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Thread | If Omari and Axel leave….
at 11:03 23 Jun 2025
And it’s beginning to feel like they likelier will than won’t, I think it’ll be tricky replacing them.
Ramblings below
We have pretty good options in the building already. Take right back, we have Johnson and who may not have pulled up trees last last season but ultimately still been good enough in his career to do a job in the PL over a number of seasons. We also have Clarke, and again he’s not always been perfect but ultimately still was good enough to be Sheff U’s first choice RB.
It’s even more complex with Omari, where we already have 4 other big signings (and in this theory elite championship players) in Clarke, Philogene, Ogbene and Szmodics plus the 3 who were good enough to make a massive contribution to us getting to the PL. That’s a pretty decent amount of quality even without Omari.
So I guess the challenge would be to sign players better than Johnson and the 4 we brought in last season or stick with the players we already have in the building.
Have a half a thought that if Omari and Axel go we might not replace them directly and instead focus recruitment in other areas. |
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Thread | Of the potential leavers….
at 17:38 10 Jun 2025
How would your order them in terms of most chance they leave?
I’d go
1/ Burgess
2/ Axel
3/ Cajuste (not a leaver really but we want to retain him.
4/ Omari
5/ O’Shea
6 / Leif
7/ McKenna
I think McKenna stays. |
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Thread | Predictions First Game Next Season
at 13:10 20 May 2025
Who isn’t excited already?
Opponents - Wrexham (a)
Team - Palmer, Johnson, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy (c), Downes, Hutchinson, Szmodics, J Clarke, Hirst (Subs - Walton, Woolfenden, Townsend, Taylor, Humphreys, Ogbene, Chaplin, Philogene, Ivanonvich)
Not in the the match day squad but still contracted- Muric, Slicker, H Clarke, Baggot, Burns, Al-Hamadi.
Axel, Burgess, Harness, Delap and Broadhead all transferred before the season.
Score Wrexham 1 (Broadhead) Ipswich 3 (Hirst, O’Shea, Szmodics)
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Thread | Woodbridge
at 22:34 26 Apr 2025
Apparently Alan Curbishley doesn’t have a place there. So says Alan Curbishley. |
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Thread | How often do you not put a post up?
at 09:12 5 Feb 2025
I mean in the case of having written and read it back and then thought something like ‘nah not worth it’ . Who does this and who doesn’t? I’ve got a couple of ideas of posters and who definitely don’t ever not post something they wrote!
I bet if written but never posted was viewable the hot takes and rows would be off the scale.
Shall I post this? Yeah
Edit: I edited earlier but can’t remember why. [Post edited 5 Feb 15:35]
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Thread | Oddly
at 23:21 30 Aug 2024
I feel quite relieved and content now the window is closed. Kieran can work with what he has and we’ve had a good window overall. |
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Thread | So with only hours before the window slams shut…
at 16:31 29 Aug 2024
Does this mean some signings are now by definition hard to do. Take a scenario where we go back for Fotis and agree terms and fee, how do we get the medical etc done? Seems like clubs manage it but I’ve no idea how. |
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Thread | Sussex Blues
at 15:14 3 May 2024
So I’ve been all over the place this week.
I know it’s not like London as a hot bed of town fans….but anyway are there any Sussex based fans meeting anywhere to take the game in? |
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Thread | If Morsy is booked today….
at 14:47 1 Jan 2024
Does he serve half of his 2 match ban at Wimbledon in the cup?
If so probably worth taking a yellow today. |
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Thread | Town Tv
at 14:07 30 Sep 2023
I’m just in France or somewhere.
When I try and buy the match subscription I get directed to manage my account rather than to the payment. Anyone else having troubles today? |
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Thread | So now it’s done
at 22:57 1 Sep 2023
My thoughts.
And I think the context of the January window is more important that what Ashton said during this one.
Just to reflect. Clarke, Broadhead, Hirst and Luongo. The first two are hugely significant as they were bought with fees around £1-1.5m and Hirst later made permanent for around the same fee. Why is the context important? Clarke and Broadhead came from big Premier League clubs on the back of decent performances on loan at championship teams. What kind of fees would they have been attracting this summer? Maybe I’m guessing a lot more, actually maybe 3 times more or so. In hindsight those guys and Hirst are tremendous value.
Fast forward to this window. Suddenly the previously skint championship is seemingly awash with cash from player trades. Ultimately that money has flowed into some championship clubs from the premier league but not us. We have seemingly been resolute in the principle of a deal needing to be justifiable on a value basis. Fundamentally unless this madness continues to be sustained for a long period of time then there has been little to no value in domestic transfers this summer. For instance the example of Simms. It’s hard based on the little I know of him to imagine £15m + player there. It certainly isn’t a sure fire thing that he is and when Coventry next come to trade him, I think there’s a strong chance there’ll fo it as a loss. Was there value for us to go toe to toe with them and outbid them? I don’t think so.
So I guess the trick now is to learn, because as many have said we’ve seemingly not moved as far forward as we’d have liked. For me it remains about securing value in player trading and using that to constantly drive the team forward and to plan strategically. Recruiting in oversees markets seems like something we’ve not cracked and if Ashton is to be as relentless as he says he is then I think we need to improve this. Not all leagues, all the time can be awash with money and we should be able to exploit those where there is value. The basic premise has to be to buy low and sell high.
Next summer I think will potentially be massive. It’s got to be almost inevitable we sell at least Davis for big money and we will have cash to spend. Fingers crossed we can spend it well.
Sorry waffle and late for me so I’ll leave it there! |
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Thread | Satisfying Game
at 20:08 6 Aug 2023
Why?
1/ this team were tested in a way they haven’t been previously and came through out with the points
2/ even when under the cosh the team carried a serious threat to Sunderland’s goal
3/ there’s plenty of valid criticism of the slow start and the frenetic finish but we have a manager who has a track record of analysing and solving problems quickly and have every confidence in him to do so again.
4/ we are still actively looking to recruit and improve the team.
A good day. |
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