| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? 10:16 - Mar 20 with 2741 views | unstableblue |
Millwall have beasts at the back, go long, break with pace and with a tricky difficult right winger, and dominate the central midfield.
That’s kryptonite to McKenna’s selection and style.
I expect it’ll be either cagey or well and come out (finally) like a steam train and try and get that crucial early goal.
I really can’t call this game.
1-0, 2-1, 4-1…. God knows
But a win would be absolutely massive and I think would put us in a really strong position, and put some much needed belief in the Portman Road faithful.
Really hope the crowd can get up for it, despite the early start. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:31 - Mar 20 with 2214 views | KrakenBlue |
I'm not often nervous before games but I'm bricking it already for this one, it's massive.
I think our home advantage gets us over the line but it's going to be tough, their away form is so strong. |  | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:34 - Mar 20 with 2189 views | Benters |
I’m going for a draw. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:34 - Mar 20 with 2193 views | noggin |
Millwall will make some noise, so time for PR to step up the atmosphere. COYB. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:39 - Mar 20 with 2151 views | gainsboroughblue |
Have a first-half like we have been recently and we are in trouble.
Really in business end of it now and time to actually show we mean business. Crowd need to do their bit as well. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:54 - Mar 20 with 2047 views | ElderGrizzly |
I'm hoping, because they are going for promotion too they will be more open than a traditional Millwall team.
And that will play to our strengths too, as both really need to win. |  | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:55 - Mar 20 with 2031 views | Benters |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:34 - Mar 20 by noggin |
Millwall will make some noise, so time for PR to step up the atmosphere. COYB. |
I’m really looking forward to this game,hopefully it won’t be a let down. | |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:15 - Mar 20 with 1953 views | Guthrum |
Alex Neil in charge of them as well. A manager who has had a deal of success against Ipswich over the years. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:15 - Mar 20 with 1959 views | Smoresy |
Quite stark how chalk and cheese our rivals are this year. In the left corner you have Middlesbrough, possession and pass masters, best in show in both categories, 480 10+ pass sequences no less (we've recorded 276, for comparison). Then in the right corner you have Millwall, bottom two in pass accuracy, passes per sequence, build-up time, as direct or forward-thinking as teams come essentially, and right at the top for successful crosses.
What the teams share, beside points on the board, is a keenness for pressing without possession. They are in the top four for turnovers, top three for speed of engagement, and Millwall are out on their own for volume of fouls committed in a game. Whether they'll look to swarm us high tomorrow or wait until we cross an invisible line on the pitch, we'll soon find out! Last time I saw them was the first half against Hull and they were appalling - Wall commentators said they wouldn't have complained if they were 5-0 down - but of course went on to win somehow. | | | |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:26 - Mar 20 with 1898 views | Herbivore |
They aren't as good as us and we should have beaten them at their place. They present certain challenges but we really ought to be beating them. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:30 - Mar 20 with 1870 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:54 - Mar 20 by ElderGrizzly |
I'm hoping, because they are going for promotion too they will be more open than a traditional Millwall team.
And that will play to our strengths too, as both really need to win. |
Spoiler alert. They wont. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:38 - Mar 20 with 1819 views | dirtyboy |
Can't see Boro not getting a win at Blackburn either, no way do they beat Millwall then Boro to win two in a row. |  | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:58 - Mar 20 with 1730 views | BouncebackIpswich |
It's going to be tough for sure. As someone has already said, if we come out and perform as we have done in the first half for the last 3 games, the game could be out of our reach at half time. I understand the concern about being too cavalier giving up chances on the break but ironically by being too cautious we've given teams a foothold in games to go and score the first goal from anyway.
I think it will probably be a hard fought 1-1 but make no mistake if Ipswich put in an 8 out of 10 performance or higher, the points are staying at Portman Road, no matter how well Millwall play. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:59 - Mar 20 with 1726 views | Herbivore |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:38 - Mar 20 by dirtyboy |
Can't see Boro not getting a win at Blackburn either, no way do they beat Millwall then Boro to win two in a row. |
If Boro won every game our fans said they'd definitely win, they'd be top on 114 points. | |
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| Yup, real chance it will feel like a home game for them.. on 12:00 - Mar 20 with 1717 views | unstableblue |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:34 - Mar 20 by noggin |
Millwall will make some noise, so time for PR to step up the atmosphere. COYB. |
... but I'm hoping that's going to fire up the Lower North
And I'm hoping Town might come out with a bit of impetus and energy and momentum for the early goal.... danger is getting caught by a break | |
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| Yup, real chance it will feel like a home game for them.. on 12:02 - Mar 20 with 1707 views | Herbivore |
| Yup, real chance it will feel like a home game for them.. on 12:00 - Mar 20 by unstableblue |
... but I'm hoping that's going to fire up the Lower North
And I'm hoping Town might come out with a bit of impetus and energy and momentum for the early goal.... danger is getting caught by a break |
You could drop napalm on the lower north and it still wouldn't catch fire. | |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 12:07 - Mar 20 with 1658 views | Len_Brennan |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:26 - Mar 20 by Herbivore |
They aren't as good as us and we should have beaten them at their place. They present certain challenges but we really ought to be beating them. |
This is true, but we have struggled to beat teams we ought to beat at times this season, particularly when they play a certain way. An early goal for us would be especially massive in this game.
Should McKenna consider an extra body in midfield, perhaps Taylor playing the central #10 role but dropping deep to help Matusiwa & Neil, when out of possession?
It's an option that might pay dividends against Brum & Middlesbrough too, as we struggled against both of their midfields in the reverse fixtures.
Of course a fully fit Nunez, back in the starting XI, would negate the need. | |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 12:17 - Mar 20 with 1601 views | baxterbasics |
Should be a win for us. But my bones are feeling a draw is on the cards. Which is no disaster, but Middlesborough 'aint dropping points this week. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:02 - Mar 20 with 1458 views | RedX |
I was reading the Millwall forum and they seem confident of getting at least a draw and then come on here and see lads worrying to death. You have to be optimistic in sport. I think we’ll dominate and win. |  | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:05 - Mar 20 with 1440 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:54 - Mar 20 by ElderGrizzly |
I'm hoping, because they are going for promotion too they will be more open than a traditional Millwall team.
And that will play to our strengths too, as both really need to win. |
They’ll see their best chance of winning by deploying their usual tactics. It won’t be really open. |  |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:06 - Mar 20 with 1436 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:05 - Mar 20 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
They’ll see their best chance of winning by deploying their usual tactics. It won’t be really open. |
Yeah, not really open, but maybe not as ultra-defensive as some of the other teams who have turned up at Portman Road.
They need to win as much as we do.
Us getting the first goal changes their gameplan. Them getting the first goal will make it an utterly horrible game [Post edited 20 Mar 13:07]
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:07 - Mar 20 with 1430 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 11:26 - Mar 20 by Herbivore |
They aren't as good as us and we should have beaten them at their place. They present certain challenges but we really ought to be beating them. |
Indeed and if we are serious about automatics this is simply a home game we have to go and win. I don’t really want to be losing two points on Boro tomorrow and doing all the games in hand stuff and if we beat them etc.
Home game against a promotion rival. Need to win it and I think we will. | |
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:12 - Mar 20 with 1388 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:06 - Mar 20 by ElderGrizzly |
Yeah, not really open, but maybe not as ultra-defensive as some of the other teams who have turned up at Portman Road.
They need to win as much as we do.
Us getting the first goal changes their gameplan. Them getting the first goal will make it an utterly horrible game [Post edited 20 Mar 13:07]
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They score a lot from set pieces and have committed the most fouls in the league. We need a much better first half with some tempo. The longer the game is 0-0 the more do worry about them having the ability to get a result than say when Hull came to town. Also why the risk/reward thing with Philogene is an interesting dilemma considering his first half scoring record in home games. [Post edited 20 Mar 13:13]
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| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:23 - Mar 20 with 1304 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:12 - Mar 20 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
They score a lot from set pieces and have committed the most fouls in the league. We need a much better first half with some tempo. The longer the game is 0-0 the more do worry about them having the ability to get a result than say when Hull came to town. Also why the risk/reward thing with Philogene is an interesting dilemma considering his first half scoring record in home games. [Post edited 20 Mar 13:13]
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Agree, if Philogene is ready for 45 minutes, make that the first 45. | | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 13:54 - Mar 20 with 1145 views | _CliveBaker_ |
They're a decent team. Well organised, know what they stand for, execute their game plan well. They're a very Alex Neil side really, he seems to have followed a similar formula for most of his managerial career with differing degrees of success. I don't think Millwall are the easiest on the eye from what I've seen, but they know their roles.
Man for man we have more quality, I think if we're on it we'll have too much for them. Tomorrow has the hallmarks of a good performance I reckon. At home on the carpet, conditions look good, no real levellers in that respect. Hopefully that allows us to let the football do the talking. Davis is a big miss, but if we can find a way to take the points tomorrow it will be a great way to go into the break. |  | | |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 14:03 - Mar 20 with 1101 views | boysof1981 |
| Saturday going to be really tough, Millwall a McKenna kryptonite team? on 10:39 - Mar 20 by gainsboroughblue |
Have a first-half like we have been recently and we are in trouble.
Really in business end of it now and time to actually show we mean business. Crowd need to do their bit as well. |
Exactly this. If we have a first half similar to the last three or four then the game may well be over before the second half. Go straight at them and get an early goal. | | | |
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