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After a tweet that circulated yesterday, I'm just curious as to why some people have such a problem with the EADT? I genuinely don't understand it.
I find it strange how a minority of the fanbase has such ill feelings towards the paper. They do a cracking job. Besides that, fan-made content (such as Talking Town, Blue Monday, Naked Footy) also do a fantastic job of providing fans with alternative content. Am I missing something?
Here me out, but surely Toto Nsiala's consistency has been one of the few positives to take from this season? He's been a quiet workhorse, hasn't done too many wrong. He's a player I'd keep for next season, even if he becomes a backup.
The EFL is set to ask the Premier League for the tens of millions it has saved thanks to the promotions of Watford and N*rwich City.
Both sides were relegated from the top flight last season and would have been due around £70m in parachute payments had they remained in the Championship.
Indeed, the figure remaining in the Premier League’s bank account could hit north of £100m should Bournemouth — the third relegated side — be promoted via the play-offs.
The Daily Mail understands that cash-strapped clubs in all three divisions below the top flight have strongly lobbied the EFL. They want the competition to ask the Premier League for the cash they have saved which would then be split among clubs reeling from the effect of the Covid pandemic.
The request is yet to be made, but it is understood that it will form part of the EFL’s ongoing discussions with the Premier League over increased funding. ‘It makes sense,’ one official at a League One club explained. ‘They gave us grants of £30m last year to help us out but that is a drop in the ocean compared with what they are going to save on parachute payments.’
In the first year, clubs relegated from the Premier League get around £40m, dropping to £35m in the second and £15m in the third — although those who were only in the top flight for one season receive only two years’ worth of payments.
In November, the EFL accepted a £50m rescue package from the Premier League, which included a £30m grant, for clubs in Leagues One and Two. Those in the Championship were given access to £117.5m in loans from a league-secured deal with financial company MetLife Investment Management.
Tomorrow's game against AFC Wimbledon is, in the words of Paul Cook, season-defining. We're still three points below the playoffs, and we should be under no illusions that should we embark on a decent run, we can make it.
Let's hope Cook picks a good starting line-up tomorrow. Fingers crossed Norwood is back fit because we need him over Drinan.
Join We Follow the Town tonight at 8:30pm as Benjamin will be joined by Leigh and Aaron to talk through an eventful week in the world of Ipswich Town.
What are your thoughts on the new ownership? Should we be (cautiously) optimistic about the future? And would we be right to scrutinize Paul Cook after yesterday's performance against the MK Dons?