| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson 10:44 - Aug 13 with 4607 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
Dear Omari
We remember when you first arrived at Portman Road on loan – an unknown quantity with everything to prove. Those early days weren't easy for you, were they? The adjustment period, finding your feet, getting used to Kieran McKenna's system. But we saw something in you, and more importantly, we were patient. That's what Ipswich fans do – we stick by our players.
McKenna worked tirelessly with you, nurturing your talent and helping you grow into the player we all knew you could become. Gradually, you became integral to our team, a first-choice player in the side that achieved promotion to the Premier League. We watched you develop, we celebrated your progress, and yes – we fell in love with you as a player.
They say never fall in love with a loan player, but we couldn't help ourselves. When McKenna made it clear he wanted you to stay permanently, our board backed him without hesitation. The lucrative contract we offered showed just how much faith we had in you. The fans were ecstatic – finally, you were truly one of us.
The Premier League season was tough for everyone. The team struggled, results didn't go our way, but through it all, the fans continued to back you. We could see your progression, particularly in the defensive aspects of your game. You were working harder than ever, and we caught glimpses of what you could achieve at the highest level. Even when relegation became reality, we never stopped believing in you.
We all feared you'd leave us then, but when no club met your release clause, we dared to hope. With you in our squad, learning and developing under McKenna's guidance, we knew we had a genuine chance of bouncing straight back to the Premier League – and this time, you'd be better equipped for the challenge.
We don't know what advice you're receiving from those around you, but we're certain our manager has made it clear just how integral you are to this team. The fans love you, Omari. That's not something that happens lightly at this club.
This period of uncertainty must be unsettling for you. We understand that you, like us, want to be playing Premier League football. But please, don't tarnish the image you've built here. Don't damage the memories we've created together.
Show your appreciation to a club and fanbase that has supported you, wanted you, and genuinely loved watching you play. Do what you do best – play football.
If a club comes in with an offer that's truly impossible for us to refuse, then so be it. That's football. But until then, if you're confident in your ability – and we know you should be – then get on that pitch and show everyone what you can do. Show us, show prospective employers, show the world.
You're a footballer, Omari. So play football. Let your manager deal with the noise, the speculation, the politics. Your job is to express yourself on the pitch, to remind everyone why we fought so hard to keep you here.
The town is behind you. The fans are behind you. Now we need you to get behind the team.
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:24 - Aug 13 with 870 views | FifeITFC |
As much as we all enjoyed watching Omari in the Town kit (same as Delap), you'd have to be pretty naive to think a player with potentially the world at his feet and a young lad at that, would feel any such affection or 'loyalty' to play in the Championship when he will potentially have options in the Premiership.
Not to mention an agent whispering sweet nothings in his ear about a huge pay increase.
It's just not realistic to think he'd be keen to stay with that happening, no matter how much we wished. The modern day footballer - and one with such high potential - isn't that way inclined (and neither would you be if you were in that position). |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:51 - Aug 13 with 809 views | Ryorry |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:24 - Aug 13 by FifeITFC |
As much as we all enjoyed watching Omari in the Town kit (same as Delap), you'd have to be pretty naive to think a player with potentially the world at his feet and a young lad at that, would feel any such affection or 'loyalty' to play in the Championship when he will potentially have options in the Premiership.
Not to mention an agent whispering sweet nothings in his ear about a huge pay increase.
It's just not realistic to think he'd be keen to stay with that happening, no matter how much we wished. The modern day footballer - and one with such high potential - isn't that way inclined (and neither would you be if you were in that position). |
It’s not a question of being “keen to stay”, it’s a matter of being professional and doing the job you’re being incredibly well paid for do.
And I totally disagree with your last paragraph’s assumption. I would certainly not refuse to play if I were him - I’d have sufficient respect for the manager, team mates and fans who’d supported me; as well as the self-respect, to carry on playing and fulfilling my contract. |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 14:15 - Aug 13 with 769 views | Nutkins_Return |
Dear Jaime Peters..... |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 14:24 - Aug 13 with 723 views | blueoutlook |
What drivel. |  | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 14:25 - Aug 13 with 716 views | blueasfook |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 14:15 - Aug 13 by Nutkins_Return |
Dear Jaime Peters..... |
Dear Batistuta.... |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 15:28 - Aug 13 with 639 views | darkhorse28 |
Did you write this letter to McKenna when he spoke to Palace, Brighton, Man Utd and Chelsea.
The hypocrisy is why this group are losing faith in the leadership.
McKenna agreed terms with Brighton.., so throwing Omari under the bus looks like what it is, deflection and hypocrisy.
Imagine him trying to pull Omari in line.
‘But you wanted to leave gaffer, for a team in the same league, agreed terms, and used it to double your own salary’
Doesn’t work does it.
Write your letter to McKenna and ask why a summer was spent focussing on himself and not our club.., who paid his wages.
The group haven’t bought in to McKenna since.
He looked selfish, small, and self indulgent when he spent an entire summer threatening to leave.
That was handled badly.., and we shouldn’t have handed him a champions league contract. | | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 15:30 - Aug 13 with 648 views | blueasfook |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 15:28 - Aug 13 by darkhorse28 |
Did you write this letter to McKenna when he spoke to Palace, Brighton, Man Utd and Chelsea.
The hypocrisy is why this group are losing faith in the leadership.
McKenna agreed terms with Brighton.., so throwing Omari under the bus looks like what it is, deflection and hypocrisy.
Imagine him trying to pull Omari in line.
‘But you wanted to leave gaffer, for a team in the same league, agreed terms, and used it to double your own salary’
Doesn’t work does it.
Write your letter to McKenna and ask why a summer was spent focussing on himself and not our club.., who paid his wages.
The group haven’t bought in to McKenna since.
He looked selfish, small, and self indulgent when he spent an entire summer threatening to leave.
That was handled badly.., and we shouldn’t have handed him a champions league contract. |
Kind of see your point. I was far from impressed with the way McK conducted himself over the clubs that made approaches to him. BUT... As far I am aware, he didnt stop carrying out his managerial duties during that time. | |
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| Dear Slim, I wrote but you still ain't callin...... on 15:42 - Aug 13 with 619 views | Bloots |
......you gotta call me man, I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose.
Sincerely yours,
Stan
P.S. - we should be together too |  |
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| Dear Slim, I wrote but you still ain't callin...... on 15:49 - Aug 13 with 599 views | blueasfook |
| Dear Slim, I wrote but you still ain't callin...... on 15:42 - Aug 13 by Bloots |
......you gotta call me man, I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose.
Sincerely yours,
Stan
P.S. - we should be together too |
too late. He drove off the Orwell bridge this afternoon with his gf in the trunk | |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 16:38 - Aug 13 with 534 views | Simonds92 |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 10:47 - Aug 13 by Reuser_is_God |
He won’t read that. |
I didn't read it to be fair. Don't need to, it's proper mental writing a letter to a 21 year old just looking to progress their career. | | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 17:24 - Aug 13 with 489 views | BiGDonnie |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 10:54 - Aug 13 by tcblue |
Wish I hadn't |
Haha. Brutal. |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:03 - Aug 13 with 442 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:24 - Aug 13 by FifeITFC |
As much as we all enjoyed watching Omari in the Town kit (same as Delap), you'd have to be pretty naive to think a player with potentially the world at his feet and a young lad at that, would feel any such affection or 'loyalty' to play in the Championship when he will potentially have options in the Premiership.
Not to mention an agent whispering sweet nothings in his ear about a huge pay increase.
It's just not realistic to think he'd be keen to stay with that happening, no matter how much we wished. The modern day footballer - and one with such high potential - isn't that way inclined (and neither would you be if you were in that position). |
A 30 year old with two kids settled in a local school, and a partner who has a great circle of friends might put all that before a higher payday.
But a bloke only just into his twenties? He should chase the money to be honest. Look what happened to Dean Ashton, who was similarly tipped to be a long-term England international.
It's a short career.
And maybe he has seen how the club have moved on from Marcus Harness, Freddie Ladapo and Massimo Luongo. A lot of the players he had built rapport with aren't here anymore. Nothing wrong in how the club have treated them, it's just a case of "Nothing personal- that's football!"
And that cuts both ways. | | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:19 - Aug 13 with 402 views | strikalite |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:51 - Aug 13 by Ryorry |
It’s not a question of being “keen to stay”, it’s a matter of being professional and doing the job you’re being incredibly well paid for do.
And I totally disagree with your last paragraph’s assumption. I would certainly not refuse to play if I were him - I’d have sufficient respect for the manager, team mates and fans who’d supported me; as well as the self-respect, to carry on playing and fulfilling my contract. |
Omari lad, this is the reply you need to read and then go and have a little word with yourself.. |  | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:26 - Aug 13 with 392 views | Swansea_Blue |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 12:24 - Aug 13 by CopfordBlue |
“We stick by our players”? Some are already criticising those who signed this summer, others are questioning signings we haven’t even made yet. I’ve done it, we all do. We’ve got a good fan base but I don’t think we offer any more loyalty or support than the vast majority of other teams do to their players.
I don’t like how he’s going about it but it’s modern football. We’ve benefitted from it in the past and will do in future. |
I think we’re pretty patient compared to many teams.
Nothing wrong with that OP imo. I agree with a lot of it. |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:32 - Aug 13 with 382 views | MK1 |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 10:54 - Aug 13 by tcblue |
Wish I hadn't |
Brought a tear to my eye, but then I realised I had sat on a fork. |  |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:35 - Aug 13 with 374 views | MK1 |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 12:19 - Aug 13 by positivity |
i hope he doesn't read these or he might do an isak and pledge never to play for ipswich again! |
He's already doing an Isaac. | |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 18:37 - Aug 13 with 365 views | MK1 |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 12:54 - Aug 13 by positivity |
missing one carling cup game is rather different to pledging to never play for the club again even if the window closes without a move to liverpool! |
And a couple of our pre season friendlies. | |
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| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 19:51 - Aug 13 with 300 views | vilanovablue |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 13:51 - Aug 13 by Ryorry |
It’s not a question of being “keen to stay”, it’s a matter of being professional and doing the job you’re being incredibly well paid for do.
And I totally disagree with your last paragraph’s assumption. I would certainly not refuse to play if I were him - I’d have sufficient respect for the manager, team mates and fans who’d supported me; as well as the self-respect, to carry on playing and fulfilling my contract. |
I do also think Town are using he doesn't want play as a smokescreen. There's another perspective in that we don't want to play him to protect a valuable asset? |  | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 21:41 - Aug 13 with 231 views | bluejacko |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 19:51 - Aug 13 by vilanovablue |
I do also think Town are using he doesn't want play as a smokescreen. There's another perspective in that we don't want to play him to protect a valuable asset? |
Any proof on that ? He didn’t play last night because he decided he coundt contribute to the team!
Perhaps we shouldn’t contribute to his salary then. | | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 21:54 - Aug 13 with 215 views | vilanovablue |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 21:41 - Aug 13 by bluejacko |
Any proof on that ? He didn’t play last night because he decided he coundt contribute to the team!
Perhaps we shouldn’t contribute to his salary then. |
No but all we know is what the club wants us to know. They clearly hid stuff from us on Williams for example. | | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 22:05 - Aug 13 with 187 views | StNeotsBlue |
I can't for the life of me think of why you'd take the time.and effort to write the original post, can only assume it's a desperation for clicks and likes which in itself saddens me.
I too would love to see Omari tearing the Championship up and whilst it is unlikely, I have the tiniest bit of hope we'll see him again if no clubs reach our valuation.
But that "open letter" is silly. My apologies if you are a young lad/lass who has never felt the crushing disappointment of rejection before. It is a harsh world. |  | | |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 01:28 - Aug 14 with 101 views | berkstractorboy |
| An open letter to Omari Hutchinson on 19:51 - Aug 13 by vilanovablue |
I do also think Town are using he doesn't want play as a smokescreen. There's another perspective in that we don't want to play him to protect a valuable asset? |
Don't buy that. If there were offers on the table being considered or other clubs had serious interest at a value near the price but we knew they were waiting to shift someone to get him maybe we want consider protecting him and the language the club uses would be more protective. I am not sure that interest is there, any noise could now be the agent trying to create interest as he failed so miserably to get his client the move when it would have been much easier with the release clause.
To many what ifs to not play him. Yeah may get an injury but may not. We pay his wages so be professional and put yourself in the shop window. Saints and Leicester don't seem to feel they have to wrap imminent departures in cotton wool and their moves sound much closer. They are getting the most from the players while they are there to help the clubs. Omari should look at that and re-consider his position.
If he were to stay and assume he comes back into the squad, he wouldn't be fit enough until maybe late Sept or Oct so loads more games he misses. I can't see how not playing benefits him at all now as new clubs won't have a match ready player and actually see a player going stale with a questionable attitude. The external influences he is getting are really not helping him at all. | | | |
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