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Episode 69 - Summer signings grades!!!
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Squad grades! Richard and Tom go through all 11 signings from last summer to see who has made the grade as we approach the halfway point of the season.
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Introduction and Show Overview
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everybody and good morning. Welcome to the Wednesday edition, Wildcard Wednesday edition of the Daily Ipswich. My name's Richard Popple. Today I'm joined by Mr Tom Crack. Hello Tom, how are we?
00:00:21
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, we're good. Thanks, Richard. Middle of the week. Let's look forward to the weekend and big game against Wolves this coming week, isn't it? But before that, we've got a bit of fun on today's show, haven't we?
00:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
We do, yes. so Wildcard suggests that we're going to do something a little bit different. We're not talking about any specific games. As you say, we'll do previews and stuff for the Wolves game ah later in the week. But today we're going to go through ah some grading, basically, for the signings that we made last summer. All 11 of them, was it?
00:00:51
Tom Crack - Ipswich
zero or five six wait I believe so. Yeah, maybe wrong on that number.
00:00:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
11 signings.
Summer Signings: Expectations and Surprises
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Anyway, we'll go through them. we'll Tom and I will give our our grades. We'll have a good discussion and um try and argue um our points of views. I don't know if we're going to be very different on this. We obviously don't know each other's grades beforehand. i I'm imagining we'll be quite similar on a couple, but maybe there'll be a couple of surprises in there as well. um First of all, before we do that, we've just got a cover a little bit of the news, the midweek news. um This actually happened at the weekend. I don't know if you saw this, Tom, but Simon Milton, who was ah an Ipswich Academy player back in the 80s, I think he started, you know, before any of us. um But he was there when I first started watching town sort of in the in the mid to late 90s. So Simon Milton was a and he and he still works at the club now as like an ambassador and things like that.
00:00:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:01:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so he's often at games and things. And he was taken ill um during the Bournemouth game. The club released a statement, I think it was just after the game, saying that somebody had been taken ill in the director's box. That turned out to be Simon Milton. And but thankfully, he released a statement a couple of days later saying that ah the club responded really, really quickly and that he was now at home recuperating and that, you know, he needed a bit of R and&R and hopefully everything will be OK. So, um yes, any best wishes, obviously, to ah to Simon Milton and his family.
Simon Milton's Health Update
00:02:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And the other little bit of news, there was a story coming out that Ashton, Mark Ashton and Luke Wehrman, the other members of the Ipswich Town management, they were talking about kind of the tour for next year, next summer's kind of like plans, because there's been rumours that Ipswich are going to be going to America next year, which obviously with our ownership structure would make sense. So what what did you make of the news? Because they're suggesting it might not be next year after all.
00:02:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Well it's something me and you have spoken about recently about ah what we're going to be doing for preseason next year and that's a long time away but given the sort of way in which the club structured nowadays with its sort of American links. It's not a surprise move that does indeed take place. You see pretty much every single club now go to America for preseason. I think financially it's a place to be, especially with the World Cup there in a year or so time as well. So it only seems natural to be honest and good move for the club. Regardless, we've got a lot more exposure, exposure this year, media wise. So why not capitalize on that and go and see some of our fans across the pond.
00:03:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, but they were there for for like soccer acts and stuff, weren't they? Kind of, you know, having lots loads of various interviews with the Bright Path guys and Mark Ashton and Ed Schwartz and all the rest of it.
00:03:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, obviously the brand is kind of like building over there. Obviously after next year, we're not going to have Ed Sheeran as a sponsor. So it'd be interesting to see where we go in terms of that branding, whether it's a kind of US based company.
00:03:32
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
um That wouldn't surprise me to be honest. um All right. Well, there's the news.
Player Reviews and Grades Part 1
00:03:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So if we've done we've done that segment. Now we're going to move on to the grading. So how we want to do this, Tom? We've got 11 players here. We're just going to go through them. um I'm going to do it fairly randomly. We've all got the same list, obviously. um So let's start with probably the easiest one to grade, and that's Liam Delapp.
00:04:07
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, before we start, are we in our old school days? Are we do adding a star to a potential A here or are we just skipping as an A or a plus for American Listers?
00:04:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, right. Well, yeah, A star, A plus. You don't get A plus, do you? You don't get pluses, do you? I think it's just C minus, isn't it? Do you get pluses?
00:04:25
Tom Crack - Ipswich
in Inverse States. I don't know. Americanist has let us know, but I believe so in in the few films I've watched. But we'll add it just for a bit of bonus here, because I thought, let's be honest, Dilap's gonna be the only one who would merit this, and he has for me.
00:04:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, fine.
00:04:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
A-plus, I know he's kind of faltered in the past few weeks, and he's not being asked a lot ah to do with all the fiction congestion, but yeah. I mean, for the start we've made and where where would we be without him is the biggest takeaway from Dilap so far, obviously.
00:04:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He's in fantastic, not just his goal scoring ability, but his hold up play and his dribbling and his passion overall for a club he's only been at for just under over four months time, four months now. And it's really great to see.
00:04:57
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You can see why he was at Manchester City's Academy because he has that quality to be a top Premier League player. You know, you've seen the likes of Danny Murphy say he could be the heir to Harry Kane, which is a big, big thing to say already at this point in his career, in his Premier League career as well.
00:05:10
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But he's done everything so far to prove that he has the capability to do that. I'm so chuffed he's a lip switch. If we stay up, I'd like to think he's going to be there for at least another year. figure I'm not so sure because he seems like he already is a primarily proven quality player. But for me, Liam Delapp, A+, he's been fantastic. What about you?
00:05:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Well, I haven't given him a plus, but I've given him an A, yeah. I've given him an A.
00:05:31
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I think he doesn't get a plus.
00:05:33
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He goes late to class.
00:05:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He doesn't get a plus because if there's one little criticism of him, it's it's that he likes a little bit of a likes a little bit of a run into and ah a pack of, you know, crowded defenders or whatever at various points.
00:05:51
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Mm.
00:05:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, occasionally that has worked spectacularly, obviously. the Fulham goal, you know, other various moments throughout the season. But ah there has been a few times in recent weeks where I think, you know, and that's probably not his fault, like the the team have not been creating enough chances. and So he's felt like the responsibility is down to me to kind of do it. And maybe he hasn't made ah the right decision on a couple of occasions. But you know, overall, he's been fantastic. So obviously, it's an A. um Yeah, I'm with you. I mean, obviously, we hope we keep him. But i think we'll keep him for the season but you know I think it's going to be very difficult if we if we were to go down to keep hold of him but hopefully we'd get a tidy sum so all right Dallap is an A presumably top of the class for you is is would that be correct?
00:06:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Best student this year.
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's do it this year well done Liam well done all right let's move on to ah Jacob Greaves please
00:06:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Starting this season, I think if it continued that reign of form, I would have probably had him as around an A. I've got them as a B and I think that's mainly you know due to i think injuries and lack of ah poor appearance to really judge him on, but you can see he's very much a quality player and on on top of this form and fully fit, he is our best centre back. So for me, I've given him a B. I think, like I said, injuries have kind of played him a bit, but if we can get him back to that player who he was in the opening game with Liverpool and many other performances, then that could go up to him. But for right now, I could, Jacob Greaves, a B. Yeah.
00:07:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm. Okay. I'm gonna go C, I'm gonna be a little bit harsher.
00:07:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Okay. Okay.
00:07:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
because I think, I agree with you, he started the season very well, he looked very comfortable straight away, ah injuries have clearly played a part, but I think people were maybe getting a little bit carried away with him, because I think Burgess has come in and played better overall maybe than Greaves has, if I'm totally honest.
00:07:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he's a really good player, he looks a really good player and I'm sure given a really strong run in the side then he would 100% improve and um you know be the player that I think we all think he probably is or could be. But he had that really bad mistake against Villa.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
um where he literally kicked to the ball straight to the players, you know, something that I would do. um And then someone, you know, who was it? It was Rogers, wasn't it?
00:08:08
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Morgan Rogers.
00:08:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then, yeah, then they scored straight away.
00:08:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And then he gets injured, obviously, and then, you know, struggles to come back and obviously makes that mistake as well against Palace last week.
00:08:11
Tom Crack - Ipswich
ye
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and So, yeah, it's a C for me, for Jacob Greaves, which maybe is a little bit harsh, but actually I think is quite realistic.
00:08:24
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:08:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
OK, cool. Sami Schmodix, please.
00:08:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Sammy Schmonix. I think I'm hoping the pattern is emerging here of maybe be a bit more positive about all these lads, but I'll go for a B for Schmonix as well.
00:08:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're more positive in general, Tom, I would say.
00:08:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Um,
00:08:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I've gone for a B for Schmodix. I think maybe his home was starting to see him sort of prove his worth at Portland Road. I but think away from home, he's been fantastic this year. Some great goals, obviously the one at Spurs.
00:08:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:49
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Really well taken goal at Brentford and obviously that crazy goal that started five minutes of dreamland against Man City its near the start of the season. And he's made the jump well.
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:09:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, I think he very much was a player coming into this season who You know, that sort of stereotype of can they cut it in a Premier League when they've had such a good season of the championship. And he was one of the best players in the championship last season, maybe the best. So it was a lot of that narrative was definitely much hanging over his head going into the season. And obviously he's not going to get the same out of goals this season, but he's proven a valuable play. He's made the jump to a league, I think, for the level of player he is. He's made that jump really well.
00:09:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
pulled in a few good goals for us and always seems to be a threat and very much a player we see as someone who could do something for us going forward. So I really like him and he seems like a good team player in the few videos I've watched with us posting on YouTube channels and other outlets posting stuff on the club as well. He's a really well spoken guy, did a great interview with Redknapp ahead of the United game on Sky and just seems like he's really bought into the culture of clubs. So I think, you know, we've we've seen this might be a theme of this discussion here about we'll keep them if we go down.
00:09:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think with him we will because I think you know he's proven to be a fantastic player in the league below but he's being key this season as well so for me Sammy Schmodick seems like a really nice top bloke as well.
00:10:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I would agree. I'll give him a B too. And I actually think I'd quite like to see him being used as the forward, as the backup forward, if Dilap's coming off. um False nine, whatever you want to call him.
00:10:12
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Right.
00:10:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
and I just think it'd be interesting to see him there because I think he's a really good finisher. He's probably the best finisher at the club, I would say.
00:10:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, I agree.
00:10:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yeah, he's had little moments. hes He's not, we've discussed this before. I don't think he's a 90 minute player. I don't think he quite has the engine for that. in the Premier League or the pace or anything, um but he's capable of moments and he's got good quality in those moments and that's why he gets a B for me. and All right, let's take a very quick break and then when we come back we will continue with our grading.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back here on the daily Ipswich. Okay, we've done Liam Delab, we've done Jacob Greaves, and we've done Sammy Schmolek. So Tom, let's move on to, um let's move on to Jack Clark.
Player Reviews and Grades Part 2
00:11:33
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Jack Clark, okay, my ah sort of praise of many of these guys is going to start to dwindle here because I've given Jack Clarke a D. I think for me, of all the signings we've made this summer of what the potential could be and the amount we've paid for him.
00:11:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think we paid, I think he was the third most expensive signing or fourth, sorry, most expensive signing of a summer after Hutchinson, technically signing, Dilap and ah Greaves as well. Just as, you know, not really seeing much from the guy, even even when he's on the pitch, not just obviously with the lack of game time, but when he's on the pitch, there's not really been much there, you know,
00:11:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah no
00:12:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
his only highlights I can really Speak for him is that miss against Everton then? That's but I mean, you know, he had an assist to get for the lap in our 2-2 draw against Villa at home But it's essentially it is really not much to go from you said recently that he doesn't look like he's ready for the Premier League and on Tuesday show or Monday show it was and I'm I'm inclined to agree seems like a great player. This is a good player in there, but we're not getting that from him. So D for me, Jack Clark. what what What do you think about him overall? Because he seems like there's a good player in there, but it's not working, is it?
00:12:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think Jack Clark, and I don't think this is his fault. I think he suffers from the fact that there are already players like him in the team that are probably doing a slightly better job than him.
00:12:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Amari Hutchinson, even Connor Chaplin, no system better, plays in a similar position. ah Nathan Broadhead probably is the same, although obviously he was injured at the start of the season.
00:12:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Samish Modics so I think Jack Clark suffers a bit from that and I think that's not necessarily his fault I thought it was a bit of an odd signing anyway towards the end of the window because I think we were looking for a forward but I think we needed something well it's it's been clear we needed something different um than another kind of like tricky in inverted commas winger it's just not really worked out so far that's not to say it won't but he
00:12:59
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
he doesn't really look very confident um and he's not really impacting games and I don't think he's kind of high on McKenna's kind of like off the bench you know impact list at the moment.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's a D for me as well.
00:13:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:13:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's ah you know For the for the outlay it's not really worked out so far unfortunately.
00:13:43
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:13:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Okay Conantown's and this is a ah trickier one to do I would imagine.
00:13:50
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, you know, we haven't really seen much for him, to be honest, apart from that brief cameo in that Carabao embarrassment against Swinburne at the start of the season. But, to be honest i've given yeah, there you go.
00:13:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I forgot about that.
00:13:59
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I mean, ah we haven't seen much, mr so I can't lambast him too much and give him a D, so I'll go see. You know, he's there as a backup to leave Davis if we need him, if Davis goes down injured, and heaven him forbid he doesn't, and so forth, we haven't really seen much of him.
00:14:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, he I give him a C from, you know, it's it's pretty good to have that sort of veteran experience in locker room. He's one of the oldest players in the team as well at 31.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mhm.
00:14:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
A pretty good Premier League experience, just good to have whether you're on the pitch or not, because I imagine the training ground that's good to have. C for me, not much to say about the guy, but nice of a backup in that position at such a vital ah part of the field for us.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:14:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's insurance policy, isn't he? if ah If anything happens to Davis and, you know, if Davis goes at the end of the year or whatever, then I'm sure having somebody around that's been kind of training with the club for a period of time would be a useful thing.
00:14:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm. Yeah.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you can't really judge him by what he's done on the pitch because he ain't been on the pitch. So I'll give him a C based on the fact that he's not really had the opportunity. um All right.
00:14:56
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's move on. Dara O'Shea.
00:15:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Our favorite player. very it's It's a weird one for me. I think if you ask this to me you know a month so month and a half into the season, shall we say, I would have much more negative reaction than what I'm about to give.
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye.
00:15:12
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And as the weeks have gone on, you know he's started to not put as many feet wrong, shall we say, and put in some really good performances for what we expect of him, shall we say. And some results haven't gone our way.
00:15:24
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But I wouldn't say he's necessarily at fault for that. And he seems like he's starting to find his voice in the team. That was very much something to start the season you weren't seeing, which, you know, is understandable. So it's a lot he's but he's one of 11 signings. So it's it's it's hard to maybe find your voice without many people coming through the door. But he started to do that. And he seems like a really competent defender. I think he's one of the first things on the teamship moving forward as well. And mistakes are fewer and far between now, which is good to see. So for me, with him, I've gone a B. I think there's more we can definitely see of him.
00:15:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But there's less negative things I'm seeing from him, which is which is a good thing for me. I know at the start of the season, you very much were against him coming into the club. But know not that it's a massive turnaround. I'm not saying like it's you know he's going to be snapped up by a big club next year if we go down. I very much could see him staying Ipswich if we do go down. But it seems like a reliable hand to have at the club now, I'd say.
00:16:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, I don't think I had a problem with him coming in. Well, I didn't have a problem with the defender coming in ah because we needed one. But it was a bit weird because we heard rumors that he'd turned us down.
00:16:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:16:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then we went back in for him later in the window and got him obviously later in the window. I'm in a complete agreement with you. If you'd have asked me a month ago, I thought you looked pretty awful, pretty average anyway.
00:16:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, not awful, but average. ah But he does seem to have found a little bit of kind of, you know, rhythm and confidence. And I would agree with you. He does seem to be one of the first people on the team sheet. McKenna seems to really, really like him. He's basically put him in the team and and has left him in the team the whole time. and I don't know if he's amazingly better than Wolfenden, but he's got a bit more pace than Wolfenden and he's probably a bit more of a communicator and seems to kind of like galvanize those around him.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So maybe those attributes have have obviously been, ah you know, helped him kind of like get into the team.
00:17:15
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I would go with you.
00:17:16
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Well.
00:17:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think his performances in recent weeks, even though results haven't been very good, he's actually played quite well. And I would give him a B for that reason. I still think he's a bit of an all action defender who sometimes looks like he's doing really fantastic things.
00:17:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
but often it's kind of last ditch tackles and kind of like chucking themselves around. Whereas if his positioning was a little bit better and a little bit smarter, he probably wouldn't be in those positions in the first place. But, and that's why I think Burgess and Greaves are a little bit better than him in that sense.
00:17:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that their their reading of the game seems to be a little bit better than O'Shea, but he has put in good displays, no doubt, for the last couple of weeks.
00:17:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm. Hmm.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So um yeah, B, B as well. Ogbene, Really difficult again to to mark, I'm afraid.
00:18:02
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:18:06
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, you know, we started to see a bit from him this season. He made five appearance in the league before that really unfortunate injury against Brentford, because that very much was his best performance of a talent shot that first 30 minutes, one of the best performances of the season, that first 30 minutes against Brentford as well from everyone on the pitch. So he he was definitely included in that. And it was such a shame when he went down because this This throughout the whole season so far for me, the air in the pitch in which I'm least sort of certain as to our stronger, our position we need to know what is iss being filled correctly. Is that right side in the midfield? We've questioned whether Amari Hutchison belongs there and whether McKenna wants in more of a 10.
00:18:43
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And yeah sometimes he's had to go side to side. I think if Obene was fit, we would probably see Hutchinson in that 10 with Obene on the right and Schmonitz on the left as a preferred front three, because he looks really good. And he adds that pace. Burns you know for how great he's been in league one of the championship. Using that pace, you can see he can't he hasn't necessarily got as much pace he had in the leagues below in the Premier League. And we are really lacking as with a right-sided winger with a bit of bulk to him as well, because Hutchinson isn't the biggest and Obene was a bit bigger than him.
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:19:11
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So i've I've given a B for this.
00:19:12
Tom Crack - Ipswich
just for I know it's not much to go from. C just seemed a bit harsh because he seemed like, you know, early stage of the season from one of the new signings. Like I said, it's with the likes of O'Shea, for example, five games into the season, I would have given him a D or a C, sorry.
00:19:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
whereas I've been here by that point. I've already put in, had already put in some good performances like Sevilla and Brentford, shall we say. So for me, a B just really unfortunate, you know, with this, with this injury, we'll probably keep them next year regardless.
00:19:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So that's one of the only few positives to take from this, but yeah, B for me.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, I think that's already fair.
00:19:42
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I've given him a C purely because he hasn't had the opportunity to play that much, unfortunately, because of the injury.
00:19:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree with you. It felt like he was getting up a steam and, you know, starting to come but become a bit more consistent. And I think he was clearly somebody that played well for Luton last year.
00:19:50
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:20:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think we probably could have expected a similar output really playing for us.
00:20:02
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah definitely
00:20:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's a real shame that you got injured because I think he would have been the first Name on the team sheet on the right-hand side pretty much most weeks. Yeah, but he gets a C and I agree with you.
00:20:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I imagine we keep him at the club ah because of the unfortunate you know situation. All right, um Jens, could you stay?
00:20:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, definitely. player of the month for November, Jens Küster as well.
00:20:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Was he?
00:20:30
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He was, yeah, 47% of the vote, which for me was very well-earned because a lot of great perform performance against Spurs, you know, it was very much a player when at the start of the season, we kind of fought Phillips and Morsy would be our pairing and Küster kind of off the bench.
00:20:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right.
00:20:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But he's he's become undeniable this past this past month and a half and he and know he didn't start against Bournemouth over the weekend but for me he really does offer that difference in midfield in terms of going forward and he's just a big lad and a lot of strength and I'm really chuffed that we've got him to be honest because I think he can be a difference maker and hopefully as the season goes on and we find our feet a bit more he can be integral to that. For me i so I've only given him a B still. I don't think A is a bit too much despite the fact he won player of the month because You know, it's it's it's a small award in the grand scheme of things, but he seems like a really confident player. You know, he was in Syria last season, Sweden international. he He knows his way around big games and big opposition. So for me, a B for Kiyustej, but a signing I'm very, very happy with that out of the many we've made. He's one of the top ones. I know he's only alone, but out of the many we've we've made, he's one of the ones I'm most happy with for sure.
00:21:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think there's any chance that we would sign him permanently?
00:21:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
If we stay up, definitely, I think so. It kind of seems like he was out of favour at Napoli. it's you know that They're having a good season over there, so they could probably attract some bigger players, shall we say, in terms of where they are in European and domestic football compared to us.
00:21:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It seems like there'd be much fewer opportunities for him if he was to go back there. And he seems to be enjoying himself as well.
00:21:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He seems like a really nice, well-spoken guy. When he spoke in his first interview, I wasn't expecting an American-esque accent to come out of him, but I think his upbringing is why he sounds like that. I think it seems like a good person to have around the club, relatively young as well. I think if we can hold on to him, it'd be a great signing. The likes of Brentford try to go after him in the summer, I believe, as well, and they don't necessarily put a foot wrong for the most part when they try to bring in players to the club. So if that's the sort of player we can attract as well, then all four, it's down for sure.
00:22:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, I've given him a B as well. um I didn't realise he was Player of the Month, but um yeah, he's grown into it, hasn't he?
00:22:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:22:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And clearly he's kind of like in there now as probably first choice.
00:22:39
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:22:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, we'll see what happens with with Calvin Phillips, if he can ever get himself fully fit.
00:22:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:22:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But um yeah, definitely a B. he looked he He by far and away out of the three of them is the most comfortable, on the ball, kind of taking it off the defence and moving forward and turning with it. and doing that in a much smoother fashion than either Morsy or Phillips, who do it in their own little way, I suppose, but a more combative kind of like midfielders.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, he adds something to the squad that we simply don't have without him. um And we probably need more of, to be perfectly honest.
00:23:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:23:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So yeah, definitely a B. Okay, let's move on to, actually, let's take a very quick break here from one of our sponsors, and then we'll come back and we've got four left.
00:24:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right, so we are back for the final part of this Wild Car Wednesday show. So let's move to Ben Johnson, free transfer from Westam.
00:24:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
West Ham and his first start against us before it was against West Ham and it was very much a trial by fire and you know there's a lot of players in this list Richard who if you were asked me to grade them a month or so ago I might have given them a lot worse I'll give him Ben Johnson a C there's a good player in there not don't necessarily think we've seen that yet. His stand-up performance to me was definitely against Tottenham with in the build-up to our second goal. He kind of did a fantastic touch on the right wing which when it looked like it could have gone out for a throw and any kind of his build-up play from that kind of led us to the second goal. So
00:24:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He seems to have a good touch to him as well. Yeah, there's not much to go from again. We haven't seen him start that much. I think to be honest, if Tuan Zebi was fit, we probably would see even less of him, to be honest. But, you know, we've kind of got what we have, so to speak. And, you know, he came from a Premier League club, so he can't be all that bad, Kenny. But yeah, C for me, again, but of one of the many signings, one of the few signings, sorry, I should say, we haven't seen much from, to be honest. But yeah, C, Ben Johnson.
00:25:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that says everything though if we haven't seen much of him given given the problems that we've had with the right back position with you know injuries and suspension with Clark and stuff and Clark clearly
00:25:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:25:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
being, you know, second, third, fourth fourth choice maybe back there, I don't know.
00:25:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
i benjo Ben Johnson really should have, given that he's played for West Ham for a number of years in the Premier League, he really should have
00:25:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Oh yeah. yeah
00:25:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
been good enough to step up into there. So clearly McKenna is not seeing something, even though he's performed well in a couple of games and he looks all right as a wing back, I think as a full back, he hasn't cut the mustard so far.
00:25:47
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
So i've I'm going to give him a C-minus based on the fact that, yeah, I mean, you know, he that should have been his position. He should have he should have been taking that position, really. um And 2-0 would have moved inside, you know, at the start of the season, but that surely had to be had to have been the plan, kind of like early doors.
00:26:10
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:26:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
And for him to be like, yeah, right. I'm signing for these guys on a free transfer, probably being paid a lot of money because he's, he was on a Premier League wage and we didn't have to pay a transfer fee for him. So he should have got that position as far as I'm concerned. So I think it's been a massive disappointment that he hasn't managed to do that.
00:26:28
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, that's a good point, to be fair.
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right. Speaking of disappointments. Sorry, this is a bit harsh. Calvin Phillips.
00:26:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I know he's coming here. You know what? I was really high on him to start the season. And not just because it's a relatively big name coming into the club. It's very much deciding that kind of put us on a map from a casual fan's perspective. When we started this podcast and we spoke to our colleagues at the other teams, one of the first questions was to us, what are you going to get out of Calvin Phillips this year? Because he's the name that everyone knew.
00:27:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And so it kind of brought a bit of buzz to the fan base to know we could attract a player who, you know, was playing in a final for England two or two or three years ago.
00:27:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:27:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And it's just, yeah, I mean, whether it's injuries or something else, it's just it's that that sparks kind of faded a bit now. And I'm not sure whether his motivation is there as much.
00:27:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I'm not sure whether us as fans are really on board as much as well. Now we've seen someone, as we mentioned, like you stay, who's played in a similar position and can do a bit more going forward and defense. He seems to have a bit about him as well. So yeah, I don't know. Like, I don't want to sound serious. I don't want to lose faith in the guy because I honestly think there's still a good player in there, but you know, he's 29 now and it's getting to that point in his career where have we seen the best of him and we may have done already, unfortunately, but Yeah, to shame. I've gone C minus for Phillips, because I think from what we expected, I don't see what we expected, but what I hoped, it hasn't really come to fruition on a consistent basis, unfortunately.
00:28:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it hasn't. ah I'll give him a D because I just don't. Again, it's a similar thing with Ben Johnson, but more more so with Calvin Phillips.
00:28:13
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
00:28:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Calvin Phillips is an England international who's played in you know European cup semifinal ah european you know championship semi-finals and finals. um It's just not really good enough.
00:28:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
like i mean you know I'm sure there are loads of reasons for it. I'm sure there are. I'm sure you know the fitness thing and all the rest of it. But it's kind of what you what you saw at West Ham. I don't think he's been as bad performance wise as what he showcased at West Ham.
00:28:40
Tom Crack - Ipswich
No.
00:28:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, I don't know. He's not he's not in the first team at the moment. he And he's been on the bench for the last couple of games. And so he must be fit enough to to a certain extent. And if you're telling me that Calvin Phillips can't get in in an Ipswich team that's only got three midfielders, I think that's quite a damning indictment on Calvin Phillips, to be perfectly honest. And I really want him to prove me wrong. I really want him to like, you know, take center stage in our team and drag us up the league, obviously, because he, he on paper would be one of the players that is capable of doing that, but he's simply not doing it. So, um, he can only get a D for me because again, we're playing, him we're paying him ah a chunk of change.
00:29:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Again, there's the injury things, but you can always give these excuses and reasons and everything else. The guy's 29 years old. He should be chomping at the bit to prove himself as a quality midfielder again, and it hasn't happened.
00:29:31
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yep, yep.
00:29:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
um All right, two more.
00:29:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, this is a technicality because ah we signed him permanently, having had him on loan last year. So Amari Hutchinson, who broke the Ipswich Town transfer record, Amari, what
00:29:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Two more.
Player Reviews and Grades Part 3
00:29:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
would you say?
00:29:49
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Do you know, this may be a bit of a heart overhead here, but I've given him an A. And I wouldn't necessarily, you know, it sounds like I haven't given him any bassist performance on the pitch, which, you know, is kind of what this is all about.
00:29:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wowzers!
00:30:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But for me, you know, some of the stuff he does off the ball, or when he's on the ball as well, you know, he's I think he's almost foul player, which, you know, it's a strange statistic, but it it's it shows that you're integral to the team.
00:30:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And it's more for me, how i've and you know the goals haven't been as frequent as they were last year and the assists haven't. But it's more for me to see in the progression he's made as a footballer and you know seemingly as a person this season. I think you know last year he came into the team and especially at the start, there was very much a piece missing. It was his first full season as a starter in sort of professional football. know He's kind of been floating around the academies and coming on as a sub for Chelsea Arse on the Odd League Cup game over the years. He never really had a chance to show what he was all about. And it took him a while to for himself to know what he was all about. And we saw that in the last stages of last season when he became so important to the side and banged in so many important goals. And now we're seeing a player who okay hasn't scored as many important goals as not many have apart from GLAP, to be honest. but
00:31:02
Tom Crack - Ipswich
We're seeing traits of from him like game management and knowing when to go forward and, excuse me, knowing when not to. You saw it taught them when we um held out for the win there. There were moments when he was driving forward. And as a fan, you're like, you don't need to go for goal. You can run to for quarterback and kill a bit of time and stuff. And he did. I know there's times before that in games this season, especially when we were holding onto a lead and he didn't do that. And it ended in heartbreak. So there's just things like that for me, which I'm really happy to see. ah you know it's and It's a goal as an assist driven business and you know he's one of those players we expect to get plenty of those. But for me, it's the other improvements he made he's made of his game in the league that we stepped up in. And I'm i really happy for the guy. Again, probably a bit of heart stuff because he was one of the guys who was there last season to get us up. But for me, I'm very impressed with the player he's becoming. I think I've changed your mind, haven't I?
00:31:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Change my mind.
00:31:53
Tom Crack - Ipswich
to
00:31:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I mean, I don't think you have, no. um i I don't think I disagree with anything you say, really, but I wouldn't give him an A.
00:32:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Okay.
00:32:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I would give him a C, because, yeah, I would, because I think Amari Hutchinson, and I actually think this is kind of, and this may sound, you know, I might be wrong in 10 years' time, but I kind of feel that this is
00:32:06
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Really? Oh, wow.
00:32:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
This might be as successful as Amari Hutchinson kind of ever is as a footballer.
00:32:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's a big statement there.
00:32:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
like it's a i know I know it is, but you know there's something about him.
00:32:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's 21.
00:32:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
like He's a brilliant little player, but he because of what what what we signed, like you know because we signed him as this 20 million pound player based off that brilliant season, or certainly brilliant second half of the season that he had, and the expectation kind of went through the roof and he's become like the talisman of the team.
00:32:44
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:32:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm not quite sure, that he's lived up to that expectation. Not that he should have, because he's 21 years old, as you rightly point out.
00:32:57
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:32:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
and I think he's a really good player, but it's a bit like the thing that he's done with the with deciding to play for England. He's putting himself in a position where he's behind a stack load of players in that position.
00:33:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I find it, at the moment, really difficult to see Amari Hutchinson coming out on top of any of those different players. And, you know, we talk about Pacaya Saka and all the rest of it.
00:33:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yep.
00:33:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I kind of think that he's at the level maybe where he might be. And that's a really, really good level. I'm sure he'll obviously improve like, you know, to a certain extent and stuff, but I think people are super high on Hutchinson. And the truth is that as an attacking wide player, you kind of have to influence a game with goals and assists. And he's not really doing that at the moment. And that's, you know, again, we're not performing as a team and maybe he's not getting kind of like the service and he's having to do too much in the same way that dilapis and things.
00:33:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I kind of feel that as a he's had a decent season for sure, but he's not really contributing to victories and points. And as the talisman for the team, which I think he was kind of billed to be at the start of this year, as harsh as that is as a 21 year old, I think he's capable of being that player, maybe not at this level, but he's capable of being that player.
00:34:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
then I don't know. I think you have to see more output, basically. So I give him a C because he is a very good player, but he's not quite delivering on the stat sheet and on the eye test as far as I'm concerned.
00:34:24
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:34:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he does a lot of things really, really well, but a lot of players do a lot of things really, really well. The the ones that are really, really good obviously deliver in terms of like effecting games.
00:34:29
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:34:34
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:34:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
and I don't think he's quite done that.
00:34:40
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think with him, it's like, no, would you I think we're both in agreement with each other, despite our sort of up and down assessment of him.
00:34:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is that harsh?
00:34:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But I think that just shows what we expect from him, what we want from him and what we hope for him.
00:34:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:34:53
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Like, it's it's is this there's a great player in there, you know, it's the same age as the lap.
00:34:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:34:57
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So, you know, there's plenty of years ahead of him for him. But yeah, I think it's it's one of those things where we want the best for him and we kind of expect it slightly as well, which is hard to manage both of those as a fan, but I think both assessments, let's be honest.
00:35:10
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think there's there's there's merit behind both of them for sure.
00:35:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah yeah like I'll give you a comparison who I think is a fair comparison.
00:35:16
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:35:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Philogene is a fair comparison.
00:35:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:35:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He had a really good year with Hull last year, probably as good as Hutchinson's was with Ipswich. He was going to come to us. Obviously that didn't happen. Really similar players. And it would have been interesting to see how McKenna, you know, I don't think we'd have signed Jack Clark, for for example, if we'd have got Philogene as well.
00:35:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:35:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:35:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Who do we think, is you know, is and it will be interesting to see how their careers go because they are playing you know, young English kind of like wingers, they're they're always going to be a ah market for them at the high level of championship, maybe bottom of the Premier League. But going further forward, you kind of have to be exceptional to to stand out, don't you? And otherwise, you're being replaced by a you know, a European winger or or whatever, somebody maybe with a bit more technical ability or a bit more pace or whatever it might be, a bit more power and stuff.
00:36:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think he's a good example of he's gone to Villa because he thought, you know, he's going back to his club or whatever and thought that he could crack it at Villa.
00:36:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:36:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, Emery plays a lot of young players and he's not quite, Philogene's not quite pulled up any trees there, nor should be the expectation that he will do, but it's interesting to see where those where those players might go, I guess.
00:36:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's interesting because it's a really difficult position because you're're you're being asked to affect games and and that's what you're being kind of like judged on.
00:36:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. Yeah. I think of that sort with young players like you, like you said, Phil and Jean Hutchison, there's plenty of others we could list as well. You're expected to do so much at such a young age. So you are under, under the microscope a lot more than anyone, you know, we probably spoke about hu more than anyone on the show today, because there's so many things we expect him to do and would like him to do.
00:36:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:56
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And it's it's a difficult position to be in, to be honest, but yeah, hopefully those things can turn around as the season goes on.
00:36:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:37:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I think you're right. That's why we are talking about him so much because I think the the assumption is he's a good player. So you kind of like just move on from him.
00:37:10
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:37:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
But actually, if we're really honest about the output, it it hasn't probably been what people would have hoped for or expected.
00:37:11
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:37:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm, yep.
00:37:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think, yeah, that's why I fool fall a little bit lower on him because he's kind of a teacher's pet. You know what I mean? He should he should be top of the class. um And hopefully he will be at some point.
00:37:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Cool. All right, let's finish with An interesting one, I think, R.O. Maric.
00:37:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, we touched on Murch a lot on Monday's show after the Bournemouth game for a fair few mistakes at the latter stages. For me, I've given him... Oh, it's difficult.
00:37:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
because recency bias can really mess with you as well. But no I think overall I've given him a C. but b a b it's you know it could be there's There's aspects of his game that we haven't seen from other goalies before. I think his...
00:38:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
where he can nullify set pieces, whether it's a corner or a free kick. There's a few games this season, I think Villa and Brighton are the ones that stand out to me, where it was great in both those games. One of the things he did in both those games was nullify any cross that came in and got up with with his six foot, however of many inches frame it is, and got up and got the ball. And it was great. And that's an aspect of him that I don't think we necessarily saw so much from Wilson and Clackie in certain periods. So that's a good thing about him. is and But you know,
00:38:28
Tom Crack - Ipswich
and the press is way harder in the Premier League but distribution I find so nerve-wracking. It's not the fact of playing from the back in ah in a higher league because that can be pressure on the defence well but for him it just seems like it's pressure tenfold and then just these mistakes I think he's led to the most mistakes per goals in the league at any play of the season. Obviously it's implied of a goalkeeper anyway but it's just I really don't have much faith in the guy. and You know we've talked to we talked about a lot this week already and you know he's kind of the bad flavor of the month or the week shall we say for all Ipswich fans after this weekend so it's going to be hard for people to think we have anything good to say about them to be honest but it's obviously a good play and I actually pay for Man City but it's just not working out so for me it's a C i yeah it's it's it's a weird weird one for me I don't know if he should be our starter or it's
00:39:15
Tom Crack - Ipswich
it's It's the oldest transfer for me. it's It's the transfer when it came in this summer. It was the one out of all of them. I was like, are you sure? Like, did you not see last season? And, you know, where where where is the potential there considering his age and what he's done in the past? I feel we could have got a younger, more hungry goalkeeper or tried of a veteran or something. It just, it was the move I questioned the most this past summer and I'm i'm still questioning it.
00:39:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. and It's difficult, isn't it? Because I kind of remember that transfer as well. That kind of came out of nowhere a little bit.
00:39:47
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:39:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
we were We were sort of in for a few goalkeepers, and then all of a sudden we literally just signed Miric, and there wasn't really much of a kind of like build up to it.
00:39:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:39:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, I think it's a really difficult one, because ah again, I kind of agree with the the attributes that he that he has, which clearly were part of the reason why town went for him in the first place.
00:40:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, his size, the ability to kind of like, take crosses out of the air really easily, all that kind of stuff was was was needed to be added to our, to what we needed from our goalkeeper, because Haladki definitely, you know, had had issues in in that kind of sense, and and definitely would have done in the Premier League.
00:40:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:40:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But Yeah, we've had all of the issues that we've had with him. I think a goalkeeper in a struggling side is always going to be under the microscope a little bit more because, you know, we're we're conceding more than we're scoring.
00:40:34
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, very true.
00:40:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And so, um you know, the focus is on the back much more.
00:40:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, yeah, I mean, his mistake at the weekend was awful. ah You know, it really wasn't good for the Bournemouth goal. And you could argue that's kind of cost us the game. And he's made a couple of other mistakes which haven't necessarily cost us games.
00:40:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, you know, it's obviously less letters towards conceding. I've given him a C too because I think it would be really harsh to judge him harsher than that um but I don't think his overall picture and how people are struggling to kind of like get on board with it, most fans I think, you can't really put him higher than that either.
00:41:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
No.
00:41:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it feels like it feels like it's ah it's something that we need to still find a solution for, whether it's kind of you know going with him until the end of the season or replacing him with Walton. They're not going to sign another goalkeeper at this stage. But um yeah, it we talked about that last week. But it's a C for me. and And I think one more mistake, and you probably have to take him out of the out of the situation. Or one more glaring mistake maybe.
00:41:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:41:42
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:41:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, all right, so we got there. That's an interesting discussion. we I think we agreed on quite a few of them.
00:41:50
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, yeah. I think the standouts, like, you know, the laps of an A and we're out of Bs across the board, because, you know, it's, I think it's our nature not to go too out there.
00:41:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:41:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Maybe maybe the Amari one was the big head scratch on both parts, but yeah, for the most part, maybe we should do something like this moving in January for who we may want to sign and rank everyone by the end of the season as well.
00:42:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. Well, I guess we're going to start to hear some transfer news. I would think in the next kind of few weeks, I know there's already been some announcements from other clubs about, you know, pre signings for January the first and stuff.
00:42:16
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:42:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm sure rumors will start to come out a little bit um and we will be all across that for you. All right. Well, that'll do it for our wildcard Wednesday. So thank you very much, Tom. And thank you all for listening and we will see you tomorrow.
00:42:31
Tom Crack - Ipswich
and you