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Ah yeah, he was born on Sept 13th so he chose that number when he arrived

The Charles replacement will take the 8, Scienza might move to 7 if there’s clarity on his future unless there’s an attachment to 13 I’m unaware of

Away GK is silver so that tallies with the silver logos on the blue shirt above

Good for a rave tbf

Como president just confirmed that they've received a bid from an unnamed club for Ivan Azon

Totally missed that it had been moved to the later time. Guessing that must've at least partly been a response to last year's obscenely hot game with fans collapsing and the stadium running out of water for fans

There has been for the last 2/3 years, but they do tend to only announce it at a late stage to avoid it detracting from Eastleigh's ticket sales

Feels like a good signing for Bristol City:

Ah balls, I actually did mean to stick it in that other thread as well

Dobbin says he sees himself as a No. 10 and playing against Saints on the final day swayed his decision. Said that Tonda was the first manager that he spoke with this summer while deciding his future and he was sold on playing for him - "I think it’s only going to improve my game massively. It’s amazing to call this place home,” he said. “I played well in both games, which always helps. It was really weird. The first time we played at St Mary’s was weird – we knew it obviously wasn’t going great at the time and we could play on that, in a sense; try and get the crowd turned early, and I think we managed to do that in the end. “But then you see the team we played on the last day of the season and the contrast was scary. It was the same team, almost, but completely different in the way they played, and that’s credit to the manager and shows how good he is. It was amazing to see the transition, and I’m really looking forward to being a part of it. “The team was really good against us in the way they got after the ball, the way they pressed us and put us under pressure. That definitely swayed my decision because I could see myself playing in a team like that. I think it suits all the qualities I have, so hopefully it works out. I’m really excited.” “I just like to be as positive as possible,” he explained. “I can play anywhere in the front line and I think that will help me if I want to get into the team. Being able to play and be dangerous in as many positions as possible, I think that’s a massive factor of mine. “As soon as I get the ball I want to look forward, I want to drive forward. I want to create goals, I want to score goals. That’s what I’m all about – I think I showed that last season and it’s just about building on that and keep improving. “My preferred position is probably no. 10, but when I play wide it’s always about drifting in and trying to be as close to the goal and the box as possible, trying to link up with my teammates. “You can see there’s so many players in this squad that I’ll be able to link with. They’ll bring the best out of me and hopefully I’ll bring the best out of them, and hopefully we can have a really good season.”

Official:

Deal agreed over the weekend, was travelling for the medical on Monday so presumably announced today

Yeah, not a ringing endorsement but a mixed bag overall. Common theme seems to be they appreciate his team play and work rate but he does tend to fluff chances when they fall to him. He obviously got better as the season went on based on their comments and the fact McKenna dropped Hirst and was starting Azon during the run-in

Ipswich forum's reaction to the news of the Azon bid: https://www.twtd.co.uk/forum/635799/big-bid-going-in-for-azon/#22

I remember reading a book about analytics in professional sport and it was saying that recruitment teams and data analysts do tend to prefer these guys who are proving wasteful but have a superior expected return, compared to guys who convert on a lower clip, where the data will suggest that they aren’t getting into the right areas as often. Azon would tally with that thinking

Spain U21 forward (now 23). 5 goals and 4 assists last season, mainly from the bench. Looks like he made 38 appearances but just over half of those were sub appearances. Interestingly he was getting more and more minutes as the season drew to a close and Ipswich were chasing auto promotion