Lanterne Rouge Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 6 hours ago, glynriley said: If Leeds stay down, we're effectively -6 points at the start of the season... -12 if Birmingham stay up as well........................................ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 51 minutes ago, johnbytheriver said: Yet another team that has leap-frogged us without breaking sweat! Been there before , dropped down the pyramid and got back there again. The cycle will probably happen all over again before we have a sniff at promotion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 On 01/05/2024 at 09:17, Olé said: I would have thought that rather than crediting this all to better ownership and control of Mark Ashton, the more obvious reason is they've simply got a generationally very good young manager and are all being carried along for the ride. Do we really think Mark Ashton, his brother in law, and the other assorted rabble that left us in a mess suddenly turned into masterminds behind Ipswich's rise. Hardly wheeling and dealing either he's sold one player for money in 2 years. Also post-promotion winning habit is a thing. Early April 2008 GJ had us top of the Championship on 70 points (win remaining games and we'd finish on 82 and promoted). Add in McKenna's quality and the 10 more points is not unrealistic. Thing is, according to an Ipswich fan on here, the appointment of McKenna was 100 % down to Ashton, given free rein to go out and pick someone; whereas here he feels it necessary to appoint Lee Johnson and Dean 'Deano' Holden, ffs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC31 Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 1 hour ago, Bristol Oil Services said: Thing is, according to an Ipswich fan on here, the appointment of McKenna was 100 % down to Ashton, given free rein to go out and pick someone; whereas here he feels it necessary to appoint Lee Johnson and Dean 'Deano' Holden, ffs. Lee Johnson was steve lansdowns appointment. There is the problem ... the lansdowns nothing will ever change with those prats pulling all the strings. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgrsimon Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 On 01/05/2024 at 18:58, Lanterne Rouge said: -12 if Birmingham stay up as well........................................ Our record against Luton since they came up from L1 isn't great either, although we did beat them last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Looks like sky have snubbed the ipswich game to show leeds v saints and brum v Norwich instead ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 16 hours ago, BCFC31 said: Lee Johnson was steve lansdowns appointment. There is the problem ... the lansdowns nothing will ever change with those prats pulling all the strings. Yeah, thanks .... that's what I was saying, "it was Steve Lansdown," but without saying "it was Steve Lansdown," trying to find another way to say the same thing. Ashton under Lansdown appoints LJ and Deano, and they go on to coach at a lower level, downwards, with no success; Ashton free of Lansdown appoints McKenna who's coaching career takes off, spectacularly. Even Steve Lansdown himself cannot fail to recognise the problem here now, and what is holding us back. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 01/05/2024 at 16:31, Davefevs said: Good football administrator Recruitment (in / out) Some may question the recruitment out bit, but between him, the board and LJ, they didn’t use the money well, and I very much suspect MA saw transfer profit / P&L directly reflected in his CEO remuneration, ie a conflict of interests / vested interest in trading players, when that might not have been the right thing to do. I think they put monetary value first before playing value to the team. It was all about player trading, a fav term of SLs, above and beyond their suitability for the squad. That’s what IT appear to have focused on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 30 minutes ago, The Humble Realist said: Looks like sky have snubbed the ipswich game to show leeds v saints and brum v Norwich instead ! It's on sky sports main event, no chance they were going to snub it. They usually show 3 games on the last day of the season if there is multiple teams in the promotion/relegation race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 4 minutes ago, Mr Hankey said: It's on sky sports main event, no chance they were going to snub it. They usually show 3 games on the last day of the season if there is multiple teams in the promotion/relegation race. Ah the sky sports app must be wrong then as the other two games are listed there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Something ironic about Birmingham v Norwich being on Sky Sports Premier League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, The Humble Realist said: Looks like sky have snubbed the ipswich game to show leeds v saints and brum v Norwich instead ! You mean Stoke versus City isn't being televised!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 It’s laughable that Sky have chosen to televise Leeds over Ipswich. If roles were reversed they would have televised………Leeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Humble Realist said: Ah the sky sports app must be wrong then as the other two games are listed there It's here: 1 hour ago, Numero Uno said: It’s laughable that Sky have chosen to televise Leeds over Ipswich. If roles were reversed they would have televised………Leeds. They are showing both Edited May 3 by Mr Hankey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Mr Hankey said: It's here: They are showing both My mistake. That would have been mental otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 I`m surprised they aren`t showing Plymouth v Hull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 8 hours ago, Redrascal2 said: You mean Stoke versus City isn't being televised!!! One of the lads on The Second Tier was jokingly complaining that he wanted our game televised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 To all those that said it couldn’t be done by an American owned pension fund and be thankful we have a local owner who cares…………. Got the answer today!!! 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) City mid table again, Ashton and all his cronies promoted to the prem, Szmodics finishing championship top scorer. What a day for the board. Edited May 4 by petehinton 1 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 10 minutes ago, petehinton said: City mid table again, Ashton and all his cronies promoted to the prem, Szmodics finishing championship top scorer. What a day for the board. Just wait till Pearson gets appointed as next Plymouth manager and signs James and Williams on frees then appoints King as coach. Watch them finish higher than us next season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) Their injury record has been abnormally good. To key players. Edited May 4 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 “bE caRfUL wHAt You WiSH fOr” …….yeh, i wish for a competent owner or chairman that could of worked properly with Ashton and enjoyed the success he obviously could bring if kept in check…..not some tax dodging exile and a bloke who puts crayons in his sandwich……Thank **** it’s over for a few months. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 On the radio they said "Ipswich Gown have been promoted to the Premier League and there is only one man that deserves all the credit for it" and I was certain they was going to say Mark Ashton 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 On Ipswich I don't want to go on but they inherited and handed over a good financial position post Evans Nothing like for us, nothing like whatsoever. We nearly were ruined (in FFP terms). Their injury record? Abnormally good considering some of the player ages etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: On Ipswich I don't want to go on but they inherited and handed over a good financial position post Evans Nothing like for us, nothing like whatsoever. We nearly were ruined (in FFP terms). Their injury record? Abnormally good considering some of the player ages etc. We could of done exactly the same the season we came up with Cotterill FFP wise, but the board thought better of it. Fair play to Ipswich. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Just now, Mr Hankey said: We could of done exactly the same the season we came up with Cotterill FFP wise, but the board thought better of it. Fair play to Ipswich. Fair points although the pedant in me points out that the rules were different then but there were no points deductions for breaches so could've gone either way. The Rule changes seem to catch us at bad times..it was 1 year £13m loss plus Allowables but the following season snapped into 3 Year Losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Still a *** but fair play to him and Ipswich 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) They've pulled a 1 in a 20 chance season IMO. Of course credit is due but so very much will have gone their way in a big picture sense. Not churlish but there is a bit of both. Edited May 4 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Superb stuff. Well deserved 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevedon Red Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 Can we now close this thread down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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