[peiowl]

How could a day be any worse. Wednesday lose and so do the Jays, 2nd in a row to the Yankees.

Blades won.

I'm not supposed to say anything about that.

[Statesideowl]

Will take your word for Consilio. It sounded like we were getting overrun constantly. Mcgugan went missing I don't think I heard him mentioned in the second half.

Crash back down to Earth. There's still 44 games though.

For me Helan should be done as starting LB. It sounded like they came down his flank constantly and he couldn't cope.

Win the next game and we're right back in the mix, I think had there not been injuries players would have still been dropped for the next game.

[Maddix]

Got to agree Stateside Thick Mick knew our weak spot and went for it constantly

Sounded like we were back to the square peg syndrome and what the hell is up with Wiggins has he eloped with the Chelsea doctor ?

[Statesideowl]

That's something a few of us were wondering, Where's Wiggins?

3 injuries.. and 2 games in the next week. Reading on the mid-week then L**ds on Saturday. 6:30am KO for some of us. Even earlier for Charlie! I'll probably be watching the second half

Need to have the defence ship shape for next Saturday I can't take a loss to those creatures I'd rather lose to Reading midweek than them if that's what it comes down to.

Rest Loovens, hopefully he's back and decent for Saturday. Sasso will have to play Reading, Seme will prob be back too and Wildsmith will start in goal if Westwoods in hospital and Price has appendicitis

[St Charles Owl]

They were suggesting on the commentary that Wiggins is not yet match fit. Well he played the full ge against Mansfield so he should be good to go on Wednesday.

Consilio, was surprised you said Lopez had a good game as he seemed to be very quiet and hardly mentioned on the commentary. Not questioning your judgement, just didn't get the impression he was that involved.

[Thurnscoe_OWL]

we were WANK

[St Charles Owl]

Is that the total sum of your match report then??

[madsteve]

Disappointing result but plenty of good signs.

Surprised that he started Joao. That was a mistake. He needs to be eased in gradually in the way Wilko did with Hirsty. He is going to be a great player but starting him now in tough away matches does him no favours & gives us no Plan B when we go behind.

We started ok and nearly scored when Matias hit the post. Matias was our main threat and he jinked into the box and Wallace forced it home after the keeper could only tip it away.

Within a minute, Ipswich equalised. A long ball was allowed to bounce & while Loovens & Helan looked at each other, Sears nipped in to score from an acute angle. Westwood should have stopped it. If Loovens had headed it clear, there would have been no danger.

Ipswich put us under pressure with long balls & we always look vulnerable at free kicks & corners. We struggled to create much except when Lopez got on the ball. McGugan was pretty anonymous. Once the second goal went in (again Westwood at fault), we struggled and the introduction of Nuhiu didn't help.

In the final ten minutes, we started to put on some pressure with Lopez getting a bit of ball and Hunt finding space on the right. The only chance fell to Joao and their keeper made a great save to keep it out.

Westwood - 4 - at fault for both goals but struggling with a back injury
Hunt - 7 - forced to defend until final quarter when more of a threat
Lees - 6 - struggled with aerial threat
Loovens - 5 - also struggled & partly at fault for first goal
Helan - 6 - regularly faced two on one situations with little support, not great but not as bad as some have suggested
McGugan - 4 - was he there?
Hutchinson - 6 - had to work hard to cover, still too reckless in the challenge
Lopez - 7 - quality on the ball, we need to get him on the ball more
Wallace - 6 - neat finish but not involved enough
Matias - 8 - our greatest threat, made one & hit the post
Joao - 5 - kind of bullied out of it, one good effort at the death
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Wildsmith - 6 - dealt adequately with what was thrown at him
Nuhiu - 4 - no use as a sub
Lee - 6 - not given enough time to influence

Presumably from the comments on here, Helan was criticised on the commentary because he wasn't as bad yesterday as some suggest. Matias doesn't track back much so Helan was left exposed. Loovens isn't quick enough to help out so someone like Hutch has to help out the LB. Ipswich's main threat was long balls in the air and we didn't deal with them well enough. Will need to see the first goal on TV but my initial thought was that Westwood should have saved it.

This is one of the tougher away matches & although Ipswich aren't as strong as last season, they are a good benchmark for us. It might also reduce expectation & pressure. Overall, it wasn't a good performance but it wasn't a bad performance either.

I still think our back four is vulnerable in the air.

We still have a striker problem. Nuhiu isn't good enough & Joao needs a bit of time. If CC doesn't see Bus or May as capable of leading the line then we need someone else as a temporary measure until Joao is fully up to speed.

The next two matches are against two of the weaker teams (I hope) so hopefully we pick up some points to establish ourselves in the top half.

[Owlkev71]

Good report as always MS. Not sure what happened to Barry yesterday, probably his worst game for us. A winnable game midweek should hopefully get us back on track.

Think we will finish top half, not sure if we are capable of a playoff push yet.

[madsteve]

Good report as always MS. Not sure what happened to Barry yesterday, probably his worst game for us. A winnable game midweek should hopefully get us back on track.

Think we will finish top half, not sure if we are capable of a playoff push yet.

McGugan is one of those players that has one good game, one ok game & one invisible game. Even last season, there were several games where he did little but he is a match winner in others.