EssexTractor
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I’ll be gutted if this is the case. Can’t imagine Town fans will be happy especially if Shrewsbury go up and Hurst stays!
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I am genuinely disappointed that this hasn’t been wrapped up already, either way.
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12 hours ago, djchapsticks said:
Said it before and I'll say it again. Football is all about opportunity. Today's flavour of the month can easily become yesterday's man with one bad run - look at Alan Archibald. Alan is a very good manager who had 3 excellent seasons at Partick Thistle and will now likely be out of a job in the summer (incidentally, I'd have him in a second).
Jack Ross is not losing credibility for listening to what suitors have to say. 3 clubs have courted him very openly in the last 12 months. 3 clubs that could offer a higher wage and budget than we could at the point when they made contact. Dundee, the club Jack supported as a lad came sniffing and he told them it wasn't for him, Barnsley were a complete omnishambles from the word go in their setup. Ipswich on the other hand, offer a very real and very attractive prospect in terms of both the size and scope of job and potential to get a further step up from there. Jack has conducted himself with nothing but integrity and transparency since he came here. Ambition is not a bad thing, neither is confidence in your ability.
As an example, I have often said I'm happy in my job....very happy in fact. But if another company came calling for me to move south on a salary that is 3, 4, 5 times what I make just now, would I dismiss them off the bat? Don't be so silly. I love my job and I like the company I work for but why would I not at least hear what someone else has to say and offer that could improve my own career?
End of the day, Jack Ross will leave us a f**king damn sight better than where he found us. There's not many managers that we've had in the last few years who can say that.
My one and only concern is I don't want Ipswich dithering over the decision and waiting to see the outcome of Shrewsbury's season. Certainly not until early June. Do the honourable thing and make their intention clear from as early in the process as possible... either offer it to Jack or don't and let St. Mirren FC move on and rebuild for what is going to be a massive season.
I would like to hope Evans would make a decision quickly too, out of respect for yourselves. I suspect he does that in mind considering he’s left the interviews until after the season has finished.
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Every one of those odds have been up and down like a yo-yo, so I’m not holding my breath!
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12 minutes ago, jaybee said:
I find this rather interesting, I too have a friend who is an Ipswich fan and broadly speaking he agrees that the club is probably a good place for a younger slightly inexperienced (in England) manager to move to , he to thinks that whoever get the job will be given time ... however apparently the owner Marcus Evens is not necessarily such a paragon as he is made out to be, I'm informed that he was on the periphery of a 'ticket tout' scam selling Olympic games tickets and whilst one has to applaud his sensible view on limiting his losses by keeping a firm hold of the purse strings, one does have to question his integrity. And the question arises; is Jack going to get on with him? and as for Mick McCarthy; one would have to acknowledge the Ipswich fans greater take on how he operates at club level; but I have always found his relative straightforwardness refreshing and if that was something that Marcus Evens didn't like; then I somehow don't see Jack Ross as a yes man. Anyway all questions and supposition of course but it does perhaps give us a glimmer of hope that perhaps he will 'think about it'. I do agree with the majority of fans in that whenever he does go; he would go with our best wishes; but in all honestly I'm sure we would rather that he didn't
That wasn’t the case. Mick and Marcus actually seemed to get on really well, which is why Marcus didn’t sack him. It was an end of the contract situation and both agreed it would be best to part ways.
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Just another Tractor popping by! Have to echo the sentiments of the other Town fans on here, it’s a pleasure reading this forum and the way many of you view our club!
From what I’ve read, Ross would be a brilliant route for us to take. There is great foundations in place at the club for him, of which I do thank McCarthy for even if I am certain him leaving was absolutely the correct decision, no matter what his mates in the game say.
Plenty of youth coming through, the team have really stuck together since and the caretaker(s) were those who are heavily involved in the youth teams. Our older players have also been chipping in, including the captain Chambers, and it appears these players will transfer into Town coaches.
Regarding finances, although we don’t pay millions for transfers like other championship clubs, we are very competitive on wages and this is where people in football do not look. We’ve actually offloaded a few large wages in recent weeks (McGoldrick, Hyam, loanees including Man City youngster Celina) so he would certainly be given some funding.
Once again it’s a pleasure to be on here and wish you luck going forward whichever way these talks go
Sunderland Speak To Jack Ross
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I’m actually embarrassed by the way the club have handled this whether Sunderland went about it the wrong way.
Evans had the perfect guy that almost every Town fan would want and still insisted on waiting for Hurst who he hasn’t even interviewed yet! Time wasted for you lot as well.
I wish Ross well at Sunderland but if it doesn’t work straight away, can’t see them giving him time. They’ve had as many managers (15) since 2000 as we have in our football league history!
We’re going to end up with Chris Coleman aren’t we