Following the Dominic Thompson signing... 08:35 - Jan 28 with 1999 views | BlueBadger | ...can we put together an 'out of the blue' Blues XI of players who's signings we didn't have a scooby about until the deal was done or near as dammit done? Sereni(?) Thompson CB CB RB LM CM CM RM Stewart Armstrong Disclaimer: most of this is essentially composed of 'I don't recall there being much build up to this signings' players who may very have been trailed a lot in the media, I just don't remember there being any). |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 08:40 - Jan 28 with 1954 views | Marshalls_Mullet | Seem to think David Johnson came out of the blue? Might be wrong as I wasn't living in Ipswich, so don't know if the local press knew it. First I saw was on news in brief on Ceefax!! |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 08:48 - Jan 28 with 1921 views | The_Romford_Blue | Surely all of the away games we’ve played this season in the white kit are out of the blue? [Post edited 28 Jan 2022 8:48]
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:01 - Jan 28 with 1866 views | Guthrum |
With contributions from Princess Anne. |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:04 - Jan 28 with 1844 views | SouthBucksBlue | CB Hermann Hreiðarsson |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:04 - Jan 28 with 1846 views | tractordownsouth | I remember coming home from school and finding out we’d signed Freddie Sears when it hadn’t been mentioned at all that morning. |  |
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[Redacted] on 09:06 - Jan 28 with 1834 views | victorywilhappen |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:01 - Jan 28 by Guthrum | With contributions from Princess Anne. |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:08 - Jan 28 with 1821 views | solemio | Jamie Clapham |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:15 - Jan 28 with 1797 views | Mach_foreignBlue | A crocked Johny Williams for the 17th spell. The aim was to appease this fanbase following Murphys departure to Newcastle. |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:25 - Jan 28 with 1746 views | abracaDOBRA_ | Mark McGuiness? Keanan Bennets? Both happened out of the blue. |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:26 - Jan 28 with 1733 views | Kieran_Knows | Scott Fraser was fairly out the blue from the summer? As was Kyle Edwards IIRC. |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:31 - Jan 28 with 1687 views | tractordownsouth |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:26 - Jan 28 by Kieran_Knows | Scott Fraser was fairly out the blue from the summer? As was Kyle Edwards IIRC. |
Conor Chaplin as well |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:33 - Jan 28 with 1667 views | abracaDOBRA_ |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:31 - Jan 28 by tractordownsouth | Conor Chaplin as well |
Both those players had a report on them from EADT and TWTD though. So we knew it was coming. The best one's are when there are no reports or rumours. Kyle Edwards probably the only one from the summer. |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:37 - Jan 28 with 1649 views | farkenhell | Rory Fallon anyone? |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 09:43 - Jan 28 with 1619 views | iamipswich | They snuck Kieffer Moore in just before a Saturday home game didn't they? |  |
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Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 10:21 - Jan 28 with 1521 views | flettonblue | Gary croft, sure he signed on the afternoon of a night game we were playing at home. |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 10:26 - Jan 28 with 1495 views | PhilTWTD | Loanees quite often come without much notice as there's less to do on the deal and less noise about it. Sereni news emerged in the week leading up to the first game, George having been in Italy to watch him. Italian Target Was Keeper! 13th Aug 2001 21:20It appears that George Burley's Italian target was another goalkeeper, Sampdoria's Matteo Sereni. Burley hinted that his weekend scouting trip was to Italy and it seems that the Sampdoria-Cittadella Coppa Italia game was the match he watched with Samp winning 2-0. 0 |  | |  |
Following the Dominic Thompson signing... on 10:28 - Jan 28 with 1477 views | JakeITFC | Might be mis-remembering, but I'm pretty sure we signed Gary Roberts out of nowhere one day and he was on the bench that evening. |  | |  |
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