Championship - Keane reshapes Ipswich squad

Eurosport - Fri, 08 May 17:42:00 2009

Ipswich manager Roy Keane has begun to shape his squad for next season by releasing seven players - but talks are ongoing with three more to keep them at Portman Road.

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Keane, who replaced Jim Magilton at the helm last month, has told veteran Spaniard Ivan Campo, midfielder Tommy Miller, strikers Billy Clarke and Dean Bowditch and defender Chris Casement they will not be offered new contracts.

Clarke, Bowditch and Casement have all been out on loan in League Two this season and are joined on Town's list of departures by midfielder Jai Reason - who is with Cambridge - and defender Kurt Robinson, who ended the campaign on loan at Rushden.

But Keane is hoping to keep defender Alex Bruce, midfielder Ed Upson and goalkeeper Shane Supple, and all three are in talks with the club over new deals.

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  1. go IPSWICH you made lots of fans just by getting­ KEANE, he's the man for the right job! he'll­ swet them guys to death at training I bet

    From fhotaj, on Mon 11 May 11:30PM
  2. dont care if we get promoted next season or not as long­ as we play good excite football like we did in last 2­ games of season as with migilton i stopped going to­ matches as he played boring long ball football and­ still lost dont care what keane does as long as i and­ many other supporters start enjoying ipswich towns­ football again like it used to be like

    From Paul J, on Mon 11 May 10:13PM
  3. Roy will get a reaction!! from players, from fans, from­ journalists and opposition managers. It is what he is­ all about. But the bile and descent he creates on the­ outside, knits and bonds his own squad. He will take­ them up inside tree seasons, who cares if they stay up­ or not? bigger clubs have yo yoed, its all just about­ getting there.

    From Rykadia, on Mon 11 May 9:28AM
  4. Keano gets a do over, enjoy it. If he hustles you lot­ into the Premiereship you might expect his red @#$% to­ have learned something from the past year. Good times­ ahead.

    From buffaloi90, on Sun 10 May 11:13PM
  5. any one against ipswich and keene can shuv it cos you­ have no idea wot football is about, your obviously all­ jealous that ipswich can get a decent manager he is the­ best manager in the championship by far he took­ sunderland up so he can do it here.
    all managers lash­ out at some point i bet lots of you do that so why just­ say he does it.
    And anyway your all jealous if u werent­ jealous you would just get on with supporting your own­ team, your all scared that he will kick all your teams­ @#$% other wise you wouldnt worry about whats happening­ with ipswich and keane so GO KEANO!!!!!!

    From mike, on Sun 10 May 4:45PM
  6. Roy Keane bottled it at a big club in Sunderland, &­ will do the same at Ipswich if he does not get his own­ way. Rumour has it in the NE that when everyone went on­ bonding weeks, Keane never went. And how would he like­ to buy - Russell Anderson (£1+ from Aberdeen &­ never played), Liam Miller (woeful).................­ & about another 20 i could mention.

    From martin.atkinson1, on Sun 10 May 3:52PM
  7. Wether Keano gets us promoted or not this year, I dont­ mind cos I'm happy in the mere fact that Norwich­ are DOWN!!!!!

    From Steven, on Sun 10 May 2:38PM
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    IF I HAD WON THE 110 MILLION ON THE EURO LOTTERY
    I­ WOULD HAVE INVESTED 10 MILLION IN IPSWICH TOWN
    YES I­ WOULD I WILL BUY LOADS OF BULLDOZERS AND HAVE IT TOOK­ DOWN TO THE FOUNDATIONS
    AND BUILD AN OLD PEOPLES HOME­ IN IT'S PLACE

    From Russell P, on Sun 10 May 11:02AM
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    keanes up his own arse, he`ll take you into the top­ flight and then bottle it blaiming the players!

    From vanessa.safe, on Sun 10 May 8:46AM
  10. Results will decide on Roy's credentials and­ ability. He has always been his own strongest­ critic.Ipswich will advance now but if prat supporters­ do the typical tabloid comment and want to pull him­ down then the club does not deserve success. Cop on­ brain dead idiots, this is your chance for success. Why­ knock it before it even happens. You should be thrown­ out of the club.

    From Ian, on Sun 10 May 3:06AM
  11. campo had a few moments of exclellence for town but far­ outweighed by mistakes and lack of pace he has to­ go.shame we cant keep gio a quality player, we better­ sign players with a bit of pace a now we've got rid­ of miller and campo to the two slowest footballer ever!

    From James Curtis, on Sat 9 May 10:21PM
  12. Tell me one decent performance Campo had for us last­ season and perhaps I would agree - The sad FACT is we­ didn't see the best of him and there are plenty of­ other players who can mindlessley hoof a ball into­ touch as he did time and again - He does not represent­ the future - Roy Keane does and we should collectively­ back him - If Keane does the business (and the early­ signs are good) and as a result we end up in the­ premiership then I say great - Get behind him he is­ better than what we have had in recent years !!!

    From nickbinns, on Sat 9 May 9:30PM
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    Can't wait till ipswich get promoted and start­ signing every manchester united reject keane can get­ his hands on, And then Never play them, And leave­ ipswich with a huge wage bill and a squad of 80-100­ players

    From Smack My Fish Up, on Sat 9 May 7:53PM
  14. All the ipswich fans who think keane is a load of @#$%­ will feel like total tit biscuits at the end of the­ year when they get promoted.

    Only thing is , when he­ gets them promoted he will end up ditching them off.

    From Smack My Fish Up, on Sat 9 May 7:49PM
  15. Go Paul Mariner! Ooops... wrong timeline....

    From benjamin.chong, on Sat 9 May 2:51PM
  16. I hate to say this but Roy Keane is an over-rated,­ over-paid, under-achieving big mouth who will run at­ the first sign of pressure or trouble.

    From Private Pike 1875, on Sat 9 May 1:20PM
  17. Champions next season - Keane is the man

    From pushstartautos, on Sat 9 May 11:39AM
  18. Keane in the process of creating another­ disappointment. But I guess he will run away before it­ all crashes on him. He is used to that

    From Half A Brain, on Sat 9 May 11:33AM
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    Town are going nowhere!!!!!!

    From peter, on Sat 9 May 11:25AM
  20. A great player and a great manager - The town are going­ up, no question about it.

    From pushstartautos, on Sat 9 May 9:33AM
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