Do we really need to sign a striker to get promoted?

Graham was a good threat with his dribbling and crossing. He helped improve the corners too. El Miz only scored once, didn't he? His shooting was abysmal in my opinion. I'm not his greatest fan and believe we could do better in that position.

As for Lester, I hoped he'd do much better but he missed quite a few fairly easy ones. If they'd gone in he'd be on 12 or 13 and getting regular starts. However ...

My favourite strikers from other clubs were Harris and Colby.

I'm also in the "Idris is not the Messiah" camp. He was a stand-out in EFL2 and has established himself as a solid EFL1 operator but if one of him, Galbraith, Agyei or Graham had to go then l would choose Idris. He has some excellent qualities but a good left foot, above average heading ability and natural pace are not among them. He does take the odd shot from distance but mostly they sail well over the bar.
I'm happy to see him in an O's shirt but l don't buy into the adoration he attracts.

Will l be banned now? 🙂

Banned, no. Burned as a heretic, maybe.

I think he's a fantastic ball winner and carrier and gives us a dimension I haven't really seen (or noticed) other teams at this level have. His skillset and reading of the game reminds me a bit of Ngolo Kanté, one of my favourite players, so perhaps I'm biased.

I think if the team as a whole could move the ball a bit quicker, we'd get buckets of goals from the counter attacks he's capable of starting.

That said, yes, he clearly doesn't dominate games like he did in L2, but I think we're talking a 7/10 most games rather than an 8+. I'd make signing him a priority, although I used to think doing so would turn a guaranteed profit and now I'm less sure. Would a Champ side want him? Maybe not.

I also quite like the thought of Galbraith playing his position, as someone mentioned on another thread today. So maybe he's not as irreplaceable as I sometimes think.

I think it's hard to compare his importance with the four players you mention cos we lack goals and they are 3 players we know can score or create them. But I don't think anyone screens the defence like Idris. As much as I like Brown, he will constantly get carded doing it all by himself.

Trouble is that Graham and Agyei have played very few this year and I think we should avoid the expectation trap next season. What happens if all four are good to go for the first six matches and we lose 'em all?

As a player who breaks up the play, stifles opposition counter attacks before they get going, Idris is in my opinion one of the best in League 1.
He is potentially Championship quality, but if Ipswich do get promoted, then I can see him being surplus to their requirements and I think we’d stand a good chance of signing him, as other clubs might not want to take the risk on an injured player.

So El Miz’s contract is up this summer. Ipswich could extend it for a year, but will they want to, as Red points out they are well covered in that department.
Seems little point in having him sit around as a squad player, especially if they can get promoted, so chances are he’ll be on his way.
Richie said he’ll be out for four months which takes us to August. Then he’ll be a player who won’t have had a pre season, won’t be able to show to other clubs he’s fully recovered, so by my reckoning it puts us in a better place to sign him, especially if he is doing his rehab with us.