Marcelino Núñez

Nunez strikes a dead ball as well as almost anyone in the division, bending free kicks around a wall and into the corner of the net with real regularity. That threat forces opponents to defend differently whenever Ipswich win a foul near the box, pulling extra bodies into the wall rather than trusting the goalkeeper alone. Moved into a more advanced role, he has started dictating play through the middle rather than simply sitting deeper in midfield.

Set piece specialists sometimes become one dimensional once opponents work out where they like to stand and how they strike the ball, adjusting their wall and their goalkeeper's positioning. Nunez needs his open play contribution to keep developing so he is not remembered only for what he does from a dead ball. Whether his creativity in open play grows to match his set piece quality will decide how highly Ipswich fans rate him.