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Comment | An Outstanding Football Coach
at 21:24:35
I think it was a very good idea to write this article. If he wasn't a good coach, he wouldn't have spent so much time at the club under goodness knows how many managers and owners.
IMHO service like that is worth celebrating, so thanks for writing it. |
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Comment | Released Harness Joins Grant at Huddersfield
at 00:08:20
@VanDusen, you're dead right. Those 2 goals were brilliant. Showed his ability with both feet for the first and a seriously difficult finish for the second. Not many starts that season, but could be relied on when he came on. Best of luck to him. |
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Comment | McKenna: Delap Staying at Town a Possibility
at 22:08:46
This whole piece is a) inevitable, and b) devoid of news. Trouble is, Phil has to report it, because every other news outlet wants a headline and they all jump on it at the same tme. All season, when Liam has been interviewed he has made a point of saying how much Kieran is improving him as a player. Imagine being him, and knowing that there will be 46 games next season against non-PL defences. He could get 30, 40, 50 goals.
Us and Forest used to have a reputation for selling good players who didn't/couldn't perform for their new club. Jason Dozzell, Richard Wright, Mauricio Taricco and many before them, in our case. Their post-ITFC careers, for various reasons, didn't work out. He's only just turned 22, I hope he stays. |
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Comment | Al-Hamadi: I Needed to Be Playing Week In, Week Out
at 22:52:17
I watched a Stoke game on the telly after he joined, and when the team went forward it didn't look like he was trying to find space or make himself available to be passed to. That should be second nature for a forward, being on the shoulder of the last defender and that. In the PL he seemed to take way too long to make a decision when he was in possession, so that the chance disappeared before he could exploit it. I wish him well, and there's no doubt that he was being asked to make a big jump when we signed him. I think he's still got improvements to make. But then haven't we all? :-) |
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Comment | Ladapo Leaves Town
at 22:20:47
My favourite Freddie goal is our third away at Peterborough. He is a throwback in some ways, because he's an out and out goalscorer. Hooking that one in is a great example of what he's about. I was at the Reading Carabao game when he ran on to that sublime Lee Evans pass for the first. There was no doubt in my mind, and clearly none in his either. There are fewer players like him in the game every season, and it makes me a bit sad that we won't have one after he's gone, even though I understand why he's going. But I'm old, so I would say that. Thanks Freddie, all the best! |
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Comment | McKenna: Striker Signing Less Likely Than Likely, But Broja Talks Back On
at 18:15:06
I feel like the headline doesn't match Kieran's quoted comments.
Personally, I don't think Broja is anywhere near good enough to come into the team. I don't doubt that he could become good enough, because we know how well he'd be coached with us. But if there's an existing problem I just can't see a reason to go further with it. |
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Comment | McKenna: To Maintain Our Place in the League Would Be an Incredible Achievement
at 23:34:32
This is music to our ears, it's the Kieran McKenna manifesto. You know full well it's not spin, it's his beliefs. And we've seen the results. Omari was almost undroppable by the turn of the year, a huge change from his early-season contributions. The goal he got away at Southampton in September is one he never would have scored for Chelsea. Kieran and his staff have taught him not only how to do that but also why he really really needs to do it. They carried on coaching him and he's a much better player as a result. He should be a real asset this season, but he probably already understands he still won't start every game.
I think the signings this week might be the real outcome of the contract talks at the start of the summer. I suspect they were not really about approaches from Brighton or ManU or whoever, but were more about "I want these players, and I want you to guarantee that you'll go and get them for me". The Szmodics deal took at least 6 weeks, and it sounds like Phillips was on the go for a while too - but we got them. That requires persistence and belligerence as well as financial backing.
Bring it on! |
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Comment | Phillips Set For Town Medical
at 10:56:30
I like this. He'll get plenty of opportunity to prove to the world that he's still a good player. |
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Comment | Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 Ipswich Town U21s - Match Report
at 19:35:20
Well, full disclosure @RIPbobby - a bit yeah. Truthfully, I did very badly at German, but pronunciation was the easy bit - the grammar is ridiculous! Not made any easier as a result of me never being taught English grammar in the first place of course. ;-)
It's true though, I'm a big fan of Glen Wheeler's commentaries, he does a great job IMHO. I probably shouldn't pick holes. |
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Comment | Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 Ipswich Town U21s - Match Report
at 15:51:20
Glen Wheeler, I love your commentaries but PLEEEEAASE learn how to promounce German names while you're in Germany. It's the easiest foreign language to pronounce, because the various letter combinations are always pronounced the same way (unlike English, of course - through, though, trough, plough etc). For example, the start of Düsseldorf does NOT rhyme with 'bus' - it rhymes with 'puss'. Then there's Kleindienst who played today; 'ei' and 'ie' are pronounced differently. His name sounds like Kline-deenst, not Kline-dinest and definitely not Kline-dinesht.
The point is, there's enough time to get your head around German pronunciation between now and when you get to German-speaking Austria. Viel Glück! :-) |
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Comment | Delap Signing Confirmed
at 10:50:21
This is a great move, he looks good already and will only get better while he's here! |
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Comment | Town Confirm Hladky Exit
at 15:30:34
It's a shame, he outperformed most people's expectations last season.
In terms of the timing, I wouldn't mind betting Kieran already knows who'll be between the sticks for the first game. |
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