kevinhectoring

This below outlines the Ipswich ownership and recent developments. I agree with those (including you) who say good management and player recruitment is key. But you also need an owner who will splash the cash when the (strong) management team recommend it. Last summer Paul Warne told us DC was spending less that the EFL would allow because he wanted to contain operating losses. Fair enough. But not a recipe that will keep our fans happy A US pension fund would be a good owner for us, so would an existing owner of a US sports franchise. A billionaire from say China or India could be a much more difficult ride and might end in tears ………..,…,..,….,………………. IPSWICH TOWN: The new owners have certainly put their money where their mouths are to date, spending a lot on the squad and the club’s infrastructure. However, this has been part of a well though-out plan, as they have made some astute recruitment choices. As well as McKenna, they brought in former Bristol City chief executive, Mark Ashton, to lead operations off the pitch. Ashton spoke of the solid nature of Ipswich’s new investors, “In a period where people are questioning where money is coming from into clubs, we are so fortunate to have a financial institution, a US pension fund, that backs the football club.” For their part, the new owners believe that Ipswich Town represents an excellent investment opportunity, as ORG CEO Ed Schwartz explained, “Our view is that we've bought, at a lower value, an asset that has potential and history. Ipswich really was the perfect scenario for us.”

Catch all clause? It wasn’t a catch all clause that tripped us up. It was the rule that requires accounts to be in accordance with the FRSs. Gibson caused us plenty of damage but it was McGuire who got everyone interested in the amortisation issue in the first place EFL doesn’t ’accept accounts’. There’s nothing in the rules that allows it to. Even if it wanted to, it can’t. We tried that one out in our defence and it was batted away by the first panel (the one with the accountants on it). We also trotted out the line that EFL had approved our approach in advance and got the same result. Many experts say the ultimate decision was technically wrong. But we took a big risk and I doubt many neutrals were surprised by the result: it was naive for one club in 72 to adopt a preferential approach to accounting and expect to get away with it in a system that aims for a level playing field

Perhaps. In which case, no harm done And interesting to note how many think it’s a $hit idea

Fair enough. Will you say the same in 3 years time, if we are still in the third tier and if Portsmouth and Wrexham are about to join Forest in the PL ?

Mm and then Q were selling a can of worms and neither did it well. If DC targets suitable investors (owners of US sports franchises would be a good group to look at), he now has a clean club to sell. The (?only) complication is to agree how he gets back over time sufficient return on his outlay. (As others have said, this might be ongoing who knows?)

Used my fingers and it’s windy outside. I’d say we have a 10% chance of making autos, 30% of winning the play offs if we don’t. Both may be pessimistic if we get an energetic midfielder and a good forward in Jan. I know we’re on a decent run but our form is inconsistent

He will always be our hero. But here we are: a 60% chance of staying in this godforsaken league for at least another season. And as each year goes by, our club’s stock falls lower. And even when we get back to the championship, is DC the man to lead us to the PL? Nope. Portsmouth, owned by a Disney billionaire, have a good chance of getting there. And they’ll be competing with other clubs owned by billionaires, some flying high on parachute payments. Truth is, Ryan Reynolds is more likely than us to see his team in the PL any time soon. (Or is it Netflix’s team?) DC needs NOW to employ a smart well-connected agent to prepare a detailed proposal for a sale and to quietly and selectively market it to football mad billionaires across the globe. With middling PL clubs now going for 100s of millions, many might fancy a roll of the dice with us. If he does that successfully, he will go from hero to superhero. If he does not, many of us - including him - might not see our team in the top flight ever again.

Sloths only have 4 digits

I’m not a big fan of many stats but over a long period this is a good one eg for telling you how sharp you are in front of goal. ( Thought Collins looked pretty crisp in front of goal vs Fleetwood )

If DC is willing to splash the cash. And if Warne (assuming he is still around) can source the right players. Two quite big ‘ifs’

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Warne pointed in his post match to the financial benefits of a cup run. That might well have come up in a recent discussion with DC. Maybe that was behind his decision to stick with the more senior players, despite that they were knackered

SMALL way? But wasn’t it he who trolled through our accounts and announced to the world that our amortisation policy was questionable? Which led to Gibson jumping on the bandwagon…

Very very sad to read this. Sincere condolences to Daniel’s family. Today’s result very fitting

2-1 Collins frgs

Trump’s base requires him to support Israel unconditionally. It’s why he moved the embassy to Jerusalem, a devastating thing for the Palestinians. Another Trump presidency would be disastrous for any peace process

First thing I heard him say about Bird was that, when he met him, he was surprised how big he was. Sure, Bird might have thought nothing of it at all. Or he might have thought ‘Jesus he’s telling the world he’s looked at the tapes and thinks I play like a wimp’. Careless personal comment. The McGoldrick comment was the most concerning, because if I recall correctly there was just a suggestion Didzy was faking injury. Did Didzy just shrug it off? Maybe. Did he even hear it, who knows? But: careless, careless, careless. The description of his conversation with Bird about a possible transfer made me cringe, because Warne managed to give the impression that Bird’s loyalty to the club was paper thin, that he didn’t care whether he stayed or left. ‘Belittle’ is too narrow - I just mean anything that could lead a player to take the hump. As I said about 6 posts ago, I think he’s come to understand he needs a clutch between his ego and his brain Whether fans always hear these comments is not the point. The point is: players in common with most human beings listen very carefully to what their bosses say about them, especially if it’s said in public, and they are often proud, paranoid, prickly and prone to petulance. The best managers know how to use the microphone to motivate their men

I shan’t ‘argue’ with you any more. Perhaps by extension you believe the US connived in the 9/11 attacks. To be honest I find your post disturbing and it’s disappointing the mods didn’t pull it

The elephant in the room is Trump. The US has given Israel unstinting support for 40 years which has contributed to this mess. Biden and Blinken are now making clear their view that Israel needs to find a political settlement with the Palestinians. Unfortunately, when the dust settles on all the bodies, Israel will calculate that if they drag their feet long enough, Trump will become president and all pressure on them to seek a long term peace will dissipate. That could lead to WW3

No no no. He has the microphone. If he uses it to belittle players there are some who will not forgive him.

There’s a very big difference between - Netanyahu tolerating hamas because it suits his purposes - Netanyahu conspiring in a scheme that results in the death of 1,400 Israelis and 150 being held hostage. The first is perfectly believable. The second is not, it doesn’t begin to hold water but it is the sort of thing that is meat and drink to conspiracy theorists

My own opinion of Warne’s man management isn’t just plucked out of the air. I started posting in late ‘22 that the way he speaks about his players in interviews was a recipe for an unhappy dressing room. There was a specific comment about McGoldrick - relating to an injury (I’m guessing, but maybe around Nov 22) where Warne tried to be funny whilst taking a dig at Didzy. It was careless., misjudged and disrespectful. Warne has so far as I can see stopped doing this now - last time I can remember him at it was when he was speaking about Bird’s transfer. It’s the sort of thing he could perhaps get away with at Rotherham but many ‘bigger’ players won’t put up with it. Even before Didzy left, I would have assumed his and Warne’s relationship was frosty. Then Didzy left, having had his best season ever and with the weekly adulation of 26,000 people ringing in his ears. The timing of that move didn’t stack up for me (for football or financial reasons) tho I accept there’s plenty to debate in that. I think that if he’d enjoyed playing for Warne he would have stayed. I don’t mind people questioning the opinion in that last sentence but it’s not plucked out of thin air.

The Economist has said that Netenyahu has for years tolerated Hamas because it allows him to refuse peace talks. That’s credible enough and has come from several sources. But your suggestion that there was a cunning plan to allow Hamas to inflict such horror on 7/10 is not credible. Not least because that would have required senior IDF officers to have participated in the conspiracy. No way

Didzy’s got class that’s all it’s telling you