McCarthy Hoping Weather Plays Ball During Match Free Week Mon 25th Jan 2016 06:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy is hoping for favourable weather as the Blues go into a rare period of 10 days between Championship fixtures. Next Saturday’s home game against Reading has moved to the following Tuesday - February 2nd - as the Royals are in FA Cup fourth round action against Walsall at the Madejski Stadium. |
McCarthy: Harsh Red Card Changed Game Sat 23rd Jan 2016 18:21 Town boss Mick McCarthy felt Jonathan Douglas’s tackle which led to his red card was harsh and changed the game as the Blues lost 3-0 at Birmingham City. |
U18s Draw at Colchester Sat 23rd Jan 2016 13:11 Ross Meldrum (pictured), Conor McKendry and Ben Morris were on target as Town came from behind three times to draw 3-3 with Colchester at their Florence Park training ground this morning with all the goals coming in a rip-roaring first half. |
McCarthy: More Pressure on Me After Cup Changes Fri 22nd Jan 2016 14:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy admits there’s greater pressure on him ahead of Saturday’s game against Birmingham at St Andrew’s after he switched all his starting XI for Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Cup third round replay defeat at Portsmouth. The seventh-placed Blues go into the match one place and two points above the Midlanders. |
McCarthy: Pompey Players Will Expect to Beat Us Tue 19th Jan 2016 06:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy believes League Two Portsmouth’s players will go into tonight’s FA Cup third round replay at Fratton Park expecting to beat the Blues having performed so well in the first game at Portman Road, which ended 2-2. McCarthy is set to field a young side and, as he did at Manchester United in the Capital One Cup earlier in the season, could even switch his entire XI. |
Oar Battling for First-Team Place Tue 19th Jan 2016 06:00 Tommy Oar, almost knocked out on his on his full league debut for Town, has talked of the difficulty of getting past loan wingers Ryan Fraser and Ainsley Maitland-Niles to claim a regular berth in Mick McCarthy’s starting line-up. |
Murph: We Must Start Better Mon 18th Jan 2016 06:00 Striker Daryl Murphy says Town need to look at how they start games having conceded early on in their last two matches. The Blues recovered to beat Leeds 2-1 having conceded after 12 seconds last Tuesday and again began Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Preston slowly, with the visitors netting after seven minutes before Murphy hit back with his eighth of the season on 38. |
Town 1-1 Preston - Match Report Sat 16th Jan 2016 17:07 Daryl Murphy’s eighth goal of the season seven minutes before the break saw the Blues to a 1-1 home draw with Preston North End, Daniel Johnson having put the visitors ahead in the seventh minute. That result and the scores elsewhere sees Town, who were denied what looked a clear second-half penalty, drop out of the play-off places. |
McCarthy Out to Keep Portman Road Buzzing Fri 15th Jan 2016 16:25 Boss Mick McCarthy is out to keep Portman Road buzzing when the Blues take on Preston North End on Saturday. Town beat Leeds 2-1 on Tuesday to record back-to-back home wins for the first time since August as they climbed to fifth in the Championship table. |
Starting to Look Up Rather than Down - Notes for Preston Fri 15th Jan 2016 10:07 HarryfromBath assesses the mood in the opposition camp ahead of Saturday’s game at Portman Road by delving into their forums. |