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Comment | Brentford Make £35m Bid But Fail to Meet Terms Ahead of Release Clause Deadline
at 09:55:22
Yeh agree with @MickMilsTash
Alot of this could be down to the Mckenna factor and the relationship he has with the player which we know is strong. He fought hard to get Omari, and he'll fight hard to keep him.
Arguably the first name on the team sheet, and McKenna set hm up as our Number 10 last season dictating play, and for all the grief fans have given Omari, he was often consistently our most effective player in tandem with Delap. The home win against Chelsea was their doing, his goal against Man Utd. Teams started to realise he was our main threat and supply to Delap, and Palace man-marked him out of the game with Guehi, Newcastle did the same with Tonali.
If we can keep hold of Omari and he's given the baton again to dictate things and develop even further, he could be the spark that gets us back up. Then he'll be back in the Premiership again, as a better player having been a starter for Ipswich, at a club that views him as the main string puller, rather than just part of the squad.
If we don't go up, then I imagine we'd have to let him go and develop elsewhere at the top level & we'd still get decent money for him.
Very much hope we see him at Portman Road on August 17th wearing the beautiful blue of ITFC. |
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Comment | Town 'in Advanced Negotiations' For Dutch Midfielder
at 13:39:37
Leave poor Phil alone! He's entitled to a typo or two every once in a while.
So our scouting operation is in full flow. They now have cars and access to the channel tunnel (that or they are getting a lift in the MSC cargo hold at Felixstowe). The search for physicality has begun... |
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Comment | Tuanzebe Set to Join Burnley
at 17:15:33
Real shame...we were alot better when he was fit and firing last season. Made the difference when we had him. Still sadly we're at the whim when a player is out of contract and newly promoted club come calling. Who do West Brom play at right back? We do alright with those ex-Baggies. This is a blow.... |
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Comment | O'Shea Signs New Deal
at 16:10:11
Yeh tidy that! Big fan of Woolfie and was on the fence for a while with O'Shea as I thought Woolfie deserved his chance to start games in the Prem, but O'Shea's pace and positioning real shone through last season. Just need to get Greaves up to the same level, and give Woolfie plenty of game time as well, and we can hopefully build more understanding between the pairings. Very much hoping Axel joins the party to sign on the dotted line. |
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Comment | Hutchinson in England U21s Squad
at 10:24:40
Yeh a tournament that England Youngsters would have a great shot at winning, and Chelsea withdraw Delap right away. Bunch of.... |
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Comment | Last Day to Complete TWTD Questionnaire 2024/25
at 16:23:27
Didn't take long at all! Goal of the season between Enciso and Cajuste probably wasn't fair on Delap. I think his goals started to blur into one, because he scored so many good ones. As much as he dropped off. Give him his due, he brought some excitement to proceedings this season. |
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Comment | Enciso: Thanks For Supporting Me and For the Love
at 10:42:29
@poet Yesterday's team of course looked more like players that will be around next year, but that includes injured players like Philogene, Ogbene as well. Szmodics coming back season will be a great bonus. We've missed him alot, and if we can hold onto Omari, Cajuste, O'Shea & Axel we'll be in a good place. We can only speculate about who's gonna stay and who's gonna go, as well as how much we're gonna bring in new players. Rumours are there will be plenty of coming and going, but either way, if we can retain the likes of Omari, O'Shea and co, we'll be in a lot better place than we were in the Championship last time around. Take a break and enjoy the summer, as there is ain't alot we can do about the club's transfer policy! Just gotta get behind the team that stays and arrives. I for one, am looking forward to it! |
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Comment | Chaplin: I Can't Speak Highly Enough of Mass
at 10:36:35
I think McKenna missed a trick not playing him in more games against the likes of Everton/ Palace/ Brentford. We missed his physicality and feel he was the player who should have stepped into play when Cajuste couldn't play a full 90. Jack Taylor I know Mckenna will be thinking of trying to hone him into a player we can use next year, but Massimo is a step up in quality. |
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Comment | Enciso: Thanks For Supporting Me and For the Love
at 10:32:20
He was a fun watch! Enjoyed having him at the club even though he's a massive hogger and has got to learn when to pass more! Him Delap were having a competition there for a while to see who could get a shot off quicker without remotely thinking to pass to a team mate. Hopefully he'll win another Goal of the Season for the Everton cracker! |
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Comment | Hirst: Unity and Togetherness Will Stand Us in Good Stead Next Season
at 13:47:41
Loved Hirst's performance at Stamford Bridge, and he'd have given Saliba even more of a hard day if we'd have had 11 men on the pitch for the duration.
I'd love for Rory Delap to tell his son to stay and play with David's son for another season to learn his trade in the Championship properly, but if Liam does go, then I have no fear whatsoever in starting games with George Hirst, who's link up play is fantastic for us. He was great against Brentford away as well.
You seem to be angry still after the weekend Lee! It was a rubbish game from an Ipswich fan point of view, but would have been alot more of a game if it wasn't for that red card. Leif seemed to have an extra shredded wheat for his Easter Sunday breakfast, that made him a bit over zealous in his approach to trying to stop Saka. Saka who made Real Madrid look stupid over two legs. Once he was off the pitch sadly we lost all our creativity from Jack Clarke's sub for Burgess and Enciso's half time yank for Taylor. I was really looking forward to that game, but it spoilt my birthday weekend. It's a new week though, and we've been the best of the promoted clubs, with so much to build on with our new acquisitions for next year.
Leeds and Burnley have gone, and hopefully one of Sheff Utd and Sunderland with them via the play-offs, then we can get everyone fit in the summer and go again.
Hopefully with some of the parachute money spent on the silky Swede Cajuste. |
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Comment | Town Agree Fee For West Brom Keeper
at 14:27:26
Great to see the club are not messing around. Bring in a solid proven keeper who can do a job for us this season and next. McKenna has been more than stuck behind Muric this season, and left it late to swap to Walton. Palmer might not get the No.1 jersey right away, but if Mckenna sees what we see, he'll want to give us the best chance of getting results the rest of the season. He tempered his response in the post match, but McKenna was angry...very angry. He played on the front foot, went back to a back four, and had the dominant team in the game. He knows we should have won that game, and he'll be mad we didn't. He also has enough belief in himself and the team, that we can go and get wins elsewhere. The rest of this month against Villa, Spurs and Man Utd is a great opportunity to do so. |
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Comment | Chaplin and Szmodics Remain Sidelined, Tuanzebe Could Start
at 15:50:34
Having Axel back to play right back/ or right of the three will be golden if we can keep him fit til the end of the season. He'd have done a job on Doku, better than any player we have in the squad, and similarly I'd like to see him up against Gakpo on Saturday. He's the best one on one defender we have. |
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Comment | Enciso Loan Signing Confirmed
at 12:02:26
Yeh great signing. Will add plenty of guile to our attacking midfield options and provide a spark when any of our usual guys are off colour. Looking forward to seeing him play with Omari, Philogene and Delap!
You'd think if we can do the business and bring in that extra striker up top to bolster the forward line with Delap and Hirst, it would be Ogbene (whilst injured), Harry Clarke, Edmundson, Al Hamadi to make way to make the 25. If we bring 2 more players in, then possibly Luongo to miss out, though I'd rather have him than Wesley! |
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