Ipswich 18 points in 7 home games this season before today, so this win is a huge show of confidence to the boys today.
They lost Tuesday at home and were lucky against Shrewsbury last Saturday where they conceded their first home goal of the season...on a slide possibly.
Be interested to see how they'd have done with Gwion Edwards in their Midfield
Very good player at this level, along with Jon Nolan (scored the Shrewsbury goal at the Valley in the Play-Offs)
Williams much better in the middle, chucks different class as always, Morgan proving he should be in first 11 and Amos with a crucial save early on - if we could have left Williams and aneke on or replaced with same quality we could have won by 4 or 5 - that is what we have to address in the window
Totally agree about replacements (when subbed) for Williams & Aneke. Also still think we need to find a better 2nd striker than Smyth. Hopefully his injury isn't too bad but even though he did well today a proper goal poacher / No 9 would have finished 1of the 2 or 3 half chances that came his way this afternoon.
Fill these 3 gaps then we have a good chance of going up this season.
Agreed - chucks is the only striker I’m happy with tbh -Smyth looks s nearly man to me although I think he’s more useful than wash or boggle who r squad fillers
What a difference from the Burton performance, where the players thought they just had to turn up to win. I couldn't be bothered even looking at that post match thread.
LB stopping the playing out from the back like were Man City and Ipswich not pressing anywhere as much as we did, allowed us to play to our strengths considering who was available.
100% effort from the whole team is what I want to see and we got that today. They all deserve tomorrow off.
Morgan MOTM, with some superb performances from Watson and Williams.
At one point it looked like Smyth had two kneecaps. As he got on the golf cart under his own steam, it's hopefully not as bad as I thought.
Very happy with that. Marked improvement and suggests that Tuesday was a one off hopefully. Aneke, Morgan and Williams made a real difference. Looking forward to Wednesday. COYRs
Getting 70 minutes out of Aneke, don't mess around at the back, and surprise surprise we go back to looking like one of the strongest outfits in the division.
4 points out of 9 is not a great return this week so it's important to get another 3 points on Wednesday.
That's 3 points, clean sheet and 2 very decent goals.
We've all got to be happy with that ....... eh, Golfie?
Yes, more than happy with that.
Thought Morgan & Williams ran the midfield & Aneke looked great up front. Won most things in the air & flicks-ons actually went to one of our players rather than hopelessly into no-mans land. Pratley did well in defence although he did have a couple of nervy moments.
Apart from his goal.I thought Bogle was a big disappointment. Seems to have no footballing brain - doesn't run into space, passes go astray even though players are only 5 yards away & he looks miles off the pace. Reminds me of a player drafted in to make up the numbers & out of his depth. I'm sure he's not but something just didnt look right. Didnt get near the ball when is was pinged up to him (complete opposite to Chuks) & control was poor. I'm glad he got his goal & glad he was there at the far post......but if we have to rely on him for too much longer we have problems.
Anyway......apart from that I'm over the moon & looking forward to Wednesday. Sadly we are in tier 3 so wont be able to go.....but Brian Cole might have competition from Golfie Jnr 😉
Good post, Golfie.
Agree that something is lacking with Bogle - and for me, it's not even a question of his general ability on the ball, which is par for this level. But something seems to be lacking with perhaps his reading of the game, particularly anticipating and reacting to movement from team mates.
That, surely, can be taught though. Maybe it's just simply a look up, confidence and composure issue?
Ipswich 18 points in 7 home games this season before today, so this win is a huge show of confidence to the boys today.
They lost Tuesday at home and were lucky against Shrewsbury last Saturday where they conceded their first home goal of the season...on a slide possibly.
Ipswich have got injuries which are eating into their squad.
We know only too well the effects of losing key players
Always interesting to hear the opposition manager view. Great to hear him say we "outmuscled" them for the 2nd goal.
Apart from the injuries during the game, I hadn't appreciated how many other players they have out. Definitely a good time for us to get this away game out of the way.
Always interesting to hear the opposition manager view. Great to hear him say we "outmuscled" them for the 2nd goal.
Apart from the injuries during the game, I hadn't appreciated how many other players they have out. Definitely a good time for us to get this away game out of the way.
Any chance you could provide a breakdown of what he says then... Listened for a minute yet could barely understand his accent
We seemed to stop the aimless passing out from the back and playing amongst the back four. Almost every ball from Amos was hit long, looking for Aneke, then trying to win the ball higher up the pitch. It seemed to suit the team much better. I'm not saying we should become a long ball team, but accurate passes further down the pitch appeared to suit our style of play.
Always interesting to hear the opposition manager view. Great to hear him say we "outmuscled" them for the 2nd goal.
Apart from the injuries during the game, I hadn't appreciated how many other players they have out. Definitely a good time for us to get this away game out of the way.
Any chance you could provide a breakdown of what he says then... Listened for a minute yet could barely understand his accent
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Very good player at this level, along with Jon Nolan (scored the Shrewsbury goal at the Valley in the Play-Offs)
Both of whom were absent today
Somewhat ironic username then, mate...
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5fc28c9113978/bowyer-full-of-praise-for-morgan-and-bogle-after-impressive-win-at-ipswich
Or you could say .......But how bad did we make Ipswich look?
We won because we were on our game.
once we have two of our three Key men back
We will be unstoppable!!
come on you reds 👍👍
4 points out of 9 is not a great return this week so it's important to get another 3 points on Wednesday.
Agree that something is lacking with Bogle - and for me, it's not even a question of his general ability on the ball, which is par for this level.
But something seems to be lacking with perhaps his reading of the game, particularly anticipating and reacting to movement from team mates.
That, surely, can be taught though. Maybe it's just simply a look up, confidence and composure issue?
Ipswich have got injuries which are eating into their squad.
We know only too well the effects of losing key players
No harm done thankfully 🤣
Lincoln (4th)
Ipswich (6th)
Peterborough (2nd)
Hull (1st)
I just massively cringed when I heard it was a gashed knee, and thought I’d openly apologise.
Always interesting to hear the opposition manager view. Great to hear him say we "outmuscled" them for the 2nd goal.
Apart from the injuries during the game, I hadn't appreciated how many other players they have out. Definitely a good time for us to get this away game out of the way.