Under-fire boss Paul Lambert says he hasn’t spoken to owner Marcus Evans since Tuesday’s 0-0 home draw with Northampton but is due to meet with him face-to-face next week.

The expectation among fans since Tuesday has been that Evans would finally end Lambert's tenure but he remains in place and will be in charge for tomorrow's game against Oxford at Portman Road.

However, he says the two have a meeting next week, where it seems certain his position will be discussed.

“I haven’t actually, but that’s not unusual, that’s not unusual because his schedule is incredibly busy as well,” Lambert said when asked if the two had spoken since the game the other night.

“Owners are all different. I get on well with Marcus, I’ve always said to you. I’ve got a good relationship with the guy. I’ll see him face to face next week and we’ll discuss things from there.

“It’s like Mr [Peter] Coates at Stoke, he would come in every Friday and have lunch with me and I’d have a chat with him, but everybody’s different. It’s not unusual.

“I’ve spoken to [general manager of football operations] Lee [O’Neill] loads of times since Tuesday night. Marcus, no problem, I’ll speak to him next week at some point face to face, I guess hopefully, or through one of these things [computer].”

Lambert made a number of critical comments regarding the structure of the club following Tuesday’s match and also in his talkSPORT interview.

Pressed further on that, asked who he meant with a few people in the club having wondered whether it was them he was talking about when spoken to, he asked who had been talked to: “Who have you spoken to then?”

When told several people but that he wasn’t going to be told who they were, he responded: “I'm not going to answer your question then.”

Is it recruitment, the academy, communication that you were talking about? Which areas are wrong at the football club?

“You're a football journalist and you understand what a structure is, I guess,” he said. “Maybe you don’t. I think you do.

“I've seen it and as I've said before, I've been to the top level and the structure for me here at this moment is not right.”

Asked to elaborate further, he said: “I won't do it the now because now’s not the time, the time’s [for talking about] Oxford.”

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shakytown added 10:54 - Feb 19 Every other club in the league is cacking themselves with laughter at us and so they should. Oxford are going to came out at 100 mph and try to destroy us from the outset and i cant see how or even if the players care enough to try and compete against them . Could easily be a cricket score. LAMBERT MUST GO NOW!!!!!!!
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floridaboy added 10:55 - Feb 19 I never want our team to be beaten but I hope Oxford hammer us tomorrow and that it will be the final match for that idiot! I would rather have Dyer/Butcher for the rest of the season than that deluded fool!
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itfcserbia added 11:00 - Feb 19 Well Paul, in your own words: Ipswich Town have been at the top, played at the top, managed by the top, never seen anything like this, right? We were a top top club, played with the best and seen it all at the top, never seen this, this is not right, eh?
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thechangingman added 11:03 - Feb 19 I am guessing I am not the only one who's been checking into TWTD very regularly to hear this kind of news? I bet I am also not the only one who thinks this is a certain sacking? I wish Lambert no ill-will, but his tenure here has been utterly awful, and it's time for him to go...
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BangaloreBlues added 11:03 - Feb 19 Tomorrow's result will be another embarrassment. The team has imploded, discipline has gone on holiday, desire is non-existent, hunger is left at the lunch table... but don't worry because Lambert has played for some big clubs and that will set things right. When it's everyone else's fault but your own, you can only be extremely arrogant and have an inability to look at yourself and your own failings.

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wewerefamous added 11:04 - Feb 19 Could next week be the week he's sacked or is Evans just coming to pat him on the back and tell him what a great job he's doing? Mixed feelings about tomorrow's game but whatever the result... LAMBERT OUT!!
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:05 - Feb 19 they deserve each other . Weve been here before with Evans, Lambert will probably be gone one way or the other, but it is worrying that Evans hasnt a clue and is also a serial loser , WHO will be the next to try and make a silk purse from a sows ear., i doubt it will be anyone who cares about their reputation, it will be someone in the managerial skip, an out of work has been who will just be happy to take the money.That person will then be pushed out to tell us the same as Lambert did, ''its a huge club, it has a lot of history, we shouldnt be where we are.''. Im afraid as much i hope Lambert is soon gone,i cant see the fortunes of the club changing with Evans as the owner,he is is the ultimate problem .

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aas1010 added 11:07 - Feb 19 Evans probably does a mr grace ( are you being served) “ carry on you all done very well” lambert out🪓🪓🪓
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Bluearmy_81 added 11:08 - Feb 19 Who'll come out with the most spin/BS?! Hard to say...
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mib added 11:12 - Feb 19 All of the comments on this site lambast Lambert, but if he leaves it will be the same crap players. They are the ones on the field that are not doing it, and dot telll me its Lamberts fault for picking them, THE ARE JUST NOT DOING IT. I will repeat that whoever manager comes in will have the same rubbish. So who do you blame for a lack of investment, in my opinion not Lambert.

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Michael101 added 11:13 - Feb 19 What's Evans doing until then drafting the contract for the new manager??
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BlueandTruesince82 added 11:17 - Feb 19 Dream Scenario, Paul, I have been contacted by an Oligarch who has huge admiration for Sir Bobby, he was a childhood hero of said Oligarch so he's going to buy the club. You will be sacked, take Taylor with you, Klinsman is comming in to replace you. Knowing our luck it will a nutter with a leveraged buyout who appoints Sven
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Michael101 added 11:19 - Feb 19 Just placed a net chambers as caretaker till end of season good odds 11/2 .worth 50p of anybody's money
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Michael101 added 11:20 - Feb 19 Placed a bet,doh
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wewerefamous added 11:23 - Feb 19 Mib... I fully understand where you're coming from but we have a “catch 22” situation... Lambert out first or Evans? The first step has to be Lambert in my opinion as he's lost the plot and what he's doing with the team, formation etc. Is killing us. The next issue then is who would Evans bring in?
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jayaps added 11:26 - Feb 19 I've had a fiver on one of the cardboard cutouts getting the nod
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Edmundo added 11:28 - Feb 19 What we wouldn't do for owners like the Cobbolds, again: we need old money, not new Russian/Saudi $. And then we need people who care more about ITFC and doing things properly than they do about PR and salaries.
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Michael101 added 11:29 - Feb 19 Maybe Evans needs until next week to m t all his piggy banks to get enough to pay Lambert orft
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Cheshire_Blue added 11:30 - Feb 19 All this 'Lambert out' sentiment is all very well but who is the genius to replace him ? Clearly nothing has been learned from the hounding out of Mick McCarthy. You reap what you sow.
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Suffolkboy added 11:32 - Feb 19 PL talks in total riddles ,and manages to leave everyone in the dark ! Bit like team tactics and selection : what answers has PL ever proposed to improve ( anything ) ? If I recall he met and agreed the terms of his employment , the continuation of existing contracts for others at the Club ( including at the very successful Academy ) , and it seems he either can't or doesn't want to adapt his ( questionable ) thought processes to tolerating or even improving the state of ITFC , the decline of which has much to do with his inabilities ! Come on Mr E , get a grip on this part of your business ,bring to it the necessary objectivity , redefine the objectives and values and standards to be attained and maintained – and if our man can't cut it ,then the way forward is abundantly clear for both parties . ITFC deserves better ! COYB

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ArnieM added 11:32 - Feb 19 ........and so it rumbles on .....{sighs}🙄
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dougalmcguire added 11:45 - Feb 19 If Lambert leaves before the end of the season it will be because a replacement has been lined up and some agreement regarding a pay off has been agreed. Whilst Ipswich are in touch with the play offs, I cannot imagine Evans would rely on a caretaker until the end of the season.
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MVBlue added 11:52 - Feb 19 Remember when Mick McCarthy left the shackles were off that team and Bryan Klug took charge for some exciting football. Then Paul Hurst came in and booted out McGoldrick, now of Sheffield United, and upset and sold others. AND HERE WE ARE.
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Bazza8564 added 11:53 - Feb 19 Another week? Can we possibly look at a gofundme page to raise a few quid to help ME do this sooner?
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barryblue added 11:55 - Feb 19 I think Evans gave Lambert a last throw of the dice by getting the last loans in which PL said he needed. They have a meeting next week, after we have inevitably lost to oxford, where a severance package will probably be negotiated. Then its a pick of possibly, cowley, jack Ross, pearson, cook, joey Barton, parkinson, Wagner[unlikely], Monk etc. But possibly best option is ask for applications as there will be plenty you dont think of that would apply, perhaps even the likes of john terry [not that i'm saying i want him] just the fact that it is still a desirable job with a squad of decent players. New manager just needs to get a tune out of them, I for one cannot think of 1 player that has improved under Lambert. Just give whoever a contract till end of this season or next

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