Now, what do we do…. 09:02 - Aug 5 with 5642 views | danchances22 | If omari is still here come Friday and no transfer is imminent does he play a part in the team on Friday at Birmingham? He is still contracted here and the club pay his wages so he has no right to refuse to play. He offers something special and can be a game changer if needed Friday night. Forget about his little tantrum last weekend if he isn’t sold this summer then what do we do with him? I’m not sure his really worthy of being a little arrogant thinking he’s a premier league player he was fairly poor in most games last season so I’m not sure why he’s trying to push himself out the club. Just a thought though he still has to feature at some point on Friday if he’s still here. What are your lots thoughts? |  | | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:12 - Aug 5 with 3835 views | Clutch | I think he will be on the bench on Friday. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:13 - Aug 5 with 3823 views | Bellevue_Blue | He will almost certainly play some part from the bench. Still no second bid and the first was almost three weeks ago. You can sit out pre-season but you start to lose the respect of everyone at the club if you do the same for league games. Am sure we will hear more from KM tomorrow. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:14 - Aug 5 with 3788 views | positivity |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:13 - Aug 5 by Bellevue_Blue | He will almost certainly play some part from the bench. Still no second bid and the first was almost three weeks ago. You can sit out pre-season but you start to lose the respect of everyone at the club if you do the same for league games. Am sure we will hear more from KM tomorrow. |
if you look at what happened with szmodics, he came on as a sub for blackburn despite playing no part in pre-season. he scored too; i'd take that! |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:16 - Aug 5 with 3757 views | Guthrum | Of course he'll play (unless a transfer is actually in motion) and I expect he'll be entirely happy to. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 with 3638 views | chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:22 - Aug 5 with 3620 views | mutters | The longer it rumbles on the higher the chance he stays. I suspect he will play a part on Friday, which may trigger a club to bid the amount to trigger a transfer The reality is that we don't have to sell, though the money would be useful. Depends on how the manager and players relationship is. Omari may want a move but he also respects McKenna. I have a hunch, based on nothing but pure optimism, that he will still be here when the window shuts |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:23 - Aug 5 with 3588 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
Absolutely shocker, nobody could've seen this coming. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:24 - Aug 5 with 3576 views | TRUE_BLUE123 | There has been a massive overreaction to him sitting out of a pre season game. If he is here for competitive games and he sits out that is a much bigger deal. I think he will be on the bench. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:25 - Aug 5 with 3553 views | itfcsuth | I have no issues with him not being involved in a pre season, injuries can happen which would be no benefit to us, the player, or prospective clubs. When the league starts, if he's here (looks likely), he's involved. If a deal materialises beyond that so be it. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:28 - Aug 5 with 3475 views | Herbivore | I imagine he'll be on the bench, I don't see him ruling himself out of a competitive fixture but I also don't see McKenna restoring him straight to the starting XI after Auxerre, and that's fair enough on all parties. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:28 - Aug 5 with 3473 views | Wright1 | Absolute worst case he has to be on the bench. If McKenna thinks he's physically ready (which he can't be far off having played for England most of the summer) then I think he has to start with Philogene out. Give us 60 minutes - go and win us the game son. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:30 - Aug 5 with 3423 views | Steve_M |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
Broadhead missed the previous pre-season match in light of a transfer bid..... [Post edited 5 Aug 9:57]
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:32 - Aug 5 with 3384 views | SomethingBlue | Not sure I agree with the "fairly poor" part but I guess we are in for another season of nuance dying a death and most things that aren't brilliant automatically becoming "poor". But I'd hope he can be involved, the kid himself isn't a troublemaker and he'll have been very much acting to instruction from a not entirely pleasant agent. At some point he needs to get some more playing time for his own sake too. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:36 - Aug 5 with 3295 views | Guthrum | What tantrum? McKenna didn't say he refused to play, but that he was left out - of a pre-season friendly, requiring travel to France. At the age of only 21, he's had an intense promotion season, followed by an extremely intense and ultimately unsuccessful Prem season, then a top-level international Youth competition, which they won just 38 days ago, plus a load of upheaval over his future on top (leaving Chelsea for Ipswich, then possible moves on from there after a single year). Perhaps he's just mentally tired, maybe still physically so. These are human beings, still quite young, not characters in a game or film. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:51 - Aug 5 with 3050 views | Swansea_Blue | We could always wait and see instead of reinventing the past and casting baseless accusations about his character? |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:52 - Aug 5 with 3041 views | bluejacko |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
Now I haven’t read all the threads on Omari BUT where on earth does the colour of the boys skin come into it? As for playing he is a professional footballer contracted to ITFC so his obligation is to play if picked! |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:54 - Aug 5 with 2994 views | Herbivore |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:52 - Aug 5 by bluejacko | Now I haven’t read all the threads on Omari BUT where on earth does the colour of the boys skin come into it? As for playing he is a professional footballer contracted to ITFC so his obligation is to play if picked! |
As others have mentioned, Broadhead missed the previous friendly amidst transfer speculation and didn't get anything like the same response. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 09:55 - Aug 5 with 2960 views | danchances22 |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
What a ridiculous response. Maybe your the one being racist for suggesting it was becuase the colour of his skin as colour wasn’t mentioned! Idiot |  | |  |
Of course he plays on 09:56 - Aug 5 with 2954 views | Grief | He is our best player, he is probably on his way but he may not go until Sept 1st, we play him every minute in every game we can |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 10:02 - Aug 5 with 2828 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:54 - Aug 5 by Herbivore | As others have mentioned, Broadhead missed the previous friendly amidst transfer speculation and didn't get anything like the same response. |
Nobody seemed to take issue with Szmodics when he refused to train with Blackburn's first team either last season. We all still wanted him here. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 10:09 - Aug 5 with 2696 views | Pinewoodblue |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
This isn’t a racial issue, why try to make it one. |  |
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Now, what do we do…. on 10:10 - Aug 5 with 2668 views | Wickets |
Now, what do we do…. on 09:21 - Aug 5 by chicoazul | Once again a young black Ipswich player is accused of being arrogant. |
I'm not sure its anything to do with is colour but i agree not much to convince us he is being arrogant . |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 10:14 - Aug 5 with 2601 views | BloomBlue | He will start the game. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 10:21 - Aug 5 with 2481 views | bartyg | I think it's poor that fans are turning on him when he has given us his all for the last two seasons. If he does or doesn't play it will all be in agreement with McKenna. Nobody from the club has said he has ever refused to play and I don't believe that would be the case. |  | |  |
Now, what do we do…. on 10:25 - Aug 5 with 2426 views | PrideOfTheEast | I’d hope we’d start our best player unless something is truly imminent with Brentford. Would be madness not to, and would basically be telling Brentford he’s theirs, at a point in negotiations where there’s probably a bit of a stand off. |  | |  |
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