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Reply | For me, it will be the saddest departure this summer
at 00:54 1 Sep 2025
I think the fact that he is a home-grown player and a long-serving one makes a lot of fans ignore those shortcomings you've mentioned. If he wasn't an Ipswich lad I don't think as many fans would be as sentimental.
Yes he is our best CB on the ball by far. He also has a fairly good reading of the game, positions himself quite well, and wins a fair share of standing tackles and blocks when he's next to an opposition player. I often thought he'd almost be able to do a decent job as defensive midfield. I think he fed off Hladky quite well as both of them were capable with their feet, but of course with Palmer we can't do what we used to at the back. I actually don't think he's any worse than Greaves at the moment, but that's not particularly difficult givent current form. Greaves gets that LCB starting role though because he's left-footed.
But like Greaves he is really lacking physically. He is quite slow. And for somebody who is 6' 4" is also not very dominant in the air. I don't recall him winning many headers in the opposition area in set pieces. And in our own box he is often bullied by strong CFs and loses a fair share of headers - compared to someone like Burgess who was the same height but won everything in the air. Plus I think he isn't as quick to react as say DOS - Woolfie doesn't cut out many low crosses across the box if he has to move to block it, and you don't see him throwing his body on the line like our starting CBs do.
I wish him well and of course it's sad as you always want to see home-grown players play and succeed - but I am not going to be too devastated if he does leave. I just hope he finds a good club and gets game time there as he's too good to sit on a bench. |
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Reply | Stopping time wasting
at 00:17 1 Sep 2025
I'd say if any player requires treatment for over 1 minute on the field of play, then they must be substituted. Time starts from when the physio enters the field. Any player requiring more than one session of on-field treatment must be substituted. Players may leave the field at any time and have treatment off the pitch, and this does not count towards the above limits.
Therefore only truly hurt players should stop the game. Plus this prevents hurt players from aggrevating injury. |
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Reply | Just watching highlights
at 11:24 31 Aug 2025
I would have to disagree with you I'm afraid.
Arm is up away from his body at head height, blocking the cross/shot.
Nothing intentional about it no. But letter of the law these days that's a penalty all day long if the arm is in that position.
How he didn't give us one for Hirst however...now that truly was shocking! |
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Reply | According to transfermarkt
at 10:20 30 Aug 2025
Also some rather expensive underachievers at present.
Need our big-money acquisitions to prove their worth. |
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Reply | Sindre Walle Egeli
at 10:12 30 Aug 2025
I always try not to get too excited about a player just from youtube videos.
These highlight reels are all well and good, but you can make any player look good with a few well-selected clips.
Also the defending in some of these is pretty awful and the league these were filmed in I imagine would be below the Championship, so you always have to take them with a pinch of salt.
Not saying he's a bad player of course. It sounds like he's got a lot of potential and at that sort of money he SHOULD be a very good player. But I'm reserving my excitement untill I've actually seen him play a few matches for us. |
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Reply | Likely starting XI away at Preston
at 14:17 22 Aug 2025
Don't think McAteer will start. It will probably be Clarke or Ogbene. McAteer will be on the bench I imagine. |
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Reply | New signing imminent??
at 11:07 22 Aug 2025
You need to do the tour every evening for the rest of the month so you can give us updates on imminent signings! |
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Reply | How much will Woolfie go for?
at 11:04 22 Aug 2025
Given the 2 clubs that have been linked with him are Coventry and Watford, who arent exactly loaded with cash..
I would expect around 3-4M
Unless somebody else comes in who can blow them out of the water. |
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Reply | Madley deserves dog's abuse for that. (n/t)
at 13:34 17 Aug 2025
Hard to tell in real time. But benefit of slow mo, keeper got there first and was the correct decision. One of the few he's actually got right. |
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Reply | Could Palmer have claimed that cross?
at 12:51 17 Aug 2025
My first shout when the cross went in was KEEPERS BALL. It was only half a yard outside the 6 yard box with little pace. A quality keeper comes and catches that I think. |
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Thread | Could Palmer have claimed that cross?
at 12:45 17 Aug 2025
So many errors leading up to their goal. But am I the only one who thinks Palmer could have come and claimed the cross? It was floated in. I think the defenders half expected him to come claim it which is why they all stopped. Dare I say it but I think Muric would have come caught that. |
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Reply | Trump off to Aberdeen today too
at 10:35 25 Jul 2025
The biggest Ipswich fan. Bigly. Most amazing Ipswich fan ever in the history of the world. Nobody knows more about Ipswich Town than him. |
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Reply | Marc Guiu
at 16:06 24 Jul 2025
Hutch was signed on the same terms while we were in the Championship. We still ended up signing him permanently. I'd say if he's good enough then take the loan. |
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Reply | Kipre lcb in some training clips
at 11:58 18 Jul 2025
I'd still like us to experiment with a 5-2-2-1 system.
Greaves, Kipre/Woolfy, O'Shea as the CBs with Leif and Johnson as WBs, with Matusiwa stepping over the cover the gap left behind when one of those goes WBs goes forward. |
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Reply | Omari photo change
at 11:49 18 Jul 2025
I don't follow any of our players on socials, I only follow the main club account.
Has he deleted any recent pictures of him playing for Town? Last one I could see on a quick browse just now was in Feb. But if he has deleted any more recent Town content I'd be more concerned than if he's just changed his profile picture to a lion. |
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Reply | Ogbene attacking right back?
at 23:14 5 Jul 2025
Would be fine as a wingback in a back 5 with Leif the other side. Wes can do the same job. But no way as a fullback in a back 4 - that would be suicidal. We tried that with Clarke who supposedly IS an actual attacking fullback (rather than a makeshift one) in a back 4 and we all know how often he got found out... [Post edited 5 Jul 23:15]
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