Mach_Polish_Blue wrote:goldandblack wrote:
personally I would still prefer Mick to be still at the Wolves running the squad than this Agent loaning us these mercenaries that will be here short term, just to be sold on for a quick buck. I do fear at what the future holds when/if these owners pull the plug, Wolves have always been run to stay in the black,
We were stuck in this league for 19 yrs and we were saying exactly the same things, Ipswich Town are a very well run club with a top manager on board (Mick wouldn't still be there if it wasn't ) look at the clubs that have and still are dead in the water (Blackpool, Portsmouth, Bolton etc etc who' owners spent money they didn't have on a dream. without Mick you could easily be there now, not an easy situation to get out of.
the year Mick took us to the Premier the team was built on a shoestring of youth players from non league and the lower leagues but he had the luck that season not to have the injuries to key players your club has suffered in recent seasons.
Watching your derby game I thought you had the edge but with no luck at all. that's my opinion anyway.
'Ipswich Town are a very well run club with a top manager on board'
I'll try to respond to that in a reasonable manner but it's going to be hard.
We've lost a match against our fierce rivals. We are upset, angry, disappointed. Yet another poor performance where all we do when losing the game is pumping long balls towards their penalty area. And now a fan of DIFFERENT CLUB has a cheek to tell us that: .... our club is well run. Beggars belief ! The person from outside is preaching to us about our club.
You know sod all about our club. It's easy for you to be talking crap like that when your club sit nicely at the top of the league after spending millions on quality players. You don't need to watch painfully slow and ineffective football. You don't need to watch sideways passing from Cole Skuse. You watch exciting, attacking players who have been performing very well so far for your club. Shame it's not us who can swap managers and owners because I'd happily drive Evans and McCarthy to your club. You could be then content with how well your club is being run.
Our club is ROTTEN throughout and Evans lets us decay. He allows this relentless apathy to continue and has literally no interest to make us better and stronger. Moreover we're well behind Norwich in all aspects and that is what his era has created. He treats our club and fans with disdain. Our debt has significantly risen since his arrival, our crowds have been decreasing and he's been pricing out Town fans for many years...... and now you, a person from outside have a cheek to tell us that we're a well run club ! Just shut up and spare us your bullshitting !
Mick McCarthy..... I was his staunch supporter for a while. Defended him while others were abusing him for the hoofball. For me it's all about results no matter how it's achieved and I would be happy with boring, ugly 1-0 wins every week. But his hoofball stopped working and nowadays we are very predictable with no element of surprise for the opposition. He would be excused for his failings if he was doing his best. Take Sundays match to Norwich for example. We're losing 0-1 so he should be on the touchline animating and encouraging the team. Instead the bunch of hopeless players in our shirts keep pumping long balls towards their box and that ignorant, stupid pighead is standing near the dugout with the hands in the pockets.
He has no plan B at all, just keep hoofing and see what happens. Some of the players are his darlings and remain undroppable no matter how crap we are. Moreover he makes derogatory comments about our fans when they question his decisions. He thinks he knows best.
So do we have to have an eternal debt to him for saving us from relegation 4 years ago? Do we have to sit quiet and accept that we play without attacking intent and let opposition dictate the proceedings?
What is also important to underline is that we have a 'unique' fanbase. They keep buying blue shirts with Evans' logo on it and they advertise him during the matchdays. They advertise the person who gives a jack sh*t about our club. He ain't with us for the football that's for sure. Yet they parade with the blue shirts with Marcus Evans name on it. Utterly bizarre and inexplicable ! A significant percent of our fanbase is scared of changes and they'd rather Evans and McCarthy to continue what they do for another long years.
We are at Burton this Saturday. Oh yes let's clap and stick with Super Mick blah blah blah, get behind our team blah blah, play defensively with Cole Skuse 'protecting' the defence as letting opposition go at us is a priority in Micks philosophy blah blah blah. Let's carry on being gutless and fearful !
I'm extremely bored of my club. Glaring lack of ambition just drifting along in this league so don't tell me or other Town fans that we're a well run club as we know better not you.
I'll try to respond to that in a reasonable manner but it's going to be almost impossible. lol
Just something to see things from a different angle perhaps.
You say .You know sod all about our club. It's easy for you to be talking crap like that.
Ipswich and the Wolves are much of the same beast and i have witnessed all your downs and lack of ambitions with the Wolves, actually a lot worse , My late farther, uncles, Aunts, Cousins, were all born just outside Ipswich and were all Ipswich Town supporters, so i was brought up on Ipswich Town and have been my second club for over 60 years, probably used to watch them before you were even born, I think i do know a bit about YOUR club than you suggest
You say . Shame it's not us who can swap managers and owners because I'd happily drive Evans and McCarthy to your club.
We have had 6 managers in the time MM has been with you and yes we are looking good at the moment but it’s no longer our club plus we are still in the same league as you.
Sir Jack put 50 million of his own money which was classed as a friendly debt,
M Evans has put 80 odd million of his own money into Ipswich Town which is classed as a friendly debt
When we got relegated under Dave Jones Sir Jack got just the same stick as Evans from the fans so he sold the club for a tenner. Don’t need to tell you the result of that deal.
Our club is ROTTEN throughout and Evans lets us decay
Decay is dropping from the old Div 1 to Div 4 in 3 seasons, the players training in the car park, the ground closed on 3 sides, the milkman only leaving the milk if paid cash every day. 35 minutes from going out of business.
Where is this decay at Ipswich, you have a brilliant modern stadium,a strong fan base, your no worse off than when Evans turned up, and far better off after MM became manager.
You say.I'm extremely bored of my club. Glaring lack of ambition just drifting along in this league so don't tell me or other Town fans that we're a well run club as we know better not you.
Sometimes fans get so wrapped up in their own club it needs an outsider to put over a different View on things. You talk to other clubs fans of past giants in this league. A good example is Derby County to compare your positions. The millions they have invested in managers/players over the years, just 1 point in front of Ipswich who has spent jot,
Look at clubs who also have spent big since Mick has been at your club.
The Sheffield Clubs, Forest, Villa, Brum, Leeds, Boro, Sunderland, Wolves, Fulham,QPR. i could go on but you get the jist but will just add, what league are they in,
I think any levelled headed fan can see that your club is well run and with just that extra bit of luck you don’t have recently will return to the top,
I remember Blackburn, Bolton, Blackpool fans giving it the big en when they were bought out and money was no object,
My point is i have seen what happens when fans turn on the owner/manager and players. And I wouldn’t wish that on your club.
But as you and others have stated, Its nothing to do with me so I will leave it at that.
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