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Comment | On-Loan Slicker Saves Two Penalties
at 19:26:15
Tellitasitis, well if he was and I actually saw the match, the cameras never picked him up on the occasions they focused on the very resigned looking West Ham heirarchy ( I'm not disputing your " sources " account ), we have nothing to worry about! |
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Comment | U18s Hammered at Palace
at 19:10:16
Bluewhiteboy, the old ownership weren't even bothered with the first team, never mind the youth set up. But I do think you might have a point about the recruitment, which is something I had considered too. However we now have Cat 1 status, so no excuses for not having a big turnaround of fortune over the next few years, I doubt it's going to happen overnight. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town Women 0-1 Nottingham Forest Women - Match Report
at 19:02:54
Having seen both the matches so far on YT, I'd say we might have repeated the mistake of the mens team last sesson, and not realised just how big a jump in class it is between the two leagues. Maybe a bit too early to come to concrete conclusions, but the early warning signs are there. |
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Comment | U18s Hammered at Palace
at 01:03:47
I've commented on the Academy a few times in here before, few bother to make any posts about it, maybe apathy and /or a complete focus on the first team. We have dropped well behind the curve on youth development, when it used to be a great strength, and I was around back then to see it, not just talking from things being told or read. Either the recruitment process has gone wrong or the coaching isn't up to it, or both! The result above tells you that. A lot of it is down to previous ownership, but not all of it.
We now have Academy One status, it's clear it needs to do it's job. It won't be overnight, but it needs to be as quick as possible. blueboy1981 comes in for a fair bit of flack on this site, not commenting on that here, but in this case I think his post above is pretty spot on. Let's hope for some big improvements soon, though I fear we may have to wait for the next intakes.
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Comment | McKenna: A Good Night But Still a Lot to Work On
at 00:46:09
A pretty fair assessment I think. I hope and don't think anyone will get carried away, as I put in another post, Sheff U were fine until they got anywhere near either penalty box!
I've not seen it mentioned anywhere else, but I'd like to give the referee some praise, we moan enough about them! He tried (largely successfully ) to keep the game flowing realising that it is at least a semi contact sport ( not full contact as many like to say, rugby is! ), wasn't fussy and got at least 90% of decisions right. Hope to see more of him this season.
Lets hope it's onwards and upwards from here, we'll soon find out! |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 5-0 Sheffield United - Match Report
at 00:27:47
Saw the entire match from the sofa. If football was played between the two boxes only, the Blades would be fine, unfortunately for them......
MOM is obvious, also particularly impressed by Furlong ( one brilliant piece of skill by the touchine, just couldn't quite keep the ball in play ). Liked what I saw of Nunez when he came on, Matusiwa was really good, Leif did a passable impression of Usain Bolt taking Ben Godfreys eye momentarily off the ball for the first goal, in fact he had a part to play in another JP goal in the second half which might have gone unnoticed, taking a player out of the centre of the penalty area to give JP more space to find the target.
As another poster said, one swallow doesn't make a summer, but it's a huge monkey off the back. Things should get even better once everyone learns more about each others strengths and how they like to play. 5 more league games to go before I make an " early " season assessment/judgement. |
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Comment | McKenna: Chaplin Deserved the Opportunity to Explore Pompey Loan
at 18:19:49
Micky 1560, I've seen them too, and with the greatest of respect to CC, far better players. It happens, it's football, players are in an itinerant life style. They come and go. All I ask is that while they're here, they give 100% every time they pull on an ITFC shirt, however long they're here for. Then they'll always go with my best wishes. |
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Comment | Akpom: I Always Had My Mind Set on Ipswich
at 18:02:10
There you have it, from the horses mouth so to speak, he's a no 10, not a centre forward, as his goals record proves when played at no 10. Happy to play there though? Yeah, a round peg in a square hole. I think GH is the only out and out genuine centre forward we have, and I've not forgotten about Ivan Azon. As I've put in other posts, I'm far from a fan of the " can play there " theories. Fair enough if a player is genuinely 100% as good in more than one position, other than that please play them where they should be played.
I just hope the lack of another out and out striker and similar at left back doesn't come back to bite us. Very strong everywhere else. |
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Comment | McKenna: I Can See the Thinking Behind Play-Off Expansion Proposal
at 00:52:09
Well well, it appears I'm not the only person on the planet that detests the play offs, however you want to play them. Total farce and makes a mockery of a whole seasons work.
If clubs want promotion it should be a simple equation, finish in the top three! The way things are going they'll end up scrapping the whole season as it stands and just play a number of knock out games as give it a few more seasons, they will probably have the play offs down to the top 16!
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Comment | McKenna: The Next Challenge is Building a Team Supporters Enjoy Watching and Are Proud Of
at 18:13:46
I think it's an absolute imperative that we get promoted at the end of the season. How we do it, I'm not too bothered as long as we do it, though I'd much prefer avoiding the play offs, and we should given the squad we now have. So now it's over to KM and the players to deliver, we can't afford two backward steps in consecutive seasons.
The owners have been great so far, might not be a great idea to test their patience to the limit. As ever we will wait and see. I'm not going to pass any initial first judgements till 10 games are played. |
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Comment | McKenna: We Need to Be Patient With Walle Egeli But He Won't Be Held Back
at 18:04:15
AbujaBlue, it's a fact some will spin almost any interview in here into negativity. KM said if the player shows he's ready, he won't be held back, can't be any clearer than that. The lad's not only come to a new club, but a new country and culture. Only right that we give him some time to grow and show what he can do, if it's necessary. |
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Comment | McKenna: Chaplin Deserved the Opportunity to Explore Pompey Loan
at 17:58:16
I think there's very little there anyone can seriously argue with. That's about as close as you'll get to a football manager saying exactly what he feels and thinks and not just going into " club speak " mode.
Some will disagree I expect, but hey, friendly ( I hope ) disagreement is what this site thrives on! |
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Comment | Town Confirm 25-Man Squad
at 17:55:52
That is one very strong squad, just a weakness at left back only ( not a fan of the " can play there " theories, square pegs in square holes please ). And I also agree ( shock horror! ) with darkhorse28, three midfielders and dump the double pivot, just another load of modern day jargon ( like the " low block " which really means playing defensively! ).
If this squad can't gain promotion at the first time of asking, something will have gone seriously wrong somewhere! |
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Comment | Young: I've Still Got a Lot to Give On and Off the Pitch
at 19:21:25
Whatever it is in Ashleys footballing genes, I hope it can transfer to the rest of our players as quick as possible. A model pro, and a credit to himself and his profession.
ArnieM, we all jump to mistaken judgements too quickly at times, however unlike you, many don't admit they were wrong, certainly not in here. We all live and learn, I still do at 70! |
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Comment | Town Women Defeated By Saints in WSL2 Opener
at 18:06:03
This is probably posted to late for anyone to read, but the guys above are correct. I've tripple checked, and indeed the bottom club at the end of season are relegated, and that's official. Apologies everyone! |
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