Little bit of Pablo's magic there :) Sounds exciting.

We can expect to have West Ham all over Wickham come January then...

Ole ole ole ole pablo pablo!!

This is the start of oiur winning streak

Good result...hopefully they can take some confidence from this win

well done lads!!!!!!

Shame our ressies can't play the likes of West Ham more often. The FA need to sort out reserve team football. We should not have to play the likes of Stevenage Borough. As it stands, if your a kid at a Championship club, you have a huge jump from rubbish reserve football to the first team. Leaving academies to go on loan is a poor substiture when clubs like Ipswich have such famously productive learning environments. This is bad for the future of Championsip clubs and will eventually be bad for the national team. This issue needs much greater publicity.

Great result - hope we can build on this!

Agreed with brendanh, the state of reserve team footy in the mickey mouse combination leagues is really hampering the development of the younger players. I thought the plan a year or so ago was to set up a championship reserve league?!

Maybe we should put the "reserves" out against Swansea.

Who exactly was in this West Ham side? Bet it was their youth squad...

I was in the West Ham team, as was my Mum, and Grandad....he still outplayed Healy!

Means nothing im afraid all the first team is where it counts not the stiffs.

No Garvan then?

Why does Keane play Pablo in a friendly and not on a Sat pm?

brendanh - been saying the same for ages, its a shambles, how does that prepare the youngsters or those not in n the 1st team to prepare to play against championship sides in the event of injuries, suspensions etc..

i think that connor wickham is ready for first team football
he is a very good talent and fully deserves a chance

well said decers

brendanh - spot on. The standard between Championship and reserve team football is too much of a leap. Which is why some players - who excel in the ressies - look like rabbits in the headlights when they play in the first team. However, games such as these are a good workout, good for match fitness levels and keep people sharp - and it's great to win a game! All this "the players play too many games" business is utter cr*p. You keep match fit by playing games - simple as.

Lets look at the facts a good workout

garvan is off captaining ireland under 21

That should help his home sickness... A decent prospect, a good passer, if not the quickest - but no worse or better than some of the guys who are playing regularly? To be honest, he hasn't come on as much as we'd hoped, has had a variety of interesting ailments / injuries and must have rubbed RK up the wrong way to be so left on the shelf...

i'm sorry, people thinking that a good reserve team performance, means a good first team place are sorely mistaken.
The difference is soo substantial, it requires 2 "o"s in so.
All will come good as long as the supporters "SUPPORT" rather then continue the moaning BS...
Get behind the team whatever, or get out...

i'm sorry, people thinking that a good reserve team performance, means a good first team place are sorely mistaken.
The difference is soo substantial, it requires 2 "o"s in so.
All will come good as long as the supporters "SUPPORT" rather then continue the moaning BS...
Get behind the team whatever, or get out...

good to see that there is some ipswich team thats winning at the moment