'Incredible growth' and is Hirst 'more complete' than Delap?

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We asked you to tell us one thing - good or bad - that nobody is talking about at Ipswich Town.

Here are some of your replies:

Sam: Call me mad but nobody is talking about the success of this season. What were people's expectations, having been in League One just under two years ago? We are building, we haven't been built - yet somehow we are still close in games. They are not all wins, I know, but what incredible growth. We haven't stayed up but we are battling and we are better than the other two promoted sides.

Tom: Possibly surprising to many, considering Delap's excellent breakthrough season, many fans are calling for George Hirst to start over him against Bournemouth. Hirst has three goals in his past three games he has started. He also scored goals off the bench last time out against Nottingham Forest. There is no doubt about Delap's talent and very high ceiling, but Hirst is arguably the more complete striker overall.

Ben: Jens Cajuste has been our best player this season.

Harry: Delap is not the only bright talent coming out of this season. Cajuste has been incredible, O'Shea remains solid and, when given his opportunity, Broadhead has shone. We have missed out on so many points because of a lack of Premier League experience rather than a lack of quality. However, spending £40m combined on Philogene and Clarke was poor recruitment. Despite this, these two young English talents are assets for the future.

Shaun: We are going down, that is incredibly likely. The question is: will Kieran McKenna stay and what players will we lose? I think that will determine if we come straight back up or not.

Richard: While the journey to the Premier League was exciting, and the company fantastic, the destination is awful. The gap between Championship teams coming up and established Premier League teams is huge. Nobody is talking about how the Championship is a much more competitive league to be a part of. If you look at the Championship table, at least half the teams have still got a chance of getting into the play-offs.

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