Hot day.....JET had a bad day at the office.....we held our own today we did not get over run and we passed the ball at times really well, its good to see Loach balls to out players have thought about them and delivered quickly this can move the game quickly to our advantage.

A lot of young legs, I get a feeling we are getting a team together again.

Like the drums got the crown going couple of time?????? What do you think?

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Plus points were the pitch, drums and "My Way." Negative points were the lack of creativity against a very poor side, lack of pace and any sort of class on the ball. Usually I say the defence is the problem but now I think, at least, we've got a settle back four good enough for this division. Whether we score enough will be the difference between relegation and safety.

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Great performance. Hyam was a different class
Hope he is finally given a long run in the side. Blackburn have nothing going forward, Kazim-Richards looks to be a good little signing though.
We desperately need a couple more players though, the bench was terrible other than Scotland & Drury.
Great start though COYB!

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well done lads, a good performance in the heat.Deserved at least a point .Unknownicr, looks like your posts are going to be a real joy .

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loads of possession, looked comfortable.
Lack of height an physical presence are an issue when defending corners and set plays.
Also we should make the most of our youthful speed and acceleration by playing passes in front of players in attacking areas instead of to feet with backs to goal. Was crying out for balls being played down the wing behind their defenders and crossed LOW for all of the second half.
Couple of larger more physical players and we could well do something this season

Blackburn look like a team destined for a double drop on that performance. Poor team.
Cant grumble too much though, were were very comfortable, only danger seemed to be coming from set plays (as usual)

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The best way to sum the game up was, and it was largely down to the heat, a lot of passing.. not much moving.

Decent result though, and we look a lot more solid all round the pitch compared to the start of last season.

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just got back from the game not often i said this last year but i thought we were really good today passed it well all game our heads didnt drop when we went 1-0 down we kept plugging away was quite impressed only bad points today was JET he was a bit disappoiting today and also our freekicks were terrible, we had about 10 freekicks in dangerous areas and nearly all of them went straight over the bar or out for a throw if we can sort them out and get in a big man upfront we could do quite well this season i think, and we have to play scotland more COYB!!!

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It was really encouraging to watch us control the game for long periods today, especially against a side who will probably be in the top 6 or even the top 2 come May. Hyam's work rate and clever use of the ball was extremely encouraging. Ditto Edwards who brought the ball forward on numerous occassions. Luongo didn't impose himself as much as he had done in previous games but still put in a very good shift.

Lee Martin worked tirelessly and was perhaps unlucky not to score. He was the exception in our creative department though I'm afraid. Nothing came off for JET and Carson did not impose himself enough until the end of the game. I felt that when Scotland came on his physical presence stopped us getting bullied as much, while Drury's passing was farm more direct and purposeful.

We were unlucky to concede as apart from theie headed goal Smith and Chambers did a job against Kazim-Richards and Gomes. We stopped Blackburn from getting on the ball by keeping it ourselves. However, we still need a tall powerful front man to give us an extra dimension. And while I'm sure JET will come good, I would like a very direct pacey winger in the Adam Hammill mould to add to our options.

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Thought the result about right all things cosidered,we passed it about well first half with no end product,looked much better when scotland came on replacing the completely ineffective JET. My afternoons entertainment was spoilt by THOSE BLOODY AWFUL DRUMS!! Is this an attempt by ITFC to get the crowd more involved?,if so accept its a failure and lets hope we dont have to hear them again,everyone around me i bobby robson lower was being driven mad by them!!

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I will try and give an unbiased report.

Murphy didn't boss the midfield, after Blackburn scored they lied deep surrendering possession and allowing Ipswich a lot of the ball. Town tried to keep their passing going and all credit didn't allow themselves to be frustrated into a hoofball game, having said that long balls would have been totally pointless with the lack of height we had in the side.

Hyam was undoubtedly man of the match and shook up the Blackburn midfield. Massimmo grafted and put in another good shift but didn't quite have the influence that he had shown in previous games, having said that an early booking for him may have taken the edge of his sharp tackling game and being substituted was possibly partly a precaution to avoid a red card.

Apart from ball watching for the goal, Smith and Chambers continued to work well together against let's not forget some players with premiership reputations and overall a side that had a big physical presence.

Jet and Josh are both young players and will show signs of inconsistency unfortunately both had off days and failed to make any sort of impact.

Its a shame that Carlos is firstly shackled by his full backs duties, I can't help thinking that if we had had a decent right back on the bench (and perhaps Hewitt will be the answer here when he finally gets fit) then tactically we could have pushed Carlos more forward. He still to me looks as if he could provide the more purposeful option as right midfield/winger at the club leaving Jet and Carson to fight for the other wide slot.

Chopra was shackled and mostly ineffective until he put the defence under pressure for the own goal, in a team with the right balance he will score many goals for us, but for me he struggles to cut it for the lone striker. Jason did make an impact by giving us bit of a physical presence and again I don't doubt he will make some valuable contributions for us this year but again I see him struggling in the loan strikers role.

Having said all the above I thougt the young team acquiited themselves excellently against an experienced and former premiership side. So there is much to be encouraged by. My concern is lack of goal threat and pace in the forward third of the pitch. Whilst Lee Martin caught the eye again in his better position of the main striker I still don't see an end product and he has to be looking to get ten or more goals to be successful in my opinion in that position. I can't help thinking that a Davis and Baldock would give us a great edge of sides in this league,

I do think we will acquit ourselves well with the extra energy and enthusiasm of the young side but need a bit more in the "powerhouse" stakes to push anywhere near a top six side.

Anyway well done lads and let's now see if we can lay the 1atford bogey and see if we can come away with at least a point.

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