Recruitment, tactics or quality? Your reasons behind relegation

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We asked for you to tell us the key reasons behind Ipswich's relegation from the Premier League.
Here are some of your comments:
Matt: Overall, the quality of the squad was not good enough for the Premier League. There was not enough depth. Our five subtitutes were good League One and Championship players while our opponents had internationals. Injuries to proven playmakers like Wes Burns, Omari Hutchinson, Jaden Philogene, Nathan Broadhead and Chiedozie Ogbene also meant we did not create attacks.
Christianna: Too much too soon. A fantastic side with a fantastic leader in Kieran McKenna, but all a year or two too soon. Incredibly proud of the team and manager for performing as well as they have. Finishing 17th was the target, and whie we have fallen short, anyone who has watched the games (and not just the highlights) will see that we have given a good account of ourselves.
James: Really inept recruitment is what has sunk us. There were a few bright spots in Dara O'Shea and Liam Delap, but we bought a calamitous goalkeeper in Arijanet Muric and then stacked our attack with youngsters from the Championship, while relying on a collection of the old, the sick and the lame in centre midfield.
Matt: The manager decided that we could play like we did in the Championship and it would be all right! Instead we should have been defending for our lives.
Russell: Essentially, recruitment and an unsettled team. The boys who won two promotions were not really given a chance to prove or to develop themselves. How must some of them have felt having done all the hard work only to be almost sidelined by untested and untried players?
