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Thread | Alternative 5 things today
at 19:22 12 Jan 2025
1. It's funny how often the League One players still stand out over the others. Some good performances but Mass, Burgess, Wes and Woolfie caught the eye. Particularly Mass. He was the final piece in that League One promotion puzzle when he finally got into the side.
2. Slightly worried that Woolfy was captain just in case it was one of Kmac's classy gestures ahead of him being off. Big Cam has captained before in these types of games. Hopefully I'm overthinking it!
3. The standards in the group are so high. At 3-0 up, Woolfy and Burgess had a long conversation about movement of gas front line. KM has turned them all into scholars of the game. There will be a fair few managers.
4. 23 months ago, we drew 0-0 against BR and the Morsy spat happened. Still unbelievable we had so called 'fans' like that and a sizeable minority questioning KM. Now our second string side barely had to break sweat against them to win comfortably.
5. Harry Clarke's last first pump for a while? Good luck to him, he'll tear up the champ imo! |
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Thread | Excellent piece in The Athletic with Lee Grant...
at 20:21 10 Jan 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6043860/2025/01/10/lee-grant-interview-ipswich-
"We have a culture where everybody is in the office by half six every morning,” says Lee Grant, still looking as slim and athletic as he did over a 22-year playing career. “Nobody has had their arm twisted. It’s not because the law has been laid down. It’s because we love coaching and want to give ourselves the best chance.
“Quite often, that means we are still here at seven o’clock at the other end of the day. Then you go home, have a bit of dinner and the laptop is back out. That’s the game, that’s the way we work and that’s the pace the manager sets.”
He intrigued me straight away,” says Grant, recalling their first meetings on United’s training ground, where McKenna was part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coaching staff. “No fear, big self-belief, very comfortable delivering team meetings and a really assured presence on the grass.
“That was quite striking to see someone of his age, a young guy, commanding the respect of World Cup winners and Champions League winners.
“I was doing my coaching badges and I remember thinking: ‘I want to understand how I get to that level of composure and detail’. I’d pick Kieran’s brains and what I found out was that to get to that level, it (football) is bordering on an obsession.” |
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Thread | One last time - 'Janoi Donacien, Janoi Donacien, Janoi Donacien...
at 15:28 10 Jan 2025
JANOI DONACIEN!'
What a great story his time at the club has been. Him and Kayden in particular sum up the transformation from the dark days to the current situation.
Hope Burns and JD had one last bow and handshake. [Post edited 10 Jan 15:29]
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Thread | Half the Arsenal fans have left at 84 mins
at 21:44 7 Jan 2025
Really can't stand their entitlement. And the less said about that god awful North London forever dirge...
Newcastle Spurs final please [Post edited 7 Jan 21:47]
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Thread | Big push now with these two home games against Brighton and City
at 23:46 6 Jan 2025
If we can get our noses ahead of Wolves it could be big psychologically as they have a really tough run of fixtures now.
3 points needed somehow from the next two. Or even two points. Then we can put real pressure on them.
Nothing is guaranteed but it feels like we're so close to momentum picking us up and kicking on.
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Thread | Nearly the perfect away performance
at 17:10 5 Jan 2025
Such a solid looking shape we have now.
Broady is magic. If that volley goes in...
Very cruel end. Clarke needed that.
A good sign if we are disappointed with a point away at Fulham |
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Thread | Overhead on a train just now...
at 09:48 5 Jan 2025
'My sons support West Ham and my husband supports Arsenal but they've decided to follow Ipswich now because it's local isn't it. It's quite exciting cos they are doing so well.'
Makes me smile. We are less than 3.5 years from Demolition Man. |
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Thread | KMac's level of detail in training...shoulder depth!
at 15:17 3 Jan 2025
None of this should surprise us after what we've seen of him since he arrived but he's a football genius. Would kill to watch a training session.
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Thread | Halfway - what an outstanding effort so far from management and squad
at 11:55 2 Jan 2025
It's only 18 months ago that we were standing up to that early onslaught from Sunderland in the opening game and I remember grimacing and thinking what a step up the Championship was going to be. We all know how that turned out. Hladky and Donacien set the tone that day.
To now be only one point from safety, in one of the most competitive Premier Leagues for years, well in touch with the teams above us and looking well set for second half of the season is just an insane achievement.
None of this is normal. I think we have got used to it but it's ridiculous what KMac has done. [Post edited 2 Jan 11:56]
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