Ipswich Town vs Derby County Match Thread

[Doodle]

FFS No Bryson again ?

[RamsFan10]

I reckon he's dropped Huddlestone just so we all wouldn't notice that Lawrence has been bought straight back in ?bit harsh on Jozefzoon to be completely dropped from the squad after starting saturday. 

[SuperDerbySuperRams]

7 minutes ago, BurtonRam7 said:

If you think Huddlestone has been dropped, you're an idiot.

Huddlestone hadn’t played for 2 weeks before Saturday. Why else isn’t he in the team? 

He’s either been dropped, or Lampard wrongly is thinking of Saturday

[Topram]

10 minutes ago, Topram said:

So  Lampard doesn’t want promotion then 

This is joke BTW I like Bradders and Lampard is keen on Saturday 

[ariotofmyown]

5 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Moaners out in force already. Why not keep your powder dry until something has gone wrong? 

Because if they are right they can say I told you so, and if they are wrong, they can do a Bris.

[King Kevin]

Frank states he's going to rotate the squad ,and when he does exactly that people are shocked / surprised ffs .He's not snakey he says it and does it rightly or wrongly. 

[LazloW]

Squad game and he is clearly picking a team that he thinks is best for this particular game.

Whether people like it or not (I’m probably in the not camp generally) ‘the modern game’ dictates that managers like to change things around.  FWIW, I’m not overly concerned about Tom being ‘dropped’.  He was good on Saturday, but for me he is sometimes a luxury when we are being pressed.  

Anyway, we shall see.  I will decide whether it wa a good selection after I’ve seen/heard/read how we’ve performed. 

[Orphanram]

Let’s trust that Frank knows what he is doing. Hopefully he hasn’t bitten off more than he can chew with Johnson’s selection

[DarkFruitsRam7]

6 minutes ago, RamsFan10 said:

Why? He's a professional athlete aged 32 not 132. On top of that its not like he's been playing every game this season. And if you were to rest him, surely the cup game is when you'd do that. 

Do you seriously think that Frank would drop him after his performance on Saturday? And do you not think that Premier League Brighton might pose a tougher challenge than pretty much League One Ipswich? I'm not saying it's the correct decision or that it will pay off, but he's clearly being rested.

Give us a 0-1 shithouse win and move onto the more exciting game on Saturday.

[thelovebelow]

I'm just glad Holmes is playing. 

[Wolfie20]

See the usual silly pre-match comments have started.

[DarkFruitsRam7]

5 minutes ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said:

Huddlestone hadn’t played for 2 weeks before Saturday. Why else isn’t he in the team? 

He’s either been dropped, or Lampard wrongly is thinking of Saturday

Rightly or wrongly, Saturday is what he's thinking of.

[Ram-a-lama fa fa fa]

Cant believe Anya not playing

[RadioactiveWaste]

So is the midfield Johnson King and Wilson with Holmes wide?

[SuperDerbySuperRams]

Just now, BurtonRam7 said:

Do you seriously think that Frank would drop him after his performance on Saturday? And do you not think that Premier League Brighton might pose a tougher challenge than pretty much League One Ipswich? I'm not saying it's the correct decision or that it will pay off, but he's clearly being rested.

Give us a 0-1 shithouse win and move onto the more exciting game on Saturday.

If that’s the reason then it’s wrong. In the grand scheme of things, the cup shouldn’t take priority over tonight. Win and we are bang in the top 2 race, and after being complacent against Bolton and Rotherham after good results early in the season, i’d hoped we’d learned our lesson. 

[ThePrisoner]

Can I not AirPlay this to my Apple TV? What a joke. 

[SaintRam]

Just now, BurtonRam7 said:

Rightly or wrongly, Saturday is what he's thinking of.

I think I'm leaning in that direction too.

With how close it is at the top, losing today (even though this team REALLY shouldn't) doesn't really do much to our playoff hopes in the long term, it would probably impact chances at autos though.

We're enjoying the cup. It's good for morale. And if we beat Brighton we're in the QFs with what, 3 prem teams left?

[Sith Happens]

1 minute ago, BurtonRam7 said:

Do you seriously think that Frank would drop him after his performance on Saturday? And do you not think that Premier League Brighton might pose a tougher challenge than pretty much League One Ipswich? I'm not saying it's the correct decision or that it will pay off, but he's clearly being rested.

Give us a 0-1 shithouse win and move onto the more exciting game on Saturday.

Yeah but no but. If Huddlestone is picked today and we win comfortably but he gets injured people will come out and say we were bound to win and he shouldn't have risked him if we wanted any chance of beating Brighton

 

[QuitYourJibbaJivin]

14 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

Making sure Huddlestone's available to start v Brighton. 

This team *should* be able to beat Ipswich, but we've seen poor performances from everyone (including Huddz, in fairness) to add an air of concern to every game.

Don't know if I agree. But travelling to Ipswich then travelling to Brighton 2 and a half days later, Huddz was never going to be able to start both games. He's rotated so often for a reason. 

Heard on talk sport today Derby are staying down south for the next few days to negate the 2 long journeys. I would have started Huddlestone tonight got a good hold on the game then rested for Saturday if we could afford to. If we don’t get 3 points tonight FL has made a huge rod for his own back.

[Carnero]

1 minute ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

So is the midfield Johnson King and Wilson with Holmes wide?

On Saturday it was Holmes in midfield and Wilson wide, so I expect it'll be the same again tonight.