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Comment | Cook: If You Don't Want to Live With Pressure, Then Don't Be in Football
at 14:05:15
“First and foremost when I watch any of my teams play, I always put myself in the position of a fan travelling to the game. And the first thing you think about when you're travelling home is ‘did I enjoy the game?'. Well I haven't enjoyed many games watching Ipswich, so I know exactly what our fans are going through. I'm privileged that I have a chance to do something about it."
Comments that give us hope. Would've been good for one or two of our previous managers to have had these thoughts in mind. |
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Comment | History Boys and Renaissance Men
at 15:26:56
I started going to Portman Road regularly as a teenager, in 1973/74 - and yes, I did think it would just carry on at that level indefinitely. Sadly, not...
I often ask myself the question as to whether if they had their time again, the club would/could have done anything different to stop the decline post SBR. Unfortunately I think the seeds were unknowingly sown by Sir Bobby himself a couple of years earlier, when he had to offer Arnold a free transfer at the end of his contract, to get him to renew. Even in SBR's time, he had to sell in order to buy, so when Arnold then went to Man U, the club had no funds to use to buy a suitable replacement. The supply line to Alan Brazil disappeared, and so he became unhappy and had his head turned elsewhere. From that point, the rot had set in, and the others left one by one.
Of course, the club had the debt of the new Pioneer Stand, and that was often suggested as the reason that players had to be sold - and that it should never have been built. It's easy in hindsight to query the building of the stand, but I remember, in the last couple of SBR's years in particular, how often, as we walked to the ground (season tickets safely in our pockets), we'd see hundreds of disappointed fans walking away from the stadium because 'the gates have been closed - it's full'. It seemed obvious at that point that the club needed more capacity.
I stopped going regularly in the mid 80's - and on the odd occasion I went to a match in the McCarthy era, I came away feeling cheated of the money I had spent on a ticket, vowing never to return. I must admit though, PL and his team have got me wondering again, for the first time in MANY years, whether it's time to go back to PR. Trouble is, I was spoiled by the team of 80/81... |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-2 Lincoln City - Match Report
at 17:41:58
Earlier in the season I referred to MM's tenure as manager as being in it's "death throes". Seems its worse than that now. With ME and MM doggedly carrying on, it looks like we're in a Persistent Vegetative State - with Tom Lawrence playing the part of the Life Support System... |
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