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Lincoln City 1 v 2 Bristol Rovers
SkyBet League One
Saturday, 10th October 2020 Kick-off 15:00
Sindre94 added 21:40 - Aug 14
Good win this, not the biggest club we beat but a solid victory against a team that really put an effort into this.
Sounded like Luongo and Hyam did their jobs well, while Martin had a decent match down the wing
We need to get one winger in by saturday for me, either Davies or someone else.
And I am buzzing my favourite player got a goal (Super Aaron)
I am not exactly getting carried away but a decent win and performance this...
Kick on from here, and beat our second Rovers of the week on Saturday!

COYB!!!
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Sindre94 added 21:43 - Aug 14
Who was the guy screaming and shouting every time their keeper kicked the ball out ? :P
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BlueJewells added 22:29 - Aug 14
Not a bad performance, but one which only gives confidence and momentum for Saturday - COYB!
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ITFC4daprem added 22:31 - Aug 14
Good win but can't understand not playing byron
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StowTractorBoy added 22:32 - Aug 14
A satisfactory win and at times we again moved the ball around very well. Chopra looked sharp and once again Luongo and Hyam linked well. My biggest concern is still the centre of defence where we do not not always look commanding and against bigger and better teams than Bristol Rovers I think we could stuggle. Scotland gets my man of the match as he worked tirelessly scored a decent goal and played up top as well as dropping into midfield. Suspect we will go back to 4-2-3-1 on Saturday against sterner opposition. Still need at least 3 more decent players in before then which is unlikely.
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Dennyx4 added 22:32 - Aug 14
Good win against poor opposition. The second half saw us dominate possession and the attacking players had more time on the ball. Martin & JET were more involved 2nd half after a quiet 1st half for both.
Luongo looked a class act, but still think we need a central midfielder to play alongside him. Hyam for me had a poor 1st half, but like the rest had an improved 2nd half.
Scotland and Chopra both looked hungry, with some good movement from both.
Bench was very inexperienced, certainly need some players to bulk the squad up - fingers crossed for Edu - think he would be excellent alongside Luongo.
All in all a good run out, which hopefully will set us up for Saturday.
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runaround added 23:01 - Aug 14
i thought we dominated the play and should have won by a bigger margin. We kept possession well but were let down by the final ball far too often. Chopra & Martin are more useful in a 4231 formation & whilst both worked incredibly hard neither were on top form tonight. However Scotland and Hyam were outstanding tonight whilst Luongo was also impressive. He seemed to always be available when we had the ball which is a sign of a good player. All in all a good win but we need to sharpen up our final ball Saturday
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willrigs16 added 23:14 - Aug 14
Good performance, good result.

Think Mr.Jewell got his selection and tactics spot on for this after last year's embarrassment.

Can't base opinions on tonight's performance for Saturday or the rest of the season though, we were playing a League 2 side.

Luongo stood out for me - looks a very talented player. Nice to see Scotland get a goal and give Jewell something to think about for Saturday. Pity Chopra couldn't score but the goals will come soon enough.

Like a few others, I'm a bit concerned about the lack of strength in depth at the club at the minute....get signing Jewell....stop the excuses and get on with it!

COYB
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budgieplucker added 23:20 - Aug 14
Crisp movement of the ball for long periods of the match switching play from side to side. No panic when we went a goal down, the young lads in the engine room kept going and sticking to a passing game rather than hoof ball. Young Loungo gets my man of the match simply because he makes things happen, keeps the team revving, always available even in tight situations and also gets stuck in. Dare I say he reminds me very much of another antipodean i.e. Colin Viljoen (I think South Africa qualifies for that label in addition to Oz& NZ) and outstanding midfielder one - nicknamed ACE who wore the Town shirt with distinction for many years and went on to be fully capped by England. Hyam was excellant too and seems to be extended the range of his reportoire and him Loungo looked a very good combination together - with Andy Drury to come back as well!!!. I do though think Lee Martin looks wasted on the left wing and needs to be returned to the position of hassling the two centre halves and sitting behind the striker. Good performances from Chops and Jason and whilst they were lively I can;t just help sensing that their reading of the game needs to improve alot as Brizzle should have been dead and buried well before the 86th minute from the football we played. Unless we start to punish teams we will be back to a couple of seasons ago when we outplay teams for 90 minutes and lose it or throw it away at the death.
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unstableblue added 23:53 - Aug 14
Twas a lovely warm night at Portman Road, and a very good value performance and win at only £14. A twenty minute spell in the second half was easily the best passing seen at Town for some time - and there was warm applause and cheers form the small 8,500 crowd as the ball fizzed around the pitch.

Importantly the new Portman pie is excellent, quality pastry and gravy.

It was disappointing to see the 4-4-2-3-1 formation that has served so well in pre-season changed in favour of a traditional 4-4-2, and Jewell admitted afterwards this was due to Josh Carson''s absence. And it really was an orthodox 4-4-2 with Jet and Martin out very wide, and for me this made them both less effective initially. Rovers were not poor, they passed quite crisply early on and closed well, but the form of luongo, Scotland and chops meant we still had some bite.

The passing quality and off the ball movement of town improved and grew through the game. Luongo is class and Hyam and he link well, Hyam probably had a weaker game because he is often passing sideways and not able to get the ball forward quick enough. But his offering of an outlet can not be doubted. And really one of the highlights of the game was the compete lack of hopeless long ball. If you look back to the Keane era we watched such dross, and today was a million miles from this. This had a lot to do with loach and the excellent smith and chambers, and the outlet of luongo and Hyam. Loach is constantly throwing or passing, and this is what I want. Yes this was made easier by rovers sitting deep and it meant we were less attacking, but it is easier on the eye and eliminates turnover and wasted ball.

Edwards was again excellent and his breaking gives us a real option. Scotland and chops were bright and the ball was really sticking to their boots which was crucial. But with jet and Martin so wide and well marked and with a little congestion in front of luongo and Hyam it meant we lacked many chances in the first half. Rovers lead was basically a good long shot from a player who should not have been allowed so much space. At first I thought loach may have been out of position but the half time highlights showed he could have done nothing about it. Still it's a shame for his confidence and the defence not to have achieved a clean sheet, especially against such unadventurous opposition.

Chambers and smith look switched on and vocal, and perhaps this is a good partnership in the making. But aerial dominance at set pieces is a flaw and perhaps we need to work JET better into our defensive formations at corners.

So as the first half moved on and concerns for jewell of an unwanted extra time grew, town scored, and it was no surprise it was Scotland. Rovers keeper was a colossus and he had thwarted en earlier Scotland low bending shot with his considerable reach. But jasons goal was so perfectly accurate Walker had no chance.

Into the second half and town's passing went up a gear and at times was sublime. Cresswell and Martin started linking and also Edwards and JET. JET had several rasping shots - how on earth does he get so much power? - but alas tonight all his efforts were rising and went over the bar. One great Martin run when he broke inside and came central, showed why his best position is down the middle.

Why I enjoyed it so much in this spell was the sheer number of passing options and the tenacity of luongo meaning we were just so dominant and had real energy. It was good for Hyam to earn the penalty on a rare run into the box after some nice interplay of passes, including Scotland and chopra. Chopra seemed to hesitate in the run up to the spot kick, and with the size of the keeper you had to get him to go the wrong way. JET's resultant corner was superb and smiths run and header were quality - we want tommy and chambers to be getting these set piece goals.

It was great for cresswell to get his first non deflected goal - a close range header after great footwork from jet, whose shot ballooned up nicely for our full back - he seemed delighted.

So all in all a good work out for town, good to able to come back from behind and to show character. But to be fair to rovers, although they were not poor, they offered little threat and allowed our young central midfield duo the time to dominate the game. Blackburns midfield will be a completely different proposition.

So for me we should revert to Martin behind chops and jet and Carson tucked in a little tighter on Saturday. We also need more from JET week in week out. I was also concerned about the ball over the top of our defense, which chambers and smith struggled with early on.

But overall a great display and for me if we can consistently deliver the energy, movement and close passing seen tonight and also against west ham, then perhaps this is an exciting new style for Ipswich. But currently town do not have the strength in depth to keep this momentum going for long, and the quality of the bench tonight really highlighted this.
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