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A message for Mr Be Careful What You Wish For
at 17:50 24 Nov 2018

The current plight has predictably brought the “be careful what you wish for” brigade to the fore on a regular basis.

But despite our perilous position, I still firmly believe it was the right decision to end McCarthy’s tenure at the club.

To outsiders, it seems insane but the majority of those who visited Portman Road regularly under his management, particularly towards the end, will have a very different opinion.

To be clear, I was not a McCarthy hater. I think he did a good job of keeping us competitive while working with very little in the way of resources.

However, if I’m being honest, I can’t say I ever really enjoyed watching Town play in his reign.

Even at its best - the 2014/15 play-off season - I still watched some pretty ordinary football. At its worst, to coin an old Tommy Docherty phrase, if they were playing in my front garden I would have closed the curtains.

I’m not sure I’ll look back at his time in charge with the fondness I do with Lyall, Burley, Royle and to a point - Magilton in my time of watching the Blues.

The “be careful what you wish for” (BCWYWF) claim that Mick was hounded out by “a small minority of fans and the local media” is utter nonsense.

Truth is, in his final days, we were lucky if we got 10,000 supporters inside Portman Road. So I would say it was rather a larger number of fans who were unhappy with the man in charge than his disciples care to admit.

A small minority may have been the only ones voicing their disapproval but the empty seats in the stadium spoke their own words.

I also think the “local media” the BCWYWFs’ constantly point the finger at, which is presumably the EADT/Star, its columnists and Radio Suffolk, would be flattered to think they wielded such power.

This has all been said before of course, and in much greater depth in newspaper columns, websites and this very forum.

Which is why my rallying cry to the BCWYWF gang is a criticism often labelled at Ipswich supporters - stop living in the past and move on.

Would we be in this position under McCarthy? Maybe not but where would we be? 15th and playing in front of 12,000 fans if we were lucky.

The “should never have got rid of Mick” line is almost as tedious as some of the games we endured during his spell in charge.

He’s gone and - in case you hadn’t noticed - no-one’s given him a job since.

I’ve met BCWYWFs’ who seem to revel in every defeat so they can hit the message boards with their “told you so” attitudes. Relegation might send one or two into overdrive.

Would it be too much of an ask to focus our energy on getting behind Paul Lambert and his team when they really need us?

No-one wants to go down, least of all Marcus Evans, which why I think Lambert will be backed in the January transfer market and we might stand a chance of staying in the division.

But it will take everyone to pull together if that is to be achieved.

Fans can make a difference, and yes that includes you Mr BCWYWF.

[Post edited 24 Nov 2018 17:57]

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