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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
looks very much like we will be playing the tractor boys next season ROTF.

Looks very much like we won't!

Although I believe we are entering a tag team for the WWE Wrestling next year!

Mark

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Originally posted by Chillkram:

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
looks very much like we will be playing the tractor boys next season ROTF.

Looks very much like we won't!

Although I believe we are entering a tag team for the WWE Wrestling next year!

Mark

Mark - I still think you'll be there. You play much better football than Leeds for example.

My son was 2 this month and he is a hammer not a happy hammer .the good old times have gone ,what has he got to look forword to more doom and gloom

Well met gentlemen!

Not being a visitor to the Cell that often, it was pure coincidence that this thread was highlighted at the forum entry screen. Ah the glory and majesty that is the mighty Town, those happy days at Portman Road....

As James might have guessed from our earlier corespondence on the glories of East Anglia, I'm also an Ipswich Town fan, albeit some 12,000kms away. I was lucky enough though to see the Suffolk Punch play when I was in England in September last year. I was staying at Richmond so it was a three hour trip across London and Essex. The ground was glorious, as good as my last visit in 96, the sun was shining, they had my size shirt in the supporters shop, I had a good seat in the Green King Stand, all was set for a marvellous afternoon's entertainment. And then we played West Brom at home....

Needless to say in the pub after the game, whilst drinking a few of the aforementioned Greene Kings I wasn't as ebullient as previously. Worse, when I finally trudged back to Richmond around 12ish my partner already knew the score and greeted me with a "Pretty crap team there!" I swear that was grounds for divorce right there and then!

Still as long as we beat the Budgies and get promted to our rightful division, all is right with the world!

yours in Blue,

Giles

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Originally posted by ROTF:
We're still concentrating on the cup.

Yeah, right....

James

PS Great to hear from you again, Giles. Glad you're one of the righteous brothers too...

Happier days...

As everybody knows I never say anything bad about referees and I'm not going to break that tradition for a referee as inept and totally useless as Mr Bennett.

We outplayed Watford for 85 minutes - hit the bar twice, forced some excellent saves from their keeper and scored a perfectly good goal. However, even with the spirit we showed it was not possible for our 10-men to hold out against the 12 men of Watford. I'm sorry but we was robbed.

Now I'm the first to condemn an Ipswich Town player ejected from the game, but the dismissal George O'Callaghan was ludicrous: one of the worst decisions I have seen in 46 years of watching football. George was clattered by the Watford player and simply made an effort to get up as quickly as he could and unbelievably he was sent off. Surely the FA will examine Mr Bennett's conduct and save other teams from having to endure this man. I would hope George does not get a ban - an apology would be more appropriate.

No criticism of Watford from me - they are a nice club; they are just very very lucky to be in the FA Cup quarter-finals and. in fairness to Ade Boothroyd, admitted as much.

Danny Haynes was clearly on-side when the shot came in from Dan Harding plus it took it deflection from a Watford player. Danny was just quickest to react. It should have been a goal.

Smith looked offside to me when he received the ball to set-up their goal.

The fact that we outplayed a premiership team, despite the uneven odds, is at least some comfort. If we can play like this for the rest of the season surely we'll pick up some points in the Championship: provided, of course, we don't get Mr Bennett as referee again. Shades of Clive Thomas I think.

I really thought this was our year - only goes to show how wrong you can be.

Good luck to Watford in the quarter finals all the same - but personally, I'd like to see Plymouth win it.

Giles

Nice to hear from you.

Lets hope we can salvage something from the season - I think Jim's doing a great job with virtually no money available. We'll get better.

All the best, Rotf

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Originally posted by ROTF:
but personally, I'd like to see Plymouth win it.

Go on Ollie!

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Originally posted by JWM:
Happier days...

Nice picture James - BTW that's me in the corner behind the goal.

I thought as the last team to win at Wembley (superb play-off final against the Tykes) that we were going to be the first at the new Wembley - however, it wasn't to be.

Dear all,

thanks for the warm welcome to this small corner of the forum that will forever be Ipswich Town.

Yes, we was robbed, mugged actually by a man in black!

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I thought as the last team to win at Wembley (superb play-off final against the Tykes) that we were going to be the first at the new Wembley - however, it wasn't to be.

We'll still have a chance - after all it is an Australian company building it, so completion by May is by no means guaranteed!

Bluely yours,

Giles

Well I couldn't get there tonight to join the 20,000+ who saw us fall deeper in to trouble as we lost to Wolves - surely we should expect to beat teams like Wolves. 22 shots at goal according to the match stats and we still couldn't score - they apparently had 5 and one sneaked in. Only 7 points between us and the drop - we really aren't that bad, but the table tells its own story.

Some good news is the FA have over-ruled Steve Bennett regarding Saturday's cup match - George O'Callaghan should not have been sent off, not even booked. It was just plain awful refereeing, but it cost us a place in the quarter-finals and possibly the ultimate. I hope Steve Bennett never referees another Town match; hopefully the FA will suspend him from further matches this season.

Oh bloody hell... I'm feeling Eeyorish enough as it is, without this... it doesn't help...

James

Chins up, we're not as bad as Leeds (yet)

Another decent performance - another poor result. We gave them a free header in front of goal in the first minute and spent the rest of the game trying to fight our way back into the game - we came close several times - notably Jon Walters and Alex Bruce, but it wasn't to be. George B was in no mood to help his old favourites out, nor was Kelvin Davis who was back to his best goal-keeping form.

We haven't got the depth of squad that Southampton have got - they had Pele on the bench.

Next up QPR (sorry Mark), Hull and Southend - three must-win games if we are going to stay in the championship - I hope Jim's concentrating on the fundamentals in training: putting the ball in the net.

Hate to say it, but I have an awful feeling about how this season will end - please let me be wrong!

Ok ...can I have your kind permission sir's to be your token smug Mackem this weekend

..............?

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Originally posted by Jet Johnson:
Ok ...can I have your kind permission sir's to be your token smug Mackem this weekend

..............?

If you don't need all the points you keep amassing, please can we have some.

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Originally posted by ROTF:

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Originally posted by Jet Johnson:
Ok ...can I have your kind permission sir's to be your token smug Mackem this weekend

..............?

If you don't need all the points you keep amassing, please can we have some.

..If we could still go up fine!

Seriously it's a bummer to see how far Ipswich have fallen (is it any consolation to see the canaries below you?)I guess like us the answer is somewhat obvious ....you need a benefactor ..there's little Magilton or anyone else could do with so little dosh around.
..Let's face it Keane wouldn't have come to us without the Irish consortium to back his plans

Bobby Robson (like Niall Quinn) must have made a few rich contacts over his years in the game - any mileaqe there?

I was wondering if anybody had any comment on this story on the BBC re our beloved Town.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/6387577.stm
The article states:

Ipswich cautious on buy-out talk

Ipswich are looking for investment
Ipswich are refusing to deny reports that the Championship club are set to hold talks with a mystery consortium about a possible buy-out.
BBC Radio Suffolk reports that such a plan would involve the transfer of more than £30m of debt from Town's books.

In a statement, Ipswich said: "We are in constant dialogue with our lenders.

"We have commented many times on record that we are continuing to explore possible solutions to the ongoing debt burden and this remains the case."

This possibly could lead to a "benefactor" of the kind Jet refers to!

Yours in Blue,

Giles

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Originally posted by ROTF:

Next up QPR (sorry Mark).....must-win game if we are going to stay in the championship

Same for us ROTF. It's looking bad and I can't see us taking anything from you. Just 3 wins in 18 is relegation form in anyone's language.

Mark

Are we saved?

http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~990388,00.html