Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Incredibly, it's the fifth time McCarthy has signed Williams - he had four separate loan spells at Ipswich.
The first was during the second half of the 2013/14 season, when he made 11 (+2) Championship appearances.
The second and third loan spells came during 2014/15. He made 4 (+1) Championship appearances in his first spell, which was marred by injury problems. He returned to Portman Road for another couple of months late in the season, but made only two sub appearances thanks to more injury issues.
Williams joined Ipswich for a fourth time for the whole of the 2016/17 campaign and guess what? Injuries restricted him to just one start and seven sub appearances.
So, his league appearance stats in four loan spells for McCarthy read as follows:
2013/14: 11 (+2) appearances
2014/15: 4 (+1) appearances
2014/15: 0 (+2) appearances
2016/17: 1 (+7) appearances
Total: 16 (+12) appearances
Given his terrible injury record during his second, third and fourth loan spells at Ipswich, you'd have thought Mick McCarthy would have been one of the last managers who would have wanted to sign Jonny Williams. But apparently not.