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Power of Motivation
at 12:22:05

Good points well made. What I can`t understand about the squad at present, is that Paul Cook has made several references about player performances, and with so many players out of contract very soon, surely they would`ve listened to what he said, maybe even had a meeting together, and had a collective epiphany and pulled their fingers out, if not for the good of the club, but for their own benefit, but no, they carry on seemingly blaming everyone except themselves. Do they really think that with performances such as those dished up over the last couple of years, other clubs will be queuing up for their signatures?
At best these players all these players can only hope for non-league in the future, if they`re lucky. Some will undoubtedly be finished, plus the new players coming in will be able to negotiate great deals in order to get them here. Past glories, club history, and copious amounts of white wine in the boardroom count for nothing. From day one next season, everybody will be under the microscope, no more excuses, no past to fall back on, it`s all systems go from the time the final whistle blows to end this debacle of a season, and looking forward only. Paul Cook has my admiration and my sympathy.

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Lambert's Cat
at 09:39:09

This article is spot on, in every way. Concerning the manager, apart from the earliest stages of his career, what has he done? What has he achieved? I think the word being sought is nothing. Just proving that no matter how good or even great a player somebody was, it can never be a given that the same player will be a great coach or manager. Somebody must take responsibility for employing duff coaches, can`t get it right and end up constantly change the team, move players around, and bring in equally duff "fresh new faces" Lastly, my dad, was born and bred in the same area as our manager, so I was well used to the accent, except that I can`t understand a word that Lambert mumbles, so heaven help the players.
On the verge of giving up, after so many years.

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Season's Beatings
at 15:05:05

I agree 100% with the posting. The manager and his coaches are bereft of ideas, the players generally woeful, with few worthy of a place in the team. Changes need to be made, starting with the top, and in every department downwards. I had the good fortune to have a season ticket during the glory years, so know that things are drastically wrong now. The cup game against Portsmouth was eminently winnable, but the performance awful, totally clueless, yet the manager continues to try to tell us that things are going well, the team is playing well, blah blah blah. No, it`s not. If people are daft enough to believe the guff about the stats, which seem to show that we`re an impressive team suffering a bit of bad luck, but as was highlighted by the cup game, all the passing was sideways or backwards, nothing actually created at all. There`s a huge gaping hole in the middle of the defence, ditto the midfield, and no central strikers worth the name, and really, shouldn`t Harry Wright be put between the sticks as nothing could be worse than the two who have the position between them, but are clearly not up to it. Lambert should accept that as a coach, he`s not up to it, and apart from a bit of success early on in his career, has done nothing since, despite some high profile jobs. There`s a lot of good young coaches/managers available, and a lot of older, experienced men available too. It sickens me every time I watch Sky, or even the BBC on a Saturday afternoon and number of scorers who show up on the teleprinter that are ex town players is heartbreaking.Somebody, pleasre, do something. Ray - Lowestoft.

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Blue Sky Thinking
at 12:08:04

My first visit to Portman Road was in 1976 and for the next season and until 2001 I had a season ticket, so you say I`ve seen some good and bad times. As far as the owner is concerned, well he may well have saved the club from oblivion, but, thinking back, I can remember a queue for cup tickets on a Sunday morning, and among others David Sheepshanks was serving coffee to those who wanted it. Similarly in a FA cup game at Morecambe (I think) Mr Sheepshanks stood with us in a shed behind a goal, and also on a bad night at Newcastle United he sat with us in the stands. Would Mr Evans or Mr Milne do any of that? I think not. Anyway - the club seems to have lost its way - and there must be some meaningful investment in decent quality players, not the dross that currently wear the shirt. There seems to be no creative spark whatsoever, nobody who can put his personality on a game, never mind take control and alter the course of a match. Too many players are, or seem to be, played out of position for whatever reason, and on paper we have good defensive players, and good attacking players, but they invariably get swamped, or starved of service, because in the main the midfield get bypassed or outplayed as there is no class, just mediocrity. Its true that Mick is never going to play an expansive game, as his gameplan has always been, to try to not lose a game, rather than to try to win a game, but considering what his restrictions are from above, I think he`s done one hell of a job, and people should be careful of what they wish for. A lot of names touted for the managers position wouldn`t entertain us because of the lack of investment, and probably class players will be reluctant for the same reason, and of course the fact that the wages aren`t anywhere to matching the top clubs. The universal reason fed to us about all of this is the FFP rules - well tell that to the players, and supporters of nearly everybody else in our division, as these in the main, attract top players, and pay an awful lot more than we do, so why does FFP apply to us and not those other clubs?
If things don`t change in some way, things will stagnate further, then when the crowds drop below the break even figures consistently, what will Mr Evans and his board do then? Walk away no doubt.
If any of his other companies were to perform as Town are presently performing, then somewhere heads would roll, things would happen, changes would be made. Mr Evans didn`t get where he is by watching the world go by, fiddling while Rome burns, so why is he allowing our club to slowly wither away?
It doesn`t require money being thrown around haphazardly, paying stupid money for players who don`t warrant it or to pay stupid wages to those who don`t deserve it, but improvements have got to be made, and seen to be made, before its all too late. I fear the worst.

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