| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 16:40 - Jul 4 with 2272 views | JimInGreensboro |
Just out of curiosity, how do think our present side would do against our Championship playoff side of 14-15 in their prime?
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 16:47 - Jul 4 with 2222 views | the_toff |
2 very different styles, and certainly players in that 2015 side that would grace this one. Not least Berra, Mings and Murphy. McGoldrick when fit too.
Outside of those 4 I don't think there are many that I would be in a rush to start over the current crop though. I think Morsy, Chaplin, Broadhead, Burns, Davis are as good if not better than Bru, Anderson, Varney, Sears, Tabb, Bishop etc.
I reckon it would be a close game. | | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 17:02 - Jul 4 with 2184 views | J2BLUE |
Difficult one. Tempting to overestimate our current team, even if I do think they will be competitive.
2-2 or 3-2 14/15. |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 17:08 - Jul 4 with 2142 views | Alberto_the_frog |
I thought they flattered to deceive. Unlike for our previous play off appearances, I felt at the time that they would struggle to progress. |  | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 19:22 - Jul 4 with 1963 views | Horsham |
Mick’s team wins, probably just a bit too much for the current side.
I think interesting if you picked a combined team playing Mick’s style hardly any of the current guys would get in it, and if you flip it up the other way hardly any of Mick’s team gets into the current one. Chalk and cheese. | | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 19:53 - Jul 4 with 1906 views | Churchman |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 19:22 - Jul 4 by Horsham |
Mick’s team wins, probably just a bit too much for the current side.
I think interesting if you picked a combined team playing Mick’s style hardly any of the current guys would get in it, and if you flip it up the other way hardly any of Mick’s team gets into the current one. Chalk and cheese. |
It depends on how well the current side stands up to Championship football, obviously. However when Mick’s team played passing teams that were good at it, it got taken to the cleaners.
In particular, Brighton at home in the autumn of I think 15/16 and Fulham a year or two later is what springs to mind.
Murphy had the season of a lifetime in 14/15 and was a real handful. Would our current defence get bullied by him? No idea. |  | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 20:00 - Jul 4 with 1895 views | Horsham |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 19:53 - Jul 4 by Churchman |
It depends on how well the current side stands up to Championship football, obviously. However when Mick’s team played passing teams that were good at it, it got taken to the cleaners.
In particular, Brighton at home in the autumn of I think 15/16 and Fulham a year or two later is what springs to mind.
Murphy had the season of a lifetime in 14/15 and was a real handful. Would our current defence get bullied by him? No idea. |
Yep, and also to consider the current team isn’t complete yet. For sure we’ll know a lot more soon. | | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 20:05 - Jul 4 with 1885 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
If you go player v player, my opinion would be:
Bialkowski over Walton but not a lot in it
Mings
Woolf
Berra
Clarke
The 2014-15 midfield was rarely settled by the looks of appearances. Morsy, Taylor and Broadhead would get in.
Can't imagine McGoldrick and Murphy from that season being bettered and can't really leave out Chaplin.
I am not sure how that works out as formations but I make it 5 from that side and 6 from our current side.
However, I think the difference in quality overall would favour the 2014-15 side if the best 11 were put out. I think we will still strengthen the current side and I think the 2014-15 side overachieved overall to scrape into the play-offs on goal difference. |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 21:44 - Jul 4 with 1761 views | itfcjoe |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 20:05 - Jul 4 by Nthsuffolkblue |
If you go player v player, my opinion would be:
Bialkowski over Walton but not a lot in it
Mings
Woolf
Berra
Clarke
The 2014-15 midfield was rarely settled by the looks of appearances. Morsy, Taylor and Broadhead would get in.
Can't imagine McGoldrick and Murphy from that season being bettered and can't really leave out Chaplin.
I am not sure how that works out as formations but I make it 5 from that side and 6 from our current side.
However, I think the difference in quality overall would favour the 2014-15 side if the best 11 were put out. I think we will still strengthen the current side and I think the 2014-15 side overachieved overall to scrape into the play-offs on goal difference. |
I always think it’s very unfair when people say that team scraped in on goal difference - whilst last day of season didn’t go to plan that team got 78 points in what was a strong Championship….it’s not like Sunderland getting there last year on 69….75 usually more than enough
If we can get close to 78 points next season then we’ve had a fantastic year, and then we can start comparing the sides |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 09:57 - Jul 5 with 1570 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
The 14/15 team wins.
No sure a promotion out of league is enough to justify a win against a team who finished 6th in the championship? |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 10:05 - Jul 5 with 1559 views | the_toff |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 09:57 - Jul 5 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
The 14/15 team wins.
No sure a promotion out of league is enough to justify a win against a team who finished 6th in the championship? |
It's not just a promotion though. We've been in League 1 for 4 years and I haven't seen a side anywhere near as good as we were last season and we regularly had opposing managers saying similar. Joey Barton for example went from 'they're not all that' under Lambert (he was right) to 'they're far too good for League 1' (also right). I think we were a Championship side playing in League 1 last season. Small sample but the 3 FA Cup games would suggest that's possibly the case too. | | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 10:07 - Jul 5 with 1554 views | ThatMuhrenCross |
I think 2014-15 would win it, just about, but it wouldn't be pretty. It would be a display of complete and utter anti-football. |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 11:48 - Jul 5 with 1484 views | HighgateBlue |
I think if we can upgrade our strikeforce in 2023 (which I have no doubt the management are trying to do) the current side might just shade it. If not, the class of 2015 wins it for me. |  | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 12:17 - Jul 5 with 1419 views | MattinLondon |
I think that the 14/15 would just shade it. However, I do think that if Mick reverted to being quite safe and conservative then that could well play into KM hands who is more open to taking the match to the opposition.
All hypothetical of course. |  | | |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 12:19 - Jul 5 with 1411 views | itfcjoe |
| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 11:48 - Jul 5 by HighgateBlue |
I think if we can upgrade our strikeforce in 2023 (which I have no doubt the management are trying to do) the current side might just shade it. If not, the class of 2015 wins it for me. |
We'll see how this side gets on in the Champ, I think with a couple of very good additions we should be pushing for the play offs though | |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 15:02 - Jul 5 with 1270 views | Perublue |
I have to say 2014-15 too.....I don't want to mind. |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 15:41 - Jul 5 with 1236 views | bournemouthblue |
Given we have struggled with organised League One sides, I fear this side would be fairly formidable
However, this side did tend to struggle with sides who packed the midfield
I'd say 2 - 1 MM's side, they'd have too much nous for these boys currently |  |
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| ITFC 2023-24 v. ITFC 2014-15 on 21:51 - Jul 5 with 1111 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Incredible to read the thread and see not one mention by name of Stephen Hunt. He set the tone for that team.
Also incredible how everyone is forgetting the fatal flaw in that team. Mick played an incredibly high press with an incredibly slow central midfield and central defence. We were caught on the break so often. Mings was the only one with pace.
The current Town team is set up to exploit that. Broadhead, Chaplin and Burns running at Chambers, Berra and Smith? Goals aplenty! | | | |
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