Some of Man Utd’s signings in the last 5 years have been shocking, let’s hope he steps up on that!

Sefton Blue.A perfect example of some1 who hasnrcread the story. He wasnt the head of recruitment at Man Utd. So their signings weren't down to him

All of our management signings from Man Utd have been top notch, McK, Pert, Grant.
Let's hope he is from the same ilk.

Not a great track record having come from Man Utd. But recruitment and managing a team don't usually combine as owners have the say when buying players. As in the instance with Omari Hutchinson. Please refer to what KMc wants, but with your links to world football; maybe some unknown gems could be found in the future. Welcome to Portman Road.

lets hope the signings for off the field are better than what we have got for on the field

You could also say that some in the last 5 years have been great, Fernandez yoro cunha mbwemo , to name a few, any excuse to be negative and have a dig! Great appointment well done Ashton!

Broadbent23 I think we are well rid of Hutchinson who was never a team player. With Matusiwa, Nun̈ez, Cajuste in midfield, Azòn, Walle Egeli, Philogene all strengthening the squad, as well as Clarke starting to live up to his potential, the money we got from Pmari has been very well soent

Omari and spent obviously.

Bags of experience at the highest level, well respected, MA & KM will know him and yet still some people moan when they haven't a clue who he is or how good he is at his job.

Let’s give him a fair rack of the whip before casting judgement. The post is key; and by MA’s own admission is an area that requires improving, in terms of casting our net more widely and attracting individuals that fit the club’s player profiles. For those not getting a fuzzy feeling about the appointment, who would be your choice?

An area that's been in need of improvement for years. Sunderland are showing what can be achieved with good recruitment.

What happened to the bloke who watched Beattie and then phoned Bobby and said "You've got to get this boy".

DissblyITFC - as a measure they’ve spent the most money in world football, for the worst results in their history.., and that isn’t anyone’s opinion.

Not all down to head of technical scouting I’m sure.., but also looking a long way from elite, time will tell.

No doubting we need support.., albeit this doesn’t look elite in any way shape or form.

Igor Jesus - another in a long line of world class talent. Signed by our competitors for £10 million, less than we spend on half the quality, that’s the competition.

Some nodding digs in here only want to measure us against Morecambe. Mark looks like captain panic when it’s come to long term vision.., this doesn’t look to be the exception, but time will tell, hopefully not indexed to McKenna - we need to think bigger than individuals. That’s where the Brightons etc etc have huge success.

Flykicickingetc, was it Ron Gray? Think hes long gone

Dark horse28 my Norwich supporter mates who hate Ipswich with a passion have more praise for Ipswich than you do. You have no credibility when all you do is condemn, no balance to anything you write. It’s all negative!

Well done Ashton. For endeavouring to improve an area that needs improving.. Another step in the right direction for I.T.F.C.

Darkhorse would have us believe that the owners want out and have lost interest. Darkhorse frothing at the mouth to poor scorn on anything ITFC does. Darkhorse occasionally makes some astute observations but loses total credibility when he composes posts that are full of misrepresentation.
The owners are not just investing in players but are investing in the one thing that has been missing within the management team; an experienced recruitment director who will know what makes KMCK tick.

I am so glad I have blocked 'darkhorse'.
I am always seeing comments about their negative posts.

Sir Bobby wouldn't believe the amount of staff a football club apparently needs these days!

Impossible to know if he’s any good with certainty, but again looks SO poor on the face of it. Mark reaching for his WBA/Watford address book AGAIN is SO LIMITING.

It’s not what Elite executives do, they grow!! There’s simply zero vision at all.

That’s a period where Utd’s recruitment has been the worst in world football. Investment relative to results, I can’t think of a single club in elite football that have done it worse.

Either he added a huge amount of value, in his senior recruitment roles, which would be worrying, or he wasn’t a significant part of adding value, but stayed in the roles for 15 years anyway, which is more worrying.

There’s literally nothing about this that looks elite, nothing.

No vision, no plan, no ensuring jet appointments aren’t indexed to one man (Mark).

Mark has to go .., he isn’t elite.., he never was.., and his mistakes have cost HUNDREDS of millions. And we still have no structure to support us.

He’s built himself a great moat.

That’s clearly always been his biggest priority, his moat, his ego, and if he isn’t good enough, it sinks the whole club, and he’s clearly not good enough (if we don’t want to be in the EFL).

Not Marks fault in truth. The issue is above him.

Footballing owners wouldn’t have allowed one person this level of control, this level of god complex, and this level of failure with no agency.

I don’t think our owners can provide agency.., they aren’t that interested, aren’t football people.., and it was the O’Leary and Mark show.., now it’s Mark, obsessed about protecting himself.

I mean .., yeah.., we need a global reach and a new recruitment direction AFTER spending £200 million.

Now …, who do I m ke from my REALLY unsuccessful EFL career, when the game has moved so far forward at the elite level.

Court. Like Mark, has never enjoyed elite success, ever, and they’ve been in the game over 60 years!!

Maybe this time it will be different .., can always dust the address book off if not.

If we inverted our problems.., this is 101 of how not to run a football club, it’s David Brent levels of comedy at this point. Wake me up when Ashton’s ego is in a taxi.

PutneyBlue, did you ever see Omari play? He’s more of a team player than Phil or Jack. Jack does try, just can’t defend at all, Phil doesn’t try.

All three in the group for other qualities but Omari ran his socks off and was positionally really good last season.., 99 problem, Omari wasn’t 1.

Spent money well you say? We’re 14th in the championship, we’ve won two of our last 44, we spent £200 million.

Are you sure Johnson, Phillips, Muric, Greaves, Clarke, Macteer, Ogbenne are great investments??? Sammie too hasn’t delivered, that’s £80 million and huge wages right there!

Which if them delivered? It’s over a year and we’ve already moved most of them on.., millions in wages too.

Omari is a great player, we lost him because WE failed, not because side he did.

And your bidding dog routine has contributed to that failure. Aaron has gas lit you like a dream…., £200 million to be worse than our £10 million sides.., and even Micks £3.75 teams!!

Progress??? Wake up. Seriously.

DissblyITFC … 3 wins in 44 games is it?

Nunez is fantastic, we actually have lots of fantastic players, a great squad in truth, huge money spent, and some very good quality.

Somewhere the issues? We’ve lost to nine league sides, fourth division reserve sides, one once this season, managed one penalty away from home, and the imagers we’ve had longest, look least like they’ve ever met each other.

Which of our talented players.., and they are talented.., have we improved.

Philogene, Clarke and Greaves, players of the year in this division, Sammie too.

So which have we improved?

Muric? Johnson? Phillips? Sammie? Clarke? Philogene, Ogbenne?

Name me one player the isn’t Delap that we improved the last 18 months…, just one. Leif has done backwards. And we sold legacy players better than the expensive ones we retained.

How are Broadhead and Burgess doing?

Why don’t you address the issues, rather than attack the messenger?

I don’t coach the team. I don’t sign players.

Go on. Tell about our progress the last 18 months, our results, our player development, our recruitment.

You sited players as great signings.., they haven’t even kicked a ball for us yet.., and you’ve never even seen them play.

I think I prefer your Norwich pals too.., they sound less like a nodding delusional dig than you do.

Balance you say?

Where’s yours?

When does 44 games be sine instructive and not a blip? .., balance.., as you say, it’s important, some might argue more than blind emotional drivel, and investment in one individual ABEAD of our CLUB.

No wondwr your Norwich pals like you.., bet they really want an elite, accountable ITFC with agency.., the one you can’t do.., can’t process change or failure, can’t even process the worst season in our entire history.

We have huge talent. We just don’t have progress. Ashtons stale 35 year old address book isn’t elite.., who could have worked that out.

Not you!!

I’ll put our club above individuals, that includes snowflake emotive run thinkers like you.

The clubs future is better than your fragile need to be liked.., and to be positive for a thumbs up.

You need that. The clubs future doesn’t. The club needs honesty, integrity, agency and accountability, more than ever, after spending amounts that could cripple us for decades.., decades!!! So it’s more important than a thumbs up…, integrity…, try it.., 44 games and you can’t critically evaluate anything.., might not get your uppie.

PATHETIC.

That’s not support. Tackle the issues.., address them.., you can’t.., ad hominem attacks, is that all Mark Ashton has left you with?

That and makers you’ve never seen kick a ball. Sake.

Dark horse, you are such a bore. I haven't blocked you, because I would miss the opportunity to down vote your inane ramblings.