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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-0 Watford - Match Report
at 03:31:17
Another Blankety Blank. Too many more of these, the only thing the team will win this season is a checkbook and pen.
Can't hide disappointment in successive failures to win or take only 1 point from an available 6 but we've provided such a platform with games remaining the auto promotion objective is still very much within reach. Nearest rivals dropping points was crucial but we really shouldn't be so dependant on others.
It's a shame we got games coming up against teams really needing wins themselves, makes our job twice as hard to get out the league but when you add it all up it's been easily the best season in 20 years plus and we've become an established club name once again. After years of embarrassment and disarray we've put together an exciting team set-up on the verge of once again accomplishment.
Previous ownership and managers very nearly sent us into oblivion so guess count your blessings and enjoy what's going on at the club right now. One point from tonight seems inadequate given the nature of opposition with a home advantage but in fact Watford came close to stealing it late on and on the basis of the second period at least, seemed to show character and we were made to battle for it.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 3-2 Bristol City - Match Report
at 02:50:52
There's a belief and resilience within our team right now that's been clearly lacking from seasons before. This club name is promotion material once again and we're enduring one of the very best spells within the last 20 years. Without McKenna and Game Changer all this would not have been possible, you can take a moment to wonder where we'd be had Evans remained in ownership / Lambert / Cook/ McCarthy been allowed to continue but guess best not to ponder such things.
Nearly a full crowd once more, a victory and great end to end entertainment although would have been hell for those there during the final 15 minutes. It's only a shame both Leeds and Leicester got wins also but from our own perspective this is shaping up to be another very exciting season finish with possible glory at the end of it once again.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 1-2 Maidstone United - Match Report
at 02:47:46
I've been part of some adverse cup scores and setbacks involving this club name but today kind of delivered it to new lows. Reached something of an absolute nadir regards disbelief / embarrassment / disappointment (delete as applicable)
Can't quite understand how the team lost. Put out a strong team and with a home advantage, over 90 minutes it should have been a straight-forward win but somehow managed to lose. Resentment and hurt doesn't really cover it.
Best course of direction here is to move on, brush it under the rug and out of sight. Does no good to dwell on the shortcomings from it, it's upsetting if not damn bizarre but we've been been beaten many times before by lower league opposition in games of this nature.
only thing this time being Maidstone seem so far below us in league structure and such an unrecognized name it just appears far more prevalent than past setbacks. The best way the team and McKenna can redeem themselves from this mess is to deliver top league / EPL soccer for us in a few months from now. The fans from today for sure deserve something back.
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Comment | Leicester City 1-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 02:44:21
Two games against arguably top team in the league and we held our own and avoided defeat both times. Scored late to get those results but we did it all the same. Not sure how other people feel about it but right off the bat, got to say that's commendable.
We're on course for A promotion. Maybe it won't happen, maybe we'll miss out, but it won't be through lack of trying. The team should surely make top six at least although our past record in those end of season games kind of leaves a concern. We're surely stronger than back then (1997 - 2005) and now with a very competent team coach also so you got to keep faith something can be done.
we took a trip to the top team, took a point from it and all that with key players out and apparently not playing so good for at least one full period of play. With pivotal names to return and continued belief and consistency you can believe we'll be in with a fantastic chance of making it. (Continued) Cup run from the fifth round also, it's lining up to be a real good season in truth.
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Comment | Leeds United 4-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 03:21:24
They wanted it more and we didn't perform, it's pretty simple math. Came out with intent and while we weren't intimidated or necessarily overrun the players just didn't seem up for it. It's a shame and regrettable but we still got a 7 point advantage over them and guess Southampton.
Some of their players seem to go down real easy, penalty decision was maybe tough on us but the game was effectively over by that stage of event. Getting a result with Leicester is now more pivotal than ever, we're going to have to play far better and improve if to take three points from it.
Don't so much crave first place and the title, second gets a promotion for us and just remember only a year back we were third league level. That's got to be a remarkable achievement just by itself.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-2 Norwich City - Match Report
at 02:21:24
Seems the most important thing from today for them was stopping us from winning / allowing the unbeaten streak to remain intact. Just appears the be all and end all for a lot of their fanbase. Almost like the highlight of an entire season thus far just came down to preventing us victory. So we didn't win and you stole a point from it, big deal. Let's see who's laughing by final game of season.
We should have been comfortably ahead by the time Broadhead scored first but when luck's not on your side you just got to suck it up. Burns not for the first time proved savior and there were clear examples once again elsewhere of why we are where we are.
Forget the draw, they got real lucky and took a point from it but fact of matter being we're far more equipped to gain a promotion than they could now hope for. Wagner may well be fired some time soon, today bought him some time but they escaped defeat by our missed chances, while McKenna can only improve here and get better.
Disappointed but got to say any positives from the game should outweigh the negatives.
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Comment | Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 01:24:39
Two or three new managers, new ownership, 20 + new players coming in, and all this since last summer. But we're going to finish mid-league once again and accomplish nothing. Isn't there a saying, the more things change, the more they stay the same ? If there isn't, there should be.
bottom line here is easy. McKenna has done well thus far but the team has so many deficiencies particularly in attack we can never hope to challenge unless things are radically improved.
today was a poor result for sure. Crewe have nothing to play for as with ourselves but really we should be taking care of these caliber of opponents. Should feel frustrated maybe even anger but kind of feel there's nothing really new here. |
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Comment | Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 00:37:14
Defense and Walton together, probably Championship status, our attacking options : League Two it would seem. Stands to reason we're stuck in the League we're at.
McKenna has done well, real new horizon for the club name since coming in and we're streets ahead since Evans and Lambert took off but bottom line the strikers we have appear sub-standard. Any team that views or hopes to challenge a promotion needs a 20 + goal striker a season (or two for good measure) and we don't possess it.
Real disappointment the season appears over now. Certain players have performed well, earned a salary, but others have been nowhere near good enough. That's why we've failed. A real goal scorer in the summer and Walton and McKenna stay on, there's every chance next year we can this time crack it. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-1 Cambridge United - Match Report
at 02:42:04
it's tough trying to post anything without some piece of sh1t advertisements getting in the way of things so keeping it short. Let's just agree on today being a major setback in the teams goal of finishing in a top six position.
Never believed we could lose to these opponents, not with a home advantage and 12 or 13 games without defeat but McKenna seemed to make a significant error with the squad deployment out there. Seems we started with only Norwood in attack, why the hell so in a game of this nature where all out offense would have been the best chance of taking something from it.
Crap linesmen, dubious decisions cost us today. Guess a loss had to occur at some point along the track after all those games unbeaten but it shouldn't have been today and against this level of opposition
Bottom line we're just not scoring enough. Attack, is, and has been, toothless too often. That's the one factor that will ultimately cost us for this season. |
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Comment | Morecambe 1-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 02:49:06
you can argue it's four points dropped in the last two games. No team has a divine right to victories but over 180 minutes played against that caliber of opposition the team should have won at least one of them.
we don't lose often now, we got a better defensive record since Cook left and while McKenna has done mighty fine work since coming in a number of previous problems remain. Always insist a promotion place is beyond us, said it since last fall and the belief remains. If only we had a pair of competent forwards the team could really have accomplished something by end of season.
today was frustrating. We've improved without question but don't possess enough ruthless instinct. |
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Comment | Wigan Athletic 1-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 03:21:33
To get a point there is a good score. Starting with two in attack was a right move, had Cook been coach today that would not have occurred. Maybe it wasn't the best of games or any advert for the league but we seemed to improve second period after being behind and people say the team were good for a point.
McGreal should be allowed the rest of the season now. Wait until next summer and make the appointment when a better range of candidates may be available. He's got nothing to lose, we're not going to be promoted so simple math is give him the reigns until May and allow it the opportunity. May just surprise one or two maybe. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra - Match Report
at 01:26:26
What manager plays 4-2-3-1 at home against a bottom place team when you're - us -looking for a promotion push. Does Cook know any other way, seriously starting to fray the patience now.
All right the team won, got three points, but by god seems we made hard work of it and the opposition might just have easily forced a tie or taken a point back from their trip.
You can't base a season on one game alone but setting up that usual formation given the nature of the opposition and with a home advantage then going on to miss a number of chances and lo and behold allowing your opponents to very near take a score from it is arguably unsatisfactory.
Seems Cook made some bizarre substitutions / tactics also at times today. You can only berate one individual so much but somehow can't see him surviving here by end of May. He's arguably the (what should be) most pivotal figure in helping the club make "progress" and as such, isn't really up to standard. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 0-2 Rotherham United - Match Report
at 02:57:45
Comprehensively beaten at home by a club name who's greatest export to the world being Jive Bunny, you got to find humor in it someplace.
It's not so much losing, it's just that we didn't seem to try out there or really trouble the opposition. It's almost as if a 'They're top of the league and clearly better than we are' mindset was evident with our players before they took to the field and decided not to try.
Cook's insistent one in attack banality has reached near breaking point. They're not one-offs, it's a system he deploys time and again and too often we miss out / lose points because of it. This alone is a major stumbling block not only for Cook but the team and it's entire fanbase with it. |
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Comment | Sunderland 2-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 02:39:01
They stole a victory, that's the sum total of it. Just hope everyone associated with or at Sunderland FC is honest enough to admit the best team lost and they got three points they barely - or didn't - deserve.
Cook favors the 4-2-3-1 deployment with Bonne spearheading attack but I and guess many others are starting to tire of it over time. If we had put an extra man or two up front to directly partner him we may just have won, but it's all hypothetical after the event.
Can't fault our players today for trying, guess they showed enough ambition and desire, however the inability to put opposition teams to the sword more than we do or convert missed opportunity on the field, once again provides a concern.
Being truthful and candid, got to imagine automatic promotion is not a viable target, I do hope it's not the minefields of the play-offs once again but in reality, that's the most plausible target for the team right now. |
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Comment | Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 23:59:47
Some, and I say some, replies are laughable. Going from euphoria one week to Armageddon the next. So the team lost, it was always going to be a tough trip out there and many would have expected to come away with nothing anyhow, but all reports suggest at least the team tried and gave it a go. We could just as easily have tied the game or even won it instead of them ?
maintaining a lead for us remains a concern, seems not all players are keeping focus at critical times and collectively these errors may or will cost the team dear by end of season. Mariner would be honored to get the respect he deserved by both fans, it's just a pity we couldn't get the win for him or indeed ourselves and the fanbase.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-1 Shrewsbury Town - Match Report
at 00:36:59
Can't always understand why some feel the need to bitch and moan when the team wins. Today was just the right kind of game to trip us up and how many times have we fallen when faced with what seems a winnable fixture home or away trips. The team got it right today, may not have been pretty or of 1980 standards but from what have read the team were value for the win, there can be little argument from the beaten opponents.
People may not like Cook, I don't always favor his formations but despite any and all claims for his departure up until today you got to see below the surface in that this is a league where no team has any divine right for promotion. It was always going to be tough with a number of pitfalls along the way - even with all the changes we made in the summer.
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Comment | Accrington Stanley 2-1 Ipswich Town - Match Report
at 02:48:04
Any team that eyes a promotion requires consistency, belief and enough motivation from the manager. We don't have that, it's not something we posses. People can argue long and hard and give defense to Cook and the players but that's about the measure of it.
Sure there'll be a few, and i mean a few, bonuses along the way such as whacking the bottom place team out of sight like before but the bigger picture is something of a concern. Can't help but notice levels of animosity for Cook and what's more I can't quite fault you for it. His record since joining is sub-standard. All right he's had a few encouraging games and performances but the negatives far outweigh the good points.
How do you lose to an opposition that''s only claim to fame was a long-gone milk commercial and play in front of fans that has as much attendance / stadium capacity as figures in the Scotland first division. I should be embarrassed but been with it all long enough now to accept there's really few surprises or letdowns left to be had.
Lambert leaving along with the ass Evans should have been a new start. New team, new coach, new owners, but I side with reason not nationality. It's tough at times to see any real difference from six months back. The team is new, but they don't have the inclination to succeed or can't string together a winning run. That for me seriously jeopardizes any promotion chance the team can hope to achieve.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 6-0 Doncaster Rovers - Match Report
at 03:32:40
Stupid ass post in the above.
Way I see it that's three unbeaten, our goal difference in now a positive, we are one of the leading scorers of the division and the new team today took a big step forward in what it can hope to achieve.
Haven't always been Cook's #1 admirer but that result alone will build character if not belief. I realize it's still so early in a new season and there's so much more to be done and you musn't overreact on one big victory alone but today has the potential to show what the team can achieve if all players are focused and willing to attempt.
You got to feel a few more big scores like that, albeit against some maybe stronger opposition, the team can really show it's intent to the rest of the league. |
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-5 Bolton Wanderers - Match Report
at 01:37:00
Well that was bu1lsh1t. Let's make it clear, I got nothing against Cook as a standalone individual, realize he had a family loss very recent and i'm truly sorry, but it's just not working for him here. Not just today but for nearly the mainstay of his tenure with us. It's no good and most likely get worse before it improves. There'll be no animosity from me just do the honorable thing and resign while we still got a chance with enough games remaining.
Walton had an awful debut, sorry for the kid but going to be tough to recover in future games ahead. Vincent-young made his customary errors at times out there when on but Bonne at least looks a promising signing. Today was always going to be a sombre occasion given the date, the team chose a bad day to put on one of the worst performances and scores in recent memory at this club set-up.
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Comment | Ipswich Town 2-2 MK Dons - Match Report
at 00:24:18
Caught game commentary earlier, a point each was in truth a fair score. Both teams made a number of errors but for those who were there, they must have got their moneys worth and then some.
Milton Keynes are a tough team that work hard at you. So we didn't win, it's disappointing and could or should have doubled our lead when Bonne struck his first but they too could just have easily stolen it by the end and left us with nothing.
There's really no need for anyone to berate the manager today. OK it's only a point from it but when you look below the surface you'll know we tried today, at times played vigorous and adventure 'football', and most likely showed our best performance since last season.
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