Recent content by Hincha

Think the only thing the differentiates Ipswich from a club like us is McKenna. The reason the bookmakers had them in the top 6 before the season despite finishing 2nd was because their stats in league 1 demonstrated that they struggled against low blocks but would be more successful against...

Tide is starting to change. FA realised during the Sven & Capello eras that British coaches were miles behind the rest of Europe & improved the training and tactical focus. Now starting to bear fruit (O'Neil, McKenna, Carrick, Mousinho, Evatt)

While I agree it is a usual trope after every club gets excited over their signings, if you look at the coaches you can see why the league will be more condensed. At the bottom of the division the dinosaurs have left (McCarthy, Pearson, O'Neill etc) and have been replaced by promising young...

The Championship is always competitive but early signs are showing next year is going the most open it has been since we've been back due to the amount of quality coaching in the league. With the 3 coming down and the 3 missing out on the play offs you already have 6 strong sides next year...

I wouldn't expect players in any quicker than last year. At least this time we can already field a whole team rather than having Howley & Bidwell at CB.

We do need a new goalkeeping coach. Our outfield players generally improve while they are at the club but 3 goalkeepers in a row now have regressed from when they first broke into the team.

While we didn't do enough in January to finish in the top 6, they actually went too far in January despite making some great signings. Trying to bed in 7 players (4 were loans who's parent clubs will expect them to start) in the middle of the season is actually nuts. You can sign quality but...

Not sure why people keep moaning about squad turnover. We’re not going to sign 8 players every summer but we need to right now. Last season we did about 2/3rds of a rebuild due to the sheer amount we had to do. We then had little to no squad depth and we’ve fallen short. This summer we need to...

The free transfer market looks particularly strong this summer. Be interesting to see if we can pick any of them up. Just think the parachute teams will be able to offer a superior wage package.

The Bidwell situation is similar to the Jack Grimmer one back in League One. A fans favourite and solid player for the division being replaced as Robins wants somebody better on the ball to progress the team. If we sign a LB as good as MvE we'll have all forgotten about Bidwell by September.

Think he’ll be useful while we’re in the Championship as an impact substitute - if we’re chasing a game at LB or if we’re seeing it out at LM. For a free transfer to bulk out the squad (especially while our academy isn’t up to standard) it isn’t the worst outcome. Can’t see him starting many...

Sheaf is rated by WhoScored as the 3rd best central midfielder in the division this season - for those calling him average. There is no doubt that he will be a massive loss. But our midfield needs a massive revamp anyway. No offence to these players but Kelly has played 15 league games (5 more...

Think we're going to go big with midfield signings this summer. Last summer we focused on replacing Gyok and rebuilding the defence that only had 2 players (Fadz & Bidwell) and neglected midfield. With Kelly, Allen, Sheaf & O'Hare leaving we have a great opportunity to rebuild a stale part of...

Lati & JDS are not going any where and nor should they. I think they are both good enough to use as utility players to cover multiple positions. People moan about squad depth then want to clear out players who haven't even been here for 12 months like there is no chance they will improve.

I know our form has dropped off a cliff but some of the doom and gloom on here is ridiculous. This season we've signed players who are now top 6 quality (Simms, Saka, Wright, MvE) or have the potential to (Thomas, Kitching, Collins, Torp). Sheaf will probably leave - but if we have a similar...