If Valerian Ismael gets fired

Yes, but there’s absolutely no way he’d come back IMO. His personal ambitions far outweigh that of the clubs.

 

Am I alone in finding it distasteful to be discussing getting a replacement in before the current incumbent has been given a fair chance AND while the guy being proposed is still employed by another club?

 

Never go back... no

 

I wouldn't go as far as saying its distasteful.

I don't see much point to it though as not only would it be ludicrous to get rid of Collins, there's no way Ismael would come back.

 

No

 

We were getting well found out towards the end of the playoff season. If we were going to get an old coach back, the thinking man’s choice would be Gerhard Struber.

 

were we chuff found out, we already had top 6 secured

 

Aren’t you James Norwood’s mum? Thought you would have been watching Ipswich in 2021.

 

I've never understood why some found it boring. Each to their own of course, but I thoroughly enjoyed that period. I couldn't wait for the next game, because there just seemed to be this expectation we'd grind out a result one way or the other. It was certainly more of a grind when we played the teams towards the bottom of the table (Wycombe, Rotherham, Derby etc), but I found it thrilling taking on the bigger sides in the division, and physically winning battles against them.

The playing style was direct. I wouldn't say long ball, as that insinuates we had a focal point who we knocked the ball up to. But if you watch the goals that season, very few (if any) came about because Morris or Dike knocked the ball down. Take the Luton game towards the end of the season for example, our front 3 that day cut through their defence like a knife through butter time and time again.

I wouldn't say teams necessarily sussed us out either. I reckon a few individual players might have been sussed out, Dike and Woodrow in particular in the final few games, and for me, we had a best 11 who all needed to be on their game, or we put in a poor display. I don't think the strength in depth was necessarily there to change things, other than fresh legs, when we needed to. Though we did win a lit of games from behind that season.

 

i hope churton is happy playing tippy tappy football... midtable in league one

11 wins out of 13 games in championship was just atrocious

 

I'd love big Val to manage us again at some point. He did a decent job at West Brom and would have probably had them in the playoffs where anything could have happened, he then had the Turkish team at the top end of the table, Watford seem to be a club on a downward spiral so he might be struggling there.

 

The games against Millwall, Birmingham, Derby, Coventry, Wednesday, Rotherham Archey. They were truly dreadful in my eyes. Like you say, it's each to their own. I only get to see games on ifollow the day after the match but I couldn't go through watching that whether we'd won or not.
I loved his 100% attitude. I loved the fitness of the team and the willingness to take everybody on. But the way the football ended up...not for me. To use your word. It was just a grind.

 

Didnt we get the odd last minute winner too which rarely seems to happen for us. No settling for a point with Val.

 

Go fish elsewhere.

 

Me too. Get it forward fast and play football in the final 3rd. Much better than the modern borefest of passing it around aimlessly.

 

In a heartbeat. I hated the football but it was effective. Now I hate the football and it’s ineffective. Won’t happen though.

 

100% yes footballs a results business I want to leave the ground with 3 points that’s all that counts and Val knew how to do that. We can bang on about percentage football, slick passing etc but if the results aren’t there the fans are donwnbeat.

 

I ******* loved val ball

but end of day

I'd take any style of play to be top 6 championship

suprised so many others wouldn't!!!

 

Don't you know that we want to take our principles to the top of the Northern Premier Division.

 

How anyone could object to a fast, direct, energetic, winning style of football that almost carried us back to the Premier League is utterly beyond me.

To be fair like it's only the forum contrarian who didn't like it.