| Ashton Speaks 17:13 - Jun 11 with 12358 views | GlasgowBlue |
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| Ashton Speaks on 08:19 - Jun 12 with 1502 views | DJR |
I was of the view that Ashton should have been removed after Faragegate but to have lost both him and McKenna around this stage of the pre-season would not have been ideal.
Therefore, in the circumstances and as a matter of continuity, I think it is best that he is still here.
And I can't say I have any issues with his interview. [Post edited 12 Jun 8:25]
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| Ashton Speaks on 08:28 - Jun 12 with 1442 views | Benters |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:19 - Jun 12 by DJR |
I was of the view that Ashton should have been removed after Faragegate but to have lost both him and McKenna around this stage of the pre-season would not have been ideal.
Therefore, in the circumstances and as a matter of continuity, I think it is best that he is still here.
And I can't say I have any issues with his interview. [Post edited 12 Jun 8:25]
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I’m sure most of the heroes on here think they work for the CIA or some other agencies.
What have we had so far.. ‘look at his eyes’ ‘he looks drained to me’ and such like.
I’m not sure why some want him gone so bad,when the club is in such a great place,it really baffles me tbh. |  |
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| Ashton Speaks on 08:52 - Jun 12 with 1369 views | waveneyblue |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:28 - Jun 12 by Benters |
I’m sure most of the heroes on here think they work for the CIA or some other agencies.
What have we had so far.. ‘look at his eyes’ ‘he looks drained to me’ and such like.
I’m not sure why some want him gone so bad,when the club is in such a great place,it really baffles me tbh. |
Absolutely this, and some.
But then again, theres many on here that put their personal vendettas ahead of the club they support, as its more important to keep up the virtue signalling persona.
Tragic really |  | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:56 - Jun 12 with 1356 views | Benters |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:52 - Jun 12 by waveneyblue |
Absolutely this, and some.
But then again, theres many on here that put their personal vendettas ahead of the club they support, as its more important to keep up the virtue signalling persona.
Tragic really |
You said it buh ‘tragic’! | |
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| Ashton Speaks on 12:53 - Jun 12 with 1222 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:19 - Jun 12 by DJR |
I was of the view that Ashton should have been removed after Faragegate but to have lost both him and McKenna around this stage of the pre-season would not have been ideal.
Therefore, in the circumstances and as a matter of continuity, I think it is best that he is still here.
And I can't say I have any issues with his interview. [Post edited 12 Jun 8:25]
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I agree 100%. I find it ridiculous the idea that he had to remain in place because it would have been the wrong time. No time would ever have been ideal as I clearly stated at the time. Clearly now is the wrong time (although there are still circumstances where he would have to be removed, he could become unfit physically, or he could choose to leave). The owners have allowed him to become far too important to the club.
It should be a matter of priority to get a Chairman or Director of Football or something in ahead of him to give him a proper check and balance. |  |
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| Ashton Speaks on 13:02 - Jun 12 with 1198 views | Wright1 |
| Ashton Speaks on 17:21 - Jun 11 by WolfieAtTheBack |
Sat thinking I wonder who is barber is. Probably not for now.
Come on Town! |
Ashton goes to the Shear Club near Ipswich waterfront |  | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:18 - Jun 12 with 1164 views | andyblue231 |
| Ashton Speaks on 21:49 - Jun 11 by Churchman |
I wasn’t talking about his personal life. To make the statements you have you must know him personally in his professional life. I don't, so I’m really interested to learn what he’s like. So what is he like? |
Why do I need to have met him? We aren't able to judge people in public life by their actions, we have to have met them? That's going to make the general election a nightmare.
I've seen plenty of evidence that leads me to believe he is a certain type of person. I may be wrong but I believe it will catch up with us. Especially as he has no oversight day to day around the club. A situation that is just asking for trouble. [Post edited 12 Jun 13:21]
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| Ashton Speaks on 13:22 - Jun 12 with 1146 views | positivity |
| Ashton Speaks on 17:21 - Jun 11 by WolfieAtTheBack |
Sat thinking I wonder who is barber is. Probably not for now.
Come on Town! |
apparently, he doesn't trust anyone enough to delegate it to, so he moonlights as a barber and does his own! | |
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| Ashton Speaks on 13:29 - Jun 12 with 1129 views | andyblue231 |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:52 - Jun 12 by waveneyblue |
Absolutely this, and some.
But then again, theres many on here that put their personal vendettas ahead of the club they support, as its more important to keep up the virtue signalling persona.
Tragic really |
Yes and people who hate Trump or Starmer for example, just hate the country.
It's a love of the club that makes me worried that he is in total control of it. It's possible to support the club while keeping a critical eye open. | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:32 - Jun 12 with 1114 views | nrb1985 |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:19 - Jun 12 by DJR |
I was of the view that Ashton should have been removed after Faragegate but to have lost both him and McKenna around this stage of the pre-season would not have been ideal.
Therefore, in the circumstances and as a matter of continuity, I think it is best that he is still here.
And I can't say I have any issues with his interview. [Post edited 12 Jun 8:25]
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Spot on.
I said this yesterday on here.
Can you imagine losing both of them within 2 months of each other? | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:34 - Jun 12 with 1094 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:29 - Jun 12 by andyblue231 |
Yes and people who hate Trump or Starmer for example, just hate the country.
It's a love of the club that makes me worried that he is in total control of it. It's possible to support the club while keeping a critical eye open. |
Waveney is a strange one who equates loving ITFC with loving Ashton. If you do not 100% support him whatever he does, you hate the club.
I wouldn't worry about waveney. It has been pointed out to them many times that it is perfectly possible to love ITFC and recognise how dangerous and potentially damaging Ashton is to the club.
Of course, loving Farage helps those who want to downplay the impact of Ashton's hypocrisy and lack of professionalism. Although many claim to have no interest in politics and think it wasn't a big deal. They mostly won't answer whether they would have had a problem had it been Corbyn or Polanski instead, though. | |
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| Ashton Speaks on 13:40 - Jun 12 with 1066 views | positivity |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:32 - Jun 12 by nrb1985 |
Spot on.
I said this yesterday on here.
Can you imagine losing both of them within 2 months of each other? |
it was poor succession planning to not appoint a ceo or chairman when o'leary went.
once the new manager is in, top priority must be a more forward thinking structure, to bring us into the 21st century and not leave us so exposed to one man's whims and mistakes | |
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| Ashton Speaks on 14:13 - Jun 12 with 991 views | HighgateBlue |
| Ashton Speaks on 08:19 - Jun 12 by DJR |
I was of the view that Ashton should have been removed after Faragegate but to have lost both him and McKenna around this stage of the pre-season would not have been ideal.
Therefore, in the circumstances and as a matter of continuity, I think it is best that he is still here.
And I can't say I have any issues with his interview. [Post edited 12 Jun 8:25]
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I think a fair bit of the Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club.
Retribution and ideology certainly have their place, and I'm certainly not one of the startling number of people who has any prospect of voting for Farage's crew. But the prospect of the club actually being done any real harm by Farage waving a shirt around, other than a week of trolling in meme form, was always very remote. Whenever you talk to a non-Ipswich fan about our club, their opinion is plainly not affected by Faragegate, if they heard about it at all.
I dislike Ashton's Brent-isms, I really really dislike the fact that he's hoovered up the Chairman's job title, and I don't know whether Kieran's relationship with him was positive or not. But it was never in Ipswich Town's interests to bin him off and tut at him, and that has been very much magnified by the sudden bailing of Kieran. We really would be in the doo doo if we had no CEO, no Chairman and no manager, just two months before the Premier League kicks off again (or else a CEO who had been very recently appointed and had little appreciation of what had gone into our success). |  | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:25 - Jun 12 with 955 views | grow_our_own |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:13 - Jun 12 by HighgateBlue |
I think a fair bit of the Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club.
Retribution and ideology certainly have their place, and I'm certainly not one of the startling number of people who has any prospect of voting for Farage's crew. But the prospect of the club actually being done any real harm by Farage waving a shirt around, other than a week of trolling in meme form, was always very remote. Whenever you talk to a non-Ipswich fan about our club, their opinion is plainly not affected by Faragegate, if they heard about it at all.
I dislike Ashton's Brent-isms, I really really dislike the fact that he's hoovered up the Chairman's job title, and I don't know whether Kieran's relationship with him was positive or not. But it was never in Ipswich Town's interests to bin him off and tut at him, and that has been very much magnified by the sudden bailing of Kieran. We really would be in the doo doo if we had no CEO, no Chairman and no manager, just two months before the Premier League kicks off again (or else a CEO who had been very recently appointed and had little appreciation of what had gone into our success). |
"Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club." - nothing to do with ideological leaning. Everything to do with alienating everyone at the club who doesn't support your promoted political figure. Supporter-PR is a key part of the job, which Ashton has failed epically at. Football clubs should have no business promoting a political party.
Ashton's player research and negotiating has been poor. We've wasted a huge amount on major transfers who've been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid, or otherwise aren't first choice. We need a new CEO who can cut it at the top level. Replacement should have been sought the moment we were promoted. [Post edited 12 Jun 14:29]
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| Ashton Speaks on 14:51 - Jun 12 with 923 views | nrb1985 |
| Ashton Speaks on 13:40 - Jun 12 by positivity |
it was poor succession planning to not appoint a ceo or chairman when o'leary went.
once the new manager is in, top priority must be a more forward thinking structure, to bring us into the 21st century and not leave us so exposed to one man's whims and mistakes |
Nobody's arguing it wasn't.
What is almost inarguable to my mind though is that we are better off that he's still here now, given how things have played out.
I also think the interview he just gave to Talksh1te and the his short video msg hit all the right notes. Calm, assured, in control of the situation. Exactly what you want to see from leadership in a "crisis" even if under the surface they feel like the rest of us.
The Farage thing I suspect will also have clipped his wings somewhat so may not be a bad thing in the long run. | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:57 - Jun 12 with 899 views | waveneyblue |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:25 - Jun 12 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club." - nothing to do with ideological leaning. Everything to do with alienating everyone at the club who doesn't support your promoted political figure. Supporter-PR is a key part of the job, which Ashton has failed epically at. Football clubs should have no business promoting a political party.
Ashton's player research and negotiating has been poor. We've wasted a huge amount on major transfers who've been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid, or otherwise aren't first choice. We need a new CEO who can cut it at the top level. Replacement should have been sought the moment we were promoted. [Post edited 12 Jun 14:29]
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My word.....
Honestly, ive never read such tosh in my entire life.
Ashton has NEVER come out and admitted he personally supports Farage, so stop making it up just to suit your insane agenda.
There are people on here with some serious deep rooted issues and quite frankly its pretty painful having to read them. | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 17:40 - Jun 12 with 817 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:25 - Jun 12 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club." - nothing to do with ideological leaning. Everything to do with alienating everyone at the club who doesn't support your promoted political figure. Supporter-PR is a key part of the job, which Ashton has failed epically at. Football clubs should have no business promoting a political party.
Ashton's player research and negotiating has been poor. We've wasted a huge amount on major transfers who've been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid, or otherwise aren't first choice. We need a new CEO who can cut it at the top level. Replacement should have been sought the moment we were promoted. [Post edited 12 Jun 14:29]
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We've won 3 promotions in 4 seasons under Ashton's poor player research and negotiating. Imagine what he'd be like if he wasn't so terrible! |  |
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| Ashton Speaks on 17:43 - Jun 12 with 812 views | positivity |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:51 - Jun 12 by nrb1985 |
Nobody's arguing it wasn't.
What is almost inarguable to my mind though is that we are better off that he's still here now, given how things have played out.
I also think the interview he just gave to Talksh1te and the his short video msg hit all the right notes. Calm, assured, in control of the situation. Exactly what you want to see from leadership in a "crisis" even if under the surface they feel like the rest of us.
The Farage thing I suspect will also have clipped his wings somewhat so may not be a bad thing in the long run. |
so, bring in a chairman asap! | |
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| Ashton Speaks on 18:04 - Jun 12 with 788 views | Churchman |
| Ashton Speaks on 14:25 - Jun 12 by grow_our_own |
"Ashton-out sentiment was for retributive / ideological reasons rather than what was actually best for the club." - nothing to do with ideological leaning. Everything to do with alienating everyone at the club who doesn't support your promoted political figure. Supporter-PR is a key part of the job, which Ashton has failed epically at. Football clubs should have no business promoting a political party.
Ashton's player research and negotiating has been poor. We've wasted a huge amount on major transfers who've been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid, or otherwise aren't first choice. We need a new CEO who can cut it at the top level. Replacement should have been sought the moment we were promoted. [Post edited 12 Jun 14:29]
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Please list the ‘huge amount we’ve wasted on transfers’ who’ve been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid or otherwise aren’t first choice’.
I can think of some who will make less when they move on. I can think of one who is a very young, highly rated young man who was bought as a prospect. I can think of one or two who we have not taken a fee for but served us well. And I can think of more than one that commanded fees in excess of what we paid for them. I can also think of others who should they be sold will make far more than what we paid.
I didn’t realise that Ashton did all the research, negotiating and approval. All on his own. He must be very organised to do all that CEO stuff and scouting too. Good thing we are rid of McKenna eh? As according to you Ashton is responsible for all the failures that got us promoted 3 times in 4 years, McKenna never contradicted the claim that he signed off transfers. Disgraceful behaviour.
Please name a club with 100% transfer record, because I can’t think of one.
Let’s face it, this is all about Farage isn’t it. You have no idea what Ashton does or how he does it, but you want him out because of a lunch with NF and what you perceive him to be. If the owners back Ashton, are they deluded, incompetent or negligent? There’s no other explanation. You choose which one. I presume on that basis, you’d want them gone too.
Hey, we never had this level of hate, tears of rage and in one instance hope we are never promoted again under Evans. Nor was Milne and Clegg given the treatment. Am I right in thinking you’d be happy and content with them back in? |  | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 22:32 - Jun 12 with 661 views | grow_our_own |
"Please list the ‘huge amount we’ve wasted on transfers’ who’ve been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid or otherwise aren’t first choice’."
Egeli,
Muric,
Ogbene
Szmodics
McAteer (behind Burns and Egeli most of season),
Greaves (Kipré played more last season)
All major signings. >70m total. You're welcome. [Post edited 12 Jun 22:33]
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| Ashton Speaks on 23:03 - Jun 12 with 584 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
| Ashton Speaks on 23:50 - Jun 11 by ITFCSG |
Precisely. I don’t really care about whether he invited Farage or the King but when he has a track record of lying that’s it for me. I want a club and a CEO who has basic ethics and behave like a professional (screaming at fans? making offensive chants about a rival?)
I don’t want to be treated like an idiot by the CEO of the club I support
The fans who condone Ashton’s lying are in fact no different from Saints fans who defend Tonda’s spying. |
Wow, you are welcome to a certain Marcus Evans then. He didn’t say much!! | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 23:36 - Jun 12 with 542 views | waveneyblue |
| Ashton Speaks on 22:32 - Jun 12 by grow_our_own |
"Please list the ‘huge amount we’ve wasted on transfers’ who’ve been banished on loan, sold for less than we paid or otherwise aren’t first choice’."
Egeli,
Muric,
Ogbene
Szmodics
McAteer (behind Burns and Egeli most of season),
Greaves (Kipré played more last season)
All major signings. >70m total. You're welcome. [Post edited 12 Jun 22:33]
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You wouldnt know a fact if it bit you on your daft arse | | | |
| Ashton Speaks on 23:47 - Jun 12 with 522 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Ashton Speaks on 23:59 - Jun 11 by Churchman |
If you are now comparing Ashton’s actions to Southampton’s I give up.
This ‘track record of lying’. Excluding the Farage visit please list them. I’ve seen plenty of comms screw ups like the seat move mess two years ago, giving it plenty at Lincoln, getting over excited after promotion and appearing in the dressing room. I don’t like his parading Wardley about much either, but a track record of lies implies a list. What is on it? |
It was the Farage issue. He lied to the fans. He first came out and said they had no knowledge of it and then it turned out that we cinvited Farage. The was backed up by the bespoke shirts that had been arranged beforehand and exclusive access to the changing rooms.
It’s fine for people to have differing views on that fiasco, but he lied. Let’s hope he’s learnt from it. Given his mealy-mouthed ‘apology’ afterwards I suspect he hasn’t learnt at all, but that’s just my reading of it. |  |
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| Ashton Speaks on 23:52 - Jun 12 with 510 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Ashton Speaks on 17:40 - Jun 12 by The_Flashing_Smile |
We've won 3 promotions in 4 seasons under Ashton's poor player research and negotiating. Imagine what he'd be like if he wasn't so terrible! |
Maybe having a third season in the prem? Lol |  |
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| Ashton Speaks on 23:54 - Jun 12 with 508 views | AdrianPazDidUseDAZ |
| Ashton Speaks on 23:47 - Jun 12 by Swansea_Blue |
It was the Farage issue. He lied to the fans. He first came out and said they had no knowledge of it and then it turned out that we cinvited Farage. The was backed up by the bespoke shirts that had been arranged beforehand and exclusive access to the changing rooms.
It’s fine for people to have differing views on that fiasco, but he lied. Let’s hope he’s learnt from it. Given his mealy-mouthed ‘apology’ afterwards I suspect he hasn’t learnt at all, but that’s just my reading of it. |
Why do you keep hanging on to it though, it’s getting boring now!!!
I support ITFC and this guy and others have taken us to our best five years in a long time yet you just want to find fault. You have an opinion which I respect but for the love of god let it go and stop being so goddam negative! | | | |
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