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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: selby on October 17, 2020, 07:42:42 pm
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A great follow up game to have following a great end to the Transfer window until January, and a great win against a side we all think will be there or there abouts come the end of the season.
After the Wigan and Oldham games any doubts about our ability to bounce back against a good side was dispelled and with the signing also of two more exciting young players from Premiership sides has lifted the mood around the whole club, credit to our management and the board.
Ipswich have set off the season like a house on fire lead the table and are already being talked about as the team most likely to at least finish in the top two if not win the league.
Accrington however took the game to them and had by far the better of the first half and were somewhat unlucky to not lead at half time, and if we put our game together we are a match for anyone at this level. A game when a tactical change and the influence of the manager comes into play and they earn their corn, and a game when we really will have to take any chances that present themselves, and be on our game for the full game.
Both defences face sides with flair players throughout the opposition and the game could come down to a piece of skill or the team that make the fewer mistakes, either way a game to look forward to.
Will we again make changes to suit the team we face?
Will the two newcomers get a first Start at home?
This game I would really have liked to attend in person, and would I feel have attracted a decent crowd, are you missing live football?
Do you fancy us to get a result?
Which Ipswich players do you think will cause us most trouble?
Lots to look forward to in this game, and lots to discuss, please have your say, any Ipswich fans who come on this forum are more than welcome to join in.
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Am I missing live football? Are you kidding Brian. I am pulling my hair out on a Saturday afternoon.
After 57 consecutive seasons of spending almost every Saturday afternoon at a live match it feels as though someone has chopped my legs off.
As for the match on Tuesday it should be a cracker. ( Will be a boring 0-0 now I have said that. )
A serious pointer for our team to see where we are as contenders for promotion.
Win this one and I think we will definitely be serious contenders, even with another 40 games to play after this one.
Our squad is looking very good now with a fair bit of depth. A very solid defence, lots of pace and players who can score goals from all over the team.
Just wish we could be there to see them play. This is one of the most exciting teams we have had imo.
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It is an exciting squad and in interviews they don’t fail to talk of the great team spirit .I think that Jon Taylor’s remark that the established players were ( are) motivated by the quality of all the loanees that Darren Moore has brought in is significant .
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It is an exciting squad and in interviews they don’t fail to talk of the great team spirit .I think that Jon Taylor’s remark that the established players were ( are) motivated by the quality of all the loanees that Darren Moore has brought in is significant .
If the team spirit is right and there’s is a one for all, all for one attitude in the entire squad then that will take you a long way.
Replicate that 2012/13 team spirit with this 2020/21 squad and we have a fantastic chance of getting promoted.
I would just love to have a Corporal Jones character in the team.
Think he had such a massive influence in that dressing room. When the going gets tough you could do with that type of character.
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Went to the Rotherham v Ipswich game last season , Ipswich were poor on the night until Freddy Sears came on and they improved massively and should have gone away with something .
Noticed he scored today , decent player Freddy when he's in the mood .
Keep him quiet and you take a huge threat away from Ipswich .
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Our biggest test to date. Our performance - and, of course, the result, should give us a good idea of how far we might go this season. I’m looking forward to it.
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Am I missing live football? Are you kidding Brian. I am pulling my hair out on a Saturday afternoon.
After 57 consecutive seasons of spending almost every Saturday afternoon at a live match it feels as though someone has chopped my legs off.
As for the match on Tuesday it should be a cracker. ( Will be a boring 0-0 now I have said that. )
A serious pointer for our team to see where we are as contenders for promotion.
Win this one and I think we will definitely be serious contenders, even with another 40 games to play after this one.
Our squad is looking very good now with a fair bit of depth. A very solid defence, lots of pace and players who can score goals from all over the team.
Just wish we could be there to see them play. This is one of the most exciting teams we have had imo.
I am working in Plymouth with a season ticket holder for them and I would love to go to the match with them in a few day's time. But be warned he has told me they are as excited about their team as we are about ours.
Plymouth are no pushovers either. Up the mighty Rovers
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I don't think Ipswich are all that. Nobody can deny their results so far though. They seem unspectacular, perhaps just keeping the game simple and making fewer mistakes. Not a bad recipe for success but I think they can be stretched and beaten if we take a higher percentage of chances
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Taking those chances, DBR, has been a problem - Bristol Rovers game excepted. If we click, we could cause them a problem or 2, but they don’t concede many!
They set off like this last season and on the sort of run they’re on, you can’t take anything for granted. I’d take a draw now, but a win would turn a few heads.
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No they don’t concede many but all we meet is one
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Understandably i can see how Rovers fans can look at this game as a marker .
A little early in the season if I may add my two penneth .
Two years ago we didn't beat Sunderland , Portsmouth or yourselves in two games and we lost at Charlton although we did beat them at Oakwell .
No markers put down there and we still managed second spot with 91 points .
If Ipswich beat you it doesn't mean anything in my opinion , Sunderland beat us 4-2 in October at the SOL and are still in league one .
46 games guys and this is one of em , nothing more and nothing less at this stage of the season .
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This is our most important game - because it is the next one...
On conceding goals, we don’t let many in either. I just hope we don’t repeat the score from the last time I can remember us playing Ipswich on a Tuesday after Pompey on the Saturday.!
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No they don’t concede many but all we meet is one
.... if we dont concede of course - then we might need 2 for a win lol
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I am now missing the football - live - because although you can watch every Rovers game on big telly it is lacking in atmosphere
When we score I look round the Room where my deaf dog is oblivious to my cheering and I have to get back to earth quicker than in the Keepmoat. I miss the communal feel - when there are contentious even foul tackles - and its agony not being able to slag the Ref as I would have been doing a few times yesterday
Lets get back asap once its safe as it is incomparable to yesterday which in itself is much much better than watching the scores coming in with Jeff Stelling
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Another game for our team to click, if we attack for 95 mins I’m sure we will get a result...
Copps to come on at 70 mins to steady the ship.....
2-1
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We are guaranteed to get a result.
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No we’re not ;)
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Yep
P-P (drone over Stadium or hole in Pitch) is not a result - though we would I suppose eventually get a result later in the Season - or have one imposed on us
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I think our immediate peers in this division recognise that we are a team to be respected and can easily challenge at the top end of this division. I have never heard for some time an opposing manager give us anything but praise before or after a fixture with us and be really pleased when they get a hard earned result against us excepting Peterborough who are always petulant when be knob them and Oxford who have a manager who gives me the impression when not at a game he will be looking at his own image in the mirror and drooling over himself
The popular TV and radio experts however give me the feeling they know very little about us or our players, concentrating on the bigger name clubs and managers such as Charlton, Oxford,Sunderland, Peterborough, and Portsmouth, although I kind of prefer it that way.
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Yep
P-P (drone over Stadium or hole in Pitch) is not a result - though we would I suppose eventually get a result later in the Season - or have one imposed on us
Errr....so what was our result last season at home to Ipswich?
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NijelJ, we got the average points awarded for the game earnt in the fixtures that we fulfilled, basically it was a win as I think Ipswich had a lower average points awarded for games not played.
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NijelJ, we got the average points awarded for the game earnt in the fixtures that we fulfilled, basically it was a win as I think Ipswich had a lower average points awarded for games not played.
No we didn't, points were not awarded for the remaining fixtures. The ppg already earned determined the placing in the league table, which was a ridiculous 'solution' anyway.
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Not to Wycombe, they liked it.
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There's a rumour going around that DM is very supersticous and that he asked for the match to start at 7pm so the witches of Ipswich would have less night flying time to influence the match :suicide:. It is after all very close to Halloween.
They have a lot of homework to do working out "wich" team Rovers will play.
Against Blackpool someone said Blackpool had all the possesion pressure but Ipswich scored 3 goals.
Having thought hard about the result with Rovers having "one clean sheet in a row", which was my target for the Portsmouth match, I can see the new nickname "the laundrymen" continuing with a 1-0 win (Fej penalty i was told !!!)
Basically we have nothing to fear from anybody in my world.
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I'm sure this isn't the first time anyone has asked what planet you're on, mate.
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Another game for our team to click, if we attack for 95 mins I’m sure we will get a result...
Copps to come on at 70 mins to steady the ship.....
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If we attack for 95 mins then Ipswich won’t be getting into our penalty area unless of course the game lasts for more than 95 mins.
I don’t think I have ever seen a team dominate for 95 mins in a football league game. But I suppose there is always a first time sha66y. Don’t think it will be against Ipswich this Tuesday somehow.
Yes i do think this will be a big test, not only for us but it will be Ipswich’s toughest game this season.
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I think our immediate peers in this division recognise that we are a team to be respected and can easily challenge at the top end of this division. I have never heard for some time an opposing manager give us anything but praise before or after a fixture with us and be really pleased when they get a hard earned result against us excepting Peterborough who are always petulant when be knob them and Oxford who have a manager who gives me the impression when not at a game he will be looking at his own image in the mirror and drooling over himself
The popular TV and radio experts however give me the feeling they know very little about us or our players, concentrating on the bigger name clubs and managers such as Charlton, Oxford,Sunderland, Peterborough, and Portsmouth, although I kind of prefer it that way.
Brian not sure how Peterborough can be described as a “ bigger named club “ than us. If you look at the history of both clubs then we are well above them in the rankings.
It’s just that McAnthony has portrayed them as such & the media have followed. They are just little old Posh in the real world.
Oxford the same, apart from their short foray into the old 1st division in the 80’s when Maxwell was bank rolling them they also have an inferior history to Rovers. Non league until early 60’s weren’t they.
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There's a rumour going around that DM is very supersticous and that he asked for the match to start at 7pm so the witches of Ipswich would have less night flying time to influence the match :suicide:. It is after all very close to Halloween.
They have a lot of homework to do working out "wich" team Rovers will play.
Against Blackpool someone said Blackpool had all the possesion pressure but Ipswich scored 3 goals.
Having thought hard about the result with Rovers having "one clean sheet in a row", which was my target for the Portsmouth match, I can see the new nickname "the laundrymen" continuing with a 1-0 win (Fej penalty i was told !!!)
Basically we have nothing to fear from anybody in my world.
I hope you realise CLH, you've got Janso and me in f*cking therapy.
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A great follow up game to have following a great end to the Transfer window until January, and a great win against a side we all think will be there or there abouts come the end of the season.
After the Wigan and Oldham games any doubts about our ability to bounce back against a good side was dispelled and with the signing also of two more exciting young players from Premiership sides has lifted the mood around the whole club, credit to our management and the board.
Ipswich have set off the season like a house on fire lead the table and are already being talked about as the team most likely to at least finish in the top two if not win the league.
Accrington however took the game to them and had by far the better of the first half and were somewhat unlucky to not lead at half time, and if we put our game together we are a match for anyone at this level. A game when a tactical change and the influence of the manager comes into play and they earn their corn, and a game when we really will have to take any chances that present themselves, and be on our game for the full game.
Both defences face sides with flair players throughout the opposition and the game could come down to a piece of skill or the team that make the fewer mistakes, either way a game to look forward to.
Will we again make changes to suit the team we face?
Will the two newcomers get a first Start at home?
This game I would really have liked to attend in person, and would I feel have attracted a decent crowd, are you missing live football?
Do you fancy us to get a result?
Which Ipswich players do you think will cause us most trouble?
Lots to look forward to in this game, and lots to discuss, please have your say, any Ipswich fans who come on this forum are more than welcome to join in.
The players most likely to give us trouble, Brian, are the League 1 top scorer Gwion Edwards, and Freddie Sears.
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Just names on a piece of paper Steve, yes they have started well but they are in Division 1 because that is the level the club has sunk to after years at a higher level, just like Portsmouth Sunderland and Charlton.
We know we can play as well as any team at this level, the acid test is how many times we do it over the season. If we are on it we have every chance of winning the game even if Ipswich play well, it is now about consistency, going to Charlton and Portsmouth and coming back with maximum points means nothing if not replicated in the majority of games over a season, we have proved we can do it now we have to do it on a regular basis over the full season, not easy but we have already shown we have the ability to do it.
If I was an Ipswich fan I would be looking at this game as one of their hardest of the season in the league and just hope we could get something out of it. Accrington played them off the park in the first half Saturday spurning numerous chances,credit to the manager and team for turning it round but it was not a walk in the park.
More of a test will be handling the giant centre forward they got from Portsmouth, every time I have watched him he has shoved the rules of the game to the maximum and is one to watch for the referee and given the leeway causes problems.
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They are a bigger name than us. Just count the letters. Peterborough United 18 letters. Doncaster Rovers 15 letters.
That is the only way they are a bigger name than us. :laugh: :laugh:
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I remember thinking we were in for a tough game when we played at Ipswich last season and we took the game to them and we should have scored when we were in top but it ended up 0-0. Point being there's nothing to fear. If we play our game, we are a handful. Even opposition fans are saying we are a decent team and dark horses for promotion.
If DM keeps refining what we're doing game on game, that's all we can ask. We are strong defensively and we're full of surprises going forward which is hard for opposition teams to prepare for.
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I remember thinking we were in for a tough game when we played at Ipswich last season and we took the game to them and we should have scored when we were in top but it ended up 0-0. Point being there's nothing to fear. If we play our game, we are a handful. Even opposition fans are saying we are a decent team and dark horses for promotion.
If DM keeps refining what we're doing game on game, that's all we can ask. We are strong defensively and we're full of surprises going forward which is hard for opposition teams to prepare for.
odds ranging for promotion now varie from 4/1 to 11/2 ( sixth favourites) that aint a dark horse
perhaps they ought to "switch the light on" in their households then they can see instead of being in the dark :facepalm:
amended post
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We now have options in nearly every position and it will be interesting to see how the team lines up with so many games coming up .
I will be surprised if we don't see changes in the starting line up from the Portsmouth game and have a feeling both Smith and Sims will start the game. I would play Smith for Gomes and Sims for James with James reverting to left back instead of John.
Bursik
Halllday
Wright
Anderson
James
Smith
Whiteman
Taylor
Coppinger
Sims
Okenabirhie
Subs:
John
Gomes
Lokilo
Richards
Williams
Butler
Jones
With JJukes and Tulloch still to return we really do have a strong and exciting squad !
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Understandably i can see how Rovers fans can look at this game as a marker .
A little early in the season if I may add my two penneth .
Two years ago we didn't beat Sunderland , Portsmouth or yourselves in two games and we lost at Charlton although we did beat them at Oakwell .
No markers put down there and we still managed second spot with 91 points .
If Ipswich beat you it doesn't mean anything in my opinion , Sunderland beat us 4-2 in October at the SOL and are still in league one .
46 games guys and this is one of em , nothing more and nothing less at this stage of the season .
Excellent post as always take, great assessment and very realistic .You are an asset to our board
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Hi - Ipswich fan here.
First up, I was impressed by you last season at Portman Road - you totally outpassed us in that 0-0, you just had no cutting edge.
Should be a decent game Tuesday night - tbh I would be happy with a point.
We are playing much better football this season thanks to a 4-3-3 formation which plays to our strengths in central midfield.
We've also overcome injuries to four of five starters this season which is an encouraging sign but we haven't really blown teams apart, even our 4-1 win at Blackpool was clinical rather than real domination.
For me, Accrington were the best team we have faced this season but we found a way to beat them 2-0 - they pressed us all over the park but we kept the ball and outpassed them and then scored two clinical goals and could have scored more.
A key player for us this season is Dozzell in central midfield - deep lying player with great passing ability and when he plays well so do we.
Hope you have a good season, always got time for Donny and I like Darren Moore's style.
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Just names on a piece of paper Steve, yes they have started well but they are in Division 1 because that is the level the club has sunk to after years at a higher level, just like Portsmouth Sunderland and Charlton.
We know we can play as well as any team at this level, the acid test is how many times we do it over the season. If we are on it we have every chance of winning the game even if Ipswich play well, it is now about consistency, going to Charlton and Portsmouth and coming back with maximum points means nothing if not replicated in the majority of games over a season, we have proved we can do it now we have to do it on a regular basis over the full season, not easy but we have already shown we have the ability to do it.
If I was an Ipswich fan I would be looking at this game as one of their hardest of the season in the league and just hope we could get something out of it. Accrington played them off the park in the first half Saturday spurning numerous chances,credit to the manager and team for turning it round but it was not a walk in the park.
More of a test will be handling the giant centre forward they got from Portsmouth, every time I have watched him he has shoved the rules of the game to the maximum and is one to watch for the referee and given the leeway causes problems.
Don't worry about Ollie Hawkins, Brian, he's out injured.
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From what's being said on off-topic about the virus ripping through Donny, I can't see us getting through the next few games..
I can see this season being abandoned very early.
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Kayden Jackson, our striker, has tested positive but nobody else so game will go ahead from our end.
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So all systems go for what should be a cracker of a game if both sides play to form.
What team we will start with only the boss has any idea, although our back line seams fairly well entrenched but apart from Whiteman and Gomes the rest can be chucked up in the air and the first to drop get the start, and looking at results it seems to work.
It all adds to the uncertainty so get your game passes booked and enjoy the ride.
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Most people think this will be a cracker I’m not so sure,if lambert has done his homework he will set his team out defensively and just sit back as we do tend to have trouble breaking teams down.however if he comes and attacks then it could be a entertaining game .
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I think they’ll want the first goal and they can control the game from there on in.
Of course, so will we.
Therefore, 0-0.
If only we had either JJ or Tulloch ready!
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It’s ok so far Alan.
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Wow. Drool over that one.
Great second half performance. New lads grew into the game. Brilliant team performance. Both Taylor and Fejiri worked really hard tonight. Especially pleased for Fejiri who looked more like it tonight capped with a good goal.
Ipswich can't have any complaints.
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Ipswich weren't owt special I have said after Saturday that they hadn't played any of the real fancied teams just like Hull and once they did we battered them even scoring for them
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Their fans seem to acknowledge that we fully deserved to win:
https://tractor-boys.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=e55cec03bb7a0bc72b2b1e45a093ff01
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Good luck picking motm from that, Bursik best game yet, alright not stretched but distribution massively improved, back 4 solid, John looking much more like a left back this season. New lads fitting straight in, Whiteman best game of the season, Taylor & Gomes brilliant, Fej best game also, buzzing he got his goal to cap it.
Did I forget anyone?
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Wow. Drool over that one.
Great second half performance. New lads grew into the game. Brilliant team performance. Both Taylor and Fejiri worked really hard tonight. Especially pleased for Fejiri who looked more like it tonight capped with a good goal.
Ipswich can't have any complaints.
We outplayed them for 80 mins and a 6-1 score line Ipswich would have no complaints.
We have a team capable of something very special this season. The work rate of all the players tonight was outstanding.
League 1 better sit up and take notice because DM’s team means business.
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True. We scored all five goals.
You can see they're a well drilled team and will be up there when it matters.
Any team will struggle to contain us once the passing and movement starts. But, we also worked very hard without the ball which DM insists on.
The goals might not always come but if we're as organised as that, we'll be extremely difficult to beat.
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Sounds weird but it looked as though we had 15 players on the pitch to their 7. We just hunted in packs and pressed them. Excellent work rate and movement. Was a joy to watch.
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Yep I was about to post I thought we had more than eleven players on the pitch Superb performance
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Great result and team performance, we gave a bit of a sloppy goal away but that was the only negative for me.
Ipswich started the game the better side and looked full of confidence passing the ball through our lines, but our midfield showed some fight and steel and Madger, and Ben completely took over the mid field as the game went on.
Whiteman tonight I thought was superb and looked a class apart from anyone on the park, some of his link up play and passing being of the highest order, and he can tackle and win the ball as well, his overall game being well above this leagues standard.
The main thing it was a team effort, with the fact our Keeper had a quiet game just having regulation saves to make highlights the way we played against a top side in this division, really overall we outclassed them.
Great to see but we have now put down a marker and need to keep to that standard and work to improve it as we will need to to get to the level the club aspires to.
For now though I am one happy clapper bunny, well done everyone involved.
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That performance was OK.
Only OK? It was f*cking brilliant. Best performance for a long long time.
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Would anyone mind if I predict 0-0 again?
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Fantastic effort from the lads tonight, Ipswich started off well and looked to have the quality in the first 15mins to give us a game, after the own goal which came from some good crisp pass and move from them I thought we really dug in and grew into the match,Great run and goal from John who looks to be settling into the left back berth, James will have all on to hold him off. Whiteman and Gomes had pivotal games for me and ran the midfield.
Sims and Smith looked like they had been here all season and added a touch of quality and pace to our forward play along with Taylor who I thought had his best game of the season with his work both forward and tracking back, great burst forward from Sims for the penalty,who’s pace should benefit our forward play no end.
Special mention for Feji who I thought ran the line well, good holdup play and closing down, with a good finish for his goal, the relief for him should be great and I expect to see him kick on on sat against Crewe.
All in a great game to watch, two sides playing good football but the overall quality from us counting,
I’m feeling something special is developing, spot on Daz.
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Would anyone mind if I predict 0-0 again?
It's alright Alan. I keep predicting a draw on PvO.
I'll keep doing it as well if it's bringing us all these wins.
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Feels like that point in the night where you know you're gonna get your end away and you're just waiting for her to start tugging at yer britches.
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Feels like that point in the night where you know you're gonna get your end away and you're just waiting for her to start tugging at yer britches.
Not for me. Ann Widdicombe's unavailable tonight.
Which makes me very suspicious. Where's BB got to?
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Well 3 home games in And I've managed to watch 1, have a guess whicb.
Yep MKD so I will now do my best to miss as many as I can
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It is an exciting squad and in interviews they don’t fail to talk of the great team spirit .I think that Jon Taylor’s remark that the established players were ( are) motivated by the quality of all the loanees that Darren Moore has brought in is significant .
I quite agree. This is very noticeable on the pitch, even on the tv. It’s great to have experienced senior players like Copps and Tom, I’m sure they’re good with the younger players.