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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 23, 2006 15:21:48 GMT -1
This is bound to cause a few arguments...  In my opinion, this depends on whether he gets us out of the bottom five before the end of September, and how his next batch of signings turn out over the coming months. At the moment, he's doing about as good a job as the Poland Germany Border Defence Unit did in 1939... |
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Post by cds on Aug 23, 2006 16:06:07 GMT -1
Yes. I like what i am seeing at the moment. So we haven't won a game yet, i still see us going forward in the long run.
We'll finish lower half of the table, but should be safe.
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 23, 2006 16:09:18 GMT -1
I should think we'll be safe... but it'll be disappointing if that's all we achieve. I appreciate we're in a transition season at the moment, but I'd love to see us have a fight for the playoffs. Even though we were awful last season, we still managed a bit of a fight in February (all right, not particularly well, but 9th isn't far off!)
If we sign Stephen Ward (who, judging from Joe Royle and Jim Magilton's long-term interest could be "the next Kevin Doyle" or something) and Sylvain Legwinski, as well as keeping hold of Mark Noble for the long term, I think we could do pretty well.
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Post by cds on Aug 23, 2006 16:20:44 GMT -1
The one thing i am worried about is, i don't want money being spent, just for the heck of having it, and it seems he isn't. I would rather this season, since we aren't realistictally going to finish in the play-offs, is for the players we have got, plus free transfers mould together, and to see which players we need to keep(there are plenty of youth players on the fringe we need to see, and didn't under Royle), and which need to go, and then next summer spend the money on players to strengthen the squad to launch an attack on promotion. Much like Burley did when we first got relegated from the premier league.
Anyways, that's my $.02
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 24, 2006 14:08:36 GMT -1
Your two cents! I like it!! Here's my opinion: JIM MAGILTON'S MANAGERIAL TO-DO LIST- Buy a striker, preferably young and on the cheap.
- Don't sell Sam Parkin unless the money will help us sign the next Shefki Kuqi.
- Buy another defender and/or midfielder, preferably experienced. Sylvain Legwinski would be nice.
- Stop wasting a valuable first-team slot on Dean Bowditch.
- Sell Dean Bowditch.
- Say to Dean Bowditch as he walks out the door: "Call yourself a striker? How many goals have you scored in the last 2 years?!! 1 for Wycombe in over 10 appearances at League Two level? You utter disgrace..."
- Learn to say the word "Triallist", rather than being very Irish and pronouncing it "Tray-list"...
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Post by cds on Aug 25, 2006 1:42:57 GMT -1
Buy a striker? i'm not so sure. We have Haynes and Clarke looking good, and need an extended run in the team. Unless the striker is 100% going to help, then don't bother. I don't want another Alan Lee hanging around, that guy infuriates me enough.
With regards Bowditch, i love the guy myself, just think he's confidence was blown to shreds under Royle. Shame the goal at wolves was wrongly ruled offside. Needs that bit of luck, and maybe he will go on a scoring run... i hope so anyways.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 25, 2006 9:14:52 GMT -1
Your two cents! I like it!! Here's my opinion: JIM MAGILTON'S MANAGERIAL TO-DO LIST- Buy a striker, preferably young and on the cheap.
- Don't sell Sam Parkin unless the money will help us sign the next Shefki Kuqi.
- Buy another defender and/or midfielder, preferably experienced. Sylvain Legwinski would be nice.
- Stop wasting a valuable first-team slot on Dean Bowditch.
- Sell Dean Bowditch.
- Say to Dean Bowditch as he walks out the door: "Call yourself a striker? How many goals have you scored in the last 2 years?!! 1 for Wycombe in over 10 appearances at League Two level? You utter disgrace..."
- Learn to say the word "Triallist", rather than being very Irish and pronouncing it "Tray-list"...
Watch this space. By the power of observation, I can tell you're not a very big fan of Dean Bowditch...  |
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Post by SuperBlueITFC on Aug 25, 2006 10:16:28 GMT -1
I always thought Deano was a better midfielder than a striker
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 25, 2006 11:37:12 GMT -1
Maybe. Maybe.
If he's going to be a midfielder, I'd rather he just stuck to it. There's nothing that infuriates me more than a striker not scoring goals (this goes for you too, Alan Lee - 4 goals in 6 games then you get injured and haven't bloody scored since; what did you do, break your talent-bone?!)
As for Haynes and Clarke, I rate Haynes very highly (once tipped him as the next Darren Bent!!) and I was delighted to see Clarke get his first senior Ipswich goal against Peterborough, albeit a tap-in but anyone who has the gift of being in the right place at the right time is worth having!!
I'd just like us to bring in someone who could do what Kuqi did by their career suddenly exploding to life and smacking 20 in, as much as that man may be difficult to find (here's hoping the potential arrival of Stephen Ward is the answer) - I must admit, when Lee first signed, I thought we'd found just that sort of player, but since then, I've heard one Leicester fan describe him after the game at the Walkers as "the biggest donkey I've ever seen on a football pitch"!
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 26, 2006 9:12:54 GMT -1
At least we finally have a manager who loves the club as much as the fans do. After we'd scored the second or third goal (can't remember...) yesterday, he jumped on the coaching staff and afterwards high fived them, you could see how much that win meant to him.
Wooh! ;D
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Post by SuperBlueITFC on Aug 26, 2006 12:49:38 GMT -1
Yeah hes certainly getting the players fired up as well - you could see it in their faces yesterday. And a brave decision to drop naylor paid off - ive felt he was the weak link in the defence for a while. Now as long as he can keep it goin we have a team to be reckoned with
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Post by tractakid on Aug 28, 2006 6:44:47 GMT -1
I think two seasons ago, when we finished third, was make or break. After that, we sold Bent, Kuqi, Davis etc, and were bound to finish low after that. I think its just a case of gradually building up the team, with the 'money' we have, with a few low-mid table finishes. Thats all that Jim can do.
Expect a boring few seasons.
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Post by philpoke on Aug 28, 2006 7:10:25 GMT -1
yes i think you will be ok as long as you can hold on to your good young players and not sell too many off them on like us at leeds have
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 28, 2006 14:12:06 GMT -1
AN APOLOGY - To: Mr Dean Bowditch, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Over the past 2 years since you last scored a league goal for Ipswich, I have said some rather, well, unfair things about you. Things suggesting that your recent misfortune in front of goal was due to you being an incompetent son of unmarried parents, or not having the ability to successfully strike the rear end of a certain farm animal with a popular stringed folk instrument. However, due to your honourable actions on the battlefield of Loftus Road, I feel I must offer you my most sincere apologies and pledge my support to your inclusion in the first team. Provided you continue to put round bags of air into net-covered structures this season.
I'm... er... sorry.
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[/i][/size][/td][/tr][/table] Yes, Dean "useless-bastard-couldn't-hit-a-cow's-arse-with-a-banjo" Bowditch has finally ended his goal drought and helped to seal that excellent win against QPR on Friday. I must say, that was a brilliant performance... though me living in the Midlands, not having Sky and being rather pissed off that Radio Five Live weren't covering it, I'm not in a great position to judge, but the statistics suggested we were pissing all over them! Keep it up, Town! |
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 28, 2006 14:15:50 GMT -1
Nicely done there NCA, I agree with you too, I've given him some stick over the past 2 years  |
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Aug 28, 2006 14:29:17 GMT -1
Lol! I think everyone has!
Hopefully he'll sort himself out now and start scoring loads like Jim has always had the faith in him to do so.
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 28, 2006 14:31:52 GMT -1
Let's hope so, we need someone to start firing
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Post by kjonson on Aug 28, 2006 17:38:13 GMT -1
i havent, im for once able to say I TOLD YOU SO!
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Post by cds on Aug 28, 2006 18:00:36 GMT -1
Lol! I think everyone has! Hopefully he'll sort himself out now and start scoring loads like Jim has always had the faith in him to do so. Well, let's be honest, that's 2 for him this season now |
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Aug 28, 2006 18:16:13 GMT -1
i havent, im for once able to say I TOLD YOU SO! Is this the only thing you've been optimistic about KJ?  |
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