| The performance is more concerning than the result 19:36 - Nov 25 with 5736 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
WBA a good outfit at home, only lost 1 all year (I think twice in 22 at home). So was always going to be tough, everyone would have taken a point before. All that said I have never seen a team that comfortable against us. Poor defending from early the corner another early goal conceded. However, I am not sure that really changed everything about the game, they just seemed to have us figured out all night.
Biggest frustrations is when we did have a good 20-30 min spell of possession first half and got in a few decent positions they were completely wasted. Burns in particular when we had a man over with an awful ball, blazed a good chance high, touch was miles off as well. His composure does concern me at times. Davis decided to go down very easily when in behind, I hated to see that. Chaplin and Broadhead not in the game at all. When teams compeltely nullify our tens, it's usually going to be a long night. Hirst had a tough ask but didn't read the line well.
Second half it looked like we almost were a man down. Frankly it could have been worse! I would have liked to seen Scarlett come on a little bit earlier. He created something out of nothing at Brum was influential in the come back. With how little we were in the game though I am not sure it would have mattered.
Overall, there will be no panic, the two immediately below us didn't win either. With the amount of points up for grabs need to almost forget about that though and focus on winning the games we should win, if we pick up tough points on the road, against top half teams then that's a bonus.
I thought the international break game at a good time to regroup after a few performances that hadn't been the best but we still got the results. A little worrying that we came out flat but calm heads will prevail under KM as always. A chance to Wednesday to put this one behind us. |  | | |  |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:09 - Nov 25 with 1324 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:06 - Nov 25 by SomethingBlue |
“We re having the same patch of performances form as we did last winter..”
Are you and I watching entirely different football seasons?! |
How's it different?
We had a good start.
Wobbled
Finished strongly.
We've had a good start
Starting to wobble
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:09 - Nov 25 with 1325 views | tractorboy1978 |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:06 - Nov 25 by SomethingBlue |
“We re having the same patch of performances form as we did last winter..”
Are you and I watching entirely different football seasons?! |
Don't waste your energy on him mate, it is absolutely pointless. |  | | |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:14 - Nov 25 with 1303 views | MK1 |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 19:55 - Nov 25 by FrimleyBlue |
I had this down as a loss.
Tough tough game today.
But it's the way we lost wasn't acceptable and KM will feel the same. |
Acceptable to who? There is no need for anybody from Ipswich Town Football Club to apologies to me. WBA did a job on us, others will also. It was and will always going to happen at some stages throughout the season. Nothing wrong with it for gods sake.
Anyway, I have a long journey ahead. Night all. |  |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:19 - Nov 25 with 1288 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:09 - Nov 25 by tractorboy1978 |
Don't waste your energy on him mate, it is absolutely pointless. |
Or you could be a grown up and discuss football the way it should be discussed. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:21 - Nov 25 with 1287 views | Herbivore |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:07 - Nov 25 by GlasgowBlue |
Fair enough. I still think that the first thing t drop off were performances and that has then been followed by results.
Look we are way head of where any of us expected to be but I think that its fair to say that we haven't played anything like we did in those games up until Preston. It was so good and all eleven players were ion their game.
Quite a few players now well below their best. |
Our last game before today was against Swansea where we played about as well as we have all season. Brizzle away was pretty similar to some of our other away wins. Rotherham was a frustrating one, slightly off it but still should have won. I think the drop in form is being somewhat overstated, most games this season have been tough battles. |  |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:24 - Nov 25 with 1279 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:21 - Nov 25 by Herbivore |
Our last game before today was against Swansea where we played about as well as we have all season. Brizzle away was pretty similar to some of our other away wins. Rotherham was a frustrating one, slightly off it but still should have won. I think the drop in form is being somewhat overstated, most games this season have been tough battles. |
You've ignored brum and plymouth games herbz. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:28 - Nov 25 with 1273 views | TheBoyBlue |
The early goal did for us. It put us on the backfoot but gave a really good team a big boost. I'm sure it's occurred to McKenna and co, but we really need to cut it out.
Still, the next two games give us a good opportunity to try and get it out of our system.
These players and management team owe us nothing, I can accept this and move on. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:39 - Nov 25 with 1262 views | Herbivore |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:24 - Nov 25 by FrimleyBlue |
You've ignored brum and plymouth games herbz. |
Plymouth similar to some of our other home games, such as Cardiff and Blackburn. Open at times at the back but a threat going forward. Brum game I only saw the highlights rather than the full game. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:40 - Nov 25 with 1259 views | azuremerlangus |
Agree with most of that.
Having ridden our luck in several games I think we were due a bloody nose.
Sort of get the point Frimley makes about a mid-winter drop-off like last year - far too early to judge but it will be good to see an immediate bounce back against Millwall. |  |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:41 - Nov 25 with 1254 views | SomethingBlue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 21:24 - Nov 25 by FrimleyBlue |
You've ignored brum and plymouth games herbz. |
Good at Brum for 45 minutes, very good in spells vs Plymouth in a proper Championship ding-dong that could have gone either way and went ours. Not a lot to see here! | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 09:56 - Nov 26 with 1123 views | RKD |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 20:03 - Nov 25 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Why? It's just post game analysis on a fans forum, happens every week, just like when we win.
I already acknowledged West Brom are a good side especially at home and that a point would have been a great for us. There was nothing scathing or entitled about my post at all, just general thoughts immediately after the game. |
I think I just find the fickleness and hyperbole from football fans frustrating in general, even know I know it isn’t exclusive to your post or ITFC fans in general.
Comments like “I’ve never seen a team so comfortable against us” make me laugh when I think back to some of the games under Hurst and Lambert. |  |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 10:12 - Nov 26 with 1114 views | textbackup |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 19:49 - Nov 25 by RKD |
Think that’s a bit harsh on the players really. Maybe we could have done better with a few half chances in the first half, but WBA are a good side.
To start digging out the players for their performances when we are 2nd in the league is a bit much IMHO. |
If we can say how amazing they are, when they are, why can’t they get mentioned when poor? |  |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 12:51 - Nov 26 with 1091 views | RKD |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 10:12 - Nov 26 by textbackup |
If we can say how amazing they are, when they are, why can’t they get mentioned when poor? |
Anybody is entitled to criticise the players as much as they like, however I’m equally entitled to show support for the players. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 12:58 - Nov 26 with 1083 views | pointofblue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 09:56 - Nov 26 by RKD |
I think I just find the fickleness and hyperbole from football fans frustrating in general, even know I know it isn’t exclusive to your post or ITFC fans in general.
Comments like “I’ve never seen a team so comfortable against us” make me laugh when I think back to some of the games under Hurst and Lambert. |
Speaking of Lambert, yesterday reminded me of Accrington in 19/20. An away game on Sky after an international break, with a great start to the season behind us (results wise, anyway, when it came to Lambert), and didn't show up.
Obviously the quality of the opposition and relative expectation is chalk and cheese. But in both cases I think being unable to compete came as a surprise - admittedly more so four years ago. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:00 - Nov 26 with 1064 views | Herbivore |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 12:58 - Nov 26 by pointofblue |
Speaking of Lambert, yesterday reminded me of Accrington in 19/20. An away game on Sky after an international break, with a great start to the season behind us (results wise, anyway, when it came to Lambert), and didn't show up.
Obviously the quality of the opposition and relative expectation is chalk and cheese. But in both cases I think being unable to compete came as a surprise - admittedly more so four years ago. |
I think your characterisation of the game isn't fully accurate. First half after the goal we were more than competitive but lacked quality in the final third. Had we equalised from Burns or Taylor's half chances or had Davis or Burns made more of being in good positions with the ball and we'd got ourselves level it wouldn't have been an unfair reflection of the game by any stretch. The big issue was that we then conceded after a bright opening to the second half from our own corner and after that we didn't lay a glove on them really. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:13 - Nov 26 with 1046 views | pointofblue |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:00 - Nov 26 by Herbivore |
I think your characterisation of the game isn't fully accurate. First half after the goal we were more than competitive but lacked quality in the final third. Had we equalised from Burns or Taylor's half chances or had Davis or Burns made more of being in good positions with the ball and we'd got ourselves level it wouldn't have been an unfair reflection of the game by any stretch. The big issue was that we then conceded after a bright opening to the second half from our own corner and after that we didn't lay a glove on them really. |
Yes, thinking about it I suppose you’re right about the first half - just had no quality in the final third. And certainly we started the second half well until their second. Guess it was disappointing that we seemed to deflate after that goal. We’ve showed fight and character before, even at 0-2, but it didn’t seem there yesterday. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:20 - Nov 26 with 1038 views | Herbivore |
| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:13 - Nov 26 by pointofblue |
Yes, thinking about it I suppose you’re right about the first half - just had no quality in the final third. And certainly we started the second half well until their second. Guess it was disappointing that we seemed to deflate after that goal. We’ve showed fight and character before, even at 0-2, but it didn’t seem there yesterday. |
Think you have to credit West Brom. They just completely stifled us once they had a two goal cushion and made the game very difficult. Much as we were short of our best generally, the gifting of soft goals at the start of both halves that killed us. At 1-0 we were well in the game still and just needed a bit more quality, 2-0 against a side like West Brom was always going to be game over. | |
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| The performance is more concerning than the result on 14:37 - Nov 26 with 1022 views | RobTheMonk |
There were times that West Brom were quite happy to let Wolfie, Burgess and Hladky have the ball.
As soon as it went wide, they pressed hard and with a spare man. Williams kept getting the ball and had to go backwards.
It’s been coming. We weren’t going to continue out scoring teams and coming back from two goals down.
I think we’re start to see more of Scarlett as he’s started to look interesting going forward. |  | | |
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