| Our strikers are good enough…. 18:57 - Feb 26 with 2628 views | itfcjoe |
…just need someone to get into a bit of form.
But even if we change them in the summer we are going to struggle to upgrade on a 4 of Jackson, Norwood, Pigott and Bonne
All 4 can score goals at this level and all 4 have done so - just need one of them to grab hold of an opportunity and kick on.
It’s very frustrating, but McKenna doing a fantastic job and I haven’t been this confident in an Ipswich manager in a very long time.
We are very nearly there, just too much to do this season and with a bit of turnover in the summer I can’t wait to see what McKenna can do |  |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:01 - Feb 26 with 2219 views | Bobsthename |
Even Morsey was sort of moaning about our strikers not taking their chances today it’s obvious the strikers we have are well and truely out of form. |  | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:03 - Feb 26 with 2197 views | FrimleyBlue |
Bonne has done what Charlton and QPR fans said he would which would be start well then go off...
Pigott, does he suit KM football? not sure, for me he needs floated balls into the box and alot of crosses, we're more ball on floor playing into players or putting players through on goal, that's not Pig for me.
Jackson, he's not a goal scorer really, I think he's defo one you could upgrade on, I appreciate his running etc, but we have edwards who could do that imo
Norwood, he's a tough one, he can score, but can he maintain it over a season? |  |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:18 - Feb 26 with 2106 views | Bobsthename |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:03 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Bonne has done what Charlton and QPR fans said he would which would be start well then go off...
Pigott, does he suit KM football? not sure, for me he needs floated balls into the box and alot of crosses, we're more ball on floor playing into players or putting players through on goal, that's not Pig for me.
Jackson, he's not a goal scorer really, I think he's defo one you could upgrade on, I appreciate his running etc, but we have edwards who could do that imo
Norwood, he's a tough one, he can score, but can he maintain it over a season? |
Just read on FB this
Scoring records of our out and out forwards, per EADT.
Norwood 5 in 15 (but 0 in last eight)
Jackson 1 in 23
Piggott 0 in 19
Bonne 1 in 19
7 combined goals in their most recent 76 games (!!!!!)
Surely it’s not right it’s dreadful. | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:28 - Feb 26 with 2051 views | Timefliesbyintheblue |
You are spot on with your comments ITFC Joe. Better teams than us go through lean goal scoring periods. Rashford, Pogba, Fernandes, Sancho and a certain Mr Ronaldo will testify to that, especially today. As I have said before, our club is in good hands and Mckenna is still averaging two points per game. IF we do not make the play offs he will not be responsible. | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 20:35 - Feb 26 with 1930 views | ArnieM |
Maybe the manager just needs to pick his front three and STICK with them! |  |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 20:37 - Feb 26 with 1914 views | ArnieM |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:03 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Bonne has done what Charlton and QPR fans said he would which would be start well then go off...
Pigott, does he suit KM football? not sure, for me he needs floated balls into the box and alot of crosses, we're more ball on floor playing into players or putting players through on goal, that's not Pig for me.
Jackson, he's not a goal scorer really, I think he's defo one you could upgrade on, I appreciate his running etc, but we have edwards who could do that imo
Norwood, he's a tough one, he can score, but can he maintain it over a season? |
I’d say Pigott is technically our most gifted striker. For whatever reason he’s had a poor first season here ( his fathers sudden death may have a lot to do with it tbh ) …. Give him a full pre season with us and see how he goes next season. I think he’ll come good. He just needs a strike partner.! | |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:08 - Feb 26 with 1850 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:18 - Feb 26 by Bobsthename |
Just read on FB this
Scoring records of our out and out forwards, per EADT.
Norwood 5 in 15 (but 0 in last eight)
Jackson 1 in 23
Piggott 0 in 19
Bonne 1 in 19
7 combined goals in their most recent 76 games (!!!!!)
Surely it’s not right it’s dreadful. |
Those a pretty damming statistics, but not getting a consistent run in the side or being able to forge a partnership is not helping any of our strikers. At least we are getting more goals from midfield this season. Imagine how bad things would be if it wasn't for the contribution of Burns and Chaplin. | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:14 - Feb 26 with 1828 views | ArnieM |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:08 - Feb 26 by Enigma_Blue |
Those a pretty damming statistics, but not getting a consistent run in the side or being able to forge a partnership is not helping any of our strikers. At least we are getting more goals from midfield this season. Imagine how bad things would be if it wasn't for the contribution of Burns and Chaplin. |
….. and how often do these strikers play in a settled partnership ? Suspect this has a lot to do with the lack of goals … | |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:17 - Feb 26 with 1807 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:14 - Feb 26 by ArnieM |
….. and how often do these strikers play in a settled partnership ? Suspect this has a lot to do with the lack of goals … |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:18 - Feb 26 with 1804 views | BlueForYou |
We’ve not had any proper strikers here for many years now! Cook had us scoring some goals, but couldn’t defend, now McKenna has us defending but not scoring. Strikers are nowhere near good enough particularly with the all chances they are getting. Back to Lambert football. [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 21:19]
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:24 - Feb 26 with 1738 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:18 - Feb 26 by BlueForYou |
We’ve not had any proper strikers here for many years now! Cook had us scoring some goals, but couldn’t defend, now McKenna has us defending but not scoring. Strikers are nowhere near good enough particularly with the all chances they are getting. Back to Lambert football. [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 21:19]
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To be fair even though we are struggling to score goals at the moment nothing else is comparable with the Lambert era. The build up play is far more positive under mckenna and we look to stretch teams. Under Lambert there was far too much slow passing from side to side and back and forth between the defence and midfield. We create far more chances as well under Mckenna than we ever did under Lambert.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I wonder where we would be in the league table if we had managed to keep hold of Will Keane. | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:43 - Feb 26 with 1659 views | Cuffy81 |
On paper they are definitely good enough, their records suggest that.
I don't think any of them are clinical finishers, Tranmere fans said Norwood misses chances and that's been the case with us, Jacksons finishing is erratic, Bonne had missed some unbelievable chances for us and Piggott certainly looks far from clinical at the moment.
If we are going to see a turnover in our forward line I'd like to see a clinical striker brought in. we clearly create enough chances under Mckenna for one to thrive | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:14 - Feb 26 with 1609 views | itfcjoe |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 21:43 - Feb 26 by Cuffy81 |
On paper they are definitely good enough, their records suggest that.
I don't think any of them are clinical finishers, Tranmere fans said Norwood misses chances and that's been the case with us, Jacksons finishing is erratic, Bonne had missed some unbelievable chances for us and Piggott certainly looks far from clinical at the moment.
If we are going to see a turnover in our forward line I'd like to see a clinical striker brought in. we clearly create enough chances under Mckenna for one to thrive |
Norwood scored over 30 goals the season he wasn’t clinical, if Tranmere fans claim that they are taking out of their backsides - how many goals would he have scored if he was ‘clinical’? 50?
People need to look at the strikers that are going to get promoted this season, are there any people would be desperate to swap with? The top scorer in the league Ross Stewart has missed more ‘big chances’ than any other player in the league
Bonne is badly out of form, and his hot streak makes it look worse now.
I’m sure there will be a big overhaul in the forward positions in the summer as McK targets players that fit more into his style - but on paper it’s not going to look much better. Whilst we haven’t scored as many since McK came in - it’s only in recent weeks we’ve started creating a good amount | |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 with 1542 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:14 - Feb 26 by itfcjoe |
Norwood scored over 30 goals the season he wasn’t clinical, if Tranmere fans claim that they are taking out of their backsides - how many goals would he have scored if he was ‘clinical’? 50?
People need to look at the strikers that are going to get promoted this season, are there any people would be desperate to swap with? The top scorer in the league Ross Stewart has missed more ‘big chances’ than any other player in the league
Bonne is badly out of form, and his hot streak makes it look worse now.
I’m sure there will be a big overhaul in the forward positions in the summer as McK targets players that fit more into his style - but on paper it’s not going to look much better. Whilst we haven’t scored as many since McK came in - it’s only in recent weeks we’ve started creating a good amount |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:53 - Feb 26 with 1501 views | bazza |
Probably Best you stay off them Cuban woodbines .. |  | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 23:05 - Feb 26 with 1462 views | positivity |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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in pre-season evans scored a nice one didn't he?
not really shown it since... | |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:12 - Feb 27 with 1288 views | ArnieM |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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You make excellent points FB. I agree totally regarding our dead ball threat - it’s absolutely zilch. Why aren’t Woolfie snd Edmundson on the end of some of these corners ? But having said that the delivery into the box is shocking. Just about all the corner kicks yesterday were 10 ft too high snd far to close to their GK. Free kicks around the box , amounted to nothing. Long range shots … what are they? We ( IMO) have a tendency to heavily overplay our passing game around the opponents box , when actually an earlier shot on goal was on- were just not looking for it!
It’d about getting the “ mix” of attack right . This is division THREE not the Champions League …. That comes later 👠| |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:26 - Feb 27 with 1262 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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100% agree.
We try to almost walk the ball into the net. We think that if we dominate possession and find that penetrating ball in, the percentages say that one of the strikers will hit the onion bag enough times. But it isn't working like that.
We need to get cute, as pretty much every other team in L1 is. Fall over outside the box. In all our recent games, we have had pushes and tackles on our players on the edge of the box or in the final third, where if it was the other way round they would have gone down. But we don't - we stay on our feet and keep possession, trying to play it in. We need to make sure we get those free kicks in good positions, and practice taking them. Yes I love the silky football, high press and penetration, but please mix it up a bit and get some decent set piece plays as well. [Post edited 27 Feb 2022 7:28]
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:29 - Feb 27 with 1253 views | Veggie |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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Yep nothing at all from corners or free kicks. It’s such a waste of opportunity. KMc needs to improve this side of our game. |  | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:36 - Feb 27 with 1241 views | itfcjoe |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 22:35 - Feb 26 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh those in the top 6 have a mixture of things we don't have and it's not strikers.
Goals from corners
Set piece specialists
Long distance scorers
We tend to have tap in strikers, ( I say tap in, I mean more in box strikers or tap in midfielders bar Celina who has scored 1 goal from distance, he used to score a handful from outside the box but he never seems to connect with them.
Corners. Well we are sht at them.
Set pieces. When did we last score direct from a freekick? [Post edited 26 Feb 2022 22:38]
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Plymouth, MK, Oxford and Sheff Weds have scored 1-2 more from set pieces this season - there are 7-8 teams who outperform the rest of the division - they include Rotherham, Wycombe and Wigan but is mainly teams like Accrington, Cheltenham, Wimbledon etc
A couple of teams like Sunderland have massively exceeded their stats set pieces wise.
But realistically if we carry on doing what we have over last 5-6 games we’ll win more games than we lose and be right up there.
Even looking at since McKenna has come in we’ve got 2 points per game which will get you automatic promotion and we’ve basically deserved every point we’ve got and left a few out there we deserved.
We are good now, we are heading in the right direction and quickly - people should be more philosophical and understanding of it | |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:46 - Feb 27 with 1201 views | pennblue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 19:18 - Feb 26 by Bobsthename |
Just read on FB this
Scoring records of our out and out forwards, per EADT.
Norwood 5 in 15 (but 0 in last eight)
Jackson 1 in 23
Piggott 0 in 19
Bonne 1 in 19
7 combined goals in their most recent 76 games (!!!!!)
Surely it’s not right it’s dreadful. |
That really is twisting reality to say Norwood has got 0 in the last eight, why do people keep doing this? Do people just have it in for him?
Norwood was on a great run, he failed to score at Bolton, and did not play the next match. He was then bought back in for Wimbledon, where he failed to score again, but we won 2-0. But then, he did not start for 4 matches.
You give that bloke decent service, he will score the goals. His positional sense is better than any of our other strikers, he can get on the end of crosses.
Our trouble is we are playing this slow build up game, by the time we arrive at the opposition box, they have already got 10 players in their penalty area. It is far too slow.
That pitch yesterday was tiny, and the pitch in poor condition, the best way of scoring in that type of environment is to stick the ball in the box, in the air. Aerial threat is what we needed yesterday, but we had no decent crosses, and Bonne is lacking confidence, so we needed to stick it on Norwoods head. But with only Norwood a thread in the air, it would have been easy to defend against. I guess this is why Rotherham have gone down the big powerful route.
Rotherham 450 Shots
Ipswich 230 Shots [Post edited 27 Feb 2022 7:55]
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:55 - Feb 27 with 1161 views | GlasgowBlue |
I still think we have nothing to lose by playing Chaplin in the middle. He has plenty of movement and is a clinical finisher. |  |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 08:01 - Feb 27 with 1141 views | hunters_headers |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:36 - Feb 27 by itfcjoe |
Plymouth, MK, Oxford and Sheff Weds have scored 1-2 more from set pieces this season - there are 7-8 teams who outperform the rest of the division - they include Rotherham, Wycombe and Wigan but is mainly teams like Accrington, Cheltenham, Wimbledon etc
A couple of teams like Sunderland have massively exceeded their stats set pieces wise.
But realistically if we carry on doing what we have over last 5-6 games we’ll win more games than we lose and be right up there.
Even looking at since McKenna has come in we’ve got 2 points per game which will get you automatic promotion and we’ve basically deserved every point we’ve got and left a few out there we deserved.
We are good now, we are heading in the right direction and quickly - people should be more philosophical and understanding of it |
100% agree, if people can’t see the improvement in our movement, passing, organisation and defending, we are a proper team again, at last!! Then I don’t know what they’ve been watching since McKenna has come in to our club,in my view we’re heading in the right direction , something which we haven’t had for 6/7 years ( and it is a team playing proper football as well). I for one is really looking forward to see our progress under a proper modern day football manager! | | | |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 08:30 - Feb 27 with 1086 views | jayessess |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 07:46 - Feb 27 by pennblue |
That really is twisting reality to say Norwood has got 0 in the last eight, why do people keep doing this? Do people just have it in for him?
Norwood was on a great run, he failed to score at Bolton, and did not play the next match. He was then bought back in for Wimbledon, where he failed to score again, but we won 2-0. But then, he did not start for 4 matches.
You give that bloke decent service, he will score the goals. His positional sense is better than any of our other strikers, he can get on the end of crosses.
Our trouble is we are playing this slow build up game, by the time we arrive at the opposition box, they have already got 10 players in their penalty area. It is far too slow.
That pitch yesterday was tiny, and the pitch in poor condition, the best way of scoring in that type of environment is to stick the ball in the box, in the air. Aerial threat is what we needed yesterday, but we had no decent crosses, and Bonne is lacking confidence, so we needed to stick it on Norwoods head. But with only Norwood a thread in the air, it would have been easy to defend against. I guess this is why Rotherham have gone down the big powerful route.
Rotherham 450 Shots
Ipswich 230 Shots [Post edited 27 Feb 2022 7:55]
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This is a strange take on the last 2 games. Our "slow build up game" generated plenty of chances. Yesterday was one of our most productive games all season in terms of chances created. We aren't realistically going to have more than 22 shots at goal in an away game, no matter how "fast" our build up play is.
You could engage in the same special pleading for any of our strikers really. Pigott's never had a long run, prior to yesterday Bonne had started only 1 of the last 5. Jackson got 2 starts and out. Everyone except Jackson is finishing like theyre under a lot of pressure. There's not a lot McKenna can do about that beyond cross his fingers to be honest. |  |
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| Our strikers are good enough…. on 08:44 - Feb 27 with 1043 views | pennblue |
| Our strikers are good enough…. on 08:30 - Feb 27 by jayessess |
This is a strange take on the last 2 games. Our "slow build up game" generated plenty of chances. Yesterday was one of our most productive games all season in terms of chances created. We aren't realistically going to have more than 22 shots at goal in an away game, no matter how "fast" our build up play is.
You could engage in the same special pleading for any of our strikers really. Pigott's never had a long run, prior to yesterday Bonne had started only 1 of the last 5. Jackson got 2 starts and out. Everyone except Jackson is finishing like theyre under a lot of pressure. There's not a lot McKenna can do about that beyond cross his fingers to be honest. |
It certainly did not feel like we had 22 shots! I don't feel like we created that many clear cut opportunities. | |
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