A great win last night: ITFC 3 Blackburn 1
Match report
A great home win for Town last night…more to come soon…
Following the away win at Charlton, manager Mick MacCarthy made 4 changes and back in came Hyam,Edwards,Nouble and Hunt. I was pleased to see this although as ever at the time it is impossible to know exactly why manager Mick did this. I was pleased because it gives the other squad players a chance and I believe in rotating squad players and to give all players a good and fair chance in the first team. Overall the Town squad is good enough to do this and it gives the manager and fans a chance to see different player combinations, systems and options. Doing this in a winning side is fabulous when it works but not so when it doesn’t of course! Later after the game Mick talked about how hard players have to work in games so he made the changes as much to rest the others and put on fresher legs. Well that is another advantage in having a squad of good players that you can do that and put out a fitter, less tired team than might otherwise be the case if the same eleven played every game.
Anyway, again I listened to the game on the radio and amazingly Luke Hyam scored his first goal this season! That is exactly what the Town needed eg goals to come from midfielders. Carlos Edwards got a goal and Frank Nouble also. In reply another ITFC ‘old boy’, Jordan Rhodes, scored for Blackburn against his former club. The match wasn’t a classic and Town still need to improve but 6 points and two wins from the last 2 games is great and pushed Town up to eighth place.
Great win for Town then and signs that Town are getting better still and we can start to hope to improve enough to get into the play off places this season!
Next match is another home match -this time against Huddersfield who are I think one place below Town and playing well right now.
GOODLUCK to Town team against Huddersfield! COME ON YOU BLUES!
PS…
Crazy bad luck for several championship managers who have recently lost their jobs due to poor recent results eg Dave Jones from Sheff Wed, Dave Flitcroft from Barnsley and Owen Coyle from Wigan. The Championship is a tough ruthless league for everyone at the top, bottom and throughout!