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Comment | Charlton Hoping to Complete Ladapo Signing Today
at 11:33:38
This is just another example of the constant process to upgrade the squad as you progress further and as your ambitions become greater.
A big thank you to Freddie for his contributions particularly last season when his goals were an integral part of the promotion campaign.
All the best. |
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Comment | Town Closing in On Loan Signing of Blackburn Skipper Travis
at 10:47:28
Makes sense on a number of levels:
- No real squad cover for Morsy’s short term ban or future injuries if unlucky.
- As much as I really like Luongo his performances have dropped off a tad recently.
- I am not sure how Taylor fits into the type of midfield and playing style that KM favours. |
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Comment | Town Confirm Tuanzebe Signing
at 17:49:07
On a 1 year contract I don’t see this as a risk, there is only upside.
A potentially substantial upside. |
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Comment | Office Outlet and Gym Set For February Demolition
at 12:43:51
For me, the Council owning the ground is a huge positive.
At some point the current owners will sell and It protects the club from future lunatic owners selling the ground for development.
I am pretty sure that Evans tried to buy the ground but the council refused to sell. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what his plans were. |
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Comment | Town Accounts Show Evans Waived or Settled £96m in Loans
at 11:06:32
You can say what you like about Evans and many have but whichever way you look at it he saved this club from potential liquidation twice. Firstly when he originally purchased the club and now by writing off this massive amount of debt. Let's face it, who was going to buy a League 1 club with circa £100m of debt?
Unfortunately, he just had no idea how to run a football club and more importantly didn't bring people in who did.
I have supported this club since my first game with my father in 1969 and believe me the pain of the last few years has been horrible but I for one say thank you to Evans for writing off the massive debt and hopefully better times are around the corner.
You can't keep looking back, you have to focus on the future. |
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Comment | Dozzell's QPR Move Confirmed
at 16:32:59
For me, he has never really consistently positively influenced games enough but I wish him well for what is a very pivotal moment in his career.
It will be really interesting to see whether he can establish himself as a regular in a Championship side. |
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Comment | Cambridge Eyeing Bishop
at 10:40:14
I suspect that Cook will be looking for consistency every week from a smaller squad of 18-20 and I am not sure that Bishop (and others) match that requirement.
As others have said, there is talent there but if you look back over the 5 years, how many times have we seen it demonstrated consistently across a run of games? |
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Comment | Swindon Town 1-2 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 18:36:04
Although neither a sage or a key board warrior I am happy to try and provide some answers for you LondonTractorBoy.
This squad started the last two League 1 seasons by topping the league about a quarter of the way in to both seasons. The majority of supporters felt that despite this performances were not great and that we were generally scoring first and then holding on to win by the odd goal. In both seasons, the team fell away to finish mid table. Does this strike you as a team with fight, spirit, a competitive desire to win, etc, etc?
If you listened to Ian Atkins after today's game his summary was that you would probably only keep 3 or 4 of today's team and even then a couple of them would be more squad members than regular starters. That is a sad inditement of the squad from an ex pro.
You have to give any new manager the opportunity to build his own team and live or die by its performances. You can't keep changing the manager every six months as that way, madness lies.
In eighteen months time, you may well be proved to be right about Cook but he has a track record of getting teams promoted by playing front foot football and he has to be given a chance. |
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Comment | Five Changes as Vincent-Young Returns and Chambers Drops to Bench
at 12:21:48
I really don't get this Kenlock thing.
I think his strength is in the opposition half and he can put in a half decent cross now and then but defensively he is naive and tends to get caught out of position. The priority for a full back particularly at this level is to be defensively strong.
Let's face it, he has played under multiple managers now and has never made the position his own. I don't believe all these mangers have got it wrong. |
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Comment | O'Leary and Johnson Press Conference - Part One
at 08:49:37
It's interesting to read about Brett Johnson's Arsenal connections.
One of the main reasons that we became a professional club was down to John Cobbold's friendship with the then Arsenal chairman. |
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Comment | Town Takeover Completed
at 11:52:22
Firstly, no matter what your opinion of Evan's is, you have to acknowledge that his takeover of the club saved this great football club from potential insolvency and bankruptcy. Secondly, his decision to write off most of the debt has to be applauded.
Unfortunately, after some initial significant investment he decided to not invest to the same level going forward whilst still putting in significant funds every year to reduce the annual losses.
Clearly an exciting time and I do hope that the new owners live up to their promises. I would imagine that their strategy is to get the club in to the PL and then sell at a significant profit. |
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Comment | Chambers: We Have to Believe
at 11:31:44
There is nothing I would like more than to reach the play offs and potentially watch Town at Wembley for a third time.
I still maintain that this is a very poor squad, so if Cook does get us in to the play offs then that would be a massive achievement. |
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Comment | Cook Gives Strong Hint Blues Will Switch Formation
at 13:45:30
I think this is really interesting for a number of reasons:
1. This massive squad was assembled to play 4-2-3-1 but it can't which to be fair has been obvious to those of us watching through the past 18 months of pain.
2. Cook has realised this and on the face of it is prepared to be practical for the remainder of this season. What does this say about Lambert, either not capable of identifying this or not prepared to acknowledge it?
3. I am as certain as I can be that Cook will reshape the squad in the close season so that he can play his preferred 4-2-3-1.
We really do have to give this guy time to sort out what is clearly a horrible mess. |
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Comment | Fleetwood Town 2-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 21:57:53
We shouldn't underestimate the scale of the challenge which faces Cook.
He has inherited a bloated and overweight squad which in the top half of the pitch, Norwood apart is full of inconsistent lightweight players.
It would be a miracle if he can get promotion this season with this squad. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 1-1 Lincoln City - Match Report
at 08:44:15
As well as partnerships, I think the big challenge for Cook is can he get Dozzell, Bishop, Lankester, etc to consistently influence a game in the top third of the pitch.
If the answer to that is no, then we are going to have to accept that they may not be as good as we want to believe they are. |
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Comment | Takeover Talk
at 16:52:43
Takeover's of clubs outside the Premier League have a pretty chequered success rate.
The words invest and sell for profit do not inspire confidence. The natural conclusion of failure and an inability to sell at a profit would probably be an even worse demise.
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