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Your Reading v Ipswich Town Match Reports

ad_wilkin added 00:21 - Aug 30 Positives were Baggott who was immense, Taylor who looked impressive and the result. Nice to see Humphreys on the score sheet. At times we played some nice football but a lot of the time the passes weren't clicking and the build up was slow and laboured. Edmundson looks weak, Williams is still clearly getting up to speed and learning his tactical positioning but at the end did enough to get the result. Slicker with some excellent mind games in the penalty shootout too.

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timleatham added 08:02 - Aug 30 Wow we made hard work of that! Disastrous start conceding the early goal. We did not get back in numbers to defend. We then dominated the first half with lots of possession. Struggled down the middle however had some joy down the right with Hutchinson and to a lesser degree the left with Williams. A scruffy equaliser in extra time however very much deserved following several previous attempts on goal. Second half we controlled nicely with the central midfield stepping up more so we had threats there in addition to the wings. Ladapo had a quiet game however took his chance really well and it shows how clinical he is when through on goal. Great pass from Evans. Then came all the substitutions and then frustratingly we sat back and tried to defend our 2-1 lead instead of going on to try and get the third goal to kill the game off. A frustrating final 15 mins, however our class shone with the penalties. It was a sub standard Ipswich performance and not many of the squad players staked a strong claim for Inclusion at the weekend. Baggott looked really strong at the back, tackled and headed well, however was slightly let down by his distribution. I would definitely keep him in the squad and not let him out on loan. He looked better than Fridge. Williams grew into the game and I am sure will be a good player. Hutchinson the same and was our main bright spark. My MOM would be Baggott followed by Hutchinson.

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