| January Transfer Window Targets 15:11 - Nov 15 with 10757 views | CityBlue |
I think we are al in agreement that number one priority sits with another striker. (Midfield upgrade next season).
Who are the early contenders?
Do we go for an inform Championship striker (Smodicz) or are we looking at an out of favour EPL player/up and coming EFL1/2 player?
Who are the candidates?
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 23:39 - Nov 15 with 2494 views | ipswichtillidie |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 23:11 - Nov 15 by WicklowBlue |
Re. Ball, similar to Janoi in terms of versatility in terms of positions. It will come down to where we need versatility versus quality and pushing the squad forward.
Time will tell... |
I just can’t see it with Donacian. If he’s still here in February I’d expect him to be gone in the summer. Done well for us, so fond memories but we have progressed here. |  |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 10:38 - Nov 16 with 2319 views | jayessess |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 23:39 - Nov 15 by ipswichtillidie |
I just can’t see it with Donacian. If he’s still here in February I’d expect him to be gone in the summer. Done well for us, so fond memories but we have progressed here. |
I'd say the chances of Donacien going in the window are pretty slim to be honest. He's cheap, he's fourth choice, he's a decent competitor in the Championship. I don't see that replacing him would be a priority.
Switching out squad players is rarely easy and often not terribly productive. I think that's doubly the case at full back where realistically we aren't going to sign anyone to displace our regular starters (Davis and Williams are two of our better players full stop) and when we've got significant money invested in Clarke on top of that. So, you would 100% be recruiting for fourth choice full back, which basically rules out a Premier League loan and makes it tough to recruit anyone who could be starting at another decent Championship side. I don't think whoever you recruit in that circumstances makes you massively stronger. |  |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 12:57 - Nov 16 with 2271 views | Haynes98SuperSub |
I agree that EL Mizouni could well be the answer to midfield reinforcement, plus further down the line he functions well as academy player being brought through who has quality, but can be superseded by an established quality signing in the future if we spend.
This season for Orient he is impressive for touches and defensive actions (stuff like successful tackles, dribbles etc) as well as getting shots away in the box and winning arial duels. He would supplement the all around role Morsy+Mass execute with added technique; all that individual ability, enhancement from Town coaching and learning from those two veteran midfield indicates recipe for success. The energy he will bring for that role will ease the starters work for a strong finish.
Dobson (25) at Charlton is an another good defensively solid and technical midfielder. Way more experience, also captains the team, and falls in that high Lg1/low Championship quality market that seems Ipswich will target, and have success in too.
Tim Iroegbunam could be gem: full season at QPR last year but undervalued by Villa and didn’t get a move. Depends what level midfielder is the target.
Not a scooby striker wise.
I think an added quality attacking midfield signing should be made. Someone who plays across the Broadhead and Chaplin area. Especially as good as a goal scorer Chaplin is, his running can be nullified and the area can be improved with a different additional skillset.
Aaron Collins at Bristol Rovers has scored and assisted consistently in league 1+2 (3G 5A this season); 26 so ready for a step up; plays left, mid and CF. He would be a couple mill but a deal could be made as he’s got 1 1/2 year on his contract, similar case to last Jan signings. I like idea he would push for the Wales squad like the other guys at Ipswich that the manager has elevated. He certainly would be worth the pursuit, although we won’t be the only ones looking.
Keilor-Dunn and Jodi Jones in LG 2 could be viable as both threat with G+A.
From the recent interview with Ashton there is financing that is within FA limits. Unclear how ruthless they want to be with squad additions and departures. IMO 1 mid and 1 attacker in and out wouldn’t unsettle anything, and pushes the ceiling. |  | | |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 13:12 - Nov 16 with 2230 views | ipswichtillidie |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 10:38 - Nov 16 by jayessess |
I'd say the chances of Donacien going in the window are pretty slim to be honest. He's cheap, he's fourth choice, he's a decent competitor in the Championship. I don't see that replacing him would be a priority.
Switching out squad players is rarely easy and often not terribly productive. I think that's doubly the case at full back where realistically we aren't going to sign anyone to displace our regular starters (Davis and Williams are two of our better players full stop) and when we've got significant money invested in Clarke on top of that. So, you would 100% be recruiting for fourth choice full back, which basically rules out a Premier League loan and makes it tough to recruit anyone who could be starting at another decent Championship side. I don't think whoever you recruit in that circumstances makes you massively stronger. |
Swapping full another full back wasn’t what I was implying with Donacian. We have Ball and Humphries who can fill in there. I guess it will ultimately come down to which players are not happy with few minutes. Suspect we will probably just omit Evans and replace that way but if we sign more then Donacian would certainly be an option IMO. | |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 13:37 - Nov 16 with 2188 views | bob12 |
Personally I don't think Szmodics would be a good signing. Yeah his scoring goals but I don't think he'd fit our system as a Hirst replacement.
He'd work in Chaplin/Broadhead role but not big enough to play up top on his own like Hirst. | | | |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 15:29 - Nov 16 with 2116 views | BigCommon |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 13:37 - Nov 16 by bob12 |
Personally I don't think Szmodics would be a good signing. Yeah his scoring goals but I don't think he'd fit our system as a Hirst replacement.
He'd work in Chaplin/Broadhead role but not big enough to play up top on his own like Hirst. |
I'm inclined to agree.. Plus you'd think any fee involved would be quite substantial and wouldn't really fit the profile, age wise, either..
I see absolutely no point in moving Freddy on either, as some have suggested. Think his contract is up in the Summer, so we won't get much of a fee, if any. And he's an experienced head around the place. Knows the system and squad well, chips in with goals and build up play. And if we had a one in, one out scenario in the CF position. Then we're an injury away from being down to one striker... For me, we need an "additional" striker, with perhaps FL seeing out his contract as a bit part player..... Love Freddy and what hes done for us. But I think its becoming clearer that we could upgrade in that area. Or, of course, FL needs to find another gear, which we've seen happen with other squad players.. |  | | |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 15:31 - Nov 16 with 2112 views | Kieran_Knows |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 13:37 - Nov 16 by bob12 |
Personally I don't think Szmodics would be a good signing. Yeah his scoring goals but I don't think he'd fit our system as a Hirst replacement.
He'd work in Chaplin/Broadhead role but not big enough to play up top on his own like Hirst. |
He wouldn't be coming here to play in the Hirst role though, he'd be coming in as competition for Chaplin/Broadhead, which I think we'd need. |  |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 15:47 - Nov 16 with 2090 views | Mookamoo |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 18:21 - Nov 15 by Wickets |
Smodicz is an excellent player who we tried to sign once before . I think we are looking at a Centre back ! [Post edited 15 Nov 2023 19:04]
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Would be interesting but they wouldn't sell him and I'm not sure he fits the profile. Keep thinking he is too old at 28 to spend serious cash on, but Stewart was 27 when he came in. |  | | |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 16:35 - Nov 16 with 2028 views | bob12 |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 15:31 - Nov 16 by Kieran_Knows |
He wouldn't be coming here to play in the Hirst role though, he'd be coming in as competition for Chaplin/Broadhead, which I think we'd need. |
Well in that case, makes sense. Thought we were discussing striker options, sorry | | | |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 18:07 - Nov 16 with 1936 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
What about say Callum Marshall from WHU? Don't know much about his style of play but 16 in 21 for their under 21s this year.
Played a couple of times for NI already but not at a senior level for his club yet, supposed to be well thought of in both set ups |  |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 18:54 - Nov 16 with 1901 views | jayessess |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 18:07 - Nov 16 by BlueandTruesince82 |
What about say Callum Marshall from WHU? Don't know much about his style of play but 16 in 21 for their under 21s this year.
Played a couple of times for NI already but not at a senior level for his club yet, supposed to be well thought of in both set ups |
It would be an enormous risk to go for someone with almost zero experience of first team football at this point and I don't think we'll go down that road.
As it stands we already have a very highly rated striker who is older and about 50 senior appearances further down the line, plus another very experienced striker, who has a respectable goal record at this level (13 in 42 games). It's unlikely we can send Scarlett back, so we'd probably have to move Ladapo out to facilitate another untried kid coming in.
If we're still in the Top 2 come January and looking to cement a promotion push, I reckon we'll almost certainly go for someone a bit older with more guarantees. | |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 19:12 - Nov 16 with 1885 views | WeWereZombies |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 18:54 - Nov 16 by jayessess |
It would be an enormous risk to go for someone with almost zero experience of first team football at this point and I don't think we'll go down that road.
As it stands we already have a very highly rated striker who is older and about 50 senior appearances further down the line, plus another very experienced striker, who has a respectable goal record at this level (13 in 42 games). It's unlikely we can send Scarlett back, so we'd probably have to move Ladapo out to facilitate another untried kid coming in.
If we're still in the Top 2 come January and looking to cement a promotion push, I reckon we'll almost certainly go for someone a bit older with more guarantees. |
On Scarlett, he has probably been sent here by Tottenham as part of a best fit for development process and they would be upset if he was pushed down the pecking order for starts and substitute appearances, Furthermore, we are beginning to see McKenna working his improvement skills on the lad and I don't think we have seen the best of Scarlett yet by any means. To bin all of that at this stage would be very out of character with the project that we can see happening at Town and to our detriment. |  |
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| January Transfer Window Targets on 06:41 - Nov 17 with 1716 views | franz_tyson |
| January Transfer Window Targets on 12:57 - Nov 16 by Haynes98SuperSub |
I agree that EL Mizouni could well be the answer to midfield reinforcement, plus further down the line he functions well as academy player being brought through who has quality, but can be superseded by an established quality signing in the future if we spend.
This season for Orient he is impressive for touches and defensive actions (stuff like successful tackles, dribbles etc) as well as getting shots away in the box and winning arial duels. He would supplement the all around role Morsy+Mass execute with added technique; all that individual ability, enhancement from Town coaching and learning from those two veteran midfield indicates recipe for success. The energy he will bring for that role will ease the starters work for a strong finish.
Dobson (25) at Charlton is an another good defensively solid and technical midfielder. Way more experience, also captains the team, and falls in that high Lg1/low Championship quality market that seems Ipswich will target, and have success in too.
Tim Iroegbunam could be gem: full season at QPR last year but undervalued by Villa and didn’t get a move. Depends what level midfielder is the target.
Not a scooby striker wise.
I think an added quality attacking midfield signing should be made. Someone who plays across the Broadhead and Chaplin area. Especially as good as a goal scorer Chaplin is, his running can be nullified and the area can be improved with a different additional skillset.
Aaron Collins at Bristol Rovers has scored and assisted consistently in league 1+2 (3G 5A this season); 26 so ready for a step up; plays left, mid and CF. He would be a couple mill but a deal could be made as he’s got 1 1/2 year on his contract, similar case to last Jan signings. I like idea he would push for the Wales squad like the other guys at Ipswich that the manager has elevated. He certainly would be worth the pursuit, although we won’t be the only ones looking.
Keilor-Dunn and Jodi Jones in LG 2 could be viable as both threat with G+A.
From the recent interview with Ashton there is financing that is within FA limits. Unclear how ruthless they want to be with squad additions and departures. IMO 1 mid and 1 attacker in and out wouldn’t unsettle anything, and pushes the ceiling. |
Would El Mizouni want to come back for the latter part of the season? He's obviously doing well at LO and is a vital player. Morsy will be here and unlikely to be called up for Egypt. We have Taylor. Mass gone for only a month. Ball, Humphreys as back up. El Miz would have to swap being one of the first names on the teamsheet to a player unlikely to make the match day 18. Its not only our decision- El Miz could well be lukewarm to a return.
Let's be honest - El Miz has had better experiences away on loan from the club and I can see him having a future away from us. | | | |
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