Rotherham 2 ITFC 5

A fine away win for Town today albeit against the bottom club in the Championship.

I listened to most of the game on Radio Suffolk and saw the goals highlights on Sky Goals Express.

The Town starting team missed David McGoldrick (injured) but Brett Pitman was a fine replacement and he scored Town’s first goal with a glancing header. Dougllas grabbed a goal with a fine solo run and good shot.
Then Daryl Murphy scored just before halftime.

After halftime Murphy got another goal and Town were cruising at 4-0 up. Rotherham though hit back with 2 fine scoring shots and all Town fans became a little nervous, wondering if Rotherham could rally and if so, would that upset Town and surely the Town couldn’t lose could they? Well, no! Murphy got another goal to settle Town nerves. Just when you haven’t scored in 17 games for Town, along comes a hat-trick! Nice and Murphy and Sears left for Parr and Coke to replace them toward the end and Town won the game comfortably.

That is 2 consecutive wins for Town.Happy days.Well played Town!

So much better play and results so keep it up team.COME ON YOU BLUES!

ITFC 2 Bolton 0

Finally, a win for Town. Well played Town!

Since the Hull game, and my last post, Town played out 2 draws.
First Nottingham Forest 1 Town 1 (Forest equalising in th 5th minute or injury time at the end of the game) and Town 0 Cardiff 0 last Saturday.

Town finally get a win last night and three points and are 10th in the Championship (10 points behind joint leaders Hull,Brighton and Burnley).

I didn’t watch the match or listen to it on Radio Suffolk and as yet have not read any reviews of it. I did see manager Mick McCarthy on BBC LookEast before the game hoping for goals to come and stating he would even like a scrappy (lucky?) goal to get the Town team going! Well all I know about the game was Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored after around 15 minutes, and this seems to have worked. Better news I think is that Town kept a clean sheet. I hope this win kick starts Town to more wins and to climb up the table now.

Well done TOWN….COME ON YOU BLUES….

Town’s dismal recent form continues with a home draw today against Huddersfield.

This comes after a 2 week international break and again this is points thrown away by the Town team.
I listened to the game on Radio Suffolk and Mick Mills concluded it was Town’s worst home performance for 3 years and the worst under manager Mick McCarthy against an average Huddersfield team.

I read online that manager Mick McCarthy wanted a good reaction after the last home draw with Bristol City but it never happened. As ever Town fail to realise their potential. It is so frustrating and exasperating. All the pre season promise has evaporated and it is time the team WAKE UP!

I’m listening to the post match Radio Suffolk chat and Mick Mills is berating the service to Pitman and Sears from mid field. Most of the players who did well last season are not playing as well this season and Maitland-Niles does not have the experience to carry the team despite his talent. David McGoldrick has been average. Lots of people are questionning Luke Chambers’ performances. People are calling for changes to players and the manager. It is clearly obvious that all the team need to play better and that includes the managers contribution.

McCarthy said Huddersfield were better than Town in the first half with a big set back being Tommy Orr suffering concussion.
He acknowledges how hard it is in the Championship and yet that Town must do better. I hope Town can turn their poor form round quickly and get back to winning ways soon.

Right now, Town are in disarray, but hopefully the players and manager can improve their performances and get going on a better run of form! COME ON TOWN!

COME ON YOU BLUES!!!

Last week Town could only draw 2-2 with Bristol City at home.
(Bristol City were /are bottom of the league table).

Today Town lost away -Blackburn 2 ITFC 0
(Needless to say, but ex Town striker Jordan Rhodes scored as he often does against his old club).

Town are tumbling down the league table and are in 12th place now. The good start Town made to the season has disappeared and it looks to me like any chance of challenging for promotion is fading fast. Unless Town can dramatically improve and immediately, it seems like an average season is ahead and avoiding relegation is all Town team and supporters will have to look forward to?! Not appealing at all.

In truth it is quite depressing for me to bear the Town’s recent poor results and I am finding it hard to raise any energy to support the team. Come on Town please give me and all Town supporters some good results to shout about and be happy with! COME ON TOWN….

Leeds Utd 0 Ipswich Town 1

Well played Town! A great away result and much needed positive reaction after the heavy away defeat against Reading from the last game.

I listened to some of the highlights and saw the Town goal on Sky TV replay. There isn’t much to say about the game except that Murphy and McGoldrick played together and the defence was so solid Gurken had very little to do.

Tommy Smith scored for Town from a corner. Then Town had to survive a penalty appeal and Leeds were unlucky not to be given the penalty! It looked from the TV like the Town defender had brought the Leeds player down in the box but thankfully the referee didn’t think so!

Then at the end there was an added 6 minutes of extra time and Gurken had a scary moment when he flapped at a clearance but again luckily Town survived. Overall a very good result and a good performance!

Town’s next match is against Birmingham who lost for the first time yesterday.

Town are fifth in the table with 13 points while Brighton are the surprise leaders. The Town team should be pleased at their win at Leeds which was much needed straight after the Reading horror shocker game!
Mick McCarthy stayed very calm throughout both games though he was very pleased at the Town’s better performance away to Leeds.

COME ON YOU BLUES

Reading 5 ITFC 1

A truly awful result for Town last night away at Reading.

I wasn’t at the game but managed to view it from around the 60 minute time as it was live on Sky TV.
It was 2-1 to Reading when I started to watch the game live and I saw Town give away 2 goals with poor defending and a great strike for Reading for the fifth goal with Reading’s confidence sky high and Town’s crushed into the ground.

It was a case of fine margins and bad play that let Town down and very badly. Town were pressing Reading and having a lot of the ball but not making any chances. Reading broke away and their attacker went round the Town defence with ease and passed the ball inside of the 6 yard box to find an unmarked Orlando Sa, who scored easily past Gerkin.There were 3 Town defenders around the Reading scorer…and noone blocked or challenged him. What a gift of a goal. Awful defending by Town.

Then Pitman had a header off the bar and that was the best Town chance. Reading then got the ball on the left and the attacker went past Chambers easily to the goal line and smashed a shot high into the net past Gerkin from close range and a tight angle. It was great skill and finishing from the Reading player but bad defending from the Town players. Reading 4-Town 1. Game over. Off came Pitman and on came Murphy and Maitland Niles. Niles had a half chance but Reading finished in style with a great shot past the stationary and static Town goalkeeper Gerkin and then everyone for Reading started to play and take shots as the Town were humiliated.

In truth, at times Town had looked to be playing well, but it was all ruined by letting Reading have 2 soft goals. Just very embarrassing and very bad that Town played like that. They simply “shot themselves in the foot”, making the win so easy for Reading.

I wonder what manager Mick McCarthy does now? He has talented players but they let themselves and all supporters down badly by playing so casually! It is not just the defence who need a rollicking from the manager as the whole team need to do better and take any chances they make and be ruthless not to give the opposition chances especially soft ones!

If Town do not react positively after this debacle then it will be a struggle all season. For goodness sake Town players wake up and man up! Just put this behind you now and learn from it and do better next game. The fine margin between winning and losing needs to be worked hard for. COME ON YOU BLUES!!

A 2-2 draw on the first day of the new season 2015/16 away at Brentford. Town were 2-0 up from the 50th minute of the second half and let an equaliser in the last minute of 5 minutes of extra time.

There were some good performances from the many new Town players including a fine match from Freddy Sears. I though, am deeply disappointed Town couldn’t defend the last minute corner to allow the Brentford equaliser.

Here was the new Town team and squad:

Ipswich Town

33 Bialkowski
29 Emmanuel
04 Chambers
05 Smith
03 Knudsen
07 Maitland-Niles (McGoldrick – 82′ )
08 Skuse
17 Bru (Coke – 69′ )
14 Fraser (Douglas – 78′ )
20 Sears
09 Murphy

Substitutes

01 Gerken
10 McGoldrick
11 Pitman
16 Coke
22 Douglas
25 Yorwerth
39 Toure

It is the first day of the season and Town have thrown another winning opportunity away. I listened on Radio Suffolk to Mick Mills, match commentary and he said the Town stopped playing at the end and seemed that they were waiting for the final whistle. He also said Town played large parts of the game well, but it was all for nothing in the end and more pain and frustration for Town supporters. Not another year/season of more wasted opportunity for Town ahead I hope?! I know manager Mick McCarthy always insists a draw away from home is a good result but even he must know this was two points thrown away. Enough said. Come on Town, get a grip and get it together……