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TomRad85

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Ipad Boro said:
On the contrary, you got nothing wrong at all in your summary.

The deluded opinion of delusion displayed on the attachment in the other hand...Dear oh dear.
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I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
 
PUSB-We_are_going_up

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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Will British GIF
 
alexccfc99

alexccfc99

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TomRad85 said:
I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
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Their progress on the pitch under Knighthead has been bang bloody average at best, they were stupid enough to fall for American hubris this summer and deluded themselves into thinking they were on for a title charge and they now look ridiculous for it

No doubt they are a better run football club these days but since their takeover on the pitch they have failed, and thus far quite miserably in my opinion
 
Ipad Boro

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TomRad85 said:
I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
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We tend to think they've been bulled up far too much. Their owners are obsessed with making powerful statements, one of which was the rank stupidity of ditching a good manager like Eustace for Rooney, just because he was a name they'd heard of. Which of course set them back 2 years in the process.

Their owners of course also have deep pockets, so it was inevitable that they'd be able to acquire the kind of players that would see them back out of League One. The only real competition they will have had in that league money-wise will have been Wrexham, but they had a stronger base to start from than Hollywood FC. Having came back up with a record hall of points, they're now tubthumping the Bejesus out of it. They've a strong squad no doubt, but that squad is nowhere near as in tune with each other as several others in this league. I suspect also that quite a few of their names have been recruited on an individual basis, rather than how they get on as a whole, following their owners ethos of buying to impress.

Understandably whilst some of their fans are realists, a decent amount of them lapped up the bullshit aspect of their owners narrative, saw how Ipswich stormed through the championship after promotion amd thought that they could with even bigger pockets, ride that wave in an even greater fashion to the promised land, where they'd then rip up trees no doubt. It didn't help either that many neutral fans seemed to think they were the side to possibly overhaul some of the parachute sides too.

Now of course it's quite apparent that things haven't turned out quite as magnificently as they'd hoped, their somewhat unbalanced squad littered with names and talented individuals not quite cutting the mustard as much as a whole as they'd hoped.
 
Mercian In Anglia

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wingy

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Ipad Boro said:
It depends where both clubs are, when getting towards the back end of Jan.

At the moment one has a possibility of autos, almost guaranteed to make the playoffs as a minimum, whereas the other has just a possibility of making the playoffs. If this continues it could be a tactical maneuvre by Ipswich, using a player who isn't a nailed on starter for them at present, to have the Blades strengthened for games against say Hull, Boro, Cov and Preston, to boost their chances in a roundabout way.

Naturally I want Ipswich to have dropped to about 4th/5th and be a nice 10 points or so adrift of 2nd by then, but I have a feeling they'll probably be still more in the mix than that, unfortunately.
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It may be to acquire someone else, the player's not happy etc etc.
 
blunted

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Ipad Boro said:
We tend to think they've been bulled up far too much. Their owners are obsessed with making powerful statements, one of which was the rank stupidity of ditching a good manager like Eustace for Rooney, just because he was a name they'd heard of. Which of course set them back 2 years in the process.

Their owners of course also have deep pockets, so it was inevitable that they'd be able to acquire the kind of players that would see them back out of League One. The only real competition they will have had in that league money-wise will have been Wrexham, but they had a stronger base to start from than Hollywood FC. Having came back up with a record hall of points, they're now tubthumping the Bejesus out of it. They've a strong squad no doubt, but that squad is nowhere near as in tune with each other as several others in this league. I suspect also that quite a few of their names have been recruited on an individual basis, rather than how they get on as a whole, following their owners ethos of buying to impress.

Understandably whilst some of their fans are realists, a decent amount of them lapped up the bullshit aspect of their owners narrative, saw how Ipswich stormed through the championship after promotion amd thought that they could with even bigger pockets, ride that wave in an even greater fashion to the promised land, where they'd then rip up trees no doubt. It didn't help either that many neutral fans seemed to think they were the side to possibly overhaul some of the parachute sides too.

Now of course it's quite apparent that things haven't turned out quite as magnificently as they'd hoped, their somewhat unbalanced squad littered with names and talented individuals not quite cutting the mustard as much as a whole as they'd hoped.
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Birmingham and Wrexham both have the Ron Atkinson approach to recruitment. Names and players who individually are good but don't gel or seem to fit together to form a coherent whole. Shame (parp).
 
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Depending on the point deduction stuff there could be a real fire sale, Monga, Fatawu, Skipp etc.
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It seems they need to go up this season or are in serious financial problems. They have already mortgaged the last of their Prem money before the season started to keep going this season and are stuck with players that cost them a lot and on big wages they can't shift.

Oh how the mighty fall 😂
 
Nuskyblue

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covcity4life said:
I'm not sure what they expected but I personally thought they would be in playoff race rather than straight to autos
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There exactly where you'd expect.

Give them a competent striker and they'd be bothering the autos. If they don't go up this season I can see them challenging for the top 2...
 
covcity4life

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Nuskyblue said:
There exactly where you'd expect.

Give them a competent striker and they'd be bothering the autos. If they don't go up this season I can see them challenging for the top 2...
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Yeah you would expect that but the hope is that I read they might not be able to keep spending freely if they don't go up this season?
 
Ipad Boro

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covcity4life said:
They are bang in playoff race not sure why some fans are trying to delude themselves that they are having a nightmare season
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Eveey man and his dog is bang in the playoffs race tbf, aside from those in the relegation mix/pulling away.
Unless there's a serious shake up with results, there won't be such a thing as a club having a "boring midtable season" until the last game or two.
 
bigfatronssba

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Ipad Boro said:
Eveey man and his dog is bang in the playoffs race tbf, aside from those in the relegation mix/pulling away.
Unless there's a serious shake up with results, there won't be such a thing as a club having a "boring midtable season" until the last game or two.
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I’d be quite happy for both of us to have a “boring” season from March onwards
 
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