Ipswich v 0 shots on target Villa Post Match thread

[exigo]

My first trip to Ipswich. It's just like Norwich. Except for a less good away pub serving less good beer with a less good view of a less good river and a less good ground serving less good pies and with less good locals making a less good atmosphere.

[Clampy]

The last time I went (the day Nilis broke his leg) we had a few drinks round the town, it was great.

[aj2k77]

I'd rather be shit, play 1950's 4-2-4 formations and have the most inept , weedy and ineffective centre midfielder I can ever remember seeing play for us than use them as anything we should hold ourselves up to be.

Well we are there and they have a better team team than ours at the moment.

And sooner rather than later they'll make a glorious failure out of it and do something repulsive and them and their tiny fan base will be back to square one. If i'm not mistaken they were second at a similar stage last season before dropping off because they can't sneak a result everyweek being the poorer side.

[Witton Warrior]

My first trip to Ipswich. It's just like Norwich. Except for a less good away pub serving less good beer with a less good view of a less good river and a less good ground serving less good pies and with less good locals making a less good atmosphere.

I have only been once, in '81 for the FA Cup loss.
The only things I remember were drinking on the way in a village called Nasty with a coach load of W Ham who were a laugh.
There was a net between us and the Ipswich, we hammered them on the pitch and somebody handled the ball as they scored the only goal...

[Matt Collins]

We just shouldn't underestimate how damaging last season must have been for the mentality at the club. Yes we've got a lot of new players. But half the squad still bears the scars.

If we end up inconsistent until xmas and then strong second half of the season putting us in the play offs, I'd have taken that at the start of the season.

I know others wouldn't. But I always thought automatic promotion was a huge ask for us

[aj2k77]

Matt, what would you say is a reasonable points tally for the new year if we are realistically to challenge after it? or indeed for the manager to keep his job?

[Confusious says]

watching that, all I noticed was the ridiculous coloured boots these so called players ponce around in 

I reckon if a player turned up with black boots he will really stand out.

I Recon if a player scores a goal he would stand out also 😄

[Clampy]

Someone mentioned the word frustrating earlier and that sums it up for me. I don't actually think we've played that bad this season overall (one or two exceptions obviously) but even if we'd hung on in just two of the games that we've thrown away, 12 points wouldn't have been too bad a return. We've shot ourselves in the foot by not finishing teams off when we should have and that's my only gripe so far really.

[eddiemunster]

Those beer goggles must be fucking huge

Beer radio telescope.

Beer Hubble Telescope.

[Matt Collins]

Matt, what would you say is a reasonable points tally for the new year if we are realistically to challenge after it? or indeed for the manager to keep his job?

I'm sure there is one, but I'm not working it out!

I'd say we need to be top 12 or so by November and top 10 by early Jan - within touching distance of the top 6 - as a minimum. Then by March we need to be right in there.

I'm not saying we will do that. But it still feels perfectly achievable to me.

[Tuscans]

Just read RDM on the OS then checked out "on this day", Hells bells can anybody help?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

[CJ]

Just read RDM on the OS then checked out "on this day", Hells bells can anybody help?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

All it should say is 'Semper in excrementum, solum profunditas mutat'

[KRS]

So we're currently sat in 18th place after 8 games on 8 points. Simply not good enough is the correct answer.

[PaulWinch again]

So we're currently sat in 18th place after 8 games on 8 points. Simply not good enough is the correct answer.

I don't think anyone is arguing that point. The split is between those who want the manager sacked for those results and those who think he should be given more time. I'm in the latter category myself, as I think 8 games is far too soon to make a sensible judgement.

[KRS]

I wasn't arguing any point to be fair...just stating a simple fact about our current position. I would agree that 8 games is too short to consider sacking RDM, so on the basis that we're playing a 46 game season, I would give him another 7 games as we're only 6pts off the playoff positions...if we don't see improvements in results after another 7 games, then we need to give another manager the chance to rescue this season.