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That Edinburgh severed head/decapitation story
at 22:34 3 Nov 2024

Jesus wept! Poor bloke has been on social media all day with people believing it to be a fake body/halloween prank but it turns out to be a real bloke hit by a bus! With his head there for hours, picked up, juggled, teabagged by drunk passers by for hours.

Won’t post the pictures/videos obviously but that must be incredibly distressing for the family to have likely seen.

1 in 10 million chance of a decapitation from a vehicle impact apparently. Crazy.

RIP to the poor bloke. A 74 year old pensioner as well
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A feel good ITFC thread
at 13:15 30 Oct 2024

Obviously been a tough start to the season but no matter how it goes from here, last season really was incredible.

Just stumbled upon this video on YouTube while in work and I think it’s fantastic in capturing all the big moments. What a season. What a team. My generation won’t have had anything like these last 2 years and even if we go down, nothing will change how good it was.

A thread of some great Town videos from the last couple of years might be fun so add what you find below.
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Is 4-4-2 worth a try?
at 03:38 20 Oct 2024

I totally understand why we played 3 centre backs last season to allow Burns and Leif to use their athleticism to burn up and down the wings. They were able to get in behind teams and use their place and crossing to create loads of chances.

That isn’t happening now. There simply is no space in behind for it to work and Leif in particular now operates as a standard (albeit much improved defensively) left back. So that’s a huge weapon from last season almost entirely gone from our armoury. And you can see it with the lack of chances we’re creating. We could have played for another hour today and we wouldn’t have scored. The Clarke sitter asides, did we have a meaningful attack all game?

So with that in mind, would 4-4-2 not now be worth trying? I think it would be an improved situation on paper for two reasons:
1) it would allow Clarke to play as a proper out and out winger which is where he was superb last season. Stick him on the left and Hutch on the right.
2) it would allow a 30 goal striker last season in Szmodics to play up front in a pairing with a bigger target man type striker in Delap/Hirst. Which coincidentally is the situation that suited SS in recent seasons.


Perhaps not next week at Brentford but at home to Leicester I would give it a go. What’s the harm in trying?
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That half time cringefest
at 17:42 19 Oct 2024

I know there was bigger problems today but wtf was that about with Wardley. There’s one thing appreciating he’s good for the club but the announcer guy (and presumably the club) are taking it too far now.

For those who weren’t there I will set the scene. We’re 2-0 down and suddenly the announcer five minutes into half time gets on the mic with ‘now it’s time. HERE. WE. GO. Ohhhhh Fabio Wardleeeyyyy’ and then proceeded to conduct the crowd into singing Wardleys name. To which we then had him introduce Wardley as if it was a boxing match (weight etc) before he came out the tunnel with the belts. The interview was fine to be fair but the cringe fest was then continued with an attempted rendition of ‘he’s one of our own’ by the half time guy on the mic.

It can’t just be me that thinks this is way over the top. We’re 2-0 down at that point remember. Just screamed tinpot.
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3:20 at Chepstow today 🐎
at 00:47 12 Oct 2024

Not a tip (although he should go well) but me and a few of my friends own one of the runners. I’m going over to Wales to see the race.

Forever William.

It’s a £75k race with £39,000 to the winner so exciting times. We’ve a plan for the year with one particular meeting later this year in mind that I couldn’t miss the opportunity for a runner there.

One thing at a time though so let’s start with a big run today hopefully.
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The Schofield island show
at 23:44 1 Oct 2024

Not sure why but intrigue got me to watch it.

Thoughts?

I thought some of it was blatantly obvious for the sympathy vote (the talk about his dad, the ‘everything was in place’ suicide suggestion, etc.

But then there was the occasional glimmer of human empathy towards him. It surprised me as I really think he probably (on the basis of probability in my opinion) groomed that kid having met him so young.

And yet here he is talking about the hate he received and seeing himself being hated and spoke about by everyone on twitter, news, chat shows etc and I couldn’t help but think that must be the loneliest awful feeling imaginable. Knowing the whole world despises you.

He shouldn’t be given a tv career or anything going forward celebrity wise but I hope he’s left alone to live his life though without the press hounding him. He’s been cancelled, rightly so. But it’s time to move on. This show should be the end of it.

Am I nuts?
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The big question - Jack Clarke
at 19:16 17 Sep 2024

Is he on fire or is he on the wing?

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Next 6 games.. how many points?
at 00:15 16 Sep 2024

Next 6 for us:
- Southampton (a)
- ⁠Villa (h)
- ⁠West Ham (a)
- ⁠Everton (h)
- ⁠Brentford (a)
- ⁠Leicester (h)

I’m going win at Southampton. And home wins to Everton and Leicester. And a point at Brentford and West Ham. And a decent enough home draw with Villa. So 12 points. 3 wins, 3 draws and suddenly we’re unbeaten in 8 games and mckennas being linked with the now vacant Man U job.

Uppa Towen
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Brightons number 20
at 18:38 14 Sep 2024

If he’s not sold for 60m+ within the next two years, I’ll eat my own arm.

He was absolute quality

Axel MOTM for us though I thought.

Great point. Decent trip. Uppa Towen
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Delap very quickly has become one of our most important players now
at 23:44 30 Aug 2024

He’s been fantastic so far. We need him to carry that on.

His physicality and ability to hassle and bully defenders while bringing other attacking players for us into the fold is huge.

Big ask for someone so young but he, and Hirst when he gets back up and running, have a big job to do for us now
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Broja
at 13:19 30 Aug 2024

His injury isn’t as bad as first thought apparently. Hence us now going in again.

Going for him if he’s out for 3 months made no sense. Totally understandable if he’s back on the pitch by October. Especially with an international break coming up anyway.

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I’m out. I’m pissed.
at 19:03 17 Aug 2024

Just wanted to say win lose or draw today, I for one am fuc*** proud of the lads today

Premier league Ipswich. It don’t feel real. Some club.
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I’ve woke up feeling all emotional this morning
at 08:08 17 Aug 2024

To finally see us play a game in the Premier league after all this time is amazing.

I’ve said before how I’ve gone to school, college, uni and not once seen another Ipswich fan and been laughed at while everyone discusses West Ham or Arsenal or Man U. Nobody cared about how Ipswich got on in our annual race for 15th. Most whenever I’d mention Ipswich would have to ask ‘what division are you in these days?’. We weren’t relevant on the footballing axis.

But today (and indeed these last couple of years) the footballing world are jealous of us. Lots of teams and fanbases would give anything for the togetherness of our club right now between us fans, players, management and ownership.

We might be hammered today. We might end up going straight back down. But to see us play a premier league game will be an amazing experience. All those Rommy reports from games we’ve lost in places like Cardiff with 0 shots on target, or at Rotherham when we made 9 changes and got beat, or at Fulham when we had like 21% possession… all of that is worth it for this last two years.

I was and am always proud to have been able to say Ipswich is MY team no matter who found it hilarious or didn’t know who we are. But everyone knows now. And finally lots of fanbases wish they were us.
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If McKenna works his magic..
at 11:23 15 Aug 2024

..which he will, Phillips is some player.

3 years ago he was voted as the England player of the year. He’s still young. He was worth 60m at a time.

You could make a strong case that on paper he’s the highest quality player we’ve ever signed
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These Hamer rumours
at 23:08 12 Aug 2024

Got the wrong Sheffield United player.

No idea if we will get him but the word I’m getting is that we actually want their centre back - Anel Ahmedhodžić.

Absolutely no idea if we have bid or anything (doesn’t sound like we have) but just that the interest is him rather than Hamer.
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Forest Green 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
at 21:26 11 Aug 2024

Looking back, that was such an enormous turning point in everything that has happened for us in the last 2 years.

Wednesday were 13 points clear. They were virtually up. Forest Green were bottom and winless for the best part of 4 months. Plymouth were flying and it really did look like playoffs for us.

Suddenly Forest Green beat Wednesday who then can’t buy a win over the next 6 weeks and we go on an incredible run.

The Forest Green result and the subsequent game for Wednesday which they also lost before we next played seemed to give us some belief. Belief which turned into momentum. Momentum which turned into promotion. And that promotion and momentum subsequently resulted in another promotion and in 6 days time a premier league game against Liverpool.
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The Lucy Letby doc on Channel 5 tonight
at 22:56 5 Aug 2024

Thoughts?

I thought it was bold of C5 to have a show doubting the conviction of a convicted serial baby killer.

I still think she undoubtedly did it.
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I don’t know whether I’m angry or sad
at 22:06 4 Aug 2024

This whole week with the stuff on the news is really just awful.

I’m seeing video after video after video of gangs of 100+ scum looking for random people of colour, or Asians or anyone they believe isn’t one of their own.

These people are scum. We know that. Tommy Robinson/Yaxley Lennon should be serving time for inciting this. I’d say he’s the most dangerous person in England right now and his followers are akin to a cult. Likewise the hundreds of others in recent terms who have stoked this fire should be in a cell. Suella Braverman, Pritti Patel, Dan Wootton, Nigel Farage. All of them. We have politicians saying this response is ‘politically justified’. We’ve MPs voted in fairly and squarely actively encouraging this.its abhorrent that this is now normal that it’s not an isolated incident. It’s actually now the norm to hear a politician being openly racist to gain support of the far right. It’s the norm to see thugs chanting about wanting their country back. It’s the norm to see migrants being targeted. It’s the norm to see people being abused for the colour of the skin. I can’t help but be overwhelmed with pure anger and hatred for what those with influence and power have allowed to happen for what would be normal everyday people turning a blind eye to what is happening right now on our streets to let these thugs get away with doing this.

But what is horribly horribly sad is that there are so many innocent people now getting attacked on the street. Just today I’ve seen a car smashed in because the driver was Asian, a black guy attacked by 20+ blokes for asking why he’s being racially abused, an Asian guy with his earphones in punched in the face when minding his own business, a taxi driver crying that he’s being abused every day this week and then at the end of the interview that actually happens to him again, a hotel set on fire with children in and a mob blocking the road and only letting white people drive through. That’s just today.

I’ve said before my best mate is from Kuwait and the thought of her sitting at home today and not going on her family walk that they’ve gone on for years and years (of which I’ve joined on dozens of occasions) across the nicer parts of greater Manchester just because ‘it’s not worth risking it’ makes me feel ashamed to be English. I know it’s a minority acting like this. But if this was happening in Hungary or Poland or whatever we would watch on the news in disgust and wonder how did it happen on mass. And yet now it’s happening daily across England.

I could just turn off the news, twitter etc but that won’t change anything other than make me oblivious. But what is happening right now in my opinion is the lowest point in the history of ‘Great’ Britain. It’s terribly sad.
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Calling someone out but referring to them as {redacted}
at 09:27 29 Jul 2024

Weird. Seen it a lot this year on here. When did that become a thing and what is the point?

I assume it’s so you’re not calling someone out directly and this is to avoid conflict bu, particularly as there’s a few massively divided on here, all it actually does is get the entire other group to respond to it as they’re likely to be one of the redacted.

Not a dig at Glassers by the way - I just simply saw his thread and it reminded me about how often someone now is referred to as redacted as if that’s going to completely avoid any conflict and not at all baity in nature.

It’s a TWTD 2024 thing but I’m really not sure it should be.
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How many more incomings then?
at 10:05 24 Jul 2024

1) Szmodics will be done by the end of the weekend I believe.

2) Clarke will take alot longer but I’d be expecting him or a winger in. That could rumble on for another month though.

3) Then presumably we will need another keeper unless Walton is happy as the likely number 2 (although actually rated him above Hladky myself).

4) Another left back in case Leif is injured.

5) Another centre midfielder. Think we’re a Morsy injury away from being very vulnerable there. As decent as Taylor and Luongo have been, I think it’s too brave going with those two and Morsy as our centre mid options. The interest in Downes suggests we want someone of that class signed as well.

Is that enough? 5 more? I reckon so. Perhaps if we’re being greedy, another striker as a wildcard type option from abroad. I’m pretty sure we get Szmodics so it’ll have to be someone as well as him rather than an either/or situation.
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