 | Forum Reply | Israel attack Iran at 23:13 13 Jun 2025
Admission by Israel's former PM today is that Israel could only delay Iran's nuclear program by a few weeks at most: This explanation and context is interesting, and something you won’t hear from the pre-prepared ‘de-escalation’ speeches Starmer, Macron et al in the coming days and hours - The futility and recklessness of Israel's attack on Iran is nothing short of a glaring act of war - A war they cannot win without Trump, and likely wouldn’t win outright even with US involvement. As SB pointed out earlier, this aligns perfectly with Netanyahu's strategy of perpetuating a state of abject terror to sustain his political fantasy. It's a catastrophic miscalculation. |
 | Forum Reply | Israel attack Iran at 22:53 13 Jun 2025
Precisely. Imagine if a nation were to house its intelligence HQ in the heart of a densely populated city - hypothetically, somewhere like Tel Aviv. Now imagine that same nation regularly criticising others for operating out of civilian areas and using ‘human shields’. You'd almost think some red lines are more flexible than others. |
 | Forum Reply | Biggest judas player/ manager at 17:59 10 Jun 2025
I remember an online game someone made where you could repeatedly punch a pixelated Hassan Kachloul in the face. With each hit, his bruises would gradually worsen. No objectives or high scores - just violence and retribution. These days, you’d get thrown in jail just for opening the URL. |
 | Forum Reply | Simple pleasures at 19:00 9 Jun 2025
For me, it's dimming the lights, lighting the ceremonial gherkin, and settling in for a solo round of Zed’s Party - the board game I invented which is now banned by most reputable occult societies. Think Jumanji on acid. The setup alone takes three hours. By turn two, your furniture rearranges itself into a judging panel and your neighbours start chanting in Flemish. By turn five, you're either crowned Duke of the Infinite Spoons or dragged into a pocket dimension where Alan Titchmarsh narrates your regrets in rhyming couplets. Last night I beat myself by correctly answering a riddle screamed by a Victorian chimneysweep. I haven’t blinked since. |
 | Forum Reply | McKenna at 13:07 9 Jun 2025
Ah yes, Great-aunt Clodagh - Eurovision enchantress and the reason I can't walk past a fondue set without breaking into song and accidentally declaring war on Luxembourg. The Rodgers line runs deep - music, espionage, light upholstery. I, Zed Rodgers, am merely the final cursed note in a long symphonic bloodline. |
 | Forum Reply | McKenna’s silence is deafening at 12:15 9 Jun 2025
I’ll take the opposite approach and respond in a thoroughly condescending manner - partly because you deserve it, and partly because I enjoy it. You’re seriously suggesting that the McKenna speculation in late May last year derailed any our summer transfer business? Who exactly did we lose out on because of that? Jens Cajuste's more punctual cousin? A time-sensitive Galactico who only signs between 23rd and 30th May if Mercury’s in retrograde? Unless you can name a single player we lost out on because Kieran hadn’t given a statement to your satisfaction over that week, I’m filing this under imaginary problems invented to fill the post-season void. |
 | Forum Reply | McKenna’s silence is deafening at 10:39 9 Jun 2025
You’ve really outdone yourself here - this post reads like the internal monologue of a Victorian widow who’s just seen her husband board a ferry to Dieppe. We’ve been here before, haven’t we? Last time everyone lost their minds because McKenna didn’t personally rent a blimp and skywrite “I’M STAYING LOL,” he ended up, y'know, staying. He’s not a vibesman - he only speaks when necessary, and even then you would need a codebreaker from Bletchley Park to interpret any subtext. As for the “he could have ruled himself out” logic - come on pal. That’s not how this works. That’s how reality TV contestants announce they’re leaving Love Island. Kieran McKenna doesn’t rule himself out of anything. He calmly ghosts speculation into irrelevance like he’s just used Gegenpress on a rumour. Last summer, one of the more unwell Town online bods - the lad who famously scrawled “MAGILTON OUT” on his own bedsheets - declared McKenna had “pulled our pants down.” Don’t be like him. Put your trousers back on and step away from the linen cupboard. |
 | Forum Reply | How do we think Suffolk would perform at International level at 09:36 9 Jun 2025
All solid shouts. But I’m afraid I can’t accept Singapore-born Terry - those are the entirely arbitrary rules I’ve just made up. By that logic, I’d be starting Cristiano Ronaldo up front because he once flew over Ipswich airspace and briefly looked mildly interested. |
 | Forum Reply | If McKenna believes he is as good as Robson or Ramsey at 09:27 9 Jun 2025
If McKenna is actually pacing the halls of Playford Road wondering, “am I the next Ramsey or Robson reborn?” then we may as well offer him a goblet, a raven, and a scroll of parchment, because he’s clearly started making decisions via ancient Ipswich divination. Maybe we should ask him to finish off the Wolsey Gate. Meanwhile, Brentford will outside in a Ford Galaxy flashing £5 notes and shouting, “Oi Kieran - We’ve got a drone and a kombucha fridge!” [Post edited 9 Jun 9:49]
|
 | Forum Reply | How do we think Suffolk would perform at International level at 09:42 8 Jun 2025
All time Suffolk-born XI: Richard Wright Richard Hall Titus Bramble Matthew Upson Ian Pearce Brian Talbot Kieron Dyer Jason Dozzell Ruel Fox Ian Storey-Moore James Scowcroft Subs: Gary Bailey Luke Woolfenden Harry Clarke Andre Dozzell Roger Osborne Macauley Bonne Josh Mayhew |
 | Forum Reply | The guy standing behind Rachael Reeves at 12:54 6 Jun 2025
You’re thinking of the one who quotes IDF press releases between announcing vowels. She is great at coming up with answers, especially if it’s to something along the lines of “why bombing a hospital was actually quite nuanced”. [Post edited 6 Jun 12:54]
|
 | Forum Reply | Last seasons starting XI at 08:59 6 Jun 2025
It’s also feasible Alan Lee’s been spotted outside a Premier Inn in Bury holding a clipboard and muttering “project restart” to a crow. Or that it's feasible that Sam Morsy retires tomorrow to open a falconry centre in Woodbridge. I’ve consulted the horoscopes: Delap’s a Gemini - So was always destined to leave. Axel is a Leo - dramatic, might flirt with Wolves but ultimately signs a 9-year deal after mistaking a club iPad for a touchscreen pint menu. Everyone else? Still here. Still handsome. Not much point spinning a crisis out of transfer tea leaves. |
 | Forum Reply | Who else to go? If we manage retain Axel and Johnson at 20:53 5 Jun 2025
Look, I’m going to stop you right there. The idea of letting Harry Clarke “explore options” is like suggesting Excalibur might be better off in a different stone. The man is not “erratic” - he’s operating in dimensions the rest of us haven’t unlocked yet. He doesn’t get caught out of position; space simply fails to anticipate him. I’ve long suspected Harry is playing his own game of 7D Total Football, occasionally glimpsing future formations and quantum overlaps that will only be fully understood when the UEFA Rulebook is translated into ancient Sanskrit and decoded by a flamingo named Kevin. As for letting go of any of the League One Crew - don’t you see what’s happening? We’re not just a parachute club. We’re a reincarnation dojo for emotionally charged footballing entities. Wes Burns isn’t injured - he’s undergoing a metamorphosis. When he returns, he’ll have wings. Real ones. Rumour is he’s been training in a Welsh cave with a monk who once marked Bobby Petta. |
 | Forum Reply | JET sentencing today at 20:09 5 Jun 2025
I once accidentally smuggled a modest lump of Amsterdam’s finest back into the UK, nestled snugly in a secret zip pocket of my suitcase I didn’t even know existed. I’d lost most of my luggage whilst there - a story for another time - so bought a case second-hand from a bloke who looked like a cross between Ruud Gullit and a haunted tree, and thought nothing of it. Tenner well spent, I said. Anyway, I’m breezing through Schiphol like a man who definitely isn’t committing an international offence, half a stroopwafel in hand, when I’m suddenly pulled aside at security. Not for the weed, mind - oh no. Apparently I’d packed a “dangerously aggressive block of cheese” (their words, not mine), which I’d forgotten about entirely. That thing gets confiscated with great ceremony, and I’m waved through, now deeply upset about my cheese but blissfully unaware of the real problem. Flash forward to Heathrow. I get home, open the case, and notice that weird zip at the bottom - pop it open expecting maybe a rogue sock or passport photo of the previous owner, and instead find what can only be described as a cannabis meteorite wrapped in a page from Voetbal International dated 2007. |
 | Forum Reply | So we buy Delap for £15m plus £5m add ons...... at 19:03 5 Jun 2025
As I understand it, the remaining £10m is to be disbursed only after Delap nutmegs the ghost of Franz Beckenbauer during a charity futsal match held inside a rotating glass orb above Neo-Turin. He must also, at that moment, wink directly into a drone camera operated by Sam Allardyce’s cloned grandson (codename: Big Slab 2.0). At that point, a pulsating briefcase - containing 10 million glow-in-the-dark NFTs shaped like Trevor Whymark - will be launched via trebuchet over the Reichstag. Kieran McKenna must catch it mid-air while riding a solar-powered Segway covered in the Magical Vegas logo. Of course, this is all conditional on Chelsea FC still existing in 2039, having by then merged with Red Bull, Meta, and a rogue AI called VARLORD to form FC ChetaBull MetaLondon Prime™, competing in the Intercontinental Deep State Franchise League (sponsored by Greggs x Binance). Until then, Ashton receives measly monthly instalments in the form of riddles, Clubcard points delivered by owl, 2003 training bibs and politely worded faxes from Chelsea marked: “Thanks a lot”. |
 | Forum Reply | FAO: Blue Action at 17:26 5 Jun 2025
I must admit, few things in life have bewildered me more than someone earnestly referencing early 20th-century football sociology to justify their mates bringing a megaphone to Block A. I read your post in a velvet smoking jacket while a man played Ennio Morricone on a theremin behind me. It felt appropriate. Let’s be clear: I’ve no issue with people who want to sing at football. I’ve done it myself, on *checks notes* several occasions - But the moment someone starts talking about "supporting how we want to support" like they’re demanding religious freedom under medieval persecution, the alarm noise from the “this sound indicates an important announcement” message starts ringing around my head. You claim atmosphere is essential. Fair enough - agreed. But when it starts looking like cosplay Napoli, complete with flag choreography and balaclava-wearing lads named Callum staring intensely into the void during a corner, forgive me for raising an eyebrow. And please don’t pretend this whole thing isn’t a power play. The performative humility in your response is noted, as is the bit where you casually declare yourself the voice of the majority, while simultaneously insisting you’re just a humble noise-merchant trying to lead the faithful. Also, I’m not anti-atmosphere. I’m anti-atmosphere-with-a-board-of-directors. “Burley’s Barmy Army” for 45 mins was spontaneous combustion, not an orchestrated quarterly strategy. It rose from the North Stand like a beautiful, chaotic fungus. What you’re doing is admirable in places - but you keep acting like you’ve rediscovered sound and that it’s your personal mission to share it with the rest of us. And your bafflement at "sanitised cosplay" is a bit like an actor in full Roman centurion gear wondering why people think the play might be staged. I’ve seen less approval-seeking from dogs. Just because the club doesn’t always approve something you do doesn’t mean the whole vibe isn’t, in essence, staged and PR-friendly. There's nothing wrong with pageantry, but don’t sell it as underground rebellion when it might as well come with a fire safety briefing and branded graphics. Songs about Delia Smith are pathetic? No. Songs about Delia Smith are folklore. They are the real essence of the English game. Losing at home on a Tuesday night and still singing about her? That’s the soul of football. That’s the real resistance. And as for your parting shot about Holmesdale Fanatics? Yes, I’ve seen it. It looked like someone had put a Berlin techno night through a Lidl meat grinder. If that’s the future of English football, I’ll be in the Whitton United car park with a bovril and a sense of identity - Not watching you dance around on a podium like a Shakira concert. In conclusion, I respect your effort. I do. But don’t mistake critique for insecurity, and don’t mistake coordinated flag-waving for the second coming of the Kop. Keep on this noble quest if you like, but don’t be shocked when some of us think it’s not working and don’t proceed to stroke your ego. |
 | Forum Reply | FAO: Blue Action at 23:43 4 Jun 2025
I'm afraid I simply can't take any so-called "singing section" seriously when it visually resembles about one-sixth of a stand doing karaoke in a broom cupboard. The whole vibe is a bit pathetic and radiates forced fun - I would say it’s on a par with Leicester’s tragic slither of ultras/fanatics (or whatever term of self-parody we’re meant to use these days). It’s closer to kids on a school trip pretending they’re in Napoli than any serious attempt at improving anything. That said, credit where it’s due: BA’s full-stand displays over the years have been impressive - It’s a shame we haven’t seen many of those lately. My advice? Stick to those. And perhaps use some of the crowdfunding to invest in some group therapy to help manage this collective case of Main Character Syndrome. At the heart of every one of these tedious back-and-forths is a glaringly obvious question: why would anyone think ring-fencing the “right” kind of fans to decide what's best for everyone else would ever end well? All it does is create a perpetual them-vs-us impasse, as perfectly demonstrated by several responses here. The best atmospheres I can remember at Portman Road happened when everyone let their guard down and enjoyed themselves - no choreography, no manifestos, just limbs and noise. Think Burley’s Barmy Army non-stop for 45 minutes, or those spontaneous eruptions during the recent promotion run-ins. These days, sadly, you tend to only really feel that vibe at away games. Meanwhile, this A-block vs North d*ck-measuring contest is less “ultras” and more “Mumsnet beef in a car park.” And for the love of all that is holy, can we drop this bizarre obsession with the Crystal Palace “blueprint”? The idea that we need to emulate their faux-Eurocrap ultras routine makes me want to punch myself in the face with a Portman Pie. Good luck pitching that as the only route to an atmosphere to anybody who remembers the old North Stand. If anything, that kind of sanitised, club-approved cosplay is exactly what we should be avoiding. It would be the first of the final nails in gentrifying Portman Road into a sterile museum where noise is only permitted between approved time slots, and by those with a special wristband. Slambo, I’m looking directly into your soul here. Personally, I’d take a bit of “anti-Delia Smith sh*te” over the family-friendly “that’s the way we like it” templatechant.mp3 any day. You claim to speak for independent fans, but from your responses here, I wouldn’t be shocked if you soon proposed replacing “Norwich” with “others” in all songs to curry favour with the club. You seem torn between wanting a seat at the table and insisting you’re defiantly independent - the kind of contradiction that usually ends with someone in a beret writing a manifesto nobody reads. |
Please log in to use all the site's facilities |  | ZedRodgers
|
Site ScoresForum Votes: | 48 | Comment Votes: | 0 | Prediction League: | 0 | TOTAL: | 48 |
|