Thats a shame!

And Why?!
QPR game he was lazy and lacked any commitment.
My opinion. . . Waster.

Good decision, but let him go after Jan.

He wasn't great against QPR, but he's not here to score goals really, he's here to make the key passes to our 'goalscorers', and in the QPR game he had quite a few cracking passes and knock ons (including to Walters for the first goal).

Having said that, after Stead is back we should let go of John.

Maybe a chance for Priskin to show us what he's worth this month?

Not exciting news, but sensible with Stead banned and with no new signings seemingly imminent. I think John has done ok and is worth having in the squad as an option for January. Let's hope we sign a really good striker in January to restore some belief that Ipswich can really challenge for promotion next season.

time for priskin to come out and show everyone what we can do like garvan.

I only saw him play against QPR and yes he was lazy, but he laid the ball on for Johnny Walters to get the first goal and did make a few nice passes. Maybe he will shine in his second spell.

like a few on here i am ok about him staying but, i was hoping mickham and priskin would start at blackpool

Why? No goals, no commitment. We need to continue looking for a striker. Time for Pablo to step up to the plate.

sorry mickham is our new signing lol i mean wickham

For me Stern had good first half against QPR with some useful passes which generally got wasted (particularly by Stead) - and then lost interest in as the game went on.

pablo couldnt step up to grasshopper

Not expecting us to sign a new striker on a permanent deal anytime soon - RK said at a recent interview that he's happy with the numbers we have up front and in midfield. If RK manages to offload Lisbie early in the transfer window, then it might be game-on in signing a new striker...

My view is that he's done better than a lot of people give him credit for. He scored a perfectly good goal against Peterborough and has been unsettling defences since he has been here. He has done more than Priskin and he cost us £1.7 million. Plus he can head a ball (which Stead can't). And he has settled in well in the dressing room which is never easy as a loan player!

Interesting that Palace aren't fussed about him playing in the Cup.

Not a surprise. Although I am not a hugh fan of John, the situation is thus:
Stead - out for 4 games
Walters - not a striker - excellent on the right
Priskin - poor form
Counago - doesn't play well away - scored one all season.
Wickham - only 16, too much pressure.

Bottom line is John will give us another option. Doubt the loan will be extended further.

He was idle and lacked commitment! Let's hope it was just a bad day for him!

He's not the long term answer but with no stead an injuries possible he is needed in the squad at least for one more month, just another option, and he is a hassle for the defences, bit like Heskey.
Hopefully Priskin will get a chance tomorrow and if both are not on form then there's always Whickham or Pablo on the bench. Although i rekon the goals will come from midfield tomorrow.

Good deal we gonna need him with steady out

Agree with chapmanp - Stearn Johns vision is just what we've been lacking this season (check out his through ball for Wallters to score for eg). John was a real handful for QPR and gave us space. Couple more matches will see him improve even more.

I think people are being a bit to harsh towards john, he is our only striker that can actually win the ball in the air and the only striker that can hold up the ball with his strength also he has shown bits of quality in his play and with more games coming his way hopefully we will see him scoring more and being the good playmaker that he is.

Come on Roy use your Man Utd contacts and get Macheda to Portman Road ASAP!!!

ITFCkezza- Walters is immense in the air, so John is not our ONLY striker that can win the ball in the air.

I cant say im over the moon about this decision but in Roy I trust and i do hope he still bring someone new in...

As i said before... I would LOVE to see Macheda with us. And Gio that wud just be amazing but it seems very unrealistic for some reason!!! Modric is bk now, so no chance in getting in the side.

Was not impressed with him against QPR, except hus through ball to jon walters! He seemed very lazy and laid back.... and any pass had to be straight to him otherwise he would not make an effort.

Having said that.... with steads suspension its not a bad move to increse his loan to the end of jan

clearly because we don't have stead for next four games, some of u lot are idiots

dreblue- im saying that stern wins every ball in the air where as walters hardly ever jumps and therefore defenders climb higher then him but yes i kno walters can do well in the air aswell its just there is no guarentee with him

To be fair to Stern, he hadn't played much prior to coming to us and Palace were clear that he'd be going bcak to them, match fit. Weneeded an option and the deal was good for them. He's okay and he's strong, a handful for defenders. RK says he likes him being round... who knows, his effect maybe a positive one - folks on here are going on about him being lazy against QPR... but we won 3-0 didn't we?

As for Priskin - he's had chances and presumably he's out of favour. He's been very poor every game he's played to be honest. Pablo can't step up to the plate if he isn't in the squad. Tomorrow for me he would be in the squad. The striking options should be:- Stern, Pablo and Wickham. Why not start with Wickham and Stern John? Their centre backs will be kept very busy if we feed these two with good service.

The South Stand should have been ready but isn't - so we're in the Gene Kelly again...