upheaval over the summer. The players will have 3 weeks less off than the majority of teams in the league who are already on holiday. We’ve got a very good chance of bouncing back and I wouldn’t bet against us doing it but those of you expecting, maybe even demanding promotion would do well to remember where we were 3 years ago. [Post edited 10 May 19:37]
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Thread | I’ve watched about a thousand games at Portman Road
at 20:23 20 Apr 2025
and that is the most comfortably I’ve ever seen us get beaten at home. We had just 4 shots, none of them on target and we didn’t even get a corner. Totally outplayed by an excellent team from the first kick to the last. I’m not complaining and I’m not annoyed, I’m just saying it as I saw it. |
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Thread | Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time
at 13:48 28 Mar 2025
The best 18 months I’ve experienced as a supporter and that includes being a fan through the Sir Bobby years. I’m not fussed if we go down, I’ll look forward to the championship next season and will support us until the day I die.
February 2023 until August 2024 was a great time with a very special team and a fantastic manager. I never thought I’d ever see our club do what they did and to do it with such style and togetherness made it a privilege to witness and be part of. Incredible memories that will last a lifetime. I get goosebumps when I think about the celebrations after Exeter and Huddersfield.
Does else feel a bit flat knowing that even though we’re in a great place as a club with a lot to look forward to, nothing achieved in the future is likely to feel quite as good as that year and a half did? |
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Thread | Away allocation at PR next season
at 12:30 17 Mar 2025
Anyone know if it’s likely to go back to the 2,000 or so it was before this season? I’ve not been in the Cobbold since the changes so have no idea how easy it would be to re-configure.
If it goes back to close to how it was prior to this season, I hope that the supporters who were moved out of their seats get the chance to go back to the half way line if the away allocation is reduced. Many were dismissive of them last year, with a “who cares?” attitude. I got that there was a lot to do in a short space of time, that there were not any viable alternatives and no matter what was done, changes would not suit everyone but I did feel sorry for those who got turfed out of their old seats. |
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Thread | Broadhead
at 20:17 15 Mar 2025
Why is he so out of favour? He epitomises everything that was good about the 22/23 and 23/24 seasons and is nearly always a significant improvement on whoever he replaces when he finally get a 15 minute run out. |
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Thread | The difference between now and any time in the past
at 08:53 23 Feb 2025
Is that now it seems near-impossible to build a team in the championship that’s capable of holding their own in the Premier League. The pockets of the established PL clubs are now so deep that they take the players who are good enough from the relegated clubs and the rest of them get bought by the promoted clubs.
There were 3 loanees in our starting 11 yesterday. The player most likely to have made a difference (Enciso) is another one. Despite spending what for us was a huge amount of money on transfers in the summer, to add to a team who got almost 100 points the season before, much of the proven ability/experience we required needed to be borrowed from other clubs.
If we go down ,the 3 or 4 who have proven themselves to be premier league quality will leave in the summer either to become squad players for the established clubs or the big signings of the promoted teams. Even 5 years ago clubs could often hold these players for a season but that just doesn’t seem to happen anymore. Can anyone see Delap or Omari in a Town shirt if we’re back in the Championship next season?
The team we put out yesterday would beat any of the current top 6 in the Championship. Leeds, Sheffield United , Burnley or whoever comes up won’t be able to compete without changing 8 or 9 of their starting 11. As we’ve seen this league is so tough you don’t get time to develop as a team during a premier league season.
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Thread | If McKenna had left in the summer
at 08:24 2 Feb 2025
and the new manager had overseen the last 7 months - same transfers in and out, tactics, results, performances - would you have the same view of the season and management of the team as you have now?
I wouldn’t. I’d be more critical of several of the transfers, how we were playing and the results. I’d probably want the manager replaced. I’m not one who would boo but could understand the frustrations of those that do. The team we’re watching isn’t the team that got us promoted and certaintly isn’t the one who got us out of league one. Fans are entitled to criticise when things go badly. Differing opinions and perspectives are one of main reasons football is such a great sport. It’s also the reason this forum is so enjoyable.
If we lose every game between now and the end of the season and then follow it up with a mediocre start to next season, I’d still want KM to be our manager. We’ve seen how he’s transformed our club. We know what he can do. He’s a young and still relatively inexperienced manager but I believe he’s an exceptional one. I’m sure that in private (and maybe in public in future) he would acknowledge that he has made some significant mistakes this season. He’s a man who has forgotten more about the game than I’ll ever know, so if I can see it then he definitely can. He’ll be better for his errors though.
He’s a better manager now than he was 9 months ago. We all improve in our jobs with time and experience. It’s the tough times that give you what you need to get better. He is and always will be one of the best managers our great club has ever had. He’s also the best manager for us now and for as long as he’s happy to stay.
I get the frustration and there’s nothing wrong with questioning much of what we’re seeing but it should be measured and kept in the context of the speed with which the club has moved forward. McKenna conducts himself impeccably and represents our club in a way that only the legendary Sir Bobby has in the past. We’re very lucky to have him and now more than ever he needs to feel the love that the vast majority of fans have for him. |
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Thread | Send Phillips back and recall Cam Humphreys
at 20:08 1 Feb 2025
If Kalvin Phillips isn’t good enough to get on the pitch in a game like that then he’s wasting a place in the squad. Get Cam back and give him some premier league experience even if it is just 20 minutes here and there. |
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Thread | One element that gets overlooked in our successive promotions
at 11:42 20 Jan 2025
is that we were a physical team, bordering on dirty when we needed to be. Tactical fouls were common and when the crowd went a bit flat a crunching tackle lifted the volume. I don’t want to be overly critical, we were well beaten by a world class team but 7 fouls and no bookings is a bit disappointing in a 6-0 home defeat. We’re at risk of going back to being the too nice, soft Ipswich that Keane highlighted many years ago. [Post edited 20 Jan 11:42]
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Thread | Their sixth goal
at 21:34 19 Jan 2025
Incredible. The pass was world class. The timing of the run and finish were ridiculous. |
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Thread | Phoebe Schecter
at 21:19 12 Jan 2025
Sky sports NFL. She’s the best female pundit of mens sport by a mile. She’s very knowledgeable, is a great communicator, makes great observations and provides excellent insights. She shows how it should be done. |
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Thread | So many positives and so many improvements it’s a bit wrong to moan but
at 19:28 12 Jan 2025
Getting into the West Stand (and I’m guessing the North)is a shambles and it’s getting worse. Got there at 2.15pm today and didn’t get in to the ground until 2.55pm. No time to get a drink or a programme, just a 40 minute queue. At 2.40pm they’re asking hundreds of people to make a path for a car that was somehow allowed to drive through.
So much to be proud of about our club and in almost every respect it’s a better match day experience now than it was 3 years ago but getting in is more difficult that an any time in the past and is worse than I’ve experienced at any other league ground. So many obvious things they could to do make it smoother - more turnstiles, more stewards, barriers to make the queue less of a scrum, separate bag search area, closing the road, moving the food stalls further back towards the park etc. |
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Thread | 11 points from our last 10 games
at 09:30 31 Dec 2024
Only one defeat by more than a single goal (Newcastle), one draw that we should have won (Leicester) and another that we could have (Man U). We’re staying up. |
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Thread | “Tractor boys”
at 10:38 25 Nov 2024
Do any of you like the nickname or use the term when talking about our club? I’ve never liked it but it’s only now that we’re back in the premier league and feature more prominently in the national media that it’s really starting to grate. |
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Thread | Yet another fantastic goal for us yesterday
at 18:21 3 Nov 2024
I reckon at least half of the 20 best goals I’ve seen us score in almost 50 years as a supporter have been scored in the McKenna era.
For all the frustrations of VAR, defensive mistakes , individual errors costing usual, a long winless run etc this continues to be a great time to be a supporter. |
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Thread | Game management needs improving
at 17:42 26 Oct 2024
When we were on top against Villa just before half time, Martinez went down, their physio came on and Villa had 2-3 minutes to compose themselves, it took the sting out of the game and killed our momentum. We don’t seem capable of doing the same. Pressure builds, you can sense what’s coming but we just don’t seem capable of avoiding the inevitable. We should have been capable of getting to half time with a 2-1 lead and seeing it out for a draw at the end.
Wrong to be too negative after a much-improved display, 3 goals and a return to a team that bore at least some relationship to what we have been used to over the past 2 years. A long way to go yet, still not in the bottoms 3 and we’ll improve. |
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