| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) 15:14 - Jan 25 with 9632 views | MaySixth |
he is well down our list of targets
wimbledon want £1m plus and expect him to stay until the summer
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:23 - Jan 25 with 2198 views | portmanking |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:51 - Jan 25 by tractorboy1978 |
They sold Keane Lewis-Potter for £20m last summer. An academy player so that will be pure profit in their accounts and for FFP. |
Forgot all about that TBF. Yeah, that'll be it then.
I guess we need to resign ourselves to the fact that Davis goes in the summer to give us similar breathing space if we don't go up this year. |  | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:27 - Jan 25 with 2160 views | NthQldITFC |
I wonder if you're basing your opinion on the level he plays at currently, or on who he's being signed to stand in for, rather than footage of his performances on the pitch? As someone who's looked at the latter I'd say he has enough about him to cause defenders problems at this level. He's quick, physical, decisive and composed from what I've seen.
Is he George Hirst? No. Could he share the workload of our No. 9 position for the rest of the season whilst improving under McKenna's tutelage? Absolutely. |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:30 - Jan 25 with 2137 views | NthQldITFC |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:45 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Well, we managed to sign the bulk of our starting XI in League One under the more onerous SCMP. And how are teams such as Hull with no parachute payments able to attract and afford players (even on loan) such as Carvalho?
If we can only afford to shop in Poundland then say so, not the first time MA |
Can we have a FFP/SCMP For Dummies stickied at the top of the forum.
"Clubs sell players for a profit and can then spend all of that profit on new players" might be one of the obvious bullet points. | |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:34 - Jan 25 with 2096 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:45 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Well, we managed to sign the bulk of our starting XI in League One under the more onerous SCMP. And how are teams such as Hull with no parachute payments able to attract and afford players (even on loan) such as Carvalho?
If we can only afford to shop in Poundland then say so, not the first time MA |
SCMP is nowhere near as 'onerous' by the way. All owner equity is treated as revenue which makes it a piece of p!ss to bypass it if you've got owners with an appetite to invest, as we do. | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:37 - Jan 25 with 2079 views | Whos_blue |
Pass the rubber sheets..... |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:56 - Jan 25 with 2019 views | J2BLUE |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:21 - Jan 25 by StokieBlue |
It's interesting, you tend to post one-liners in an attempt to trigger people on here but I did have a look at another teams forum a few weeks back before a match and you were posting lengthy posts with some analysis.
All very odd.
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This clown has been doing his very low level trolling on here for years |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 17:30 - Jan 25 with 1961 views | Dubtractor |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:56 - Jan 25 by J2BLUE |
This clown has been doing his very low level trolling on here for years |
I remember him boldy declaring that appointing McKenna was a mistake, in a very similar post to this. |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 17:35 - Jan 25 with 1931 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:38 - Jan 25 by itfc_bucks |
That's fine, because:
Burns isn't Championship class.
Broady is injury prone.
Can't believe we didn't sell Harness in the summer.
Chappers has never done it higher than League One.
Woolfie is lazy.
And yet, here they all are, 2nd in the Championship.
Trust in McKenna - he knows exactly what we need. |
Yes, but before you know it we’ll have some rubbish like Jon Walters. Whereas what we really need are proven PL players like Lee Bowyer and Ben Thatcher, innit! |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 17:40 - Jan 25 with 1906 views | GlasgowBlue |
Yawn. |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 19:29 - Jan 25 with 1779 views | Stewart27 |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:35 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Anyone remember this interview with MA on EADT in Nov last year?
https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/23922181.ipswich-town-mark-ashton-january-transfer-
Just like last summer, MA does know a good waffle but once again no-one can see where the "firepower" is.
Sorry, but Al-Hamadi, Marvin Johnson et al is hardly the answer for a push to the Prem. Neither are they "brave and bold" signings for a team at the top of the Championship.
Shouldn't we be looking at players commensurate with our league position or at least the league we are in? The quality of players we are linked to now is even poorer than Morsy, Luongo, Davis, Broadhead et al all of which we signed in League One.
MA should talk less and just show the results. |
The results being promotion from league one and currently second in the championship? | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 19:57 - Jan 25 with 1711 views | Cuffy81 |
I guess you were one of the ones who wrote off Jon Walters before actually seeing him play?
Let's hope history repeats itself, I think this is exactly the type of signing we need alongside another experienced striker | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 20:02 - Jan 25 with 1695 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
He is certainly not going to be a direct replacement for Hirst ... he has scored 23 goals in 42 matches. Surely we can find a less prolific striker instead!
As for the OP, I have no idea how good the lad is or can be but I do trust McKenna's judgment on that far more than anyone on here! |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 20:10 - Jan 25 with 1661 views | Matt_Netherlands |
So let’s get this straight…
We don’t want experienced players with PL pedigree (Moore)
We don’t want young up and coming strikers from lower leagues (Al-Hamadi)
We don’t want strikers from teams lower than us in our division(Gallagher)
We don’t want strikes in on loan
Who exactly should we want to sign? |  | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 23:55 - Jan 25 with 1519 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:35 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Anyone remember this interview with MA on EADT in Nov last year?
https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/23922181.ipswich-town-mark-ashton-january-transfer-
Just like last summer, MA does know a good waffle but once again no-one can see where the "firepower" is.
Sorry, but Al-Hamadi, Marvin Johnson et al is hardly the answer for a push to the Prem. Neither are they "brave and bold" signings for a team at the top of the Championship.
Shouldn't we be looking at players commensurate with our league position or at least the league we are in? The quality of players we are linked to now is even poorer than Morsy, Luongo, Davis, Broadhead et al all of which we signed in League One.
MA should talk less and just show the results. |
I would argue its a very Brave signing based on the fact he hasn't played at this level ?
Calling a player who hasn't played in the championship before not championship class is strange, because, well he hasn't even had a chance to show his ability at this level. What we do know is. He is one of the most sought after footballers outside of the PL and has admirers from all sorts of top clubs at this level. And if you've watched this guy play, you would know. He is good. |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 06:44 - Jan 26 with 1403 views | PioneerBlue |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:35 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Anyone remember this interview with MA on EADT in Nov last year?
https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/23922181.ipswich-town-mark-ashton-january-transfer-
Just like last summer, MA does know a good waffle but once again no-one can see where the "firepower" is.
Sorry, but Al-Hamadi, Marvin Johnson et al is hardly the answer for a push to the Prem. Neither are they "brave and bold" signings for a team at the top of the Championship.
Shouldn't we be looking at players commensurate with our league position or at least the league we are in? The quality of players we are linked to now is even poorer than Morsy, Luongo, Davis, Broadhead et al all of which we signed in League One.
MA should talk less and just show the results. |
Shouldn’t we been looking at footballers with a value commensurate with our ability to finance the club? Mixing young talent with experience. Competing on things we control, like culture and attracting the players that want to improve and grow?
I don’t know why people persistently (going back to the Evans era) believe we can compete financially in a rigged league system where parachute clubs have an unfair financial advantage over those coming from the other direction. I don’t know why people persistently prefer Ipswich to be sucked into the overly inflated transfer market when we have a world class coach model delivering above average results.
It’s all bonkers. | |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:20 - Jan 26 with 1271 views | StokieBlue |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:19 - Jan 25 by ChampionsofInnsbruck |
I agree, League Two is a very poor league. Even when we signed Norwood, who had been prolific at that level, he barely scratched double figures in League One, Jackson had played primarily at that level before signing and was no where near Championship standard when he joined and it's taken him 6 years to get to that standard as a player. People will shoot us down for pointing that out. This whole thing smacks of another PR signing to calm the masses as we failed to do the deals that we were after, I hate to say it, but we had this last season with Ahadme and Camera. Why you would loan Ladapo out and bring in a player from the 4th tier...
Another point is, from a long term point of view, do we really need another international player who is likely to be away while we're still playing league fixtures? It's a massive pain in the backside.
PR signing, on a hope, rather than someone to push us over the line to promotion. Even Freddy Sears was a better punt than this, and he never did the same business in the Championship either. I appreciate people just want to be excited about a signing, but I would rather we have kept Ladapo and saved the money. If Al Hamadi is any good he'll be in League One next season and then we can see how he progresses, but we really should be shopping up rather than down. |
It's amazing how so much text can say so little.
This was my favourite part:
"Another point is, from a long term point of view, do we really need another international player who is likely to be away while we're still playing league fixtures? It's a massive pain in the backside."
Possibly the stupidest thing I've read on here for at least a day.
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:21 - Jan 26 with 1265 views | StokieBlue |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:56 - Jan 25 by J2BLUE |
This clown has been doing his very low level trolling on here for years |
But it's really weird.
He does actually seem to be a Town fan given his posts on the opposition forum so why troll on here whilst writing actual analysis on Town for opposition fans?
It's utterly bizarre.
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:33 - Jan 26 with 1229 views | portmanking |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:21 - Jan 26 by StokieBlue |
But it's really weird.
He does actually seem to be a Town fan given his posts on the opposition forum so why troll on here whilst writing actual analysis on Town for opposition fans?
It's utterly bizarre.
SB |
It's exceptionally weird as he's even written books on Ipswich Town too. | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:39 - Jan 26 with 1190 views | BiGDonnie |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:33 - Jan 26 by portmanking |
It's exceptionally weird as he's even written books on Ipswich Town too. |
A picture book, presumably? |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:52 - Jan 26 with 1151 views | berkstractorboy |
What if he is an investment for the future and we have another main striker coming in too?
Have read Leeds and Sunderland interested, are they not top half Championship as well so clearly people more qualified than you rate him. | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 08:59 - Jan 26 with 1124 views | Wickets |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:36 - Jan 25 by hype313 |
"You’ve got to remember, we’re governed by profit and sustainability rules," |
Got to remember this forum has a few envious yellow birdies ! |  | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 09:06 - Jan 26 with 1084 views | Ryorry |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 16:19 - Jan 25 by ChampionsofInnsbruck |
I agree, League Two is a very poor league. Even when we signed Norwood, who had been prolific at that level, he barely scratched double figures in League One, Jackson had played primarily at that level before signing and was no where near Championship standard when he joined and it's taken him 6 years to get to that standard as a player. People will shoot us down for pointing that out. This whole thing smacks of another PR signing to calm the masses as we failed to do the deals that we were after, I hate to say it, but we had this last season with Ahadme and Camera. Why you would loan Ladapo out and bring in a player from the 4th tier...
Another point is, from a long term point of view, do we really need another international player who is likely to be away while we're still playing league fixtures? It's a massive pain in the backside.
PR signing, on a hope, rather than someone to push us over the line to promotion. Even Freddy Sears was a better punt than this, and he never did the same business in the Championship either. I appreciate people just want to be excited about a signing, but I would rather we have kept Ladapo and saved the money. If Al Hamadi is any good he'll be in League One next season and then we can see how he progresses, but we really should be shopping up rather than down. |
“Even Freddy Sears was a better punt than this, and he never did the same business in the Championship either”.
😂
Thus spake Zarathustra. |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 09:14 - Jan 26 with 1052 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Given your track record of predictions, we can all rest assured he’ll be a massive success! | | | |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 09:21 - Jan 26 with 1024 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 15:45 - Jan 25 by ITFCSG |
Well, we managed to sign the bulk of our starting XI in League One under the more onerous SCMP. And how are teams such as Hull with no parachute payments able to attract and afford players (even on loan) such as Carvalho?
If we can only afford to shop in Poundland then say so, not the first time MA |
We're 2nd in the Championship, having broken all records for a newly promoted club, and you're angry with the CEO?!
WTF is wrong with you? |  |
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| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 10:15 - Jan 26 with 939 views | Herbivore |
| Al-Hamadi is not Championship class (n/t) on 20:10 - Jan 25 by Matt_Netherlands |
So let’s get this straight…
We don’t want experienced players with PL pedigree (Moore)
We don’t want young up and coming strikers from lower leagues (Al-Hamadi)
We don’t want strikers from teams lower than us in our division(Gallagher)
We don’t want strikes in on loan
Who exactly should we want to sign? |
Limits us to only targeting Leicester strikers, sadly. When is Daka back from AFCON? |  |
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