Ipswich town squad size
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Mickdundee
Winger
Heās a winger not a forward, but has 3 assists in 59 League games (or 3 in 26 league games if we go by minutes played rather than games), including no assists in 4 games for Ipswich this season.
I know thereās more to stats than goals and assists but he doesnāt exactly stand out. Makes me think of some of the signings weāve made in the last 3 seasons - fringe player in the Championship so they must be too good for L1.
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BNM
Striker
Wasn't that a condition of his sponsorship deal with them?
Supposing they got to the Play off final at Wembley; what's the chances that he'd be named as a sub/get on the pitch (I would if it was me!!)?
Idlewild Mackem
Striker
The f***ing state of those average ratings 
Billy Batts
Striker
I thought they'd only just brought in the keeper that's been playing a month or so ago, and brought in a new one the other day to replace him?
Scorer
Striker
They had, heās been shite for them but was impressive last season.
Binxy
Winger
Aye sounds like a signing we would have made.
Town to Submit Squad to EFL - Ipswich Town News
Town are required to submit their squad for the first half of the 2021/22 season later today.
Bristol City
Midfield
@IpswichFanInPeace @Tractorboy etc, we've been kindly invited on to your forum to explain our disdain for Ashton. I don't care enough to actually sign up on your forum, but if you could share some views via here.
Oh dear. They really donāt know whatās going to hit them do they.
Ipswich fans moaning about their previous owners not being able to maintain the floodlights ā¦..tell you, it would have been a blessing if the friggin floodlights went out in most of our games under Ashtonās command.
His only achievement after 4 years tenure was to have made me fall out of love with the ābeautiful gameāā¦. something no previous regime had achieved in 50 years - even when we were bottom of the entire league.
No, Ipswich youāre more than welcome to Ashton and his people. Donāt say we didnāt warn you.
If Ipswich fans want a simple metric as to why we despise Marky-boy, it's the following.
- We were 23rd in this division, when he took reigns as CEO. He was in an advisory position previous to that when Keith Dawe was Chairman, bless that man, who planned and initialised the stadium and training ground plans that Ashton ultimately took credit for.
- At the point MA left we were 20th - however:
- Never connected with fans; no updates or news from the club with regards to general communications when things were not going well.
- Sacked well liked media staff members among others under NDAs (same as he did at Watford).
- Net transfer spending and wages were up Ā£35m and 50% per annum respectively, leaving us in a lack FFP shit-pile having been solvent he previous 3-4 year period with outgoings.
- Signing players with no regard to tactics or playstyle, scattergun recruitment, leading to a bloated squad, and horrific club culture across most levels.
- Inept staffing (fitness), plus managerial appointment(s). Holden, good coach, should never have been named manager after an 8 week search.
Ultimately, in terms of every remit where he had targets to hit as a CEO, and with the level of backing he had. He failed - badly. None too gracefully either, and made a few tongue in cheek comments also, as well as outright lies on multiple occasions.
I find the Tractor Boys forum thread discussing us also ironic, in whereby they claim we have no idea what it was like for them under Clegg.
No shit lads. Pot Kettle Black, etc. Think we have this vendetta against him for fun?
By and large seem confused whereby they seem to think we're the only club ran afoul of by MA. His time at Watford is well documented by the same issues, I.e. disagreeing with managers, not connecting with fans, NDAs to longstanding clubs staff to appoint his own 'people'.
A period that few will miss
Literally one of the first returns on Google. Not exactly 'hidden'.
All we're saying, is take the man never at face value, with a massive pinch of salt, and don't get carried away.
@Davefevs @Mr Popodopolous Out of interest, Not 100% clued up on the L1 FFP requirements, but where did Ipswich position in regards to the latter for the last couple of season, and what impact would the change in ownership have?
"I suspect it is something we will discover for ourselves in the future. In short, Ashton works with sustaining the books, so our best players may be sold quite regularly to finance the future of the club. I presume with Bristol, he may have been a bit too heavy on his sustainable approach.
However, over the long term, it seems to have improved them."
Oh sweet summer child, if only you knew the complete absolute clusterfudge our finances were now in compared to where they were 3 years ago...
I mean, I guess you need to be careful not to tar everyone with the same brush, but the determination across their board that the problem is us and not him is bizarre. Itās actually frightening.
Iāve never heard a nice word said about Ashton from anyone within football who has dealt with him at any point. Ever.
His conduct at Watford is well documented - literally in black and white for public consumption - and, while heās been given due credit for getting good value for outgoing players, as such thereās ALWAYS been a sense of caution around him. Long before the shit really hit the fan.
Iām genuinely staggered, then, that any Ipswich fan really thinks we have a vendetta all because he failed to deliver promotion to a division we apparently ābelieveā we belong in despite never having been there. That any disdain has no real merit. That, as Iāve even read, it is merely born out of a jealously he left us for a mid-table League One club.
As Nigel would say... āAre you an ostrich?ā
And I promised myself I wouldnāt get involved!
Oh dear. They really donāt know whatās going to hit them do they.
Ipswich fans moaning about their previous owners not being able to maintain the floodlights ā¦..tell you, it would have been a blessing if the friggin floodlights went out in most of our games under Ashtonās command.
His only achievement after 4 years tenure was to have made me fall out of love with the ābeautiful gameāā¦. something no previous regime had achieved in 50 years - even when we were bottom of the entire league.
No, Ipswich youāre more than welcome to Ashton and his people. Donāt say we didnāt warn you.
If Ipswich fans want a simple metric as to why we despise Marky-boy, it's the following.
- We were 23rd in this division, when he took reigns as CEO. He was in an advisory position previous to that when Keith Dawe was Chairman, bless that man, who planned and initialised the stadium and training ground plans that Ashton ultimately took credit for.
- At the point MA left we were 20th - however:
- Never connected with fans; no updates or news from the club with regards to general communications when things were not going well.
- Sacked well liked media staff members among others under NDAs (same as he did at Watford).
- Net transfer spending and wages were up Ā£35m and 50% per annum respectively, leaving us in a lack FFP shit-pile having been solvent he previous 3-4 year period with outgoings.
- Signing players with no regard to tactics or playstyle, scattergun recruitment, leading to a bloated squad, and horrific club culture across most levels.
- Inept staffing (fitness), plus managerial appointment(s). Holden, good coach, should never have been named manager after an 8 week search.
Ultimately, in terms of every remit where he had targets to hit as a CEO, and with the level of backing he had. He failed - badly. None too gracefully either, and made a few tongue in cheek comments also, as well as outright lies on multiple occasions.
I find the Tractor Boys forum thread discussing us also ironic, in whereby they claim we have no idea what it was like for them under Clegg.
No shit lads. Pot Kettle Black, etc. Think we have this vendetta against him for fun?
By and large seem confused whereby they seem to think we're the only club ran afoul of by MA. His time at Watford is well documented by the same issues, I.e. disagreeing with managers, not connecting with fans, NDAs to longstanding clubs staff to appoint his own 'people'.
A period that few will miss
Literally one of the first returns on Google. Not exactly 'hidden'.
All we're saying, is take the man never at face value, with a massive pinch of salt, and don't get carried away.
@Davefevs @Mr Popodopolous Out of interest, Not 100% clued up on the L1 FFP requirements, but where did Ipswich position in regards to the latter for the last couple of season, and what impact would the change in ownership have?
"I suspect it is something we will discover for ourselves in the future. In short, Ashton works with sustaining the books, so our best players may be sold quite regularly to finance the future of the club. I presume with Bristol, he may have been a bit too heavy on his sustainable approach.
However, over the long term, it seems to have improved them."
Oh sweet summer child, if only you knew the complete absolute clusterfudge our finances were now in compared to where they were 3 years ago...
I mean, I guess you need to be careful not to tar everyone with the same brush, but the determination across their board that the problem is us and not him is bizarre. Itās actually frightening.
Iāve never heard a nice word said about Ashton from anyone within football who has dealt with him at any point. Ever.
His conduct at Watford is well documented - literally in black and white for public consumption - and, while heās been given due credit for getting good value for outgoing players, as such thereās ALWAYS been a sense of caution around him. Long before the shit really hit the fan.
Iām genuinely staggered, then, that any Ipswich fan really thinks we have a vendetta all because he failed to deliver promotion to a division we apparently ābelieveā we belong in despite never having been there. That any disdain has no real merit. That, as Iāve even read, it is merely born out of a jealously he left us for a mid-table League One club.
As Nigel would say... āAre you an ostrich?ā
And I promised myself I wouldnāt get involved!
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Mackem00
Striker
Doesn't sound like there's much of an issue reading that. Apart from the obvious big changes in personnel.Town to Submit Squad to EFL - Ipswich Town News
Town are required to submit their squad for the first half of the 2021/22 season later today.www.twtd.co.uk
Hull_Mackem
Striker
He's barely played in his whole career so a bold claim. Deemed not good enough by West Brom after 20 odd appearances. Zero goals or assists for you. Rating below 7 thus far this season on who scored.
Binxy
Winger
Aye but apart from that.
Billy Batts
Striker
Still bad crack like. He's only just signed for them and they bin him off. We replaced Burge but at least we gave him more than a few games!
Hull_Mackem
Striker
I remember a poster in here saying we should have bought him and he was amazing. Having seen him play once on TV.
D3D4 podcast also thought Hladky was a great signing as well.
Scorer
Striker
Agreed. Didnāt realise keepers donāt count in the squad. ( if Iāve read the Ipswich squad article right)
Coeus
Striker
I struggle with the point if it. They have attempted to buy their way out if the league only to lose a shed load in the championship. I'm assuming they don't have the money to buy their way out of the league above as well.
Ask Wigan the same.
Bristol City
Midfield
A bit too heavy?
How can he have been a" bit too heavy on his sustainable approachā when we saw escalating losses, despite making huge profits on the sale of the likes of Flint, Reid, Bryan and Kelly, primarily because he amassed a bloated squad, compromising too many average players consuming a huge wage bill. To compound the problem he allowed 10 playersā contracts to finish this summer, so that all left without the club being able to recoup a penny in transfer fees, one of whom was our then record signing at Ā£5m.
Obviously Ipswich fans paid no attention to the last 2 years when they say that he improved us āin the long termā. Going back to the earlier part of his time here, when we sold Flint and replaced him with Webster and when, despite selling Reid and Bryan, we sustained our position at the top end of the table I think many felt that he was doing a good job and looked past the corporate speak (bolux). However, it gradually became clear that many of MAās pigeons were coming home to roost during the latter part of LJās time and especially with the appointment of Holden as his replacement.
Finally, whatās this about ā his sustainability approachā. I can only assume that MA is now taking credit for introducing what was always SLās strategy!
woodlebert
Striker
Quite rightly. They've signed some beautiful players
Coeus
Striker
He is someone with a reputation for potential, similar to the likes of harper and cirkin. Bournemouth and celtic had a look at him but was never likely to worry their first team this season. Id have taken a chance on him, as I would the keeper hadlky to be fair.
McGregor
Winger
Changes were made after Keane took control. Ipswich changes have already happened, with the manager that was there to oversee the changes. He simply has to go on a winning run now.
