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Crystal Palace 1 v 0 Ipswich Town
FA Premier League
Saturday, 8th March 2025 Kick-off 15:00
Crystal Palace 1-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
Saturday, 8th Mar 2025 17:08

Ismaila Sarr’s goal eight minutes from time saw Crystal Palace to a 1-0 victory over the Blues at Selhurst Park. As so often this season, there was little between the sides but with the Blues unable to take their chances and Sarr converting one for the Eagles to leave Town still looking for their first Premier League win of 2025.

Julio Enciso, Kalvin Phillips and Luke Woolfenden started as manager Kieran McKenna made three changes to his Town side, which lined up in their all-pink third kit.

Enciso, on loan from Palace's rivals Brighton, was from the knee injury he sustained at Aston Villa almost a month ago and was in the centre of the three behind striker Liam Delap with Jaden Philogene on the right and Jack Clarke on the left.

Phillips was in central midfield alongside Jens Cajuste with Sam Morsy, who played 120 minutes at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on Monday, on the bench, the on-loan Manchester City man having recovered from his calf problem.

Woolfenden, making his 200th Town start on the same ground where he made his first back in August 2017 in the Carabao Cup, was at the centre of the defence alongside Jacob Greaves with Dara O’Shea skippering at right-back and Leif Davis at left-back.

Alex Palmer continued in goal, one of only two survivors from the FA Cup tie at the City Ground, along with Woolfenden.

Omari Hutchinson was on the bench having hurt his knee at Manchester United, while Axel Tuanzebe, who was also in the XI that night, was absent having suffered a hamstring injury at Forest.

Christian Walton was back on the bench after his groin problem, while Cameron Burgess was also in the 20 having been subbed at Forest with a calf injury.

For Palace, Jean-Philippe Mateta was absent following the horror challenge in the FA Cup game against Millwall last week after which he required 25 stitches to his ear and midfielder Will Hughes was suspended having reached 10 bookings.

Eddie Nketiah and Jefferson Lerma replaced them in a team otherwise unchanged from the 4-1 league victory over Aston Villa a fortnight ago.

With England boss Thomas Tuchel among those watching, having also been at the City Ground on Monday, Nketiah had a chance to put the home side in front in the second minute.

Adam Wharton played a pass between Woolfenden and O’Shea, sending the former Arsenal man through one-on-one with Palmer, but the Town keeper was off his line quickly to block.

A minute later, Davis was put away in space on the Town left and cut a cross behind Delap but Philogene breaking inside from the right was able to hit a low left-foot effort, which Dean Henderson saved well down to his left, although the ex-Villa man may feel he should have made a stronger contact.

Despite the early Eagles chance, the Blues had started brightly and on the front foot. and on five Delap brought the ball forward down the middle but hit his shot deep into the Holmesdale End.

Palace began to see most of the ball but with Town also having spells of possession, while also causing the Eagles backline problems with their pressing. On 15, Lerma struck a low shot wide of Palmer’s right post.

A minute later, Greaves and Ismaila Sarr chased a long ball down the middle from the back, which bounced through to Palmer. As it did so, Sarr went to ground as Greaves tugged at him and referee Simon Hooper booked the Town defender, who was clearly very unhappy with the decision. VAR gave the incident a check before confirming a yellow rather than red card.


Eberechi Eze’s free-kick slammed into the wall and ricocheted through to Palmer ahead of a number of Palace players waiting to pounce.

On 19, Nketiah played in Eze to the left of O’Shea, but the alert Greaves slid in to make a vital block.

The home side had started to look dominant but following a 23rd-minute Davis run down the left, the Blues subsequently pinned the Eagles back in their half for a spell during which, following a long throw from Cajuste from the left, Enciso tricked his way into the area on the right and hit a shot from an angle which Henderson did well to palm over.

Town kept up the pressure and from a corner on the left, the ball was half-cleared to Clarke, whose well-struck volley was blocked.

The game was held up in the 37th minute after Davis required treatment having landed awkwardly following an aerial challenge. However, the ex-Leeds man was OK to continue.

In the 42nd minute, Delap took the ball round the outside of Daniel Munoz inside the box on the left but allowed it to run out of play before he could cross.

A minute later, with Palace going through a scruffy spell with passes going astray or out of play, much to their fans’ frustration, Sarr crossed from the right and Nketiah reached the ball ahead of Palmer but diverted it behind.

That was the last action of a not overly enthralling half in which there had been little between the teams, like the corresponding fixture at Portman Road.

Nketiah’s early chance was the best opportunity of the half with Palmer reading it well, while Philogene might have done better with his effort soon afterwards and Enciso forced Henderson into a sharp save later on in the half.

Overall, Blues boss McKenna will have been pleased with the half with his side well in the game.

Town created the first danger of the second half three minutes after the restart. Delap was tripped out on the left and the free-kick was played short to Davis on the edge of the area but the full-back got his shot all wrong and it flew high and wide.

A minute later, Palace hit the woodwork, although in fortuitous circumstances. Eze’s cross took a massive deflection off O’Shea and looped beyond Palmer and struck the outside of his far post, Woolfenden turning the loose ball behind.

On 53, Wharton was yellow-carded for a tackle from behind on Delap, play carrying on until Chris Richards pulled back Clarke with the USA international also booked. Soon after, Palace skipper Marc Guehi was cautioned for a foul on Enciso in the centre circle.

Four minutes later, the Blues broke in numbers, Enciso feeding Clarke towards the left and the ex-Sunderland man hitting a shot against Richards.

As the game passed the hour mark, Clarke stole the ball from Eze deep in Town’s half and drove forward before finding Enciso. The pass was behind the Paraguayan, who tried an effort from distance which was straight at Henderson when he would have been better taking the ball on towards goal.

Two minutes later, Delap forced Henderson to palm behind at his near post with an effort from a tight angle on the left.

From Enciso’s resultant corner on the left, Delap nodded back from the far post, Philogene turned the ball against Henderson and Sarr was able to clear off the line. It was a lucky escape for the home side.

The game was moving from one end to the other and on 64 Enciso was booked for a trip on Eze just outside the Blues box to the left.

Palace kept the ball at Town’s end following the free-kick and eventually Eze cut inside and hit a shot which once again deflected off O’Shea and looped towards Palmer’s far post with the keeper this time able to get across his line to paw it behind.

From the corner, Sarr rose highest but flicked his header across the face and wide. It was a fortunate escape for the Blues.

Town made their first changes of the afternoon, Clarke and Philogene making way for Hutchinson and Ben Johnson with the former Chelsea man going into the middle with Enciso to the left.

Palace made their first switches of personnel in the 72nd minute, Nketiah and Tyrick Mitchell coming off and Daichi Kamada and Ben Chilwell taking over. Three minutes later, Nathan Broadhead replaced the always busy Enciso.

In the 77th minute, Johnson played a long ball down the right for Delap to chase in behind Guehi. The striker looked for a moment as if he might beat Henderson to it but the keeper plucked it out of the air.

Within a minute, there was a huge let-off for the Blues. Davis scuffed his back-pass to Palmer, allowing Daniel Munoz in on goal but the Colombian rushed his effort and Palmer saved with his feet, much to the Town left-back’s relief.

Play quickly moved to the other end with Delap smashing a shot well over when he evidently felt he should have done much better.

As the game moved into its final 10 minutes, a well-worked Town build-up ended with Davis clipping a cross to Johnson at the far post but the unmarked sub looped his header over when he should have opened his Blues goals account.

And two minutes later, Town were made to rue failing to take the opportunity. Phillips tackled sub Kamada on the edge of the box and the ball rebounded into the path of Sarr, who took it on into the area before chipping Palmer and then celebrating with absent striker Mateta’s corner flag kick. The Blues appealed for a Kamada foul on Phillips but to no avail.

The goal was harsh on the Blues, who had looked the most likely to score at that point but as so often this season were unable to take their opportunity while the opposition were more clinical when one came at the other end.

Town made their final changes as they looked to get back on terms in the final six minutes, George Hirst and Jack Taylor replacing Delap, who will have given England manager Tuchel plenty to think about even if his shooting radar had been off throughout the afternoon, and Cajuste. Soon after, Wharton was replaced by Justin Devenny for the Eagles.

With the game in the second of three minutes of time added on, Eze was swapped for Romain Esse.

The Blues continued to look for a leveller in the dying moments but were unable to test keeper Henderson any further and referee Hooper’s whistle confirmed another defeat.

Overall, the result was harsh on Town, who deserved something from the match and might have taken all three had they taken their chances. However, at the same time, Palace will point to other opportunities they spurned with both keepers making a number of decent saves.

Later in the evening, Wolves drew 1-1 at home to Everton, moving them six points plus goal difference ahead of the Blues with time and games - only 10 remain - running out for Town.

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi (c), Mitchell (Chilwell 72), Wharton (Devenny 87), Lerma, Sarr, Eze (Esse 92), Nketiah (Kamada 72). Unused: Turner, Franca, Clyne, Rodney, Kporha.

Town: Palmer, O’Shea (c), Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Phillips, Cajuste (Taylor 84), Philogene (Johnson 67), Enciso (Broadhead 75), Clarke (Hutchinson 67), Delap (Hirst 84). Unused: Walton, Burgess, Townsend, Morsy. Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire). VAR official: Paul Tierney.


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blues1 added 08:23 - Mar 9
Robsonwark. So u disappearxfroxages, and when u reappear? Surprise, surprise. You talk a load of rubbish. Muric has cost us 8 or 9 points from errors he's made. So no, hes not the reason we're likely going down. He's also tho, saved us several points. Wouldnt have won at spurs if it wasnt for him. Would have lost at Brighton and at home to leicester, to name just 3 games. Absolutely he made too many errors to keep his place, but at the time he lost his place, he was equal 4th in the pl for saves made. U can defend walron as much as u like, but the fact is, he was responsible for 4 goals in 3 games before his injury. So are you gonna,blame him for us,being relegated? No, and nor should any individual be. It's a team game. The fact we havent scored enough goals, puts pressure on the defence and the keeper, and that will inevitably lead to errors.
Frankly tho, why anyone is being negative about yesterday, is beyond me. We lostcduezto a bit of bad luck, with Phillips,tackle going straight to Sarr, and a bit of quality from him with the finish. And the palace keeper, as they said on MOTD last night, the difference between the teams.
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:24 - Mar 9
Look on the bright side we should at least get back to watching us winning games next season.This season has been crap , the first losses were expected and accepted but we havnt improved and it has become boringly painful getting beat every week.. Im looking forward to next season already to be honest COYB.
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Linkboy13 added 08:34 - Mar 9
Due to illness i decided to stay at home and for a change listened to the brilliant coverage on Talk Sport to get an unbiased opinion on our game. One of the people reporting on our game was ex Watford striker Troy Deeney who i never really liked as a player but is a excellent pundit. He was echoing virtually what ive been saying all season apart from lacking in technical ability we just haven't got the Athleticism to cope at this level teams just run straight through us but he did admire the spirit in the team. At the moment we are a championship club in the way we operate and have made big mistakes especially in recruitment and need to spread our scouting network world wide instead of mainly the championship. The signing of Philogene in my opinion was completely unnecessary especially at 20 million pounds when we are in a relegation struggle. People will say he's one for the future but like Jack Clarke he will always be a Championship player. We have to make sure players we purchase are going to cope physically with the Premier league otherwise we are going to become a yo yo club.
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dieselmorris added 08:51 - Mar 9
lee james you must be alex ferguson in disguise, give you you one example on muric that have missed doing a keir starmer on bended knee waiting for the ball t arrive its 0 manned 1 in the first minute. don't try and distort things he has made loads of errors, and has nearly cost us goals in every game he has played. its a wonder more ipswich fans are not in papworth with heart trouble.
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tractorboybig added 09:06 - Mar 9
km unfortunately is out of his depth, team selection, pointless rotation and dealings in the transfer market are woeful
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Leejames99 added 12:17 - Mar 9
@dieselmorris You are missing the point as many fans have Muric saved more than he conceeded and draws would of been losses as would 2 of our wins and we would be out of it completely.
The fact on the Man Utd goal is that Diallo should not of got a free run up the right hand side, no left back to be seen and got a cross in that Rashford pounced on, Muric could if even flat on his back the point is Davis was out of position, he was in the Man Utd half at the start of that move in the first minute of the game. Yes Davis and Morsy were brilliant in League 1 and Championship but have been dire in Premiership, Davis is way off the pace.
Phillogene getting criticised and bad signings etc it's ridiculous, what established Prem standard players would come to a team favourites for relegation, we lucky to have Phillips and Cajuste.
The only reason the new signings gs are being criticised is the old guard seem to be devoid of criticism, and fans want to see Broady, and Hirsty and Chappers boo hoo.
Next year if we go down you will be purring over those signings, on one hand supporters say they will all leave but on the other say they are no good for the Prem, so all our new signings no good, we should of saved the money and played league 1 lads or flipped the coin and found a superstar from Morocco or Finland.

If we had stayed in Championship and signed Haden Phillogene, Jack Clarke, Jacob Greaves, Sammie Szmodicks, Alex Palmer etc you would all be buzzing.It was always going to be highly likely we would go down we haven't been in that league for over 2 decades!
By getting promotion we have been able to buy the best players from Championship, give them experience in the toughest league in the world, build a Prem ready stadium, upgrade training facilities and stick to the plan of building and evolving Ipswich Town football club, and I for one am fine with that and get it, Hutch, Phillogene, J Clarke, Greaves etc are not out of their league in this division but need time to develop as does Delap, I don't even think he will go.
While 17th is still there we go on and hope we can beat Wolves and they suffer some defeats or that Man City get reduction but if we go down to Championship we are a million times better off going down to it from the Premiership than we were going up to it from League 1 and were lucky to witness a historic season but the evolving continues at our club, Mckenna to us not yet a Prem manager, he needs players with potential to become prem players that we can get in as the only league 1 / Championship players
Players who have long term at Town is Woolf, H Clarke, Burgess, Humphries, maybe Broadhead that's it the rest will go as the club evolves, no point keeping them in Championship as we know they getting too old and the prem is a season to high for their ability hence why none have played in Prem before.
Stop blaming a keeper, it's really bad it's a team sport, penalties, fouls, sending off, picking favourites, there are lots of factors why we are where we are and we are actually where we should be in reality, the fact we could still survive is a miracle.
The future is good for Ipswich Town FC
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blueboy1981 added 13:35 - Mar 9
McKenna most definitely is out of his depth at Prem’ level, suspect recruitment, squad rotation as if we are a Champions League Team, suspect tactics and substitutions, it goes on - and nothing changed from all his weekly gained ‘positives’.
Reality is - he’s made some Real Clangers, and he’s not a Prem’ Manager - otherwise we would havr avoided relegation by finishing at least 17th.
That wan’t too much to expect from the ‘so called’ messiah some had him marked up as.
Our best chance would have been to have appointed Moyse when we had the chance Everton did instead and left us in their wake - to Safety !
Opportunity missed !
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Carberry added 15:20 - Mar 9
blues1, have you got a different keyboard to the rest of us, is that why you utter such drivel?
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Carberry added 15:43 - Mar 9
Linkboy13, you make a really good point about us lacking the physicality to compete at this level. If you buy lightweight, Championship players you end up in the Championship.
Did our management think they could magically buck that truism, why didn't we buy players who could compete with athleticism?
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Leejames99 added 16:14 - Mar 9
@carberry which lightweight players you referring too? I'd hardly say Szmodicks, Delap, Greaves, O'Shea, Townsend, Phillips, Cajuste, Muric,Palmer, Ogbene are lightweight so you can only be referring to Hutchinson, Phillogene and J Clarke who are all 5ft 9 and 5ft 11, Hutchinson is 4th highest completed dribbles and Muric is still joint third most saves at 42 which shows how much our goal was shot at.
So basically your blaming Phillogene who has only played a games, Muric who gained us points and J clarke who has to play out of position to accomodate Davis.

You be thankful next year of those signings and see why they were bought, wingers are skillful and they only young and still developing.
Love to know which players other clubs signed that you think would have come to Ipswich?
Just waffle, Mckenna picks the team and continues to pick Davis or bring on Broadhead and Taylor etc funny how we always concede late on, no strength in depth as yet.
2 decades away from Prem but we should stay up, Why? Instead of who?
If we didn't sign the players we have and went down with players from League 1 we would be doing a Luton.
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dirtydingusmagee added 17:24 - Mar 9
Lee James dors every post have to be a book ?
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blueboy1981 added 17:36 - Mar 9
Yes, we’ve had, and got Injuries - but ALL Clubs have them - NOT JUST US.
To negate that situation completely, we have had more than enough help and opportunities to get Points that we just haven’t taken !!
Some valuable Points we have literally given away, and my belief is we may never have a better chance of finishing 17th, and Prem’ survival, than we’ve had this season.
STOP making Excuses - it is Pathetic.
Back to the Tough, Rough, Boredom, and Tumble of the Championship in August.
It will be a SHOCK to many !
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Leejames99 added 18:01 - Mar 9
@carberry what is unrealistic?
Opinions is one thing but some people just write some waffle without backing it up or offering alternatives.
We are where we are because we are still trying to play in the Premier League with players from League 1, there are very few who have made that step up let alone half a squad.
If we play Townsend and Mckenna has the guts to drop Davis then our defence is pretty solid and the wings can play and attack Cajuste can get further forward with Phillips protecting back four. People complaining about everything bar the fact we have played in the Premier League with the same team that were playing league one and only Woolf and Burgess have made that step up. Mckenna hasn't got it in him to drop his favourites and if every pundit and majority of fans see that Davis is the issue then why can't our manager? 10 games and 30 points to go, do the owners stick or twist, if it was me at this stage I'd take the gamble on manager bounce as there is plenty good Championship manages who could do a good job with the talent we have.


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Gforce added 18:19 - Mar 9
Sorry but we could put Pep in as manager & Slot as 1st team coach, and it wouldn't make a jot of difference ,we just aren't good enough.There are just not 3 teams worse than us,only 2 I'm afraid, (just)
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TimmyH added 20:21 - Mar 9
spot on post Linkboy13...thinking the same on many of your points today. Watched Bournemouth today whom miraculously didn't get 3 points against Spurs today, the energy, strength, passing/crossing and being on the same wavelength as each other is like night and day compared to us. Okay they've spent more money than us (foreign) and have birthed themselves into the Premiership but even their younger English players look promising.
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budgieplucker added 23:15 - Mar 9

Hindsight is always a wonderful thing, when you bring the number of players in that we did then I think it’s fair to say that not all are going to be immediately successful if at all. Kieron points out that most are not the finished article, I think it’s fair to say that there were always going to be a few that wouldn’t necessarily make it this year but are potentially a good future investment. Before a ball was kicked this season, Delap may well have fallen into that category but as we now know he has been a terrific success despite at times being raw.

Arguably the balance didn’t include enough experience at the highest level, Phillips & Cajuste both worthy candidates for having necessary qualifications both came with impediments, both having fitness issues and Phillips struggling to find his Leeds and England form. After 3/4 of a season both now showing jointly the type of combined form and contribution that we needed earlier in the season. Godfrey another with a good premiership reputation, but unable as yet to convince us that he can still perform to the level we require to maintain our top flight status.

Regardless where we recruit from the team needs a good balance of athleticism, physicality, experience and importantly quality. Sadly without being critical of any individuals I think we can all see the real quality of this league and whilst being proud of the efforts of all at the club maybe we gambled a bit too much on many of our choices and the direction of parts of our strategy.

I am not sure we are any stronger than when we opened the season, our momentum gave us a big lift, this eventually disappeared and just maybe perhaps the new goalkeeper who looks very competent and assured has given the defence greater confidence of late and some of the more experienced players are beginning to make more of the impact.

We are however, whilst competing and battling well are still on the wrong end of fine margins, yes injuries haven’t helped but the sum total of our squad really does put us in 18th position. I thought 17th position for us would have been a major achievement for us at the beginning of the season, so I can easily temper my disappointments at the moment of not taking the most of some of our recent chances of moving up a position.

I think most of us want Kieron to stay with us next year if we do get relegated, however, it shouldn’t mean that Kieron and Mark Ashton don’t have to rigorously review the strategy going forward. Leicester, Leeds and Southampton last year were perceived to be very strong candidates for promotion based on having a number of premiership quality players in their squads. Clearly some of our existing squad looks short of premiership quality and I am not sure another season in the Championship is going to improve their ability to perform at a higher level.
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hamish added 09:08 - Mar 10
Timmy H Cajuste is regularly our best player and actually played well most of this game. There was a little turn and flick pass about 15 minutes in that was just lovely. And Phillips looks better every game. If you really want to pick out individuals who are not performing, try Clarke and Enciso, the latter often makes poor decisions and both are far too lightweight.
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hamish added 09:09 - Mar 10
By the way, not a game you want to be watching in the middle of the palace fans when they score a late winner :(
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Carberry added 09:18 - Mar 10
Budgieplucker, you are right, it appears players were brought in to develop to the standard of the Premier League, a very optimistic strategy. Surely the most important consideration was consolidation, nobody at the club would have been seriously looking to get relegated so we could 'come back stronger' next season. That would be a crazy plan leading to loss of revenues, loss of the manager and our best players, potentially.
They didn't focus on consolidation but brought in unproven players at this level, hoping McKenna would wave his magic wand over them and all would be well. Even Hutchinson has been a shadow of his Championship self - which just goes to show how difficult it is to make the leap.
For all those on here who think there has been some kind of smart planning I'm afraid you're mistaken.
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Alphawhiskey added 10:30 - Mar 10
We always knew that this season was going to be hard.
However, we are pretty dire to be honest. lets not beat around the bush.
Way too many average performances, by average players and an average premier manager who is lucky to still have his job.
That's not to say they they wont all learn from this, hope he stays and the majority of the squad too and this is all part of Ashtons cunning plan?
I don't buy that though and i think the manager has shot himself in the foot.
You live and die by your team selections and tactics etc,
Take away our lucky last second winner at Wolves and catching Spurs on an off day and we would almost on single figures.
You make your own luck and cant keep harping on about fine margins etc etc.
What ever way you look at it, The recruitment, tactics and manager choices have totally failed.
For a start, he acted way way too late to change that horrendous keeper, that he chose to spend millions on in the first place.
There is no time for sentiment anymore.
We have failed.


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Carberry added 12:02 - Mar 10
Very succinctly put, Alphawhiskey.
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Leejames99 added 12:15 - Mar 10
No club 'looks to get relegated' but it would of been very foolish to not plan for that as a very real possibility especially with 2 decades away.
What players that other clubs have signed in the Prem above or below that people think would have joined Ipswich?
What club should be going down instead of Town? Wolves, Everton? Both having been a Prem staple for years.
Recruitment has been spot on in terms of future planning.
Why do fans think our best players will go? Who? If none of our players are good enough who goes? Davis, not a problem, we have Townsend but being our most mistake prone player in Prem and nowhere near the pace to get back when stuck forward then I can't see Prem clubs aside maybe Leeds wanting him.
Delap, brilliant, he is nowhere near the finished article and so far only on 10 goals and seasons before not great but is a huge talent with a future, if a promoted club wants to pay 40 million great, we double our money, if he goes to a top club to sit on bench, great we double our money (tge most we will ever got is 40 million from City unless they get punished, in which case he has been really shrew buy). Who else? If some fans are right and J Clarke, Phillogene etc to lightweight then they will stay, and there is no way we would of paid 20 million for him in Jan to sell him 5 months later.
Phillips, Cajuste (unless he wants to stay) Phillips and Enciso go back to their clubs.
So else? I tell you who else all the League 1 lads who haven't made the grade in Prem as there is simply no point keeping them in Championship , that's where our progression continues with the new signings and more added. Only players who stay are Woolf, H Clarke, Burgess and maybe Broadhead and Davis if any Prem wants him as any fee be big profit.
Mckenna, why we he go? He got the cushiest job in football right now, job safe it seems as we have given him a free pass but there is no fear of him going, who would want him at present and I'm sure that considering he hasn't been sacked owes the club a season with his new signings and to see where is plan takes us and continues on the path of growth. All our new signings and manager are on long contracts, we have parachute payments for 2 seasons so we have got time to bounce back if relegated. No point blaming this or blaming that now with only 10 games left, we can and have to keep going and hope our luck changes and we can beat some teams and grab some draws but to not concede we need a strong defence and too win we need goals and we need constancy in the team, the only change from Saturdays line up in my opinion is Townsend in for Davis. Phillogene can then concentrate on attack and defence stays solid and J Clarke can be on the left wing doing what he is good at or Omari on right wing and Phillogene/J Clarke on left. That has to be the line up and I do think if we take a lead we have to shut shop by taking off both wingers bringing on Burgess and Hirst and playing a 5-2-1-2 with long ball from Burgess and Phillips or Encisco and Cajuste playing balls through to forwards, maybe that would surprise opposition, as now teams know Davis bombs forward, defense moves across big gap left behind on right to expose.
Or thank Mckenna and go for manager bounce.
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poet added 14:41 - Mar 10
A few people on here mentioning our home game verses Wolves. One thing that in my opinion should be noted. This Saturday Wolves play Southampton at St Marys. We on the other hand are playing Forest at Portman Road. It doesn’t take a genius to work out which club are playing the most inferior of the two.
So, if Wolves beat bottom of the league Southampton, and we lose to 3rd in the table Forest, that home game against Wolves will take on a very different light indeed. Just looking at a few facts.
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Razor added 15:38 - Mar 10
Actually thoughtwewere a bit unlucky on Saturday-----weaktackle on edge of box cost us A goal and PLEASE PLEASE give Delap some help
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Linkboy13 added 18:00 - Mar 10
Spot on TimmyH youve been reading my vlogs. Morsy is struggling with the pace of the Premier league but started the season ok but Phillips is hardly much better as you say no goals no assists. I think some people on here luv him because of his big reputation and are star stuck. Cajuste i think has done better neat and tidy but no goal threat. Encisco has looked a cut above what we already have and this was pointed out by Talk Sport pundit Troy Deeney on Saturday. There lies the problem we haven't got the financial clout to permanently sign even Premier league squad players we have to take them on loan.
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