vs Swansea.

[ITFC Dudette6]

For much of the match we looked out of it and hopeless.

Our defence was shoddy - Volz improved towards the end, but Naylor looked knackered and like a frightened rabbit against the Swansea strikers. Too many times his and McAuley's passes went astray, and even their back passes to Richard Wright (which there were many of) caused hairy moments in the crowd.

Campo was poor. When he came off, we improved. Shame it took an equaliser to make changes. Garvan and Miller made an impact, we went close. But then, awful 'keeping by Wright allowed them to take the lead. He was beaten by a soft shot - it was like watching the Barnsley goalie from a couple of weeks ago all over again. Makes you wonder whether Supple should be given a chance - afterall, Jim seems to change everything else.

Man of the match, in my opinion, was Norris. He was pretty good. Counago had a good game too - and saved our skins. Our equaliser looked to me (and the people sat around me) offside - but hey, we'll take it!

Looked good first 15 minutes, and the last 10. But the time in the middle?
Oh dear.

Roll on Forest, who knows which Ipswich'll turn up there!

[rossp]

I was in the north stand today. Counago, if i'm honest didn't really do much except score his goals. Everytime he was tackled, he went down, looking for a foul. No Pablo, get up and play football (although his first goal was superb). Swanseas equaliser, well, I don't know what ipswich were thinking, they all seemed to be waiting for a whistle that never came after Quinn's challenge, up pops Bodde and goal. Their second, well, not too bad a shot, but should have been stopped, along with the first. Also, not impressed with the swansea scorer who decided at first to head off towards the swansea fans, then turn back towards the North stand and celebrate there instead. Needless to say, it didn't go down well with us all.

R. Wright 5/10. Still spilling the ball, and should have really done better with the second goal
D. Wright 6/10. Seemed to go missing at times, but was useful going forward
McAuley 5/10. Poor. Too many back passes to Wright, passing was poor
Naylor 5/10. Good in the air, passing poor
Volz 7/10. Our best defender IMO. Did go missing at times, but always not far away, was great going forward
Campo 4/10. Keep the ball on the floor my son. Champions league winner?
Walters 7/10. Get stuck into some challenges, and chase after the ball, it isn't always going to end up at your feet
Norris 8/10. Solid throughout. Maybe should have been captain?
Quinn 6/10. We don't really have many options on the left. Wasn't bad, but passing was shocking at times
Stead 5/10. Slow to react, although his 1st minute shot was good
Counago 6/10. Yes, scored 2, but didn't seem to do much else. How about his goaline clearance?

Subs:
Garvan 6/10. Unlucky not to score
Miller 5/10. Was he there?
Lisbie 6/10. Maybe he should have a start up front with Pablo on Tuesday. Unlucky to have the header saved

To sum up; Disappointing. Passing was poor generally throughout, although I feel with all the chances we had, we should have had all 3 points. Was impressed with Swansea, can see them staying up. Nice flowing football, kind of reminded me of us last season in parts. And as for the atmosphere...pants. Worst I have ever experienced at Portman Road.

Am I looking forward to the Charlton match? No, not one bit.

[bluey69]

wahey ! input from the fans !
lets try n keep this going
sounds as though we're going thru a dodgy spell at the minute
ive got tickets for forest tuesday - but me car is going mental at the minute ! if IF i get to see it, i'll put all my views up here !

[ITFC Dudette6]

We seem to be. There was some momentum (and good performances) in September when we went 5 games unbeaten, but the Charlton match and this one have been disappointing.

I agree with your markings ross, and the atmosphere.

Let's hope we get a result at Forest.

[gt]

Oct 19, 2008 18:22:53 GMT -1 ITFC Dudette6 said:

Let's hope we get a result at Forest.

It's a no brainer Han.