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Thread | Strict contract negotiations
at 10:39 15 Jul 2025
I get we can't be held to ransom on contracts but it does feel we seem to tie our hands a little.
Hladky last year
Morsy and Burgess this year (potentially Axel)
I understand the reasonings given age and the player recruitment strategy, but if we look at last season for example and improved contract offer must have been cheaper then the money spent on Music and then the addition of Palmer (fee and wages). |
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Thread | £ from Wardley and Sheeran Events
at 10:29 9 May 2025
Given we do not own Portman Road, does anyone know how the financials of these events will work out for the club?
Potentially very lucrative, but just wondering if not owning the venue has a significant impact and if so why aren't the ownership group looking to buy the ground and the surrounding areas (I know they have bought a fair chunk of the land). |
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Thread | The ref consistency is the most infuriating thing
at 00:30 27 Apr 2025
Think whatever you want on that first booking, minor contact or no contact, but if that is a booking for a dive then the referee should be booking 4 or 5 players a game. For example he doesn't give their penalty at first so why no booking for a dive?
On top of that compare the Newcastle pen to the one we should have had against Leicester it laughable when VAR chooses to get involved |
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Thread | Fk me!
at 18:13 20 Apr 2025
So miserable fans on here tonight!
We lost to a team that beat Real Madrid midweek, and we only had 10 men for an hour.
Get behind the lads!
The most disappointing thing for me was looking to the section where 'Blue Action's sit on 90 mins and seeing it had emptied out! |
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Thread | Some good things today but similar issues.
at 16:55 8 Mar 2025
Our set pieces are awful, it's embarrassing how bad they are.
Davis looked poor, worst I have seen him.
Delap greedy when simple passes are on, doesn't seem to link up with anyone. We need him to link with others like Hirst and Chappers did last year.
Clarke has moments but his end product is severely lacking.
Philogene went missing for the 1st half, maybe plan was to mark Eze out of the game?
Positives, Wolfenden looked solid, midfield pair had decent games Enciso adds to the attaching threat. |
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Thread | No need to go over the top!
at 21:48 26 Feb 2025
This was always going to be tough, we are a very inexperienced club coming up two divisions.
We have an ownership group, management, coaching staff and players that are all inexperienced at this level.
We will be better for this year in the prem regardless of what happens! |
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Thread | We don't create anything
at 21:34 26 Feb 2025
Even our two goals tonight came from nothing.
Too many games this season we look out of ideas once we get anywhere near the box.
As much as I love Delap I'd like to see Hirst given a run out as his link up play could help.
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Thread | Referees - Given we have recent comparable experience
at 19:36 22 Feb 2025
Can anyone say the refereeing has improved.
For me it has gotten worse, and I am not blaming it for our current position. I have laughed at many decisions that have wrongly gone out way (penalty vs Chelsea for example).
The problem in the prem is the referees seems so much more arrogant despite making awful decisions.
Do other sport have this issue with refereeing or is it just football? |
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Thread | Most of the criticism is aimed at forward players
at 19:19 22 Feb 2025
We have conceded 54 goals we need to look at our tactics defensively.
The high pressure worked in L1 and Champ, it clearly is not working here.
I head so many people out of the ground bemoaning Philogene, and yes he was poor but he was not the reason we conceded 4 goals. Godfrey was absolutely awful, Greaves bar a few last gasp tackles he was out of position and slow on so many occasions. |
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Thread | This forum is hilarious!
at 14:10 3 Feb 2025
"Get rid of Muric", "We have no chance of staying up with him in goal"
Ipswich sign a new goalkeeper...
"Why are we signing him!"
Why is he being written off already, Hladky had his doubters last preseason, I remember hearing peoples reaction when we found out Walton was injured and Hladky would be starting the first game of the season.
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Thread | Philogene
at 20:14 1 Feb 2025
I don't understand the attacks he is getting, he played no worse than Hutchinson.
He was not the reason we lost today's game.
For me, Greaves, Hutchinson, Davis and Muric were poor today.
We lacked any sort of drive, we seemed too passive and worried about making a mistake the complete opposite to how we played last season. I think that is what McKenna will be most disappointed in |
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Thread | McKenna overthinking things?
at 20:33 19 Jan 2025
We had some good performances against Chelsea and Fulham. So why did he decide to make so many changes over these two games.
Our biggest strength last season was playing a consistent side with the odd tweeks at the top end of the pitch.
I'm not saying a different team today would have won the game as City are far superior to us it was clear to see for 90% of that game.
But I just feel we need to have a consistent 11, if you asked me who is going to start next week I would struggle to tell you. Even to the point of the GK and now we have our captain being dropped for tactical reasons.
I just think he is getting a little too clever for no reason, find a team (i.e. the tema that beat Chelsea) and stick with it! |
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Thread | Muric vs Walton
at 23:40 16 Jan 2025
If that was Muric in goal tonight he would have been slated.
I think we have a huge issue in goal, the biggest failure was not spending a good £15-£20m on a solid keeper.
We lost one of our players of the season in Hladky and replaced him with a keeper that was completely unproven and was a massive risk.
For all the good things Ashton and McKenna have done this ahs to go down as a mistake in the summer. But my concern is they don't want to accept the error and look to sign another keeper, I honestly think a decent keeper could be the difference in survival in the prem and relegation |
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Thread | What was the plan tonight
at 23:05 16 Jan 2025
Tonight was the first game I literally stood there and thought what is the game plan here.
Dropping Morsy I assume for some sort of tactical reason.
Walton is not capable of playing out from the back and when he does it looks very awkward.
Phillips and Cajuste seemed disinterested when we had the ball seemed happy for us to lump it long down the wings or to Delap.
This was a winnable game but for some reason we seemed to experiment on a different system which was unnecessary.
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Thread | Delap being subbed with 10 to go
at 00:11 6 Jan 2025
How many games I have heard fans moaning at Delap getting subbed.
The number of times I have heard "a tired Delap is twice the player of Ali"
Delap runs himself into the ground every game. Around 70-75 mins he often looks visibly fatigued, if McKenna risked him for the remainder and he pulls up with a hamstring or groin issue we then lose him for weeks if not months.
McKenna clearly knew this was an issue hence the fact we were trying to get another striker in but unfortunately failed. |
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Thread | Let's all just accept it for what it is
at 00:13 4 Dec 2024
We got promoted too early and that's exactly what it looks like.
With a full strength 11 we could probably compete with most teams but that's not how football works and we have to play the back up players at times. Unfortunately they are not quite up to the prem standard.
But let's enjoy it and realize if we do go down as many will assume we will. We go back to being a dominant side in the Championship.
Enjoy the ride let's see what the Jan window brings. |
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Thread | Referees - this is supposed to be the best league in the world
at 20:40 2 Nov 2024
Yet two games in a row I just feel cheated.
I am normally a very honest fan, I will hold my hands up we simply are not good enough i.e. West Ham and Everton games. But the last two games the referees and VAR have ruined a perfectly fair and legitimate game.
It is suppose to get better as you go up the leagues but I said the same thing last year I think it gets worse. |
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Thread | Referees and VAR ruling seems to be against us
at 20:31 2 Nov 2024
When you look at the Everton pen given to us yes okay it's 50/50 but not a clear error. You look at Brentford penalty VAR give what I believe is dubious foul to be given as a pen.
Then today, their keeper delays every goal kick the ref decides he will stroll up and give him a warning (wasting more time, and then only adding 2mins ET). We go 1 up and within 5 minutes he books our keeper for time wasting. He then adds on 8 minutes out of nowhere.
Phillips on a booking should be more sensible but can the referee really argue he booked every player that argued against a decision???
It just feels whether rightly or wrongly we seem to be on the wrong ene dof every 50/50 call this season. |
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