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Thread | Off to Derby !!!
at 14:09 13 Jul 2025
That leaves us down, Luongo , Cajuste, Phillips , and Sammy Morsy if he goes . And leaves us with Taylor, from our midfield of last season. I know they didn't exactly set the world alight but we do need more than the returning Humhreys. |
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Reply | Brentford and Mckenna
at 14:47 12 Jul 2025
Not one word of truth in this. Neither party was interested. |
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Reply | Marcus Evans ......
at 08:15 10 Jul 2025
That's the general view. Evans effectively gave the club £100m .Not as an investment to make a return,not to sell on at a profit, it was effectively a gift. Funny old game. |
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Thread | Marcus Evans ......
at 07:48 10 Jul 2025
Yes, he had no idea how to run a football club, he didn't invest and oversaw the worst spell in the clubs recent history.
BUT, he did wipe out the clubs debts to make us an attractive investment.
The fact that investment is now going to be cashed in , makes me wonder who and when will our new owners emerge and how much they plan to make out of the club? |
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Reply | Owners had enough?
at 21:18 9 Jul 2025
This was only after 5 or 6 YEARS of zero investment in the playing staff, ground, training facilities and awarding a manager who struggled to make mid table in league one , a 5 year contract. |
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Reply | Owners had enough?
at 17:33 9 Jul 2025
Lets face it, with some of the supporters we have got, they can do what they like. No one is going to question anything |
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Reply | Midfield concerns.
at 08:28 6 Jul 2025
It's a very good midfield to some, until the season starts and we are not getting results and then all of a sudden its " why didn't we get in some better players" |
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Reply | Erosion of team Ashton / McKenna
at 11:38 5 Jul 2025
Even if we got no one in apart from a third choice keeper, there would still be those on here trying to convince us to stop moaning and everything will be fine |
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Reply | The Gamble
at 10:26 28 Jun 2025
We have lost 2 regular players in midfield and the other one is well into his thirties. Perhaps you don't see midfield as a yawning gap but I would prefer to play someone in there |
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Thread | The Gamble
at 07:24 28 Jun 2025
Kieron McKenna has in many ways become Ipswich Town over the past 3 seasons.
We play his way and have done since we were in the first division.
We now have almost all of his own signings, his back room staff , the ground and training facilities have all been improved under his tenure.
Therefore it's hardly surprising after a disastrous season in the Premier league, we still have a majority of supporters in the keep the manager camp.
In many ways the clubs fortunes are linked to his next season. Mckennas reputation as the brightest star on the horizon of young british coaching talent has taken a knock with the nose dive into the championship , it has also undoubtedly persuaded more than a few supporters to start to question his game management , and single minded approach to tactics which at times last season bordered on McCarthy- esque
The plus side is we all know what we will be getting next season and this is often preferable than waiting to see what a new manager will bring to the table.
However, the good will bank of itfc, in which Mckenna has deposited vast sums in two promotion campaigns has been severely drawn upon in the last 6 months or so.
Incoming players will not be bought with the bulging wallet which the Premier league supplies, they will have to settle far quicker into the yawning gaps left by those who have gone or returned to pastures new. The excuses of playing Manchester City at the Etihad on a saturday afternoon are gone. Instead we will be playing teams with less resources than our own , which brings an entirely different kind of pressure as does the short odds on a quick return to the Premier league.
Whether you are Mckenna can or Mckenna can't. The bets have been placed , time to spin the wheel. |
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Thread | He is not going to Brentford
at 06:50 13 Jun 2025
The part of this speculation which does cause concern is why he doesn't come out and say so. |
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Reply | McKenna
at 19:38 8 Jun 2025
It's a win , win . If he stays , continuity is a wonderful thing. If he goes , I don't think he can now be regarded as a tactical genius . So a chance to upgrade. |
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