Boss Roy Keane says no much should be read into his use of a 4-3-3 formation in the two pre-season friendlies so far and which players have started the victories at Newmarket and Histon. Keane felt the 6-0 win at the Glassworld Stadium was another good run-out for his squad but that sterner challenges lie ahead.

The Town manager said: "It was a good workout for the players. They all got another 45 minutes. Luca’s had another half hour, so there are just positives and the strength of the opposition will improve next week when we play PSV.

“The whole point of the two games this week was as a fitness exercise. Credit to the opposition, they showed good fitness levels and got stuck into us. Don’t look too much into the team shape and the lads who were starting and who finished the game.

“It was just about giving every player 45 minutes under their belts. Don’t over analyse it.”

Keane says that his players returned from their holidays without putting on too many pounds and so far everyone has avoided picking up any niggles: “Most modern footballers when they have a good break they come back in shape and there was never an issue last year with our boys.

“We’ve been back for almost two weeks now and fingers crossed we’ve had no injuries and hopefully that will continue.”

The pre-season programme continues today when a reserves side faces Hadleigh at their Millfield ground (KO 3pm).

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generalpublic added 09:45 - Jul 10 no roy we will not after the last year we are just so delighted to be in the 2nd we have no time for reading.. we spend all our time celebtating and partying yahoo pass over the bong and crack open another bottle there harry
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PimsOclock added 10:16 - Jul 10 / | Yawn 2 wins, 15 goals! Negative comments!
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generalpublic added 10:26 - Jul 10 awful lot of our fans seem to be affected with can't stop typing yawn syndrome this is a direct result of roy keanes brilliant fluid attacking team play last year.is there anything the medics can do for these poor afflicted souls ? or will this become a full blown pandemic ?
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BseaBlue added 10:49 - Jul 10 generalpublic, you are a wummy scummer. Get yourself back to Carrot road darling because you do nothing but bore people. Jog on to cub scouts or something you little incestous tit
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generalpublic added 11:15 - Jul 10 rude yawny types have started their aggressive babble now .what is this football club coming too ? middlesboro must be getting really scared now
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jas0999 added 11:26 - Jul 10 generalpublic - 'supporting' Ipswich appears to be making you so very unhappy. You seem so negative, it can't be good for you. Maybe it's time to support another club if it's making you so unhappy?
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SouperJim added 11:28 - Jul 10 get a life and follow your own team you sad case
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tortoise added 13:50 - Jul 10 I would suggest that anyone who attention seeks as much as 'general public' must be very bored and lonely!!..... Though actually I find him quite amusing!
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BseaBlue added 15:51 - Jul 10 tortoise, I found him amusing until he kept at it at around his 100th post. It is blatently obvious that he is a naaarwich fan that is a loner and has to sit on message boards etc trying to wind people up all day. What a poor lonely child he is.
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WadzillaBhoy added 17:41 - Jul 10 I bet General Public is Alf Inge Haaland in disguise, he just constantly follows Keano moaning like a little bitch because he couldn't get any compensation! Whack! Ouch my knee! COYB
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IpswichElvis added 17:44 - Jul 10 What Keano the messiah is trying to say is that we played 2 games against some Sunday morning teams and managed to get a few wins. However, he is also trying to let us know that it will probably take us 20 games in the Championship to score that many so don't get too carried away.
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leadbitter6 added 18:31 - Jul 10 general public a fat ipswichelvis must be related, all they do is come out with utter bollocks that really nobody wants to read.
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generalpublic added 23:21 - Jul 10 i have always enjoyed elvis's sharp educated commentory on the clubs going's on.. maybe be it's the counter whinger's who have lost there grip with reality...i vote elvis for twtd personality for the new season
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SiBo added 09:26 - Jul 11 I hope RK does stick with the 4-3-3 formation because with the players we have at present it is the formation that will get the best from the team... Having Walters on the right and either Civelli or Martin on the left best suits these players. They like to attack, but not off the shoulders of the defenders. How many times have you heard people say Walters is more effective coming from wide right? Quite a bit... well using this formation allows him to do that, but still be one of the main attackers. Walters isn't effective as a Target Man... and let's be honest, at the moment the only striker we have of any worth is Wickham... so if you play 4-4-2 you end up either using Pablo/Stead/Priskin who have't shown themselves well over the last year.... or Walters, who is far better from wide... so I like it... added to the fact the two wide players drop when we don't have the ball, amking us stronger in midfield...

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WadzillaBhoy added 15:20 - Jul 11 SiBo I agree the 4-3-3 is a very attacking formation and it can also quickly be turned into a defensive formation 4-5-1 just by dropping the wingers back to midfield. Also the 3 in the middle suits us as we can play with Norris, Leadbitter and Garvan all in their favourite positions.
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