Tammy Abraham’s brace gave Aston Villa renewed hope in their play-off push in a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Villa’s bright start Unsurprisingly, Aston Villa dominated possession early on, targeting the left flank via the lively Anwar El Ghazi. That proved the source of their sixth minute opener,… Read more →
A brace and man-of-the-match performance from Lewis Grabban saw Nottingham Forest boost their promotion hopes with a convincing 2-0 win over bottom side Ipswich Town. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Nottingham Forest Costel Pantilimon – the Romanian came in for some criticism for his performance against Aston Villa on Wednesday, but had… Read more →
A brace and man-of-the-match performance from Lewis Grabban saw Nottingham Forest boost their promotion hopes with a convincing 2-0 win over bottom side Ipswich Town. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Grabban the headlines Tendayi Darikwa was the main man getting Forest’s performance going early on with his driving runs. When the right-back obliged… Read more →
Birmingham City clawed back a two-goal half-time deficit to draw 2-2 with Ipswich Town, although the hosts might feel they deserved all three points. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Birmingham City Lee Camp – neither of the goals he conceded were overt errors, yet the second goal was perhaps preventable. Given that Blues… Read more →
Birmingham City clawed back a two-goal half-time deficit to draw 2-2 with Ipswich Town, although the hosts might feel they deserved all three points. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Even start While Birmingham were below-par in the first half, with Ipswich denying them space to create in central areas, we still saw Gary… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season around the corner, The Football Lab spoke to Oliver Allen (@oliverallenITT) from the brilliant Ipswich Town Talk. Mick McCarthy clearly endured a strained relationship with fans in the last two years of his Ipswich Town tenure, before leaving in April. Is this the season in which we discover whether he… Read more →
During this two-week break from the Championship for internationals, we review how all 24 teams have looked in their first five league games. Here’s our assessment of Cardiff City. What we said in pre-season “Emyr Huws looks a good addition for Ipswich Town while Bersant Celina may have the creative spark to replace Tom Lawrence. Boardroom frugality… Read more →
Based on Ipswich Town’s budget, 16th in the Championship is a respectable position. Based on recent play-off pushes however, it’s a disappointing one. The question is: should the management be blamed for an 11-place decline, or the board for not offering the funds to arrest it? Supporter Kieren Standley from Ipswich Town Talk offers his views ahead of the… Read more →
Norwich dominated Ipswich for long spells at Carrow Road, but they had to settle for a point as Jacob Murphy’s strike cancelled out Jonas Knudsen’s header. What have we learnt from the game? Norwich City John Ruddy – could not be blamed too much for the goal, but otherwise untested. 4 Ivo Pinto – carried… Read more →
Norwich dominated Ipswich for long spells at Carrow Road, but they had to settle for a point as Jacob Murphy’s strike cancelled out Jonas Knudsen’s header. What have we learnt from the game? Norwich creative but wasteful in the first half Norwich played with more intent than their rivals. They attacked quickly down the left… Read more →