Ricky

Ipswich looked very good on Friday but that was their first win of the season. They’ve only lost one but draws have been the issue for them. I’d take a draw now but saying that I would have taken a draw away at Watford.

Cantwell will be up for it next week, he’ll face dogs abuse from the Ipswich fans but I think he’ll thrive on it. He looked a class above yesterday. Pre match was spent arguing with some knob head on Facebook who was insistent that the current squad was miles better than last season. Obviously he was keen to dig me out after the win. Stand by my comments that I can’t see us finishing in the top 6 but after a performance like that I guess anything is possible. Not expecting anything from next week but it’s the championship so who knows.

Not sure I want to watch it if someone can give a summary.

I think it’s just the unknown at the moment. We haven’t seen enough of the new signings to really make a judgement. Still surprised we haven’t looked to bring in a free CB after the window closed. They would have had a bit of time to train during the international break.

I’ve no idea if that’s good news or not but it should remove the blocker that seemed to be in place

Has anyone done a welfare check on Chaddy?

Christian will be known to a lot of people on here and he’s a good guy. Just replying to Marks comment as they also know each other. He’s a good guy and from what I can see he’s just agreeing that TGH will be a better shout than Tavares. Can’t really argue with that.

Mentioned previously that we should take a look at Kortney Hause. He’s been in the news for the wrong reasons this week (crashed his Lamborghini in Birmingham) but he’s the right age and certainly not a bad cb. The other name, which is never happening, is Kurt Zouma. His wages would be huge but at the moment he’s not earning anything so who knows. Think Danial Amartay is also potentially without a club. They are too high profile though. We’ll probably end up with the lad from Oxford who was released on the last day of the window.

Just to put our £10k per week wage cap into perspective. Yesterday Josh Brownhill turned down a deal which could have been worth £100k per week at Leicester. £40k a week basic and £3m promotion bonus.

Think Gardner Hickman will be CM (majority of his appearances have been there). Also think Miller will be RB which leaves us dangerously short at CB. Miller used in emergency for now.

Just can’t see Josh calling her out if he wasn’t sure.

Your Twitter spat with Privy tonight is an absolute beaut!!

There’s a couple of names still free but not a great list: Kurt Zouma (not happening) Kortney Hause Craig Dawson (35 now) Elliot Moore Tyler Magloire 👀

36 of his last 50 in midfield and 14 at RB.

CM is where he’s played most of his games I believe. That’s where I see him being used here as we need a workhouse in the travis mould. This will be him.

Deadline passed at 7pm so can’t imagine anything else happening that wasn’t already being worked on.

I mentioned earlier that my Birmingham supporting friends all think he’s a solid signing.

You know it’s bad when even Chaddy is calling it out as a shit decision!!

We’ll be scouring the free agent market.

One page ago you were saying it had fallen through? Admitted you know fuck all yet??

What’s the out of contract market like for CBs? Kortney Hause without a club still.

Friends who are blues fans rate him. Work horse, good honest pro.

If he’d bagged 15 goals last season he wouldn’t be signing for us (take a look at what Ipswich have just spent on a new signing from the same league). Young players can have a bad season, it happens. He may not have settled in Belgium. There could be many reasons why it’s not worked out for him. I mentioned Woldemate previously. He was released by Bremen on a free after one bad season, a year later and he’s going for silly money. We just don’t know how the new lad will get on but it’s an exciting signing with potential. It’s another decent length contract so let’s hope he performs. The window has been interesting. Some good and some bad so far. Our current run of 1 win in 5 is a massive concern and needs to be turned around quickly. I have a horrible feeling we’ll come to regret signing an injured CM. Personally think we needed a proper replacement for Travis. Just hoping that there is some interest in Browne, he’d be perfect.

Some players just don’t settle at a club. Hopefully we’re the club for him to show his best

Interesting one and he’s scored some goals at international level. Hopefully he’s suited to the championship.