Ipswich (A) Match Thread

[Steve Earle]

Where the heck was Praet again? Anyone know? I’ve not seen the match but he’s infinitely better than Akgun…

[Kinowe Soorie]

Bit of an over reaction here, yes disappointing to concede so late, but they should have had a player sent off, and we should have had a peno.

[shen]

Yeah, they put us under pressure second half, but they should have had at least one red card, a penalty against them, while they hardly troubled Hermansen all game. 

"Deserved", my hairy donkey!

[FoxSince88]

Genuinely watching that the whole second half looked like we could throw the win away! 
 Very Poor with the ball offensively and passive when defending, Coady does not follow his man leaving him to recieve the ball easily and Nacho I just want him Gone to be honest so lazy to watch the lad beat a midfielder and nacho to be in a perfect position to help yet stands watching, some questionable kicks from Mads too BUT……WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE 👌🏼⚽️

[CaliFOXnia]

2 minutes ago, hejammy said:

We had lots of chances in the first half to take the game away from them. Was just too lazy. Nacho is just anonymous. I fear for when AFCON starts. We are just not the same without Wilf. Why not bring Cannon on instead of Nacho? 

Terrible decision. 
 

Mavididi scored a cracking goal but other than that he was wasteful and surrendered possession far too easily, especially in the closing stages of the game. 

[phoneticerror]

Disappointing, but better than the gap shortening lads. Let’s keep that in perspective.

[Kinowe Soorie]

They were the better team? According to one of their players??

[Simonb]

1 minute ago, Kinowe Soorie said:

Bit of an over reaction here, yes disappointing to concede so late, but they should have had a player sent off, and we should have had a peno.

Agree but we played poorly .. bad subs today when only 1 up against a decent team.. we let them in like we always seem to.

 

Most importantly it's a draw away to 2nd.. would've taken that at kick off

[JimJams]

Yeah, the mistake was taking off Wilf and KDH for Cas and Yunus. Not a problem individually but you're taking two busy players with good engines that work at both ends for two players that only really function at the other end of the pitch you're giving up a level of control, as has been mentioned Hamza with one of the other two would have given a better balance. Saying that we should have had a penalty and their goal was a freak effort really.

Let's not forget this is the team in 2nd. We have no right to control the majority of the game or piss it, and they didn't really threaten too much, even with us giving up the middle of the park. A double deflected speculative shot that's ended up an OG has got them a point at home. Not a win. A few lessons to learn, some positives, a disappointing finish but by and large I thought we played a good game. Just needed to do a little more at times.

[CaliFOXnia]

Just now, Kinowe Soorie said:

They were the better team? According to one of their players??

Second half I’d probably agree. But that was more down to our ineffectiveness than their quality. 

[Kinowe Soorie]

2 minutes ago, Simonb said:

Agree but we played poorly .. bad subs today when only 1 up against a decent team.. we let them in like we always seem to.

 

Most importantly it's a draw away to 2nd.. would've taken that at kick off

I wouldn’t have taken off N’didi and KDH.

Edited 26 December 2023 by Kinowe Soorie
Tiredness.

[HighPeakFox]

I'd have taken the draw beforehand,  but that's a small blow. They did play better second half, but the non-penalty was a disgrace.