Just what the hell is going on at this club of ours! First we can't sign players and now we have difficulty in doing deals with players that we already have. You watch, this will be another one where we end up giving him away for nothing after paying a substantial fee! This is no way to run a football club! Sort it out Evans or **** off! http://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/21559/martin-contract-talks-have-stalled
First Delaney and now Martin. Players are so fed up of ITFC that they are trying to jump ship as soon as possible. We hardly ever have interest in our players during the transfer window showing that we don't really have the quality we think we do. In fact, we seem to be able to ruin the careers of some, rather than enhancing them.
Fulop, Priskin, Delaney, McCauley, Norris, Leadbitter and now Martin (possibly) All were bought at a substantial cost and have all been let go for nothing! Like I say, how can this be a sensible and sustainable way of running a football club. And Marcus Evans is supposed to be a successful business man! You couldn't make it up. Fulop £900k, Priksin £1.9Million, Delaney £800k, McCauley £1.2Million, Norris £2 Million, Leadbitter £2.3Million & Martin £1.8Million = £10+ Million in transfer fees alone all given away for nothing!
We are going to hell in a handcart SD Like a train wreck in slow motion god how the Cobbolds must be spinning in their graves!
Just think about it JWM, we actually paid transfer fees for some players AND paid to get rid of them (it probably cost less than if we let them run their contracts down though). Astounding business model.
But we should be. We have great facilities, a large stadium and some history to be proud of. Trouble is, we've done **** all over the last few years so yeah, you're right, we aren't as attractive as we should be. Looking from the outside in all you see is a merry-go-round of playing staff, a lack of success/improvement and a lack of investment in players (Taylor aside). That's enough to keep most quality players away. It's easy to blame our geographic position too, but we had no problems attracting top class players in the seventies/eighties.
Its been said before that players these days are not interested in what a team's history is like. Their main reason for joining any club is how much they're going to get paid, with facilities a distant second. In all honesty, if you get rid of Jewell, you'll probably fair no better than what you're doing now. You need a clear-out at boardroom level, just like we had, then things will start to improve.
As I said in another post, ITFC are a league one club in championship clothing. With the way we are cutting costs left, right and centre (don't worry Clegg, with your masterful skills of cleverly deflecting criticism/pressure from Marcus with your disguise of incompetence and pompousness, I'm sure you're worth very penny he pays you) it feels like we are preparing for relegation rather than pushing for promotion. Come to think about it, I would love to be paid as much as Simon to be a scapegoat. What a terrible life, hated by people he couldn't give a toss about, but rich. On the subject of players, it doesn't feel like we've had a 'team' for a long time, just a collection of mercenaries, cast offs and has-beens. **** me I'm even starting to miss Counago. Martin's like a poor mans Pablo, got the skills but never scores, at least Pabs scored some crackers. We haven't had a goal scoring striker (do they exist?) since Darren Bent and the last midfielder to chip in with anything of worth was Andrews and dare I say it.....Norris. I can't even remember the last person who scored 15+. Cressy is currently top scorer on three.
The one thing I'll say about this story is that hes saying hes not heard anything for a while. It reads to me as if hes (publically - presumably as a result of a question) asking the club whats going on. Not the most promising headline considering the start to the season. Either way, what ever Jewells managing qualities the supporters frustrations should be directed more at Clegg.
**** me carra, we agree on something! we can have whoever as manager but it won't change anything! Regards Lee Martin, can't say i'm surprised, He was a Darklord signing so will already be on a hefty wage and we are probably trying to half it!
Hes meant to be on a very good contract having signed when we were splashing the cash. I read somewhere the other week that his new contract will be for less cash then he is currently on but the club were hoping he would accept it as there is a lot less cash in the game in general currently. The problem comes that although a lot of clubs at championship level have lower budgets, others have higher ones with the likes of the parachute payments and the major investment at Cardiff. We may well have offered him a decent deal (in current terms) but nobody wants a wage cut, especially if you cant see any positivity on the horizion at the club in general.
It's even worse than that, Martin has publicly said he WANTS to stay but we still can't sort out a contract!
can i just ask a question. is lee martin any good? i mean, is he really any good, or is it just that he is one of your best players? would he make the step up to the premier league? would he get in top championship teams? never been impressed with him myself. skilful and quite quick but doesn't really score goals, isn't a great crosser of the ball, drifts in and out of games. he's quite direct but what's his best position? out wide? probably behind a front man. what i'm getting at, are you really desperate to keep him, ignoring the fact you'd lose him for nowt?
right. so are you desperate to keep him? probably not. sounds like a player who thinks he's better than he is.
He can be good but based on the fact he will have been here 4 seasons and got totally written off by Keane after about 6 minutes, came back under Jewell and had a decent 2 or 3 months spell and has since been average then I wouldnt be too bothered accept we need to stop letting players walk out for nothing Going back to his ability - We are shockingly useless and he's not stand out for us so hes either suffering from being in a poor team or he is another one of our high money/ low return signings that have haunted us since the ME takeover.
Probably the best player we have in terms of technical ability and to answer your question I believe he could make a step up and if he does leave at the end of the season I would not be at all surprised if he was snapped up by a bigger fish than ourselves. His biggest problem and most frustrating aspect is that he is (as someone has stated on here before) a 'nearly man' he nearly scores a wonder goal he nearly supplies a sublime ball he nearly is a great Championship player. Personally I think it's down to playing for us as we have made good players average in the past and I think he has hit a wall in his development. He doesn't offer as much as he should (or promises too with his good performances) and if they don't translate into goals or assists he will always be a 'nearly man' And his best position is playing of the striker(s) - a bit of a Taraabt type player who's main strength is when he's running with the ball
This isn't about the player and more about the absolute shower of ****e who are now running our football club! We paid well over the odds for him and now more than likely he will go for nothing in the summer. Add this to the long list of players who we have paid decent money for and then let go for nothing! This is totally unsustainable for any business and here's Marcus Evans being lauded as a hard nosed businessman!
