Town are edging closer to completing the signings of Fulham keeper David Stockdale and Arsenal midfielder or striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. We understand the duo are at the club this afternoon with the Blues hopeful of finalising their sixth and seventh new additions of the summer later today.

A £1.1 million fee is believed to have been agreed with the Gunners for Emmanuel-Thomas with talks and a medical taking place today.

Loanee Stockdale is set to sign on a season-long loan but with the Cottagers demanding a recall clause in case of injury time first choice Mark Schwarzer.

Town hope the pair will sign in time to feature in Tuesday’s pre-season friendly against Colchester United (KO 7.45pm).

Fans travelling to Colchester without tickets should note they need to buy one at the Ticket Office at the Weston Homes Community Stadium before they can enter via the turnstiles. A Blues following of more than 1,200 is expected to travel to the north Essex club.

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Dissboyitfc added 18:30 - Jul 25 Wrightyblue....No not good enough but, there are other signings as yet to come... hopefully defenders, and who is Bowery, is he related to bowyer?LOL COYB
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NorthblueBen added 18:30 - Jul 25 Tick tock
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jas0999 added 18:33 - Jul 25 Could be two very good signings. Hope the club can finalise them and soon.
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mark1969 added 18:46 - Jul 25 The delay is now concerning , these by all accounts were shoe ins /done deals ? i fear our lack of ambition might become apparent c,mon Mr.Clegg prove me wrong or have they both failed medicals ? This begins to border on the farcical the club should issue a statement its dinner time the players will need feeding !!! So will i and the wait is making me sick along with many other supporters , at least we have real passion for our club !

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marcus139 added 19:09 - Jul 25 Liverpool got the andy carroll deal done in two shakes of a lambs tail, why is this taking so long? Aagggghhhh.
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IITFC1948 added 19:14 - Jul 25 Now we have lost our groundsman,Bloody Hell
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OzzyBlue added 19:16 - Jul 25 They've done studies you know. Nick Clegg - 60% of the time he cocks up every time.
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ITFC4daprem added 19:18 - Jul 25 great buys COYB
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DaneITFC added 19:25 - Jul 25 This is like waiting for a bus.. Sign em already!
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IITFC1948 added 19:29 - Jul 25 Evening star web site state paper work holding up annoncement ,just waiting for ink to dry it take a little while with a name like jets
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DaneITFC added 19:32 - Jul 25 http://www.greenun24.co.uk/ipswich-town/paperwork_holds_up_double_signing_1_9726
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del45 added 19:33 - Jul 25 Why is it that there is no news comeing from PR WHAT IS GOING ON has both signings failed ? if so let the supporter's know, if not tell us.
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whippet added 19:49 - Jul 25 Leicester City have most probs come in late for both players and swooped them away again. We need Delaney and Smith replaced anyways, I wouldn't be too bothered if this double deals fails if we sort out ou defensive nightmare. More holes than edam our defence. Promotion strikers and midfield, relegation defence. We are only as strong as our weakest link. Bambi on Ice again.

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whippet added 19:50 - Jul 25 Worst defence in Championship by MILES
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GTRKing added 19:51 - Jul 25 look they havnt failed it paperwork tht gotta be sorted 1st FA Rules players not urs till paperwork sorted
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Tractamatt added 19:53 - Jul 25 Thanks for the link daneitfc,Does it seem to anyone else that when a player actually shows up to sign for us PR desends into mayhem so with 2 to sign it must have been chaos.Why cant it be nice and smoothe like it is for most other teams in the football league and whats happened to the Koumas story?
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GTRKing added 19:55 - Jul 25 look they havnt failed it paperwork tht gotta be sorted 1st FA Rules players not urs till paperwork sorted
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GTRKing added 19:58 - Jul 25 Don't know & we can't handle 2 players signing at once haven't done that in ages that's why i got delayed. & Phil hasn't put it up on here yet dunno why.
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whippet added 20:01 - Jul 25 Phils still waiting to get the full story of whats happened. At the moment we are all in the dark.
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Talbs77 added 20:02 - Jul 25 Really pleased with the signings pj acheived this close season. Feel he's making real strides to significantly improving the team altho agree with others on here that he MUST get centre back in. Delaneys ok but Tommy Smith is not the answer (pj must have agreed with last season as he never got a kick!) and cant see ingarmarson being ready until at least september. Once we get centre back I think we wont be far off really giving it a go next season.

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mark1969 added 20:05 - Jul 25 if both players were in Town and ready to sign and didn,t as the paperwork was not correct/finished we are a joke . The secretary and chief executive should be removed and replaced with people who know what they are doing /trying to achieve . The players are asked to live in Ipswich has Mr. Clegg moved yet ? i,M sad and dismayed at todays dragged out proceedings i just hope other clubs do not step in .

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churchmans added 20:06 - Jul 25 agree with whippet still got a poor defence
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GTRKing added 20:10 - Jul 25 it's a disgrace tht clegg & Evans can't get paper work sorted that mean there office is a mess. But glad we got them I hope
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marcus139 added 20:12 - Jul 25 Mark1969 i agree entirely.....
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AndyStannard added 20:14 - Jul 25 Look guys remember the wait we had for Chopra!!! This is exactly the same apart from there's 2 of them!! we're all pretty impatient including myself!!! COOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE OOOOOOONNNNNNN ;)
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