After the departure of long-standing manager Mick McCarthy the previous season, Ipswich Town were looking forward to a new era under new management.

It seemed as if the board shared similar frustrations with the supporters in that McCarthy had run his course of the club - his football wasn't the greatest on the eye, and bar a play-off finish in the 2014/15 campaign, the current Republic of Ireland manager hadn't taken the club anywhere since his arrival in 2012.

It was time for the Suffolk club to make a new managerial appointment, with the club now looking to take a different direction, and finally look to ignite a push for promotion to the Premier League.

Here, we take a look at the initial reaction when Paul Hurst became the new manager of Ipswich Town...

If the club were looking to undergo a completely different ethos and direction to that of McCarthy, then Hurst was definitely the man. A young boss aged just 44, the former Rotherham defender was a manager on the up for sure.

He had a promotion to League Two with Grimsby Town on his CV, but his most remarkable work came the previous season with Shrewsbury Town, where he steered them from the relegation zone into League One play-off finalists in the space of a year.

Initially, fans were delighted at this appointment...

But it was a significant club decision that went as badly as it possibly could have done.

After making some questionable signings in the summer, the pressure really was on for Hurst from minute one.

Forking out hefty fees for the likes of Ellis Harrison and Kayden Jackson, two strikers who were unproven in the Championship having played in both League One and Two respectively, it was clear that Hurst was a man who liked to take risks, overseeing a summer transfer window completely different to what McCarthy would have conducted.

But these risks quickly backfired for Hurst - after winning just one out of his opening 14 league games in charge of the Tractor Boys, Hurst was sacked only three months into the season, with the club languishing at the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship table.

Fast forward five months, and Ipswich are still in dire straits under Paul Lambert. The club have won just three league games all season, with relegation to League One looking the most likeliest of outcomes now.