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Pretty sure SL did the Sunday morning zoom with Nige. Can’t believe MA wasn’t involved though. But there’s no way SL wasn’t aware MA was off at that point either. I get the impression that SL was getting much more hands-on early in 2021…probably once Maggie had read Kid’s post on here. ? He seemed to be back running the show at the point of Nige’s appointment

The Athletic has some interesting articles (I only read the football stuff, mainly EFL only), but it has some absolute crap writing too. I wouldn’t pay £60….I don’t mind the £1 p.m I currently pay to get the odd article behind a paywall. I will cancel as soon as my latest offer runs out. I’d say it’s trying to be an online “FourFourTwo” of old, but fails spectacularly.

If you recruit based on being mates with the agent, then you are taking a big gamble. The Celina transfer really interested me. Ashton initially tried to get him early in the summer before he’d spoken to Cook about it (from MA’s lips, not conjecture on my part). Celina’s agent - ICM Stellar Sport, have several Ipswich players, especially new signings with them. Why would you go after a player without speaking to the manager? Trying to get onside with the fans early on, the fans liked Celina when he was here, many fans anti-Mick McCarthy because MM thought he didn’t do the basics so didn’t play him. Fans are a sucker for a flair player. It fell through over a heart issue (now resolved). When he did sign on deadline day, surely they’d already recruited plan B? Just like Szmodics and Palmer all over again! But then, again from MA’s lips, Cook had to really convince Celina he could fit into Cook’s playing style. So a vanity signing for the CEO who they didn’t scout (if they scouted at all - they have no recruitment Dept) to a specific manager system requirement. But, I have no sympathy for Paul Cook for allowing this to happen, just like I didn’t with Lee Johnson. You just have to say no, and be prepared to stand up to the CEO even if it means leaving your job. LJ had enough credit in the bank to force the issue with SL, and if not backed could go and get a job elsewhere. I don’t think any recruiting clubs would look badly on a manager saying he left because the CEO tried to force players on him. Most would think it showed prudence. I don’t think Cook will have any credit in the bank with Ipswich’s new owners, especially as the CEO and Chairman are mates and the Chairman and CEO worked to get the new Owners to invest. But Cook still has a lot of credit in football, and I’m sure prospective employers would look on him favourably if he called out Ashton. However, in both Johnson and Cook’s position, who turns down a player? That’s their downfall.

I haven’t heard Cook’s interview but reading their fans quotes he seems less enamoured with the signings….apart from Morsy, who he is now looking to save him.

Their forum is all Cook Out tonigh.

Derby fan getting salty that Troy Deeney getting mentioned more than Wayne Rooney. Jeez, they are hypocritical.

Hahahaha https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58501958 Wayne Wooney whining again.

Was gonna write something, then thought better of it!!!! ??? All I would say is that beyond his own salary, his various business interests have taken money out of football clubs in one way or another, from consultancy fees to providing “hospitality / services” to the world of football. Nothing wrong with that per se, but a lot of nepotism in his world.

Saw that, just need Cardiff to pay for Sala now. Re Derby proposed points deduction, think Percy put up another tweet saying 9 points plus 3 suspended. But agree with you, a lot of people saying why are Derby getting to negotiate, I see it as the EFL have decided, and Derby need to accept or challenge it. If they challenge it, it’s gonna drag on, they’ll be kept under sanction and run the risk of impacting January too

Promotion bonus is a squad level / club thing….which of course could be large. But you wonder what promotion wage increases might be, don’t you.

I still can’t correlate how “all” of these players turned down Championship clubs (some of them top Champ clubs) to sign for Ipswich, AND… how they all took wage cuts, or accepted less from Ipswich than elsewhere, YET… all the 20+ players that left were big earners. I suggest some poetic license, otherwise known as BS don’t you? He knows that they can use the US investment to cover wages in Lg1 SCMP. He can’t do that in the Champ where different rules apply. Should they get promoted, wiggle room for new recruits is gonna be hard. He’s built an expectation, I think he will find it tough next summer.

As David Lee Roth sang - “They say two fools born a minute Guess that makes me three”

Decent start ???

He’s done another media interview today with the local East Anglian press. Starts off with saying he went after Bersant Celina earlier this summer….before he’d spoken to Paul Cook. It fell through due to Celina having a heart issue which subsequently was resolved prior to deadline day deal. More talk about going after certain players because he knew the agents well. ICM Stellar Sports are a big agency, but - Celina, Burns, Coulson, Chaplin, plus non-Ipswich players Woodrow, Burke and Whatmough (who we were allegedly interested in), Wickham, Dozzell (who they just sold), Morrell (who they tried to sign), Maenpaa. I suspect some of our press might have their contacts in this agency? Then talk of Wes Burns and how he knew him from when he was consultant here, and how he did Wes’s first pro deal, took him to Oxford on loan and how he gets on so well with Wes’s family and “representatives”. Then talks about Kyle Edwards and how the Chairman (O’Leary- ex WBA) said they should sign Edwards….so they did. Both the press guys blowing smoke up his arse….about the hours he works, how many calls he took in a day, etc. Having said that, if you didn’t know his previous form you might think it was all fantastic.

Couple of tweets from the players acknowledging Nigel Pearson’s attendance, and a tweet from the man himself.

Just Google “companies house beta”, type Ipswich Town football and go from there.

I guess the owners have significant backing to cover it…..no different to SL and the £150m losses he's converted to shares. https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/gEbxPgrW-MEiNtD9zaidCDWzEPtQR5SGZCbU8t2OKTA/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3LPBXCG5V%2F20210906%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210906T075424Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjECYaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJGMEQCICyQClouGdNKH0fZj5AdCFtdmok44KSvZVs2RUSN6mcTAiAG2JRh89nItcLzY6pvZ5fNFE9as%2BblUMqtSyasJPucyyr6AwhvEAMaDDQ0OTIyOTAzMjgyMiIMjuHwDIBX%2BRY2qYmAKtcDRbJJ9P6igFlrePyishYGMxBS8K44i1sFDOZ6VPhiWUQLf%2F%2FLzGQnE3YfuaPlyKqeRSxuVLo49dpDk5KyW6rsWX9JGHrKycgZHUKPZVjeoPZQlhUd9S6tOeOgTpMvK9YNRjbDFnjk%2BCdGLvZe41CVCnTSnw2TxfwHVcl9XnfdX23MFMxYKoqc68nhHSbZiUaJJocjSBGQNXEQpQIuKSETItyDqBgdNwewkU508jsP1ER1V6kPi4gyHXVt%2BfZBARe5Al2Mt67uk600xM76CneDJF%2F5b6TAN7rp4QJ99%2FaGtR4N56JwocQVxYIWK7W3zoXST2pt9Uo3D%2FYVSM5uuxBe4kBSlXbCkjQn%2FOPNeyL4nrvWa9eeJ56iYhSO2Ekl0TLSnN57ge6VkzX6v9zf6v%2FCnJF57MQ0hP7TwFXx7RGYu4Wvl0MzyC1BjhATITd0rWcZhnNsvIARifcyxNdGDT8YMS6F69o1rTzxBdu9VkHz9EGw9v8zvY7l2b%2BsMgBkvH%2FXoy7%2BdlYd1P%2FT9kNXcsMy4D9FSAXHvIWQgsdjeIQt37b7hrkIxdnf8IN39fWP0BXQyUi8JRWz3txavFuALzIAWT6JtaW1QMKGXwH9wD4aFzzAmxPDqzsAMJXg1okGOqYBi4EtdPtLvpXeFd%2BNd35%2F9TDzB1TKPTpZD8T9Y2iRy%2FjEWL7yiDbOd9ntRKhTscvYEe61DQSORzuY9X1ooatNqEbwjCniyU2K%2BbD1QOKozM7FFoKwRZheNPZR26Rs%2FWBrOhP2D%2B2XkLnPO%2F3p5vr11AEEZWzzzkUTMj6xRfhJjmsNdU8rg6XzSVqlaAEDo5ybQh8waAGevehMO6MGfZvn0Opr1SWwXw%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D"00315421_aa_2021-06-30.pdf"&X-Amz-Signature=c56cd96c2474ddc0918365d7112d26570530be1feb782f99301c1ea3716e51ff

Toby wasn’t commentator. Sounded like Dan “something”….White?

Caught the last 15 mins if first half. Big distances from to back…our midfield unable to engage theirs or be in with a chance of picking up loose balls. Don’t pass to players close by, every pass seems to need to be between the lines. Harrison on her own in the 10 position, often having to come deep.

Ta. I’m out of touch