“I’D love too say that this is going to be evolution but it will be a revolution. We need to move – and we need to move at pace.”
Words, no doubt that are music to the ears of Ipswich Town supporters.
The Tractor Boys found themselves circling the plughole for years in the Championship.
And for the past couple, they have been busy going nowhere in League One.
No longer, perhaps.
The statement above came from the club’s new chief executive Mark Ashton, who has left Bristol City to move down a division.
He said: “If we do what we have always done, we’re going to get the same results.
“This club needs to change. We’re not hanging around. We want to get on with things.
“We owe it to the club to make sure it’s moving back in the right direction. It’s not going to be all plain-sailing but we are going to get some energy and focus back into it, that’s for sure.
Backed
“We’re signing players already. In the aftermath of a pandemic. And let’s be clear – there’s going to be more to come.”
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