Jim Magilton's Blue & White Army
Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 05 June 2006
Please see Royle leaves town for full context.
Jim Magilton couldn't hide his delight at being named as Town boss and immediately targeted a return to the Premiership as his aim. The 37-year-old becomes the youngest manager in the Championship and will be joined by Bryan Klug as his first-team coach.
This Club means the world to me and when I walked off the pitch after the Derby game in what I thought would be my final appearance as a player here, I always had the feeling that I would be back sometime. It comes quicker than I expected obviously but I am not intimidated in anyway about the job. I embrace it although I am under no illusions about the task ahead. Ever since I started in the game I have had the utmost belief that I have all the credentials needed to be a manager and I know I have the support of everyone at Ipswich Town. If you have that backing and are united as one, then the purpose can only be to provide success on the pitch. The Premiership is the goal, it has to be the goal and when you look around the place, it is a Premiership club in all but status. It's our job to provide that status. It's obviously a very proud day for me, to be announced as manager of such a wonderful club and I'm fired up for the job. I and can't wait to get going with the players. Bryan's the same. We will hit the ground running come the first day of pre-season, you can be sure of that.
Jim Magilton couldn't hide his delight at being named as Town boss and immediately targeted a return to the Premiership as his aim. The 37-year-old becomes the youngest manager in the Championship and will be joined by Bryan Klug as his first-team coach.
This Club means the world to me and when I walked off the pitch after the Derby game in what I thought would be my final appearance as a player here, I always had the feeling that I would be back sometime. It comes quicker than I expected obviously but I am not intimidated in anyway about the job. I embrace it although I am under no illusions about the task ahead. Ever since I started in the game I have had the utmost belief that I have all the credentials needed to be a manager and I know I have the support of everyone at Ipswich Town. If you have that backing and are united as one, then the purpose can only be to provide success on the pitch. The Premiership is the goal, it has to be the goal and when you look around the place, it is a Premiership club in all but status. It's our job to provide that status. It's obviously a very proud day for me, to be announced as manager of such a wonderful club and I'm fired up for the job. I and can't wait to get going with the players. Bryan's the same. We will hit the ground running come the first day of pre-season, you can be sure of that.
A point away from home 
Good fight back with 10-men and excellent header from Jon Walters from a corner by the outstanding Gary Roberts.
Sito-Castro's silly lunge earned him a red-card (when will they ever learn) - it wasn't malicious, but neither was it excusable.
10-days rest now
Managers often tell you that such-and-such a place is difficult to go - well I can concur that from where I live Blackpool is a very difficult place to go.
Good fight back with 10-men and excellent header from Jon Walters from a corner by the outstanding Gary Roberts.
Sito-Castro's silly lunge earned him a red-card (when will they ever learn) - it wasn't malicious, but neither was it excusable.
10-days rest now
Managers often tell you that such-and-such a place is difficult to go - well I can concur that from where I live Blackpool is a very difficult place to go.
rotf,
i know im stating the bleeding obvious mate but the tractor boys really do need to start to win away from home NOW! if you want to play us next season.
i know im stating the bleeding obvious mate but the tractor boys really do need to start to win away from home NOW! if you want to play us next season.
Ho hum 
quote:We want to go up and stay up
Better still - go up and win it, just like 61/62.
James, I think we'd stay up - as we would win 10 or so home games - probably not get much away. In one way it is a shame the Squarkers wouldn't be up with us because it is always useful to have 6 points in the bag
Still another season in the Championship is no bad thing - better than this time last year and we have the best manager around.
ATB Rotf
quote:Originally posted by 7V:
My team, Burnley, are apparently interested in Alan Lee (having sold Andy Gray).
Is he any good?
Yes - but you can't have him because we still need him as cover for Danny Haynes and Pablo Counago; however, we have just got Alan Quinn and, young Jordan Rhodes is prolific in the reservers, so Alan Lee may find it hard to get in the team. Last I heard Jim said no bid has been accepted for Alan from Burnley.
I take it Andy Gray is not ambitious as he joined Ipswich rejects a.k.a Charlton
Didn't Alan play for Burnley back in 1999-2000 season before moving to Rotherham and then Cardiff (£850,000) before we picked him up for a snip (£100,000) - he is a good determined runner and Jim has got him scoring goals which is always useful. I'm not sure if he'd want to go, but I think if Burnley are offering £1.5m then we might accept.
ATB Rotf
No chance that we'd pay that sort of money for him. I think we're more keen to try and get Dundee United midfielder Barry Robson, although we've apparently got some competition there.
Lee did join Burnley in 1999 and left the next year. Judging by the forums, Burnley fans are less than enchanted with the prospect of paying even £900,000 for Lee, although money from the Andy Gray sale is burning a hole in the club's pockets. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if Gray's goalscoring dries up completely once he leaves the hallowed Turf.
We'll take Jordan Rhodes.
Lee did join Burnley in 1999 and left the next year. Judging by the forums, Burnley fans are less than enchanted with the prospect of paying even £900,000 for Lee, although money from the Andy Gray sale is burning a hole in the club's pockets. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if Gray's goalscoring dries up completely once he leaves the hallowed Turf.
We'll take Jordan Rhodes.
I know it's been said before, but it needs saying again ... an AWAY WIN for the Tractor Boys! 
More of the same please.
More of the same please.
quote:Mail on Sunday
Is that a crafty plug for a newspaper column?
Well it's off to the Palace tomorrow, but I don't think I'll catch that one.
We can't stop winning away, we can't stop winning away ....
I couldn't make it to the match tonight, but ... away, we can't stop winning away ....
now lets get that home form right
Palace 0 Tractor Boys 1
Town made it two away wins in succession thanks to a Danny Haynes deflection just before half-time. He wasn't in the starting line-up until an ankle injury to Alan Quinn in the warm-up saw him promoted from the bench and he took advantage with the winner, not that he knew much about it, the striker deflecting in Richard (Bam Bam) Naylor's volley.
Sorry Palace fans (Steve) - it is just I can't believe our recent away form.
Bristol City hold the second automatic place and we beat them 6-0 so we've got to believe we have a chance.
ATB Rotf
... away, we can't stop winning away ....
I couldn't make it to the match tonight, but ... away, we can't stop winning away ....
now lets get that home form right
Palace 0 Tractor Boys 1
Town made it two away wins in succession thanks to a Danny Haynes deflection just before half-time. He wasn't in the starting line-up until an ankle injury to Alan Quinn in the warm-up saw him promoted from the bench and he took advantage with the winner, not that he knew much about it, the striker deflecting in Richard (Bam Bam) Naylor's volley.
Sorry Palace fans (Steve) - it is just I can't believe our recent away form.
Bristol City hold the second automatic place and we beat them 6-0 so we've got to believe we have a chance.
ATB Rotf
... away, we can't stop winning away ....