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[Music] well when you get promoted to the Premier League with all of the riches on offer what is the best way to spend the money is it stick or twist well given that the three sides that came up last year went straight back down again iwit are trying something different spending over 100 million now this is the team that beat h field on the final day to seal promotion now apart from the goalkeeper they're all still at the club but such has been the overhaul this summer this is what the team could look like against Fulham tomorrow you got Ari murch you've got Jacob Greaves Dar OA chido Ben Samy schmod Calin Phillips Jack Clark technically Amari Hutchinson who made his loan permanent as well over the summer and when so much has been made about ipswich's identity under Kieran McKenna are they in danger of drifting away from it he says it gives the chance to be competitive or Richard Moss is from the talking town podcast and he is with us now would you be competitive otherwise uh good evening guys um well if you look at um when we got promoted it there was 75% of um players that played in League one so look it's it's a massive overhaul uh is it a gamble yeah probably but it was needed you know we had to make these changes um when we played Liverpool there was seven out of the 11 who had played in League one and look it's just the harsh reality of football it's it's a shame but it it's needed and will it work I I don't know but I think we we did need to make a lot of signings and we spent 100 million and there's rumors that it might be another uh signing coming tonight ree nelum are after him on loine from Arsenal so it's exciting times as a town fan yeah it could be the the knock on effect of all the Sterling Sancho business that as well is it do you think it's a gamble or given the fact that you've got promoted to the premier league first time in 20 years are you trying to give it your best shot and you'll worry about maybe what happens the repercussions of it later on yeah look you get here as a football fan you want to be competitive um you look at Luton last season they done really well but toer a much bigger Club than them um our transfer record was 4 and a half million and that stood for over 20 years when we last in the Premier League so we've smashed that uh We've made some really really good signings and you think we've probably signed some of the best talent that were in the championship uh can they make that step up that's what we hope they can do you know they're talented players you look at jakeob brige Sammy smic's got 31 goals for Blackburn Jack Clark great signing from Sunderland but it is a gamble but I think that's the the market that we were shopping in you know we C we can't really afford to pay fees for players in the Premier League with the wages that are on so I think we've done some really good business and now it's down to to Kieran to get him on the training ground and get them working in them patterns of play because look we've had a really really good team spirit we've had the same sort of core of players for the last two years and it is it's really sad when you see tonight players like Freddy lppo leaving the club Marcus harness has gone to Derby George Edmonson they're all they'll go down in in in years to come as as Town Legends but it's harsh it is but it's just the fact of you're in the top league and we want to make a Mark we don't just want to be here to to make up the numbers do you know when I look at the signings I think the're really good ones because of the development of the football club the age from 18 to 24 smck is a little bit older 28 Phillips is 28 and O bet 27 but I feel everybody's in the right age what are your expectations as an IP switch Town fan when you see these signings and which player excites you the most well well I think Michael expectation is look it's just staying in the league it is and I know it's really really hard when you look at them teams last season I think attacking wise I think we'll be all right because we've got a lot of talent there it's you probably see the highlights from last Saturday at Man City we went one up which is probably the worst thing we could do then within like three or four minutes with 3-1 down we're going to be brave we're going to play out from the back will that be to to detriment possibly you know but under McKenna he's got a philosophy how he wants to play football and I think as a fan you you want that um son is it excit me look for me we've made 12 signings Amari Hutchinson was a really big signing the biggest signing for me was keeping old of the manager in the summer you know because there was a lot of talk of United Brighton and Chelsea chasing him and if Kieran had have gone a player like Hutchinson I don't think he would have come back to the football club because obviously he came here last uh last season and it was his first season in um men's football 50 over 50 appearances 10 goals for me I'm looking here Jack Clark's a player that really excites me and I wanted him for a long while but for me Jacob Greaves I think he's a really good player there was so I think Everton and West Ham are after him I think he could go on play for England and he's a player if if we don't stay in this league if we did get relegated I think we signed him for 15 million I think there's some add-ons there we could easily double our money because I think he's that good he's Left sided um Center half which I think is there's not that many when you look around but um yeah look it's really exciting but I'm just hoping as a town fan we're competitive um Fulham tomorrow I know a lot of people are saying our season starts in look that's a really really hard game and I think we just need to even if we got a point tomorrow get some points on the board we've got two we International break there's a few players going away uh on International Duty which really you probably could do with them staying but look it's exciting times we ain't been here for 22 years we were playing at forest green two years ago and last Saturday we're playing at the yead so it's a season you've just got to enjoy every single game and whatever will be will be so that is about all we have got time for a reminder the live text is still in full flow over on the BBC sport website and app and we'll be well past midnight the football news show is back every Tuesday and Friday but for me and the rest of the team thanks for watching