A fortunate win, which the club and supporters will nevertheless accept gratefully, pushed Town up towards mid-table and, more importantly, safety. But with Keane wanting to know which players were prepared to stand up and be counted, an indifferent performance which still resulted in three points was the one thing he couldn't learn anything from. There's really very little to say about a forgettable afternoon. Keane's idea of ... More...
Scunthorpe are one of those unprepossessing teams who you'd normally have a soft spot for, but by the end of this one, after ninety minutes of them trying to kill the game as a spectacle, the Portman Road faithful were baying for blood. When the late, late winner went in, the sight of the Scunthorpe players slumped disconsolately on the pitch provoked no sympathy whatsoever, however much effort ... More...
At last - this is exactly the sort of performance this Ipswich squad should be capable of, and everyone who watched the match tonight must have gone away wondering why it's taken so long for Town to produce such a competent and confident ninety minutes' display. Whilst not world-beating, this was comfortably play-off quality, and makes you wonder why the fight is still at the wrong end of ... More...
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Trying my best to start Alex young!
First match, 12 Sept 2004
Meeting Bluey, April 2007
Reading the programme, April 2011
