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Hughes has been excellent, Christie poor. The rest pretty average.

 

We can beat these, we're getting beyond their midfield well just the final ball has been poor.

 

As for Ipswich, bunch of dinosaurs. It's frightening how easy they create chances from basically nothing but long punts upfield. Got to admire them really, they've got the perfect players to play that kind of system.

 

One thing we've done quite well (apart from Christie at the end) is not give away any freekicks near the box or many corners.

 

If Ipswich have at another five or so corners in the second half, you can guarantee they'll create a good chance from it.

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Ipswich just hoof it.

Christie needs to get his head up and look for a pass.

Hughes is playing really well.

Ibe just needs to stroll past his marker, got him for pace everyday.

Defence needs to stay strong as a unit in the second half.

COME ON YOU RAMS

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Hughes has been excellent, Christie poor. The rest pretty average.

 

We can beat these, we're getting beyond their midfield well just the final ball has been poor.

 

As for Ipswich, bunch of dinosaurs. It's frightening how easy they create chances from basically nothing but long punts upfield. Got to admire them really, they've got the perfect players to play that kind of system.

 

One thing we've done quite well (apart from Christie at the end) is not give away any freekicks near the box or many corners.

 

If Ipswich have at another five or so corners in the second half, you can guarantee they'll create a good chance from it.

Once they get the ball into them positions, they're quite precise with their head downs, foot flicks, chest ons etc...

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It's quite an open game this. Our defence looks like a sieve at times, distribution has been average but nowhere near as poor as v Middlesborough. On the plus side, we've been good offensively, Hughes is having a great game, and Ibe, Russell and Martin are looking threatening.

 

Think we're going to have a draw here, although I'd say we're more likely to nick it than they are. If we go 1 down he will throw Bent on - big game for him. Dominate the possession and not give away set-pieces and we'll hopefully pull through.

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Talks out his arse saying they had all the momentum when all they were doing it was hoofing it around

Think he said that early on when they'd had a couple of half-chances and were on top. He said we were the better side later in the half.

 

Think he's alright. He's just a neutral.

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Tense half, but we've started to just edge it. I'd take this 0-0 right now though, Ipswich could be not as good as us all day and they'll still score from a corner. Hughes looks a lot better than their midfielders.

 

Eustace hasn't looked like a calming influence at all, got caught up in the aggression of it all. Christie's foul on Mings to give them a free-kick in THAT position was so stupid.

 

Hopefully a lot will get sorted out at half-time.

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I thought we started poorly, Ipswich were definitely the better side in the first 15 minutes.

 

Last 30 minutes we came into it and had it not been for bad decisions in the final third I'm sure we could have at least test the keeper.

 

Ipswich have been pretty poor in the final third too luckily.

 

Can't believe Christie ran the ball out of play in that move when Hendrick was free waiting for a pullback. Frustrating.

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Macarell may be a bit light weight for this if Eustace off - how about Shotton on and Bucko holding?

 

Mascarell on if we want to keep plugging away with this system. I don't think we've been too bad, but it took us a while to get going.

 

If SM wants to change things around, he could bring Bent on for Eustace and we could go to a traditional 4-4-2 with Russell on the left and Ibe on the right putting balls into the box.

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