http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk News and Views from Portman Road and Beyond Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:43:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A good start to the new season. I have only seen the home game against Burnley which we should have won. There were encouraging signs in that game that there was a better team spirit and a greater determination to win. As we all know the squad has been far ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/the-futures-bright-the-futures-blue It must be every footballers dream to play at Wembley however bad the pitch is. Liam Trotter played there last year when on loan to Scunthorpe and helped them secure a place in the Championship by beating Millwall in the League One play-off final. This year he will be turning out for ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/liam-trotter-at-wembley-again Well the last home game of the season ended with a 0-3 defeat by Sheffied United. Ipswich played some good football in the first half, most of it started in midfield by Owen Garvin. For a home game Roy Keane opted to play five in midfield, leaving young Connor Wickham ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/end-of-term-report Well done Norwich in securing promotion back to the Championship. At least next season we should have one home game with a virtually full house and a bit of atmosphere!  The last home game against Doncaster was an absolute bore, a typical end of season mid table nothing to play for game. ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/local-derbies-again-next-season The six points won over Easter now makes Ipswich safe from relegation this season. This, together with Connor Wickham's  performance when coming on for the second half against Reading and his man of the match performance at Derby has spurred me into renewing my season tickets for another season. I hope Ipswich ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/safe-from-relegation-at-last From an entertainment point of view the last three home games have been dreadful. Scunthorpe were a team of "spoilers" who wasted time to slow the tempo of the game and very nearly succeeded in getting a point if it had not been for Connor Wickham's 92nd minute strike. I ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/only-three-home-games-left-this-season My cat was grinning when I got home Tuesday evening after the game at Portman Road, he knew the result so he would not be getting his backside kicked once again. This was a good performance by a well balanced side. My man of the match was Owen Garvin who ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/the-balance-was-right-at-last The last home game in February saw yet another draw. The last gasp win with that late goal by Pablo Counago against Coventry in mid January seems a long while ago. Despite all the comings and goings in personnel the same problem is still there in that we cannot hit ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/still-too-many-draws After all the excitement of the last gasp win against Coventry it was disappointing to go out of the FA Cup at Southampton and then allow WBA to draw level in injury time at Portman Road last night. WBA were clearly the better side but Ipswich do now defend resolutely ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/progress-yardstick I felt sorry for Mark Hughes who lost his job at Manchester City because "of only two wins in eleven games". Too many draws ! Admittedly he had spent fortunes on players who were not performing for him but the owners were wanting immediate success for the huge investment they had ... http://www.ipswichfootie.co.uk/too-many-draws