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Sky linking us with Bristol City keeper Max O'leary along with Derby and Qpr. Has 6 months left on his contract

You've summed it up perfectly there in three and a bit lines. For me there's simply no point in wasting time and money actively following a Club whose only goal is to be "sustainable" (Pasha) or which says in February/ March when you're in the play off positions that the goal for the season was never actually making them but planning for the following season. All allowed by owners with no interest who couldnt care less.

It is strange that Gueye was kept around when the manager clearly doesn't rate him whatsoever and we had an Arab club looking to buy him for, I assume, more than we got for Leonard. If the manager didn't rate either, at least Leonard was young enough to have the potential to improve. I find it really hard to imagine that Leonard wouldn't have been getting some game time recently (even without his apparent improvement this season) whilst Gueye has been nowhere to be seen. I guess the reasons are that Gueye wasn't as out of favour with the manager at that time, as he was given some minutes earlier in the season, during which Ismael has clearly decided he has had enough. Well, between that and the alleged lack of application during training which I think meant he wasn't selected as a point of principle more than anything. In hindsight, we definitely should have sold Gueye and kept Leonard. But if you look at last season, Gueye contributed more than Leonard did so I can see why the decision was made how it was at the time. It has turned out to be the wrong one though.

Buckley got pelters but he'd be much better in that "10" position than anything we have in the club at the moment imo. His better performances were always when played higher and asked to pinch the ball back JRC at wing back, potential, but his lack of pace would have made him suffer in an Ismael system, where basically you are required to run more than you are required to play football. Leonard could have been given another year for me. But again, I reckon he'd have broke down in an Ismael team, where rotation does not exist and the effort required is enormous. We have a much worse team than last year, no doubt. I can't think of a single player who has improved what came before him. Alebiosu is a good signing but on a par with Brittain. Gudjohnsen is a good signing but we have had better. The only thing I can say about Gudjohnsen is that he would have scored a stupid amount of goals under JDT imo. We were carving teams open at times and putting that ball into the danger area with few people to get on the end of it. JDT was crying out for a Gudjohnsen and, as always with Venky FC, it came years after we needed it

Yes, but for us to be able to do that with any real mandate, the boycott must be a success. If it isnt then Pasha will claim we are the minority so no need to recognise us and reply. This is the crooks of the strategy but it is very difficult for many to understand that. Keep hearing" they already have my money" and " what will one game do?"

Which is why we couldn't pick the Wednesday match for boycott

So what's your solution? Give up and do nothing?

I'm not convinced. His technical ability is decent but his speed of thought and decision making is incredibly poor. Presume he was brought in to replace Buckley, but he's a far inferior player to Bucko. I'd have him back in a heartbeat over the dross signed in the summer. Same goes for JRC (better than Tavares/TGH) and Leonard (better than Gueye who should have been shipped out over Leonard in the summer). Such poor decision making at the club all round.

Nail, hammer, head.

Just seen the free Wednesday tickets for the rematch. (Those who previously bought) wonder if any turn up

"Whilst there's eleven players in blue and white on the swamp". Very good!

2-0 and another humbling defeat. Yet still there won't be talk of relegation within the local media or at the club itself. Nothing to see here.

That's not scary. It's terrifying.

I dont doubt if VI left that he would be replaced by someone currently out of work - the question is could another out of work Coach possibly do any worse than this one (who was also out of work when we acquired him) Im still struggling to see how anyone could. Perhaps people like winning at home 4x per season or scoring twice every six hundred and odd minutes or something.

Unfortunately, he soon will be.

We'll score nil, just a question of if/how many Ipswich score "Exciting times" indeed.

Gueye last season 2186 minutes/6 goals Gudjohnsen this season 1225 minutes/7 goals Doesn't matter at all about whether he started or came on, they are still minutes on the pitch, but for the record, of his 44 league appearances in 24/25 he started 23 and came on as sub 21. I wish him well, but he wasn't good enough for us.

Not wishing to defend the owners but Pasha doesnt live 5000 miles away nor the Head Coach who said they could fix the pitch in lieu of signing players. The Club is rotten to the core.

The usual. Identifying players we can't/refuse to pay for. Cracking work if you can get it.

I imagine for this game he will go with a relative safe option in Pickering, his lack of attacking threat won't matter in this game because we will barely get out of our own half.

Strong effort vs Hull. I feel much more confident of Rovers’ defending, than their ability to score; but not really confident of either. Yuki or Cantwell, maybe; honestly, I can’t see more than 1. tractors,2; Rovers, 1.

I don't think anyone else is back. I think prior to the Hull defeat, Ismael said Mori and Gudjohnsen were still about 3 weeks away. So probably looking at another 2 weeks before anyone else gets back.

2-0, we're not getting close to this lot now. We barely have a goal in us and we haven't strengthened any position we've needed to in January thus far. The defence can't hold out forever and it will crack at some point.

The scary part s I am pretty sure his replacement is in the building Pears for next season, and then when he leaves in the summer of 2027, Michalski will still have 2 years left + an option until 2030 If they manage to offload Pears earlier for a fee (I don't think they will get an offer high enough for them to think it is worth selling, so he will stay like Hedges has done this season) then we will probably get an Ethan Horvath esc journeyman to sit on the bench and promote Michalski a year earlier Edit - for clarity - I am of the opinion that Pears is a more than capable second choice at this level

The blockers are likely sat 5000 miles away. You know, those blockers that "never fail to write a cheque"