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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo 13:09 - Jul 16 with 3769 views_clive_baker_

All in 1 window. End of an era innit.

Presumably Muric too, although that one is more end of an error.

Lot of change, lot of pressure on the recruitment this summer.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:10 - Jul 16 with 2820 viewsKieran_Knows

Yep, said all along I think this will be a bigger rebuild then most people think.

A lot to do given we start the season in 3 weeks. Fingers crossed we get some deals over the line soon.

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:12 - Jul 16 with 2764 viewsArnieM

Losing a bit more than " one or two" aren't we.

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:14 - Jul 16 with 2701 viewsSomethingBlue

It's a lot. We have a mountain to climb and I think we can scale it but there is tonnes to do in very short order before I can put us among the automatic promotion contenders. People need to be ready for some difficulties ahead.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:14 - Jul 16 with 2694 viewsTRUE_BLUE123

Burnley have shown it can be done and you can still achieve your goal.

2 CMs and Striker before Brum needed.

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:18 - Jul 16 with 2608 viewsElderGrizzly

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:10 - Jul 16 by Kieran_Knows

Yep, said all along I think this will be a bigger rebuild then most people think.

A lot to do given we start the season in 3 weeks. Fingers crossed we get some deals over the line soon.


Think I said back in May we would be looking at 10 new names in by the end of the window.

Initially I thought that might be high, but looks like we'll need that just to stay steady in terms of squad depth.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:18 - Jul 16 with 2600 viewsburnbudgiesburn

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:14 - Jul 16 by SomethingBlue

It's a lot. We have a mountain to climb and I think we can scale it but there is tonnes to do in very short order before I can put us among the automatic promotion contenders. People need to be ready for some difficulties ahead.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:14]


We still have an incredible squad with funds to add when you write it down on paper. We have work to do in midfield and forwards for sure.

You seem to be in a very negative mood at the moment, SB.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:20 - Jul 16 with 2557 viewsKieran_Knows

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:14 - Jul 16 by SomethingBlue

It's a lot. We have a mountain to climb and I think we can scale it but there is tonnes to do in very short order before I can put us among the automatic promotion contenders. People need to be ready for some difficulties ahead.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:14]


I make it potentially another 8 that could leave;

Muric - obvious reasons
Slicker - clearly needs a loan
Taylor - has he done enough the last 2 years?
Al-Hamadi - probably time to move on.
Johnson - has been linked with a move elsewhere
Walton - will he want another year as a number 2?
Humphreys - can't see him getting enough game time this season
Broadhead - was almost out the door last summer.

Add in Morsy and Hutchinson and your at 10. Of course they won't all go, but plenty of gaps to fill in my opinion, and you're right, we look well short given the season is 3 weeks away.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:20]

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:21 - Jul 16 with 2507 viewsVic

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:12 - Jul 16 by ArnieM

Losing a bit more than " one or two" aren't we.


Only 1 more really though because the others were out of contract. pretty much in line with Ashton's comment about losing 1or 2 with high premium value (can;t remember when he said it but I'm sure it was to that effect). It was therefore always on the cards (inevitable) that we'd lose more than Delap.
But I'm not sure we could expect anything else when he'd said that the future was going to be all about player trading. This is what that looks like so we'd better get used to it.
As others have highlighted, it's actually been the Ipswich way since Burleys time - he build the promo team by player trading over a few years.
I've no problem with it - but it does put such a lot of pressure on KM, MA and others to get the recruitment right doesn't it!

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:22 - Jul 16 with 2494 viewsWallingford_Boy

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:12 - Jul 16 by ArnieM

Losing a bit more than " one or two" aren't we.


Did anyone ever say it would just be one or two?!

No one ever thought that, we knew Delap, Omari and Tuanzebe were off from the outset.

RIP Sir Bobby

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:24 - Jul 16 with 2463 viewsPrideOfTheEast

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:20 - Jul 16 by Kieran_Knows

I make it potentially another 8 that could leave;

Muric - obvious reasons
Slicker - clearly needs a loan
Taylor - has he done enough the last 2 years?
Al-Hamadi - probably time to move on.
Johnson - has been linked with a move elsewhere
Walton - will he want another year as a number 2?
Humphreys - can't see him getting enough game time this season
Broadhead - was almost out the door last summer.

Add in Morsy and Hutchinson and your at 10. Of course they won't all go, but plenty of gaps to fill in my opinion, and you're right, we look well short given the season is 3 weeks away.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:20]


Davis possibility too.

There will be loads of business in the last week of the window which means the first few games will be interesting.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:28 - Jul 16 with 2426 viewssurreyblue

Worth thinking back to the starting XI and squad from three years ago - the start of the L1 promotion season.

GK: Walton / Hladky / Coleman

RB: Donacien /KVY
RCB: Woolfenden / Keogh
LCB: Edmundson / Burgess
LB: Davis / Leigh

RCM: Morsy / Ball
LCM: Evans / Camera / Humphreys

RW: Burns / Aluko
CAM: Chaplin / TJJ
LW: Harness / Edwards

ST: Ladapo / Jackson / Adhame

We've arguably rebuilt this squad once already - this season feels like a continuation of the work done last summer, rather than the start of a new era. Of those names above, only 7 remain, and likely down to 6 or 5 by the end of the summer if Morsy and Humphries leave. On average since the start of 22/23 we have signed 9/10 players in the summer and 4 in January. If we end up with 7 or 8 new faces in the squad, that is pretty much on par with normal.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:33 - Jul 16 with 2353 views_clive_baker_

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:28 - Jul 16 by surreyblue

Worth thinking back to the starting XI and squad from three years ago - the start of the L1 promotion season.

GK: Walton / Hladky / Coleman

RB: Donacien /KVY
RCB: Woolfenden / Keogh
LCB: Edmundson / Burgess
LB: Davis / Leigh

RCM: Morsy / Ball
LCM: Evans / Camera / Humphreys

RW: Burns / Aluko
CAM: Chaplin / TJJ
LW: Harness / Edwards

ST: Ladapo / Jackson / Adhame

We've arguably rebuilt this squad once already - this season feels like a continuation of the work done last summer, rather than the start of a new era. Of those names above, only 7 remain, and likely down to 6 or 5 by the end of the summer if Morsy and Humphries leave. On average since the start of 22/23 we have signed 9/10 players in the summer and 4 in January. If we end up with 7 or 8 new faces in the squad, that is pretty much on par with normal.


Difference is this time is the players leaving were key components, some that have left previously like Ball, Leigh, Evans, Camera, Edwards etc never established themselves in that bracket.

Its inevitable, but certainly feels like a lot of change this summer. 4 of those were regulars last season in the premier league, and Burgess & Luongo were the promotion years prior. Its not changing of the fringe, but significant changing of the core. That's the difference really, but as I say its inevitable when we've seen the first backwards step after a few seasons of forward progression.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:39 - Jul 16 with 2259 viewssmithy69

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:18 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly

Think I said back in May we would be looking at 10 new names in by the end of the window.

Initially I thought that might be high, but looks like we'll need that just to stay steady in terms of squad depth.


10 ? No chance we need 10
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:40 - Jul 16 with 2255 viewschicoazul

Your Top 3, plausible, signings for this Summer by chicoazul 12 May 11:20
We need at least 10 bodies and maybe more depending on who goes out.


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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:45 - Jul 16 with 2184 viewsSomethingBlue

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:18 - Jul 16 by burnbudgiesburn

We still have an incredible squad with funds to add when you write it down on paper. We have work to do in midfield and forwards for sure.

You seem to be in a very negative mood at the moment, SB.


I need to see that whoever we bring in really moves the dial, that's for sure. There are 10-12 teams in the Championship who can drop £8m on a nice player or two. We have lost a lot of what got us up the first time, both tangibles and crucial intangibles, and while evolution is natural it will take a humungous effort from McKenna to create something similarly formidable. I'm not saying he can't do it and reserve the right to be in full p7ss the league mode a month from now but I think we are in a for a bigger scrap than most people are quite ready for.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:49 - Jul 16 with 2100 viewsblueoutlook

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:20 - Jul 16 by Kieran_Knows

I make it potentially another 8 that could leave;

Muric - obvious reasons
Slicker - clearly needs a loan
Taylor - has he done enough the last 2 years?
Al-Hamadi - probably time to move on.
Johnson - has been linked with a move elsewhere
Walton - will he want another year as a number 2?
Humphreys - can't see him getting enough game time this season
Broadhead - was almost out the door last summer.

Add in Morsy and Hutchinson and your at 10. Of course they won't all go, but plenty of gaps to fill in my opinion, and you're right, we look well short given the season is 3 weeks away.
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I have seen your comments about this before on here and I totally agree. This is going to be a very hard job for MK. He will have a lot of new faces who need to learn his way of playing. It’s going to be a very tough season I think. I really am not sure we will be as big a force as people think this season. I think the second season could be the one.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:52 - Jul 16 with 2066 viewsElderGrizzly

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:39 - Jul 16 by smithy69

10 ? No chance we need 10


We have 2 (3 if you count Button) already.

So 7 more to go, depending on who leaves.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:53 - Jul 16 with 2055 viewsElderGrizzly

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:40 - Jul 16 by chicoazul

Your Top 3, plausible, signings for this Summer by chicoazul 12 May 11:20
We need at least 10 bodies and maybe more depending on who goes out.



Ah crap. I agree with the edge-Lord.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:00 - Jul 16 with 1993 viewsChris_ITFC

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:52 - Jul 16 by ElderGrizzly

We have 2 (3 if you count Button) already.

So 7 more to go, depending on who leaves.


Given we’re already over the squad limit, there’s 0 chance we sign 10.

10 may go, but they don’t all need replacing, e.g. 5 senior GKs.

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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:00 - Jul 16 with 1994 viewsbsw72

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:14 - Jul 16 by SomethingBlue

It's a lot. We have a mountain to climb and I think we can scale it but there is tonnes to do in very short order before I can put us among the automatic promotion contenders. People need to be ready for some difficulties ahead.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:14]


Don't forget Cajuste and Phillips.

Well, if you factor in there were 418 starting places in the league last season (11 x 38) then we have lost 140 of those through the above *excluding Hutchinson* as he is still here and not in talks like Morsy.

Only Delap (32) and Morsy (31) were nailed on (30+) PL starters; then you had Cajuste (25) Tuanzebe (20), Burges (16) and Phillips (14) plus Luongo with just the 2.

There is a lot to do but looking at the squad today:

GK: Muric, Walton, Palmer, Slicker and Button - assuming Slicker and prob Muric to leave either perm or loan.
CB: Greaves, O'Shea, Kipre and Woolfenden with Baggott as backup
LB: Davis and Townesend
RB: Johnson and Clarke
CM: Matusiwa, Taylor, Humphreys (Need to add here)
AM / Wide Men: Hutchinson, Szmodics, Philogene, Clarke, Broadhead, Ogbene, Burns, Chaplin
Striker: Hirst and Al-Hamadi

Priorty remains strengthening the CM and Striker, and then review attacking options especially if we lose Hutch.

It's a pretty formidable Championship squad as it stands though - priority is strengthening for the Championship at the moment, ideally with players to then step up to Prem, but we should not get ahead of ourselves.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:13 - Jul 16 with 1916 viewsflykickingbybgunn

There is a lot of negativity on here.
Yes
I would welcome a few additions and clearly we are over saturated with goalkeepers
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But personally I believe we have forwards here now that are quite capable of tearing most Champs defences a new one.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:42 - Jul 16 with 1778 viewsfootball

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 13:20 - Jul 16 by Kieran_Knows

I make it potentially another 8 that could leave;

Muric - obvious reasons
Slicker - clearly needs a loan
Taylor - has he done enough the last 2 years?
Al-Hamadi - probably time to move on.
Johnson - has been linked with a move elsewhere
Walton - will he want another year as a number 2?
Humphreys - can't see him getting enough game time this season
Broadhead - was almost out the door last summer.

Add in Morsy and Hutchinson and your at 10. Of course they won't all go, but plenty of gaps to fill in my opinion, and you're right, we look well short given the season is 3 weeks away.
[Post edited 16 Jul 13:20]


Cant see Johnson leaving. Muric yes but slicker will stay and carry on his training here. Suspect Broadie to stay also
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:49 - Jul 16 with 1734 viewsElderGrizzly

Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:00 - Jul 16 by Chris_ITFC

Given we’re already over the squad limit, there’s 0 chance we sign 10.

10 may go, but they don’t all need replacing, e.g. 5 senior GKs.


With loans coming in as well, I don't think we'll be far off that 10.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 14:59 - Jul 16 with 1691 viewsBloomBlue

It was inevitable

When we reached the PL we knew some were coming towards the end of their careers/jury out if they could perform at PL. Then relegation followed so some better players will want to move back to the PL. Plus relegated clubs always lose some players/forced to sell and we're no different to the likes of Leeds, Burnley, Leicester, Southampton in recent seasons.
It was inevitable we would lose players

Sad as it is, we need to refresh if we want to gain promotion and stay in the PL.

But sell players for good money and reinvest. None of our players are Messi, Ronaldo or Thijssen, they can be replaced with players of the same calibre or better.
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Delap, Hutchinson, Morsy, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Luongo on 15:02 - Jul 16 with 1670 viewsbilllm

Seems a mess to me,
In the championship you don't have much time before your playing catch up,
To many changes with a squad that would have been top 4 easily,
Il wait for the mud October patience it takes time to gel,
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