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Exeter City 1-1 Ipswich Town (4-2 on pens) - Highlights
Wednesday, 15th Aug 2018 18:40

Watch highlights of last night’s cup exit at the hands of Exeter City via the club’s Facebook channel.


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scottrock added 19:43 - Aug 15
Highlights?! I'd rather not, thanks all the same 😮😂
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 19:45 - Aug 15
Shouldn't it be ”lowlights” when we lose?
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robmonkey007 added 20:31 - Aug 15
We looked ok in highlights but at the end of the day the result was appalling. Not sure some players are on board with PH but have big egos thinking they're just good enough without the workload.
We could get mauled this next month and be in a relegation battle.....anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. Early days but just massively below par with bigger opposition to come.
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JSP added 08:53 - Aug 16
Guys,
I think some perspective is needed here. It wasnt so long ago that an Ipswich side full of experienced 'Championship' standard players, who had plenty of time to both gel as a team and to understand the managers tactics, were given a public footballing lesson by Crawley Town. On the whole we had most of the possesion against an Exeter side who will probably do well this season. Yes, we probably should have won given that possesion, but given extra time or a replay we most likely would have won the tie and all of the rediculous negativity thats been seen on this board wouldnt have arisen. Only complaint I have with PH is why they didnt practice penalties. I cant believe for one moment that Teddy had practiced that pen.

Tuesday was my first game this year and for the first time in 6 years I saw an Ipswich centre half look to pass the ball to a CM feet, and the CM turn with the ball and make a forward run or pass towards the oponents goal. Its pretty scary when a pass between two Ipswich players is enough to catch your attention and shows that a change was definitely needed.

I dont really get the whole 'team of div 1 players' complaint. Out of the 9 newbies, the two prem loans look usefull. Edwards, Nolan and Nsiala look like they will more than cope with the step up. And we have to give the two forwards more games before passing judgement. I was actually pretty impressed with Nsiala. He looked comfortable passing the ball around the back four. There were a couple of moments when i thought he might have been caught out defensively but he used his pace and strength to recover when needed. I think he will be a good player for us.

On the whole I thought we played fairly well. It was refereshing to watch us pass the ball around again. Yes, we obviously lacked a cutting edge in the last third but playing one up top is always going to be difficult when the team doesnt have genuine width, and losing Edwards didnt help that cause. I wasnt terribly convinced that Sears on the left worked. In fact, one big plus on the night that no one has seemed to mention was that Rowe looked pretty useful wide on the left when he came on. He showed lots of confidence, and carried the ball forward and enabled us to get our midfielders into the box.

Clearly, lots of work still needs to be done but for me the signs are there that we are heading in the right direction. Yes, I think we will have a tough season and will have to learn quickly but with all the money being spent in this division it was always going to be difficult this year. For all those people saying we are defo going to get relegated. Why arent you remortgaging and betting your house on us to go down then? Pics of betting slips please. I see no reason why we cant give Villa a game on saturday. Lets get behind the boys and PH and help them push on.
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itfcbishop added 09:02 - Aug 16
@JSP Your comment was bang on! last couple of seasons ive been screaming at the team to pass to midfield and turn towards the oppositions goal, that causes the game to suddenly open up! its refreshing to see and fans with footballing knowledge can clearly see whats trying to be achieved, i for one am not concerned as we are heading in the right direction as a club. Unfortunately its the clueless fans and that go to games that shout the loudest "were a mess", "going to get relegated". but i guess if you just watch highlights and scoreline then what else can you do....
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Dissboyitfc added 09:41 - Aug 16
Jsp... spot on post!
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JSP added 10:12 - Aug 16
@itfc bishop

Cheers fella. I think you are right in that for a lot of people the result is the only thing that matters and how we play is just an aside. Ive just rewatched the highlights and there are passages of play that are as good as Ive seen in a long time so not entirely sure where all of the negativity comes from those who didnt watch the game. I also agree with you in that I'm not sure why there has to be so much vitriol and negativity. It almost seems that some fans want us to play badly to support their views. There seems to be too many people on here that state their opinions as fact. Im not sure that I would go as far as saying 'clueless' (even if I think its true!) because we all have different experiences of playing and watching football so there will always be a spectrum of 'footballing knowledge'. And at the end of the day we're all entitled to our own opinions. I'm more than happy to have my opinions questioned. Its how we learn about the game, but my opinions are just that, opinions. I just wish that the fans who harbour negative opinions would seem a bit happier to be proved wrong.
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Mascot89 added 13:24 - Aug 16
Shocking result.

This transition will take time and i expect the final piece to click for us will be the goals. It will take time for everyone to understand and become effective in the roles being asked of them. A big part of that is knowing the type of runs the forward players will be making and the forward players knowing when and how the midfielders will release the ball.

It will be really interesting to see this develop as we watch. I don't expect we will be hitting our stride until October, but we will need some results between now and then!

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robmonkey007 added 14:32 - Aug 16
I really hope we play exciting attractive football against villa, derby and norwich. Not fussed about the results of those games at all as long as we look amazing.
Transition will take time for sure, but some games will need grinding out results not playing one game plan or formation relentlessly. Adaptability and being astute will be better then stubbornness.
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robmonkey007 added 14:33 - Aug 16
Andre Dozzel may not be quite fit in some people's eyes, but he'll have a big impact coming of the bench with 30 mins left then going off on loan. He's a game changer.
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