hi guys,
as you may have guessed im a loyal hammer but have a soft spot for ipswich and just wanted to wish you the best of luck for the new season and hope you get back to the top flight where you belong. a lot of my relatives live in the suffolk area and therefore support the tractor boys, i was also saddened by the recent loss of john lyall who im sure you are aware of his connection to the hammers and ipswich. i loved the man a perfect gentleman in every way just like sir bobby robson.
i also have found the ipswich fans very friendly and welcoming in the local pubs before games and shared a few laughs along the way.
anyway as i said earlier all the best.
regards, scottyhammer

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
hi guys,
as you may have guessed im a loyal hammer but have a soft spot for ipswich and just wanted to wish you the best of luck for the new season and hope you get back to the top flight where you belong. a lot of my relatives live in the suffolk area and therefore support the tractor boys, i was also saddened by the recent loss of john lyall who im sure you are aware of his connection to the hammers and ipswich. i loved the man a perfect gentleman in every way just like sir bobby robson.
i also have found the ipswich fans very friendly and welcoming in the local pubs before games and shared a few laughs along the way.
anyway as i said earlier all the best.
regards, scottyhammer

Many thanks - we try to be a friendly bunch. It was very sad when John Lyall was lost - he did a lot for the club and we won the old second divison (now the Championship, of course) with him at the helm.

Good luck to you too in the new season - you have a EUFA cup run to look forward to as well, they are great fun.

We'll get better - great goal by Fozzie, but we lost out in the second half to a very strong Palace side.

There were some good moments, but some rather ordinary defending at times and too many mistakes. We can't afford such errors when playing a team who will be up at the top of the division.

However, for me the game was overshadowed by the news about Sir Bobby - I hope he'll recover. There's been too much sad news this year - so please get well soon Sir Bobby.

Rotf

First, wishing Sir Bobby a speedy recovery. He really has been through the mill, let's hope he has no further trouble.

Unexpected win for the Palace. Ipswich play good football and I anticipate they will be in the shake up at the end.

Peter Taylor has his work cut out at Palace, having the orange knob for a chairman won't help.

Steve.

There was no way Dean Bowditch's goal was offside - it came off the Wolves defender. The ref was a joke - he didn't do Wolves any favours either.

Hmmm - I'm OK now.

2 games no points - the only way is up! (Please)

Things can only get better.

rotf,
dont panic just yet its early days! keep the cool son, it will be ok. keep the faith!
where would us hammers be if we all panicked after 2 games!!
regards, scotty

Well it's Hull on Saturday - I hope it won't be another Hell.

I thought we were unlucky against the Wolves and quite dismal against Leicester.

Still it looks like a 6 pointer to me and I've noticed that if Hull were called 'Ull then they'd be bottom

23 Hull Played 3 GD -4 Points 0
24 Ipswich Played 3 GD -4 Points 0

C'mon Jim sort it out.

A noble signing

BTW, Sam Parkin seems to be on his way

yeah but dont forget hes only on loan to you so look after him we want him back. he is a class player, i think he will do very well there.
scotty

i hear sir bobby has got to have a brain tumor op, well i and many other fans wish him all the best and a quick recovery.
regards, scotty

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
i hear sir bobby has got to have a brain tumor op, well i and many other fans wish him all the best and a quick recovery.
regards, scotty

Absolutely.

We got a point. We are not bottom any more. We kept a clean sheet. Mark Noble had an excellent debut. The team improved markedly when Danny Haynes and Darren Currie came on. Well best to start with all the good things.

I was not so impressed with our other new loanee though, Walton, but he was not alone in disappointing - Alex Bruce, Alan Lee and Gavin Williams all seemed a bit short on pace and ideas - annoying when Fabian Wilnis, Dean Bowditch, Darren Currie and Danny Haynes were on the bench.

However, Lewis Price looked the part in goal - hope that change is how it's going to stay.

I didn't understand the tactic to play with nobody on the left hand side and kick long balls towards the corner flag on the right hand side - it may have worked for John Beck's Cambridge United, but it didn't work for us. Jamie Peters played well, but expecting him to out-jump three markers who towered over him was a tall order.

The Hull suuporters were great BTW and sung their support throughout - the atmosphere was really very good considering the positions of both sides.

Lastly, I noticed West Ham were really impressive and will be challenging at the top of the Premiership I'm sure; I really don't see why the 'ammers need Mark Noble - so please can we keep him, at least till the end of the season. West Ham can have Gavin Williams back by all means.

rotf, you can do all the sweet talking you like but we will bring him back, i dont know why whu loaned noble out in the first place! but now hes at ipswich for experience then i cant see him returning unless bowyer gets injured (who was excellent on sat)
please let me know how he rates game to game.
enjoy your footie and im sure the tractor boys will improve now.
regards, scotty

Next up the Posh in the league cup - it's a tough one, but I'm hopeful.

Latest signing: Martin Brittain - I know he's a winger.

Thriller at London Road - sorry I missed it, 2-2 with the Posh and then out on penalties 4-2. That means we can concentrate on the league, of course.

Good luck to Peterborough - I expect they are favourites to win the league cup now

congrats to watford on giving us a stern test, and to be honest i thought they did enough to win!
but im a happy hammer 4 pts from 2 games isnt a bad start.
scotty

Doh!
Told you ROTF, I go away for the first couple of weeks of the Season. Ignorance is bliss. Here's hoping the only way really is up. And all the best to Sir Bobby.
James