Match Day Thread Ipswich Town FC v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 13th January 2024 - KO 17:30

You are a champion for our recruitment and were happy with Beale. But again you could state your position instead of playing on words. You're clever enough and better than that.

 

that's not the point under mowbray and his last ten games it was just as bad, and we were in relegation form, the huddersfield game was one of the worst i've been to in a long time, it was time for him to go

 

Lack of discipline cost us.

Adil getting the blame.

Great management

 

Worse than Coventry?

 

4 cfs in the building, but we lack a focal point.

Cf a priority this window.

Great

 

Adil had a stinker but you can hardly blame him for the goal, as much as it was a soft freekick to give away, they still had it all to do.

 

We aren't buying an experienced striker. Pritchard has one foot out the door because he is probably seen as an old timer. The "modle" from Smyths dictates buy young and "cheap" and sell for more, simple as that and thats ok with me. Too many dark days behind us in the recent past. But, we'll not be signing "old heads" that know the leauge. So the club need to decide, are we looking for promotion, or a constant play off team with a buy to sell attitude. Beale coming in spouting "Premier League" isn't washing and buzz words like that are going to piss fans off because that's what we're told, but we can all see with our eyeballs that thats not the case. We had the same situation in..... Shudder,League one. Always there or there abouts for 3 years (not that covid season).

 

I honestly don't think Beale will see the season out.

 

to be fair i think on a whole are requirement has been good and its got us from 11th in league 1 when speakman come in to be fighting for top 6 again with squad worth 80m according to outlets so the has been massive improvements since he's come in , need 2 players this window to make sure we are giving it a good go again

but are recruitment is no where as bad as people make out

 

The football last season was a different level to this season and TM over saw most of it. Beale can’t be blamed for that. Some of you made your mind up before he was announced.

 

Slow, ponderous, negative, unorganised, lacking quality.
The summer window has been a disaster, Mowbray paid with his job, speakman needs to pull 4 or 5 rabbits out of his hat or he might be out the door

 

yes and so was middlesbrough and so was stoke, we don't need to rewright history with mowbray he done a good job but it was the right time for him to go

 

Happy with Beale? Where have you got that from?! Was willing to give him a chance and still am rather than writing him off and calling for his head after a handful of games. I have already been critical of some of his decisions (mainly frustration that he’s repeating all the things I thought Mowbray was doing ****e).

I think our recruitment has been superb (obviously not flawless but whose is?). Such a huge leap from where we were such a short time ago. We’ve now got a squad chock full of exciting, talented players that I enjoy watching and who give their all for the lads, there’s not much more I ask for. A load of credit goes to Speakman for that.

 

How have we improved now hes gone?

 

Good. He should be nowhere near the top job at SAFC. Just like Parkinson shouldn’t have been.

 

There has been some positives but it's fair to say there has been way more errors and it's making us weaker in the starting 11. The summer window this year being the worst we have had in some time. No forwards to 4 then 3 coaches not wanting to play any of them.

Says it all

 

Most of these points would have been addressed with the right team selection , we did it against Leeds then binned the plan. Also Jobe has been hopeless last 4 games yet plays every minute every game , does he know were he should be playing , he looks lost most of the time to me. We are shapeless and clueless and unless these coaches change tack soon, we will be looking down not up and that worries me greatly.

 

Happy with the summer recruitment window mate ?

 

It’ll be toxic Friday night at the SoL. Hull will really fancy their chances.

 

Give Beale another dozen games, you gon' learn.