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Comment | Wright: We Have to Be the Number One Choice For Young Players
at 12:38:41
Makes me wonder if the 'previous regime' was overachieving given lack of resources yet still a decent number of academy kids breaking into first team (albeit with varying degrees of success...). So if they were overachieving, that then makes me wonder what can be achieved with fully resourced and improved focus on youth development... |
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Comment | Wright: A Great Time to Be Joining the Club
at 12:35:49
Cheers, Phil. Not seen it anywhere but would be interesting to see a direct comparison of roles at the club, Evans vs Gamechanger, for football and non-football depts. Could that be part of the feature? |
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Comment | Wright: A Great Time to Be Joining the Club
at 16:51:20
Can anyone give an indication of Klug's role these days? With the additions and changes in recent months I'm wondering how and where he fits in. No doubt playing an important role but what exactly? |
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Comment | Sears: I'm in My Best Town Form
at 07:40:46
@superblue67... there are 75 points available (25 games left). We'd need mid 70 points *minimum* to make play-offs. That's 65 points from a possible 75. Which means dropping 10 points so our record would need to be something like 22-1-3 for the rest of the season.
If nothing else, you're redefining 'rose-tinted'. :) |
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Comment | Hurst: Lads Showed a Lot of Character
at 04:18:49
@ronnyblue - shame you didn't get the job when Evans was looking to replace McCarthy. Was it the second interview that let you down?
Will you be reapplying if the position becomes available again? |
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Comment | Hurst: No Guarantee Waghorn Still at Town on Opening Day
at 09:18:40
Great to hear a platitude-free manager giving us a no-BS take on things. He seems to be down the line with most things which means players should know where they stand, which is a good thing for togetherness and spirit.
As for Waghorn… 28, just the one strong season, bought for next to nothing... if we get anything over 7 million for him we should sell. Assuming Waghorn accepts personal terms of course.
Like it or not, with Evans' approach, we can be put in the same bracket as Brentford and Barnsley… buy low > develop > sell high(er). For Championship clubs without parachute payments and/or an FFP-ignoring owner this is the future. |
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Comment | Hurst "Surprised By One or Two Things" That Are "Nowhere Near Good Enough"
at 08:05:55
I see only positives here. As someone posted above, here's a guy coming in who's worked his entire career in lower leagues - and he's saying there're things at this solid Championship club that aren't right. He's not giving it the big 'I am'; he's not talking about what he achieved at other clubs etc; just giving us his view on how he sees things.
He's clearly a driven up-and-coming manager with a clear idea on how he wants things done. His comment on not taking the job if he didn't have control on players coming in and out is telling. Paul Hurst is telling the club, the players and the supporters who's in charge.
It's probably going to take a few months for the dust to truly settle - and we shouldn't expect too much results-wise early on - but once he's shipped out players he's identified as not fitting into his plans, and brought in some fresh faces, I can see Hurst building something that we can all get behind.
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Comment | Town Launch New Kits
at 08:24:51
Will add my voice to the backlash on the sponsor... absolutely awful choice. Unethical. Immoral. Shameful. Another nail in the coffin of the old ITFC.
I'd urge everyone to NOT buy either shirt.
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Comment | Hyam Reveals Town Exit
at 11:14:43
One of a select bunch of truly local boys to play for the club in the modern era. How many of us could only dream of such things as Ipswich and Suffolk schoolboys?
All the best, Luke. |
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Comment | Town Announce New Shirt Sponsor
at 14:04:55
Will the last person to leave Portman Road please turn off the lights.
And so we slip further and further from being a decent, respected football club punching above our weight. Some people missing the point entirely in commenting on the design of the logo, and the look of the shirt. Yeah, they're both sh!t but this should be about the fact that the club sponsor of Ipswich Town Football Club (est 1878) is an online gambling company. A quick online search reveals that the parent company operate a raft of cheap tacky online gambling sites.
And ITFC is aligning themselves with this? And we're meant to sit back and say 'great'?
What work will the new club sponsor be doing to engage with supporters? Will be it be altruistic community-based activity - or will it be competitions and promotions to encourage people to gamble? I wonder.
Some people might be saying 'yeah, but it's football these days. What can you do?' What you can - and should - do is complain. Loudly. Vote with your feet. Vote with your wallet/purse. |
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