Keane Speculation Continues - Ipswich Town News
Speculation regarding Roy Keane’s future continues in this morning’s papers despite Simon Clegg’s backing of the Blues boss yesterday.
One report claims the squad find training under Keane’s assistant Tony Loughlan "tedious” and were less than impressed with the 90-minute lock-in after the defeat at Watford a fortnight ago.
In the same report, an unnamed former director is said to have slammed the Irishman’s running of Town: "Roy Keane is ruining the club. The mess he left at Sunderland has only just been cleared up.”
Elsewhere, it’s been revealed that former chairman and current board member David Sheepshanks is earning £80,000 a year to run the National Football Centre, which is set to be built near Burton, and FA Learning.
No other member of the FA committee is salaried but a spokesman defended the arrangement: "There has been no impropriety. The agreement was approved by the FA's remuneration committee and the Professional Game Board.”
Sheepshanks was appointed chairman of the National Football Centre project in January.
Meanwhile, Connor Wickham was left out of the England U17s side which beat Malta 5-0 in their second European Championships elite qualifying group game last night. The Town frontman netted in Saturday's 4-0 victory against Sweden.
England complete their fixtures with a match against Slovakia at Northampton on Thursday needing a point to qualify for the finals.
What to read next:
Rose Pleased With Sharp StartsAFC Bournemouth head coach Marco Rose was pleased with the way his side started both halves, scoring early in each as they defeated the Blues 2-1 at Portman Road to climb to seventh in the Premier League.
Town Women Fall to First League DefeatAfter an impressive start to the season, Ipswich Town succumbed to their first league defeat of the season as they were beaten 2-1 by fellow promotion hopefuls Bristol City at the JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester. Despite taking the lead, the Blues lost a WSL2 match at home for the first time since going down to Southampton at Portman Road in March.
Ipswich Town 1-2 AFC Bournemouth - Match ReportJack Clarke netted a 73rd minute penalty but the Blues were made to pay for calamitous errors at the start of each half as they were beaten 2-1 by AFC Bournemouth at Portman Road. Evanilson gave the Cherries the lead in the fifth minute after catching Christian Walton in possession, then 27 seconds into the second half a Leif Davis own goal doubled the visitors’ advantage, before Clarke pulled one back for Town from the spot after Abdoul Ouattara had been fouled.
Maeda Starts Against BournemouthTown boss Gary O’Neil has made one change for this afternoon’s home game against his former club AFC Bournemouth at Portman Road with Daizen Maeda coming in for Abdul Fatawu wide on the right (KO 2pm).