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No excuses for the Blues self-destruction at Elland Road

The Diary of a Tractor Girl January 25, 2012 @ 3:21 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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If Paul Jewell were to be sacked today, I really don't think I'd feel any sorrow.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not starting any protests to demand he be removed from my club. (As I've long been saying - changing managers on a regular basis is not going to get us anywhere.) But I am rapidly losing patience with him.

Name one thing we have in common with Leeds United...

The Diary of a Tractor Girl January 21, 2012 @ 3:21 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Three years ago I moved to Yorkshire from East Anglia for work purposes: a move I share with one very special former Ipswich Town player. Can you figure out who?!
Leeds and Ipswich share a lot in their histories: Huge success in the past has brought respect to both teams but the difficult financial times that followed have seen them slip down the league tables in recent decades.

Dear Mr Evans, thank you for your letter...

The Diary of a Tractor Girl January 20, 2012 @ 3:14 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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In the most recent match-day programme Marcus Evans sent out a rare direct message to the fans.
As inconsistent results continue into the New Year, our club balances just four points above the Championship's relegation zone. So it's difficult, as a fan, not to feel concern for the direction our club is going.

Why it's a good thing that Paul Jewell is trending on Twitter

The Diary of a Tractor Girl January 12, 2012 @ 5:36 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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On my way to work this morning I saw a sticker in the back wondow of a car that said 'My daughter plays rugby' in bold, pink letters.
At first I thought, well that's a bit of an odd think to have advertised in your car.
But when I thought about it more I realised, actually it's not.

The last light of hope at Ipswich Town

The Diary of a Tractor Girl December 9, 2011 @ 3:18 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Last Tuesday night I sat through a freezing cold 4:0 defeat at Burnley and it was gutting.
I spent the whole drive home in deep thought, trying to make sense of what is going wrong with my beloved Ipswich. I came to the conclusion that the most significant contributing factor to the 6 straight defeats was a lack of confidence.

Town's rollercoaster season takes another twist against Millwall

The Diary of a Tractor Girl November 2, 2011 @ 10:20 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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How many emotions can one football team make you feel just three months into the season?
Elation: Check (Bristol Away)
Anger: Check (Peterborough Away)
Pride: Check (Coventry at Home)
Hope: Check (West Ham Away)
A little bit Lucky: Check (Portsmouth at Home)
Pure Frustration: Check (Millwall Away)


August's trip to Peterborough was devastating because it highlighted what a mess the side were in at the time.

Why the defeat against Palace really doesn't matter all that much

The Diary of a Tractor Girl October 25, 2011 @ 5:24 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I have a confession to make: there's a small part of me that's relieved we lost on Saturday.

The recent run of good form has been a fascinating watch, and thoroughly deserved after the work the boys put in to turn things around following Peterborough away.
But it had to end some time.

Keeping the faith as Town narrowly beat Pompey and move into the Play-Off places

The Diary of a Tractor Girl October 20, 2011 @ 2:04 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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'It's playing poorly and still managing to win that's a sign of a good team'
If I had a pound for every time I've heard that in the last 36 hours I'd have enough money to make Keith Andrews' move to Portman Road a permanent one.
The scoreline suggests that the midfielder's 80th minute strike was the only difference between the two sides, but that wasn't the case.

Portman Road avoids Managerial Sacking Season, thankfully

The Diary of a Tractor Girl October 12, 2011 @ 2:57 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Just 10 games into the season the cull of managerial staff across the Championship has already begun.
But, is it too early?

Steve McClaren's resignation has come as no shock bearing in mind the state Nottingham Forest find themselves in at the moment. But ask a Forest fan how they feel about his exit and they will likely tell you the same thing my Forest fan friend @ibrahimmustapha: 'His heart's not been it for weeks so it was the right thing for him to go, but the problem runs much deeper than just needing a new manager'.

Ipswich Town FC; the finest football team the Championship has ever seen?

The Diary of a Tractor Girl October 4, 2011 @ 2:23 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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In my state of drunk-with-happiness-following-our-amazing-3:1-win-over-Brighton I made a very bold statement to the researchers at BBC 5 Live's 606:
'Ipswich Town are now the best team in the League'

Clearly I was a little overexcited. But, you know, the more I think about it the more I'm convinced I'm right.

Always look on the #twitfc side of life!

The Diary of a Tractor Girl October 1, 2011 @ 8:00 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A win from Town today would see the Blues getting three great results from what we thought would be the three hardest games of the season: Middlesbrough, West Ham and Brighton.
What a wonderful time it is to be a Town fan!
I was speaking to @FelsedBoy this morning and he quite delightfully described today as 'feeling like the first of the season, with the glorious weather and the feeling of hope in Ipswich'.

Two points against Middlesbrough and West Ham would be more than we expected

The Diary of a Tractor Girl September 27, 2011 @ 2:04 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Four words you hate to wake up to in the morning: Narwich 2, Sunderland 1.
Listening to the last 15 minutes of the game last night my heart was in my mouth. Though it was a shame not to hear Connor Wickham net a last minute equaliser against the Budgies - I found it really exciting.

Ipswich Town see off Sky Blues and 'Sky Curse'

The Diary of a Tractor Girl September 20, 2011 @ 1:38 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Over the years, the Tractor Boys have become notorious for getting stage fright when the Sky cameras come to visit.
And with the two most recent televised games ending in heavy defeats - last night was the night to emulate Cardiff Away rather than Narwich at Home.

I just had this feeling in my bones that yesterday would be the day the pieces of the jigsaw came together for Town, and I was right.

Blackpool Away: good things come to those who wait

The Diary of a Tractor Girl September 12, 2011 @ 1:07 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I was privileged enough to be featured in the Evening Star this weekend, as their 'Star Fan' for the game at Blackpool.
Could've picked a better weekend...!

The difficulty being any comment I could think to make felt like I was repeating myself from all but one of the games we've already played.

Where do Town go from here?

The Diary of a Tractor Girl August 22, 2011 @ 1:25 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Ipswich Town team seemed to take a while to come out of the dressing room on Saturday evening: what do you think Paul Jewell was saying?
If you were him, what on earth would you have said?
Having not made it to Portman Road this season, this weekend was the first chance I've had to see the rapidly self-destructing side for myself.