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Comment | Town to Sign Hearts Midfielder
at 20:11:31
Don't know much about this player, but you can't form any opinion until we've seen him play (if he signs). If, as it looks, we're going to be involved in a dogfight between now and the end of season, then we're going to need some 'in your face' type players. I think PJ and Keane before him have made some horrendous signings, and I can't stomach Clegg, his total incompetence,the way he patronising the fans and what he has done to OUR Club. However, The Club and fans need to stick together between now and the end of the season, we cannot afford to get relegated, and while some fans will get 5 minutes of satisifaction by saying 'I told you so' if we do, the long term consequences will be felt a lot longer than that. Scrap out the points boys - and ME ffs get some footballing nous back in the club over the summer. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 20:21:30
@pip50 - of course and I respect that. But theres no logic in saying because we got £10m for Walters/Wickham - so then we haven't spent anything just because the books 'balance'?! Fact is we've spent good money on poor players - I'd expect a lot more for my money if I'd spent £2m+ on the likes of Leadbitter. But we have spent money on wages - and ME underwites the debt - there's no way the club has lived on scraps over the last 3+years. Reading have benefitted from Madeski's money, Middlesborough from Steve Gibson's (644th in the Sunday times rich list but still worth far less than ME). Leicester benefitted from Milan Manderic's wealth and that got them back into The Championship where they are now backed by some Asian Investment fund - no idea about their money. And Cardiff have similar backing with Tien Ghee estimated to be worth $700m. The fact is that they've spent less by buying better than us.
ME wouldn't have bought Ipswich for a quick financial win. I'm guessing - but he took on the Clubs £40m worth of debt and we're led to believe another £20m of so investment. So to sell it and make a return, he'd probably be looking for £66m (10% return). Who on earth would pay this for a football club that wouldn't survive one season in The Premiership withour further (£30m?) of investment. Fact is he bought to give his core business more focus - the name and the tradition, and probably cares less about the success of our Club than those up the A140. Don't know ehere you get £90m of Premiership revenue from - latest revenue figures put this around £40m unless you get Champion League revenue also. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 20:21:30
@pip50 - of course and I respect that. But theres no logic in saying because we got £10m for Walters/Wickham - so then we haven't spent anything just because the books 'balance'?! Fact is we've spent good money on poor players - I'd expect a lot more for my money if I'd spent £2m+ on the likes of Leadbitter. But we have spent money on wages - and ME underwites the debt - there's no way the club has lived on scraps over the last 3+years. Reading have benefitted from Madeski's money, Middlesborough from Steve Gibson's (644th in the Sunday times rich list but still worth far less than ME). Leicester benefitted from Milan Manderic's wealth and that got them back into The Championship where they are now backed by some Asian Investment fund - no idea about their money. And Cardiff have similar backing with Tien Ghee estimated to be worth $700m. The fact is that they've spent less by buying better than us.
ME wouldn't have bought Ipswich for a quick financial win. I'm guessing - but he took on the Clubs £40m worth of debt and we're led to believe another £20m of so investment. So to sell it and make a return, he'd probably be looking for £66m (10% return). Who on earth would pay this for a football club that wouldn't survive one season in The Premiership withour further (£30m?) of investment. Fact is he bought to give his core business more focus - the name and the tradition, and probably cares less about the success of our Club than those up the A140. Don't know ehere you get £90m of Premiership revenue from - latest revenue figures put this around £40m unless you get Champion League revenue also. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 12:55:23
@buryblue77. If you're going to send your cv in - include something about being able to paint turnstiles - that way Clegg might take some notice - then once on the inside you can start to influence things. If not, and you just talk about football stuff - they won't have a clue what you're on about!! |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 10:16:48
@pip50 - then why did ME buy the club in the first place? Our most succesful seasons in recent times was under Joe Royle - and he did a damn good job on scraps (and making good use of the academy). We've spent plenty of good money under ME's reign - Martin £1m, Fulop £1m, Priskin £1.75m, Leadbitter £2.3m, Edwards £1m, JET £1m, Delenay £750k, Kennedy £750k and plenty more I'm sure I've missed - never mind the inflated wages of past journeymen - Campo, Bullard etc.
Of course PJ is not one of the best in The Championship - if a teams position doesn't reflect the Manager's decison making then no point having one. The whole point is that those around ME cannot make good decisions - PJ probably ends up with 'third choice' targets because Calamity Clegg couldn't close a deal to save his life. He should have over-ruled Keanes decision to get rid of Rhodes and question some of the purchases that we have made. he didn't/hasn't because he has no idea - and Evans failing is not making that change.
Finally,accepting some of the comments made on here are in-appropriate, but everybody is entitled to their opinion and none is more valid than the other. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 10:16:48
@pip50 - then why did ME buy the club in the first place? Our most succesful seasons in recent times was under Joe Royle - and he did a damn good job on scraps (and making good use of the academy). We've spent plenty of good money under ME's reign - Martin £1m, Fulop £1m, Priskin £1.75m, Leadbitter £2.3m, Edwards £1m, JET £1m, Delenay £750k, Kennedy £750k and plenty more I'm sure I've missed - never mind the inflated wages of past journeymen - Campo, Bullard etc.
Of course PJ is not one of the best in The Championship - if a teams position doesn't reflect the Manager's decison making then no point having one. The whole point is that those around ME cannot make good decisions - PJ probably ends up with 'third choice' targets because Calamity Clegg couldn't close a deal to save his life. He should have over-ruled Keanes decision to get rid of Rhodes and question some of the purchases that we have made. he didn't/hasn't because he has no idea - and Evans failing is not making that change.
Finally,accepting some of the comments made on here are in-appropriate, but everybody is entitled to their opinion and none is more valid than the other. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 21:17:08
Well, frustratingly, Evans recent released statement tells us that "The Manager hurts more than anybody when we lose" - so that tells you how much he understands about being a fan! There is reference to Magilton on here, but I don't think many are saying we should have stuck with him - I think it needed a change. And for me that's the sticking point - I don't think that there are too many players who have left the club that I thought were the type of player to get us back to The premiership. Problem is we never replace with better than we let leave. That trait has run throughout ME's time at the helm - and that, for me, points the finger at Clegg who is responsible for doing the deals. Sad days. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 21:09:38
We have a centre back issue because Clegg didn't do a deal with McCauly and had no idea about the players we go after. Allegedly Evans spoke to St Ledger to re-assure him and The Clubs comitment to Jewell. How laughable is that? Somebody on here mentioned at the time it was probably the cleaner that spoke to St. ledger - I doubt it or we would probably have got him : ). Evans can do what he likes - he owns The Club, but if he doesn't want to be the face of it then he needs people who can do the job - Clegg can't. And while I think Jewell is fast running out of time - I have no confidence that we have the knowledge to find a better replacement. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 21:06:24
We have a centre back issue because Clegg didn't do a deal with McCauly and had no idea about the players we go after. Allegedly Evans spoke to St Ledger to re-assure him and The Clubs comitment to Jewell. How laughable is that? Somebody on here mentioned at the time it was probably the cleaner that spoke to St. ledger - I doubt it or we would probably have got him : ). Evans can do what he likes - he owns The Club, but if he doesn't want to be the face of it then he needs people who can do the job - Clegg can't. And while I think Jewell is fast running out of time - I have no confidence that we have the knowledge to find a better replacement. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 20:21:24
Don't kid yourself that for 70 minutes we were a very good team. We did OK and were holding our own against a very poor Leeds side who themselves are in the middle of a poor run. Must stick with Hyam, Drury, Martin & Scotland. |
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Comment | Jewell Slams More Calamitous Defensive Errors
at 20:09:07
No point calling for Jewells head as long as you have Clegg in charge. Magilton replaced by Keane - improvement? Keane replaced by Jewell - improvement? So what next - bring back Duncan?! Can you recall under any other regime where a Manager was released by our Club and then had to take us to court to get their contract paid up? Falling out with our Landlords. Players leaving the club because of the way they have been treated - Healy, Murphy, Supple - McCauly maybe. All these people go off into the football world no doubt talking about bad experiences - our once proud reputation has long gone - at that is Cleggs fault (and Evans for not making the right decison now - maybe after the Olympics?!) And some clown was talking on here about the benefit of letting players before the end of their contract, essentially amortising their wages - not if you still pay the contract up in full you muppet! |
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Comment | Town Could Accept Swindon's Murray Bid
at 21:31:54
Sorry to harp on about it - but we're probably paying the price for letting some quality coaches(Klug) leave the club and who knew how to look after the youngsters. This lot don't have a clue. These boys have got to be given a fair crack in the first team to get up to speed with first team football and grab the opportunity. Quality second string football at Championship is virtually non-existence. Hyam (a bright hope) is dragged from nowhere to play at Hull, I thought did OK, and then doesn't even make the 16 at Birmingham. Criminal.
Go with Swindon Ronan - you'll get a better chance and learn more under Di Canio.
Clegg Out. |
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Comment | Reading Keeper to Sign Three-Month Deal by Wednesday
at 20:51:21
Brilliant. Regardless of whether he proves to be a top keeper or not we'll have to re-organise the Team at the beginning of April regardless - just in time for some choice 6-pointers no doubt!
This deal has Simon Clegg written all over it! The phrase Brewery and P*!! up springs to mind!
Anyhow - Good Luck Alex and welcome to Ipswich. |
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Comment | Jewell: Same Old Story
at 20:31:11
@alfromcol
I think you're missing the point. We could debate for ages which players are responsible for the root cause of all the goals conceded over a miserable season so far. The point about Edwards is that he is not a right back - and never has been, so to single him out (or the 3rd goal as PJ put it), is merely making a scapegoat out of somebody who was at least trying to get us back into the game.
So why haven't we recruited a right back since David Wright left if Edwards cannot fulfil that role? Why did we let Eastman & Bruce slip away if we didn't have a right back inthe club? I'm not saying either of these were up to getting us to the promised land, but at least they could play right back and then Edwards would be able to play in his natural position (which we paid Sunderland a £1m plus for).
As for the first goal, I'm not laying the blame at anybody in particular, but Sonko still had plenty of opportunity the clear up Edwards mistake. All irrlevant now - the guy will soon be his way I suspect. I'm sure PJ and SC have identified an appropriate replacement - probably Chris Makin! |
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Comment | Jewell: Same Old Story
at 20:31:11
@alfromcol
I think you're missing the point. We could debate for ages which players are responsible for the root cause of all the goals conceded over a miserable season so far. The point about Edwards is that he is not a right back - and never has been, so to single him out (or the 3rd goal as PJ put it), is merely making a scapegoat out of somebody who was at least trying to get us back into the game.
So why haven't we recruited a right back since David Wright left if Edwards cannot fulfil that role? Why did we let Eastman & Bruce slip away if we didn't have a right back inthe club? I'm not saying either of these were up to getting us to the promised land, but at least they could play right back and then Edwards would be able to play in his natural position (which we paid Sunderland a £1m plus for).
As for the first goal, I'm not laying the blame at anybody in particular, but Sonko still had plenty of opportunity the clear up Edwards mistake. All irrlevant now - the guy will soon be his way I suspect. I'm sure PJ and SC have identified an appropriate replacement - probably Chris Makin! |
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