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Agreed, MR had a bust up with Vik last year iirc ITK info dropped on here. Hamer and Gyokeres 'willed' us to the playoffs and then 'willed' us to be within a penalty shootout from the promised land. COH by contrast just wasn't on that level for whatever reason. I wish him all the best and he...

Respectfully, it leaves Palmer on the bench and next season is probably going to be Palmer’s last for us. The theme for the next 2-3 season in the Championship is we’ll be shifting on good players to continually improve the team. Players like Bidwell and Palmer fit into this category.

It’s well and good saying that but COH himself said he wasn’t interested in extension talks during his rehab. He knew if he came back from injury well, he’d get an offer from a top division side. Whereas if his form wasn’t great he could always extend with us. Him getting an ACL with 18 months...

Anyone who wants a ST will get one and if you believe we’re destined for the Premiership, then again, you’ll get one to not miss out in the future. All these excuses about prices or non-Saturday KO times are superfluous. Our ticket prices this season are cheaper than they were 10+ years ago.

Would it have served the team well in the long term? The answer is no. Since Moore’s loan, in the same amount of games Simms has 10 goals and Wright has 8 goals to Moore’s 7. 100% agreed and Keiffer Moore wasn’t going to Ipswich to be a depth option and in any case, even if we were in for him...

Agreed, with the loss of McFadz, Kelly, Godden and potentially Sheaf, we’ve lost our first 4 choice captains in one season. On top of that, if Allen and/or Bidwell could be on their way out. It’s another leader or two off the books in a young squad so we absolutely need some experience and...

Over the same period Simms & Wright have more than Moore. Almost definitely on less wages too. Funnily enough I recall people saying Simms was never prolific in previous loan spells - 8 in 17 at Hearts and 5 in 17 for Sunderland.

I don’t think we’ll try and sign Burrows, probably a player who’s unknown on here because a lot of people, myself included, have limited knowledge outside of the EFL/Prem. That said, the Championship and League 1 is producing a lot of reliable talent atm. Maatsen playing well in the UCL semi...

We need a better option than Bidwell and JDS. His contract is expiring and the wrong side of 30 so you want to be improving that position. A left footed MVE is the dream.

It also creates a pressure to potentially sell at a lower value too. If we’ve committed say £15m and we’re nearing some sort of deadline for FFP, we may have to sell to balance books to avoid penalties in the future. Similar to how we sold Hyam under pressure we allegedly accepted a lower bid...

Frankly, our reserves have been pretty poor for a long while. This season we’ve had players on the bench who could make a difference (Palmer, Sakamoto, Wright and Simms) but as injuries, suspensions and form dips, we’ve ran out. This season we basically started again and this summer we’re...

My understanding is that I players offered in a part exchange have a value for transfer purposes so it shouldn’t circumvent paying us what is owed.

Squad management is a catch 22 when you’ve had chronically small squads.

This side of the new year, 3 or 4 of our home games were rearranged because of the FA Cup run. I understand the frustration when games are rearranged to the midweek games, but not to early/late KO at the weekends (and Friday night) really. Again, if you’re ‘outraged’ that FA Cup replays and...

Robins has mentioned quality after every we’ve played the top teams in the division. That’s a comment aimed at all areas of the pitch. If we having all action midfielder like Hamer or Sara in this division is gold dust in this league.

COH didn’t choose to stay to the end of his contract, he was off in Jan 2023 had he not done an ACL. I don’t mind either player wanting to better themselves. Both our 26 and entering their prime so they should be wanting to progress their careers. I genuinely believe both would stay if we got...

Not getting into a hypothetical debate with you on this. It’s a deal that was never on the table for us at any point. A good player, better suited to Ipswich than ourselves and fair play to him for his form. Less goals than both our options. Wright and Simms have played all the games (more or...

We were never in the run to sign him so it’s a moot point. Ellis Simms form picked up at the turn of 2024 so we should all agree that not signing a striker in Jan was a blessing in disguise. Going into next season we need a 3rd choice, absolutely.

Who’s got more goals?

Yes but you can’t stand in a player’s way really, if you cash in between £15-25m you’ve got enough cash to fund quality players. Add some kickbacks from Hamer and Gyokeres and you’ve got a good war chest. Try being more optimistic, we’ve got a better squad overall than last year.