Championship - Ipswich Town vs Preston North End Preview & Matchday Thread

[Bluemike]

Two changes, Burgess and Broadhead in for Edmundson and Harness

[Steve]

Due to unforeseen circumstances won’t be in my usual seat in SBR lower today but in with the cardboard cut outs in SAR lower (no offence meant to anybody on here who sits there ).
Will have to be on my best behaviour then but it will seem strange actually sitting down at a home game.

With due respects, the games I have been to this season the SAR cardboard cut-outs are making more noise than ever known before

[lucy]

1-0 Chaplin

[Mauswara]

This is the sort of football that makes silly old farts on the other side of the world like me stay up all night to watch,

[lucy]

Poor Defending 1-1

[Charnwood]

Burgess looked all at sea and Davis had a decent opportunity to clear his lines. That said we had a good chance to restore our lead very soon after and need to be more ruthless in front of goal.

Just like that. 2-1 Brandon Williams . Now how good was that for an individual goal.

[Mauswara]

OMG

[lucy]

3-1

[Mauswara]

Somebody needs to pinch me. Gonna wake the missus up.

[Charnwood]

It just gets better

…and it took Leicester 60 mins to score their first on Wednesday night.

[Cabanas Blue]

What a great first half COYB.

[Charnwood]

63% possession, 11 shots with 7 on target and 3 goals scored and were only at Half time.

Town are simply unplayable today.

[Mauswara]

No mugs Preston, full on game.

[lucy]

3-2 we don't make this easy for ourselves

[Cabanas Blue]

What are we doing terrible start to the second half.

[Charnwood]

Not exactly what I had in mind .

[Charnwood]

At least with them playing football and having a go at us should create more space. A brilliant game for any neutrals and for us as long as we win.

[Charnwood]

We’re certainly not short on entertainment at Portman Road these days.

[Mauswara]

64 mins. KM changes the front four. Again. Interesting.

[Cabanas Blue]

Freddie on about time IMO.

[lucy]

4-2 Jackson

[Charnwood]

Well that takes the pressure off, inspired substitutions by McKenna. OMG we have so much strength in depth.

[Cabanas Blue]

Another good goal starting from Freddie winning the ball in the other half I believe.

[Charnwood]

That must make us the leading goal scorers th The Championship

[Steve]

If we win today, will we bypass our season total last time in the Championship?

[Steve]

Listening only through ITFC the noise was deafening. What a fantastic atmosphere

Credit to the whole club, just brilliant, 28 pts is dreamland, long may it continue

[Mauswara]

I have this feeling that we might in fact be the real deal.

I think I need to have a lie down.

[Bluemike]

Another fantastic result, the first half we were superb, they couldn't contain us and we really should have had more than 3 with Hirst's one on one in particular needing to be put away, Chaplin's strike was incredible, Williams run and goal sensational and the header back by Burgess which created the Third was excellent.

It has to be said that for 30 mins of the second half we lost our way and they were well on top without creating much at all, except the goal of course. Once again inspired substitutions got us over the line with Ladapo and Taylor instrumental in Jackson getting the killer Fourth.

I heard lots of talk pre game as to how tough this would be and how stubborn Preston are but in truth we swept them away again, I mean Four excellent chances in first half stoppage time alone is quite something.

An Eight point gap now and that takes some closing, the break comes at a good time I think cus second half some of ours looked knackered.

The highlight of the day for me was the MOTM performance from Brandon Williams and his race back to tackle the striker by sending him into the advertising hoardings and then proceed to fist pump the crowd as if to say "take that", pure emotion and determination, loved it.

[Ricco]

I had Hull down as a loss. A week ago these couple of fixtures would've seemed fearsome, but 7 goals scored and they've been swept away.

Incredible stuff, question is just how long can they keep it going. At this rate they'll get 117pts this season,so it has to slow at some point

[goldandblack]

Well this is an increditable start for the Town and looks well deserved, keep it up you Blues