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Can we back the Derby result up??

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Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Matchday Thread

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Saturday 2nd December 2017 – 15:00

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Pre-Match Thoughts - Bluemike



With only Four games to go until we reach the halfway point in the season it is pleasing to see that we are still very much in the race for the coveted play off places despite being the bookies pre season certs for the drop. Tuesday nights victory at Pride Park saw Town haul themselves back up to just Three points off the Top Six with a dogged and resilient display of which we should all be proud, without being too Knee jerk I think it also dispels the ridiculous notion that we were somehow doomed to the drop or at the very least a Relegation scrap, our spending power may well point to this being the likliest scenario but at present we are punching well above our weight and winning more games than we are losing, as I have said previously how strange is this situation the club finds itself in, with many having given up on Mick and want him gone (myself included after Cardiff) can we really expect much more than we are getting right now ? We really have no divine right to be where we are and yet we keep pulling big results out of the bag to make the whole scenario just plain crazy. As it is we are now a mere Three points off Sixth place, we are the Third highest scorers in the division and our current form is Two defeats in the last Seven matches, if only we had not thrown away those Two points against Sheffield Wednesday, not to mention the Hull game when they were there for the taking, Four extra points would have made it look really good but even so as it stands we are defying the odds.

The performance at Derby was for me one of the best this season so far especially when taking into account the opposition and their current run of form and while Derby had a fair share of the play in the second half it was hardly a siege or a backs to the wall effort, certainly before the break we more than held our own and can feel pleased with how we went about the task in hand, it was satisfying to get through Ninety minutes without one of the boys in Blue making one of those errors that always seem to get punished, the clean sheet was most welcome and will do the defence no end of good. I picked Callum Connolly out as my MOTM and rightly so but it was a real team effort, everyone stuck to the task and we actually looked quite confident in what we were doing which cannot always be said for Town. The Defence stood firm, our holding Midfielders had excellent games, our wide players broke with real pace and made things tough for the Derby defence while at opposite ends of the field Bart & Waggy did the business in their respective ways so all in all much of what we did was to be applauded. A team without Garner, Didsy, Adeyemi and Bishop was still able to record a fantastic win, we do have strength in depth, getting them all fit is the issue and has been all season. Something else that impressed me was the way Flynn Downes & Tristan Nydam acquitted themselves when being thrust into battle, Downes just loves to get stuck in and doesn't shirk a tackle, he also tries to pass the ball and none of this hoofing it away while Nydam is a real terrier and closes down and gets in your face, he too isn't afraid of a physical battle and these Two players look to have big futures in the game.

The real important thing is that we follow up Tuesday's super win with another Three points against Nottingham Forest, like us Forest seem to win one lose one and are still to share the spoils, as it stands they are Two points and one place behind us so this is a vital game against one of our rivals to gatecrash the top Six. Our attack could be key as Forest have conceded a lot of goals so far, in fact only Four teams in the Championship have conceded more so it looks like a case of "go for it" again, it is hoped that Joe Garner will be back after missing out at Derby and this is good news as we already have Didsy on the sidelines. Saturday's game will also see the return of a certain Daryl Murphy and the big man is certain to get a great reception, hopefully he has a real off day and Webster and co keep him quiet, others in the Forest squad to have taken the eye recently are Dowell, Osborn and McKay all of which are attack minded players so another defensive display like Tuesday will be the order of the day, Three more points will really have us in a good place and with another tough away trip on the horizon next weekend a win here is very important to keep us hot on the heels of the leading pack. It won't be easy, no game ever is but I can see Town carrying on their winning ways with another close and hard fought win. COYB'S




The Opposition - Nottingham Forest


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Nottingham Forest F.C. was founded in 1865 shortly after their neighbours Notts County, thought to be the world's oldest surviving professional association football club. They joined the Football Alliance in 1889 and then entered to The Football League. In 1890, Forest moved to the Town Ground, playing in the first ever match to use goal nets.

Forest claimed their first major honour when they won the 1898 FA Cup, beating Derby County.

The club spent most of the first half of the twentieth century in the Second Division. In 1949, they were relegated to the Third Division but were promoted two years later as champions.

Forest regained First Division status in 1957 and won the FA Cup for a second time in 1959.

After being runners-up in the League and Cup semi-finalists in 1967, Forest were relegated from the First Division in 1972.

Forest were considered an underachieving club by English league standards until the mid-1970s, when Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor took the helm at the club. Clough became the most successful manager in the history of Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest won promotion to the top division at the end of the 1976–77 season after finishing third in the Second Division, but no-one could have predicted how successful Clough's team would be over the next three seasons. Nottingham Forest became one of the few teams (and the most recent team to date) to win the English First Division Championship a year after winning promotion from the English Second Division (1977–78 season).

In 1978–79, Forest went on to win the European Cup by beating Malmö and retained the trophy in 1979–80, beating Hamburg.

They also won the European Super Cup and two League Cups. Beside Shilton, key players of that era included right-back Viv Anderson (the first black player to play for the England national team), midfielder Martin O'Neill, striker Trevor Francis and a trio of Scottish internationals: winger John Robertson, midfielder Archie Gemmill and defender Kenny Burns. The club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1983–84 but were knocked out by Anderlecht in controversial circumstances. It later emerged that in the second leg, the Belgian club had bribed the referee but the referee in question had since died in a car accident and was hence not able to be held to account.

Nottingham Forest's next significant trophy came in 1989 when they beat Luton Town in the League Cup final. For most of the season they had been hopeful of completing a unique domestic treble, but were beaten into third place in the League by Arsenal and Liverpool and lost to Liverpool in the replay of the FA Cup semi-final, originally held at Hillsborough, where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death.

Clough's side retained the League Cup in 1990 when they beat Oldham Athletic and were runner-up in the 1991 FA Cup Final.

Brian Clough's 18-year reign as manager ended in May 1993 when Forest were relegated from the inaugural Premier League after 16 illustrious years of top-flight football which had seen a league title, two European Cups and four League Cups.

Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Forest's 1979 European Cup winning team, returned to the club in May 1993 and was able to achieve a return to the Premier League when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season.

Forest finished third in 1994–95 and qualified for the UEFA Cup – their first entry to European competition in the post-Heysel era. The club reached the quarter-finals, the furthest an English team reached in UEFA competitions that season. The 1996–97 season became a relegation battle and Clark left the club in December.

34-year-old captain Stuart Pearce was installed as player-manager and in March 1997 he was replaced on a permanent basis by Dave Bassett. Forest were unable to avoid relegation and finished the season in bottom place. They won promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, being crowned Division One champions in 1997–98, however Bassett was sacked in January 1999, with Ron Atkinson replacing him.

Ron Atkinson was unable to prevent Forest from once again slipping back into the Football League with a succession of poor results.

David Platt succeeded Atkinson and spent approximately £12 million on players, which yielded two mid-table finishes before departing to manage England U-21s.

Paul Hart became the Reds' new boss just two hours after the departure of Platt. Despite off-field difficulties, due to the ITV Digital collapse, Forest finished 2002–03 in sixth place and qualified for the play-offs, where they lost to Sheffield United in the semi-finals. A poor league run the following season, led to the sacking of Hart in February 2004 in order to prevent relegation.

Joe Kinnear was subsequently appointed and led the club to 14th place in the final league table. The 2004–05 season saw Forest drop into the relegation zone once more, leading to Kinnear's resignation in December 2004.

Following the brief caretaker stewardship of Mick Harford, Gary Megson took charge of Forest in January 2005 but failed to stave off relegation as the club ended the season second from bottom in 23rd place, becoming the first European Cup-winners ever to fall into their domestic third division.

In Forest's first season in the English third tier in 54 years, Megson survived until February 2006 when he left by "mutual consent" leaving the club only four points above the relegation zone. Frank Barlow and Ian McParland took temporary charge for the remainder of the 2005–06 season, engineering a six-match winning run and remaining unbeaten in ten games, taking 28 points from a possible 39 under the two, narrowly missing out on a play-off place, as they finished in 7th place.

Colin Calderwood was appointed as the twelfth manager of Forest in thirteen years in May 2006 and became the longest-serving manager since Frank Clark. The Calderwood era was ultimately one of rebuilding. In his first season he led the club to the play-offs, and achieved automatic promotion in his second year at the club. Calderwood's side struggled to adapt to life in the Championship in the 2008–09 campaign, and having been unable to steer Forest out of the relegation zone, Calderwood was sacked following a Boxing Day defeat.

Under the temporary stewardship of John Pemberton, Forest finally climbed out of the relegation zone, and Billy Davies was confirmed as the new manager on 1 January 2009. They avoided relegation as they finished 19th in the Championship, securing survival with one game to go.

The 2009–10 campaign was a successful one for Forest with the club holding a top-three position for the majority of the season, narrowly missing out on automatic promotion to West Bromwich Albion, and then lost to Blackpool in the playoffs.

The 2010–11 season saw Forest finish in sixth place in the Championship table putting them into a play-off campaign for the fourth time in the space of eight years, this time around they lost to Swansea over the two playoff semi-final legs.

In June 2011 Billy Davies's contract was terminated, and he was replaced as manager by Steve McClaren, who signed a three-year contract.

Forest started the 2011–12 season with several poor results and McClaren resigned, and chairman Nigel Doughty announced that he intended to resign at the end of the season. In October 2011, Nottingham Forest underwent several changes. These changes included the appointment of Frank Clark as new chairman of the club and also that of Steve Cotterill as manager.

Nigel Doughty, owner and previous chairman of the club died on 4 February 2012, marking the end of a 13-year association with the club, with many estimating his total contribution as £100,000,000.

The Al-Hasawi family, from Kuwait, purchased the club and became the new owners in July 2012.The Al-Hasawi family told press that they had a long-term vision for the club based around a 3–5-year plan, and after interviewing several potential new managers, appointed Sean O'Driscoll, he was known for playing an attractive brand of passing football and what football fans would consider the Forest way.

As of 15 December 2012 after the teams 0–0 draw away at Brighton, Forest sat in 9th position with 33 points, just 3 points off the play-off positions. Just over two weeks later Sean O'Driscoll was sacked following a 4–2 victory over Leeds United with the club stating their intentions of a change ahead of the January transfer window and hopes of appointing a manager with Premiership experience. The man to replace O'Driscoll was Alex McLeish. On 5 February 2013 Nottingham Forest and Alex McLeish had parted company by mutual agreement, just 40 days after McLeish took charge of Forest.

On 7 February 2013, the club re-appointed Billy Davies as manager, having been sacked as the team's manager twenty months previously. His first match in charge was a draw, followed by a run of 10 undefeated games. On 24 March 2014 the club announced they had terminated Davies' employment, following a defeat by Derby County. After initially rejecting the job in March 2014, fans favourite, Stuart Pearce was named as the man to replace Billy Davies on a two year contract, taking over from caretaker manager Gary Brazil.

After a bright start to his tenure, Forest started to slip down the table and on the 1st February 2015, Dougie Freedman was appointed manager of the club in place of Pearce.

On 13 March 2016 Freedman was sacked and Rennes head coach Philippe Montanier was appointed on a two-year contract on June 27, 2016, but sacked after 7 months.

Mark Warburton was named as the club's new manager on 14 March 2017.

On 18 May 2017 it was confirmed that Evangelos Marinakis had completed his takeover of Nottingham Forest, bringing an end to Al-Hasawi's reign as Forest owner.

Last season Forest narrowly avoided the drop on the last day of the season finishing in 21st place with 51 points.





The Manager – Mark Warburton



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Past Match - Video Highlights - Trev









Media Watch - K L Blue




Town Ladies gain a draw



https://www.mkdons.com/news/2017/novemb ... -2-ladies/



Stuart Watson's view on Derby win



http://www.greenun24.co.uk/ipswich-town ... -1-5299867



Connolly on the goal



http://www.greenun24.co.uk/ipswich-town ... -1-5299837





Form Guide



Ipswich Last 5 Matches - Currently in 9th place on 29 points




4 Nov Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Preston


18 Nov Hull City 2 - 2 Ipswich Town


22 Nov Ipswich Town 2 - 2 Sheffield Wed


25 Nov Aston Villa 2 - 0 Ipswich Town


28 Nov Derby County 0 - 1 Ipswich Town






Forest Last 5 Matches - Currently in 10th place on 27 points




31 Oct Reading 3 - 1 Nottm Forest


4 Nov Nottm Forest 4 - 0 QP Rangers


18 Nov Birmingham City 1 - 0 Nottm Forest


21 Nov Nottm Forest 1 - 0 Norwich City


26 Nov Nottm Forest 0 - 2 Cardiff City







Fixtures of Interest





LEEDS UTD VS ASTON VILLA


SHEFF. WEDNESDAY VS HULL CITY


BRENTFORD VS FULHAM






Match Referee – Darren Bond




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IPSWICH TOWN 2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1

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Post by hallamblue » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:05 am

Great preview and I’m going for a Town win .

2-0 , with hopefully our defence to register another clean sheet.

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Post by phily bon bon » Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:23 pm

Another great write up and very informative. I hope the defence shows up at home also,against a very good Derby side with Nugent in we kept them out ....why not with Murphy in the side this weekend?

It will be close but someone soon is going to get a right royal spanking from us.

2-1 to the tractor-boys

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Post by marko69 » Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:54 pm

Need "THE" song out my system first........

http://youtu.be/0SaUn6Xgmrk

Excellent preview yet again. Three definite points for me. Would start to make no sense at all if ITFC lost this fixture. Just get two on Murphy!! Balls on the line, but guaranteed home win.
Warburtons a fanny!

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Post by arana peligrosa » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:53 pm

In recent time there was a deficiency of attacking alternatives but now we got options left and right. Someone will score, against that defense we'll at least register something, so voted for a comprehensive victory. They may get one or two back but would be surprised to see anything other than home win once play is at an end.

Ipswich 4 Nottingham 2

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:09 pm

Wooo 1-0 Connolly

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:30 pm

1-1 freekick taken well :(

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:38 pm

2-1 iorfa 8)

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Post by Quasar » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:39 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAND BACK IN THE LEAD :)

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Post by Charnwood » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:41 pm

After keeping a clean sheet at Derby I was hoping for a repeat performance from our defence today which would have meant our first back to back clean sheets since October 2016.

Obviously this is not to be so we now need to make sure we score one more than Forest.

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Post by Charnwood » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:42 pm

Is this Lorfa’s first goal for Town ?

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:44 pm

2-2 god sake

Should really be 2-3 Bart made a great save earlier.

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Post by Charnwood » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:45 pm

Well that lead didn’t last long.

If the report on Sky Sports is correct we could be in for a cricket score.

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:47 pm

They look like scoring with every attack. We are giving them far too much space on the wings.

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:12 pm

3-2 waghorn but is the scoring over?. The way the first half went i would say no :lol:

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Post by Charnwood » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:13 pm

Nice one Waggy, will it end here, maybe not.

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Post by Charnwood » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:17 pm

With that 3rd goal I think only Wolves have scored more so far this season in the Championship. What a change compared with recent seasons when we’ve often struggled to score. All we need now is to sort the defence out.

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Post by lucy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:27 pm

4-2 Celina!!

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Post by Quasar » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:31 pm

just nipped to the shops.... where did 4-2 come from


wahayeyy

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Post by marko69 » Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:03 pm

Excellent win, ITFC. Was never in doubt.
saint jude wrote:Ipswich 4 Nottingham 2
That's ^^^ worth recognition. Nice predicting, Saint.

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Post by number 9 » Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:39 pm

Great win! COYB!!

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Post by derick_ipsw » Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:33 pm

Brilliant win Town keep it going :D

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Post by Bluemike » Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:51 pm

It was so important to follow Tuesday's win at Derby with another three points today or our efforts would have been rendered pretty pointless, thankfully the players read the script and duly obliged but not without one or Two scares along the way. In what was a really entertaining game Town got their act together defensively in the second half to register a well deserved second win Five days. The opening minutes was almost a replica of Tuesday night with Town starting well and creating an opening goal early on, again it was Callum Connolly the scorer, benefitting from a loose ball Waghorn had tested the keeper with a shot from a free kick and there was Jonny on the spot Connolly to get his second goal of the week. Once more it was just the start we dreamt of but again there was so so much time to go. Town continured to look the better side and Ward wasted a good chance to double our lead as he fired high and wide following some neat play by Huws who had started well. Shortly after we had Bart to thank for keepeing our lead intact with what I can only describe as some world class goalkeeping, Town old boy Murphy saw his shot well saved by Bart before somehow scooping away the follow when the Forest man should really have scored, again it fell to Forest but the Third effort flew just wide of the post, it really was a cracking save from the big Pole. Unfortunately it wasn't long before Forest were back on level terms and the goal was a succession of silly errors really, the initial foul that led to the freekick was by Iorfa when he had no need to foul, then once they played the short pass nobody from our wall attempted to close it down and to add to that having positioned his wall Bart was caught on the wrong side of the goal and was unable to get across to keep out what was in fairness a well placed free kick but we could have done more to at least try and defend it. Waghorn saw an effort ruled out for offisde before Town got their secong of the afternoon from what was a rerally good passage of play, Iorfa won a header deep in our own half, Waghorn then linked with superbly with Huws and Celina before Knudsen produced a peach of a cross which was met at the back post by Iorfa who had continued his surging run upfield to bury the header past Smith to atone for his earlier mistake that saw them level, it really was a goal of some quality. Lo and behold we once again fail to hold onto the lead as Liam Bridcutt, who had been very impressive for Forest, played a lovely ball over the static Town defence where walker had timed his run nicely to ram the ball home, sloppy from Town but a neat goal all the same. That was pretty much the end of the first half action, the game had been very entertaining and not short on quality either but Town should really have been ahead, silly errors again costing us.

Murphy tried his luck early in the second half but it didnt trouble Bart but not long after we got ourselves back in front for the Third time, this time it was a Forest defender making a real hash of things as he tried to defend a long ball forward, Waghorn was up his backside forcing the error and Town's top scorer was on hand to pick up the soft pass back before taking it on and cooly finishing past Smith, it was far from the easy finish it looked and again very good composure from Town's striker. The odd half chance was coming at either end but by now Town were really working hard, closing down much quicker and snapping into tackles giving Forest no time to settle on the ball. Another really nice passage of play saw Town get their Fourth goal of the afternoon, Huws again playing a lovely through ball down the middle where the ever willing Waghorn was on hand to feed celina with a lovely little ball across the box and the Kosovan had the easiest of tasks in the stroking the ball home, great celebrations in front of the North Stand by the players and surely a two goal lead was enough to see it through. Celina & Waghorn were by now linking up really well and another half chance went begging, a flurry of substitutions seemed to interupt the flow of the game somewhat which was good for Town as Forest were desperatley trying to get back into it with little sight of that happening, that was until Bart was forced to pull off another cracking save in injury time, this time tipping a Murphy header onto the bar and awy to safety, couldn't see if he touched it at the time but by all accounts he did so another great piece of goalkeeping.

For me there was little doubt Town deserved the win but it has to be said Forest have some good players and did create chances of their own, Liam Bridcutt was superb while Dowell looks a real handy player, but Town were clinical with their finishing today but also the lead up play to Two of the goals was top notch, some lovely passing football, no sign of the lump it and hope tactics of a few months ago. The Midfield again held their own and battled hard with Connolly & Skuse solid, Connolly's arrival into the team has definitely helped Skluse's game too and this pairing seems to be growing, Celina had a much better game than Tuesday night and linked up well several times with Waghorn, Wardy wasnt quite as effective as he was at Derby but improved as the game went on, Emyr Huws is still getting back to where we want him to be but still needs a week or two, that said his part in Two of the goals was class and the creativity we often crave. Bart was simply outstanding with his saves and defence did ok but again got caught out twice with silly goals which could have been defended much better, I will never be Iorfa's biggest fan but he did so well with his part to not only help create the second goal but to get into the box and finish it too. I do feel we missed Chambo in that back Four though, yes he isn't the best CB in the world but Spence for me needs to be at RB, we seem less shaky but it really is looking for negatives I suppose.

Bart (8) Iorfa (6) Webster (7) Spence (6) Knudsen (7) Ward (6) Connolly (7) Skuse (7) Celina (7) Huws (7) Waghorn (7)

SUBS :- Sears (6) Bru (6)

The win sees us up to 7th place and Three off the top Six, we are now second highest scorers in the division behind runaway leaders Wolves, Two defeats in Eight is decent form and the tricky run of Five games in Fifteen Days has proven to be quite fruitful. There is still a long long way to go but Town are poised to pounce should any of the top Six slip up, at the moment we are the "Best of the rest" which has to be applauded, this crazy season continues to have me baffled, things look like they really could click and all this without Garner, Didsy, Chambo and Adeyemi today. All to play for for the best team in East Anglia, bring on the Boro. COYB'S.

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Post by Dubai Blue » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:12 pm

Great result. Interesting about Didsy missing. I wonder if this line up doesn't work better for us..........

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Post by barmy billy » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:24 pm

Thanks as always for the report Mike. Excellent reading with several pointers that suggest we are starting to see something of a change. Positive, I mean,

MM is certainly going to have some welcome selection problems if we everybody fit.

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Post by patthegimp » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:25 pm

Great win. In there battling for top 6 ( I have money on that!!) Without McG too?

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Post by herforder » Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:57 pm

Great afternoon at PR. Despite enjoying only 30% of posssession, we used our slice of it to maximum effect, with some devastingly effective football, high both on quality and entertainment. Carry on like this and those who deserted what they believed to be a sinking ship, with an incompetent captain at the helm, will start creeping back!

Bluemike has provided his usual excellent match summary; I would have given both Bart and Waggy 9s. Bart is, without question, the best shot stopper in the Cship - his final save from Murphy’s header towards the end - seen from directly behind it - defied belief. If we do end up in top six, he will be massively responsible. Scouts must be watching him.......

We look balanced, with a strong spine (as at Derby). Still a bit wobbly in defence, particularly down our right; and 3 of our goals were from loan players. ME should consider further investment in January - particularly if we’re hovering around the play-off pack. Meanwhile, MM will have some serious head scratching to do when all are fully fit! I think, also, we missed Chambo’s vocal leadership skills this afternoon. But all those involved deserve great credit for another excellent team performance, against a NF team not short of talent or ability.

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Re: Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest Preview & Matchday Thread

Post by arana peligrosa » Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:10 am

Say again within the last twelve months we had a clear void of attacking options and now possess a number of reliable options.
Not only that but Bialkowski is a very good goalkeeper and came to attention once more this day. With strengthening in other areas of the team that require it - and with enough consistency - the team could really challenge and today only emphasized we have the ability to reach the top six again, but it's far too premature to be making proper judgments.

Caught highlights on what occurred and while the crowd got value for money the attendance was perhaps somewhat disappointing. Bear in mind it's winter but a half-filled stadium particularly after a recent improvement, some would argue a few more in attendance would have been a bonus. Take nothing away from the players though, may never again predict a 4 - 2 victory and it comes to pass, but the loan kids are going well and got to give another mention to the goalkeeper, arguably one of this teams best assets.

The irony is, if we (had) played like we did (today) on the end game of last season, today's fixture would not have occurred. Someone mentioned on TWTD (quote) "why didn't the team show this kind of determination against Norwich". Valid point, but there is opportunity ahead for further progress with the Middlesbrough game. Hope to be back in the play-off chance once more at end of season, with enough consistency and certain players at our disposal, there is real chance ahead.

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Post by Bluemike » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:09 am

250K for Martyn Waghorn, absolutely brilliant bit of business, the signing of the season for sure, and I must admit having already signed Garner I thought this may not be what was required, oh how nice to be wrong occasionally.

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Post by Charnwood » Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:08 pm

To be honest Mike it makes such a change not to be worrying about where the goals are coming from as this has so often been our problem over recent seasons. All of a sudden we have goals coming from everywhere, we have four players scoring 30 between them and we’re not even half way through the season , Waghorn (10) McGoldrick (8), Celina (7) and Garner (5), in fact I don’t think there’s another team in the Championship who can boast of 30 goals from their top four goal scorers.

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