Lorenzos Only Goal

Many things make a good ground for me, modern grounds need to be clean with good facilities and not a soulless bowl. But then Port Vale for example is a tatty ground but full of character. Good atmosphere, history etc. So it depends for me.

Love the boy, he was amazing for us, remember the praise he got from pep.

He is ours, we loaned him back to Derby

Haydon Roberts has been outstanding in some games. He's got an eye for turning defensive play into offensive play which is a massive asset. And he's got a wicked pass on him. He really makes me want us to play a back three so we can accommodate all our decent CB. But I also like a good back four setup as well. I think Naismith can push into midfield but he's got frustrating availability. He's got so many good attacking attributes, but he's fragile now which is unlucky.

The other thing I would add is our recruitment has been good in bringing in decent players, what we also have is a bunch of raw players with plenty of potential that are in or around the first team that the academy is developing combined with a couple of development punts Stokes and Murphy. So we don't need nearly there signings blocking their pathway, they need to stand out and lift the side.

I think you have to be more brutal, He's not stood out. He's done ok, but he's not a marked improvement. Given that he's likely to command a high wage and a significant fee. It should be a no!

Aww goodie, more skewed income to the big boys who've dropped from the premier league. Stupid IMHO.

I'm glad you lot can't stand stoke as much as me would be delighted if that happened.

**** me sideways, you keep banging on about equitable yet you in this very post compare the premier league with the championship. 0.85 points per game would have got you relegated 10 out of the last 10 seasons from the championship. You call people out for one thing then do it yourself.

Look you've clearly called into question someone's assertion that over certain 14 games that it was relegation form. It clearly was 0.85 points per game is a pretty big cause for concern. You've then conflated that with the notion of bookies form guides which I provided you link for that explains they're way more random than that, so an actual window of a 14 game run is appalling as it's more than 1/4 of a season, it ended our playoff hopes and allowed a fair few teams to leapfrog us. Yet your obsessed with calling someone a liar because you think the bookies view on form is best, right?

Now I think you're just gaslighting people.

FML it is a proposition, "for example," Now I know what I'm dealing with, just an argumentative individual that doesn't read posts properly.

I'm fine with people using 14 games as a sample size and being worried about it. It's statically significant especially when the return is 0.85 PPG. When you talk about the recent uptick in form the previous it's far more probable that you're following a 1.2 PPG path than 2.2 PPG using a window of 18 vs 6. You then compound that with performances if you think Cardiff for example was great or Okay then you're very much at odds with opinion and then combine that with results people are rightly worried. The win and manor of the win is greatly appreciated but it's meaningless now, based on our season being toast.

The truth is, bookies build form tables on 6 results be made there is a large error margin baked in, and people get suckered in and they make money. The truth is this is called a "hot hand fallacy" and invariably is more psychology than statistics. https://medium.com/@deepgreenanalytics/the-illusion-of-form-an-empirical-analysis-of-the-premier-league-930299eaa92a

Yeah when you win the last 6 games of the season and get relegated because you averages 0.6 PPG for the preceding 38 games. I expect you to suitably outraged. People have been rightly concerned that until recently our form has been awful proper shit, 0.85 ppg from Christmas until Easter left a lot of fans with a very bitter taste. A few wins barely changes the fact our form since Christmas puts us in a bad place next year if it were to carry over.

Two games isn't form, is it? Compared to 14 games where we took less than a point per game, this is awful. In the last 18, we were on 1.2 points per game because of the uptick in form, but that is still less than average. Over the season, we're at 1.3 ppg. I'd like to see us picking up 1.5+ ppg. That gives us a good season plus a chance of the playoffs if we can edge towards 1.6/1.7; for reference, 2+ ppg is top-4 form.

I agree with you if, for example, if Pearson was underperforming; however, Manning was almost immediately in a better position than his predecessor and with the same group of players.

If you assume the starting position is terrible (we did have a short-term injury crisis), you need to give the new manager some time. Still, in this instance, his position was almost immediately better than his predecessor, and most fans were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in not tarring him with any responsibility for the nature of Pearson's exit. That said, he had an indifferent run, combined with a decent cup run, followed by some horrible form for 14 games and this current uptick, combined with a very iffy/pointless expenditure of money on Mabude. I'm very nervous about giving him a budget and a preseason, allowing him to shape the squad; after the Cardiff game, I would have fired his ass if I'm honest, that said if he stays, I'll judge his impact after the first ten games of next season, as with no pressure its hard to tell what the current mindset of the players is. Would you let Jon know I would like a free season ticket for my Nephew cheers ?

Emotionally, I just can't bring myself to want any kind of success for Ashton, especially after the mess he left here.

Hay, I want Ipswich to finish in the playoffs to avoid an egg on my end-of-season prediction that they would be lucky not to drop out of the playoffs.

Me too, I don't think some people realise that your view of a manager can change over time though. If he were to show signs of learning and growing next season Personally I'm still in the very worried camp, but if we have a shaky start and start picking up good results I'll be ok. But next season I really want to see us punching at a solid top half finish, all the signs right now is we will be bobbling around 10 places off where I'd like us to be, and that's not the play offs.

Yes I mean the previous 14 games were only relegation form 0.85 points per game nothing to worry about, it was all rosy if you wanted to play league one football next season. Add in recent results and yay well done your a bottom end table side 1.2 points per game 55 points and mid table... I'm over the moon with that. So yes just enough to keep his job, and I'll judge him after ten games next season, and a full preseason. However the signs are not good that we're going to be punching anything other than mid table.

So was the football

If only it was a few bad results, it was lots and it ended our season in effect. He's probably done enough to save himself from the chop this season. I'll give you a verdict after the first 10 games of next season. I'm still in the camp that he can be exceptionally naive as a manager from what I've seen this season. The game today though must be in the context of Blackburn are screwed.

Been celebrating Eid all day.