reddoh Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I can’t be arsed to watch it. He’s living rent free in my head, that’s enough for me BigHead? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, CyderInACan said: Bellend or Visionary? Reading this quickly I thought that MA's name was going to be on their home and away kit! Edited June 16, 2022 by downendcity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 32 minutes ago, downendcity said: Reading this quickly I thought that MA's name was going to be on their home and away kit! Would you put it past him!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniro Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 hours ago, CyderInACan said: Quite. It’s corporate horseshit. And poorly crafted horseshit, at that. Did you not listen to what he said? He says quite clearly that it's not just any old corporate slogan - it actually runs through the whole football club - because they're owned by a lot of old Arizona firemen. Do keep up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Bonkey Dollocks said: He’ll be running towards the Botox clinic mid season. It's the anthem Kate Bush wishes she'd written. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 4 hours ago, CyderInACan said: Bellend or Visionary? My god, it almost looks as if he believes his own bullshit ! If only he could suck himself off, you'd never see him again. He's doing the full on U.S. tv evangelizer schtick, you can see the earnestness seeping out of every sweaty pore.............WE are the one true club, and I am the one true way ! 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Davefevs said: I can’t be arsed to watch it. He’s living rent free in my head, that’s enough for me Dave You have to watch it seriously Id recommend having a bucket nearby , and I’ll have a bet with you less than 30 seconds to mutter an expletive It’s therapeutic - every time he appears I’m more and more relieved that he’s nowhere near our club anymore And what suckers Steve & Jon Lansdowns were 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 6 hours ago, CyderInACan said: Bellend or Visionary? Bellend, of course! What did he say? I could only listen for 40 seconds, luckily most of that was a big sigh… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: My god, it almost looks as if he believes his own bullshit ! If only he could suck himself off, you'd never see him again. He's doing the full on U.S. tv evangelizer schtick, you can see the earnestness seeping out of every sweaty pore.............WE are the one true club, and I am the one true way ! It’ll be grape flavor-aid at half time next… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebristolred Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Northern Red said: Was just about to say I'd heard it here, I think it might have been LJ rather than him though. He did a podcast with Ipswich fans nearly a year ago, which is titled 'Running towards adversity', quoted from him. This is definitely a Mark Ashton/David Brent-pushed idea . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Constant Rabbit Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Utter sociopath. His career will not end the way he thinks it will. He actual reminds me of 'Dexter'. And not in a good way. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, nebristolred said: He did a podcast with Ipswich fans nearly a year ago, which is titled 'Running towards adversity', quoted from him. This is definitely a Mark Ashton/David Brent-pushed idea . Well we know what Ashton’s auto biography will be called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Sheltons Army said: Dave You have to watch it seriously Id recommend having a bucket nearby , and I’ll have a bet with you less than 30 seconds to mutter an expletive It’s therapeutic - every time he appears I’m more and more relieved that he’s nowhere near our club anymore And what suckers Steve & Jon Lansdowns were “Who we represent…..” - a Pension fund. Eff me, he’s lost the plot. Ipswich Town FC don’t represent a US Pension Fund, they represent Ipswich, the Town, the Football Club. The bloke is completely caught up in thinking he’s smarter than he is. This has topped anything he’s ever said in his time with us. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 I managed to last to 1.12 minutes, the wonderful Brent at his best only this isn’t meant to be funny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZepperin Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 8 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: It's the anthem Kate Bush wishes she'd written. With all the rambling references to policemen and firemen, plus his fantasies at City about being a builder, I'm picking up more of a Village People vibe here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZepperin Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 So, if anyone manages to sit through the whole video, please can they confirm that MA has actually launched a whole vision, mission, values, behaviours and slogan campaign at ITFC but has only managed to come up with the slogan, which he says is not a slogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desso Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Can't wait to see him do the dance 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Head Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Running On Empty might be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 hours ago, Daniro said: Did you not listen to what he said? He says quite clearly that it's not just any old corporate slogan - it actually runs through the whole football club - because they're owned by a lot of old Arizona firemen. Do keep up. That is still a pretty tenuous link though, isn’t it? I mean Newcastle are now owned by the Saudis but you don’t see them having “chop the arms off of all shoplifters” on their kit, do you? Likewise Man City, not a single sign there of “homophobic slave state”? Can’t bring myself to watch a second of it, I know the damage he did & we still pay for (hello, Kasey Palmer) so despite what those in Suffolk might want to believe, I really do want to try & move on now. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Thanks to the brave souls who went before, I was prepared. It was tough, but I made it all the way through. So, thoughts? I don't think he mentioned the fans, even though he mentions "the people we represent " several times. I don't think, he mentions local community , when he says the owners care about the community , I took how he said that to be those who's money fund the club through their Pensions. The phrase makes complete sense, when he mentions Police and Firemen's Pensions being involved, their lives involve going "towards adversity", but on a football shirt thousands of miles away it's just another Corporate Buzzword or phrase. If I was an Ipswich fan, I'd be pissed off. Do they even get a second thought ? As for the people with Pensions with the owners, I'd be worried. Making a profit through Football ownership is rare. Always remember the old quote; How do you make a small fortune from owning a Football Club ? Start with a big fortune. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 The subtext of what he is saying is the franchise model - a club should represent an owner and be moved wherever a local community is able to afford it and then it will will do community work where it is. if I was an Ipswich fan I would be incredibly concerned by this video. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Thanks to the brave souls who went before, I was prepared. It was tough, but I made it all the way through. So, thoughts? I don't think he mentioned the fans, even though he mentions "the people we represent " several times. I don't think, he mentions local community , when he says the owners care about the community , I took how he said that to be those who's money fund the club through their Pensions. The phrase makes complete sense, when he mentions Police and Firemen's Pensions being involved, their lives involve going "towards adversity", but on a football shirt thousands of miles away it's just another Corporate Buzzword or phrase. If I was an Ipswich fan, I'd be pissed off. Do they even get a second thought ? As for the people with Pensions with the owners, I'd be worried. Making a profit through Football ownership is rare. Always remember the old quote; How do you make a small fortune from owning a Football Club ? Start with a big fortune. Probably be better to link local emergency services instead of a pension fund miles away. Could still reference it as the initial focus but then link it to Ipswich itself, people will get on board with it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 hours ago, slartibartfast said: If only he could suck himself off, you'd never see him again. Nor me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Actually, I think ‘running towards adversity’ is a very good slogan for ‘investment’ in a third tier football club. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: Nor me. I'm sure if you ask him nicely... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 The slogan doesn't even make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRed Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 "Running clubs towards financial adversity"... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 There is a lot of "I" in the clip, and "we", but you get the feeling even though he says we, he means I. Its all about him, me, me, me. Very dangerous to have that amount of control and power in one person who is just a very convincing salesman, if you are open to being manipulated. Other than that I agree with comments others have said and believe we are in a much better place not having his influences at our club. I too think that LJ maybe got caught up in his bullshit,.Someone let MA get too powerful and LJ got in too deep and then he lost his way. I'm not saying LJ would have been any more successful if MA wasn't pulling his and everyone else's strings, but I bet if he had the chance to do it all again here he would have done things differently. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, RiverRed said: "Running clubs towards financial adversity"... Anyone in Ipswich aware of the adversity he left us in? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 No way I'm watching today, it's way to hot to be getting wound up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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