By Aston
June 29 2005

Ipswich Town Chairman David Sheepshanks has explained the thinking behind letting 6 first team players leave Portman Road.

Sheepshanks: “It is time to look forward. The end of last season was a very bitter pill to swallow because we were so close but we blew it.

 

“We should have been celebrating a magnificent season and clearly huge numbers of fans feel the same way. I have lost count of the number of supporters who, throughout the summer, have gone out of their way to tell me they know that my colleagues and I are bitterly disappointed..

 

“But you can't dwell on disappointment in this job because the new season soon comes around and you have to get on with the job.

 

“Unfortunately the failure to be promoted has its financial implications.

 

“Last season we were carrying a wage bill that was massively reduced from what it was three years ago but was still way too high, and that in itself exacerbated the problem.

 

“As we made more money from gate receipts during the year we invested more in the team, particularly through the loan system. We brought in David Unsworth and James Scowcroft at very considerable cost, in an effort to consolidate our position and invest in achieving promotion.

 

“That didn't come off but we genuinely did everything possible as far as we could within the financial limitations to row the boat out to win promotion.”

 

Source: EADT

 

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