Just now, Erimus74 said:

But theyre not excuses, they're facts, we've had up to 11 players missing & apart from McGree, we have Cobburn, Late, Jones injured

When can we make excuses & when do they stop? 

 

 

Oh I understand that, and it was a reason. But we now have all of our midfielders back, a fully fit defence along with backups, forss back, azaz joined, crooks back, mcgree back for the next game, silvera and Greenwood available, coburn hopefully feeling better after our break.

I don't think our injuries right now are particularly worse than anyone else in the league, after a really bad period. 

Good win for West Brom today as I thought Moggas team would have turned them over, they are a strange team Albion & could quite easily fall out of the playoff pack

Ipswich down to 4th,  Watford losing, does anyone want to cement that 6th place, teams falling over themselves not to hang in there 

 

Is that the first time Ipswich have dropped out the top 2?

Not sure it's been mentioned, but worth noting that again Carrick has name checked forss as a striker in his press conference. To be fair, he did play him there at the start of his reign and only moved him out when Jones had to be taken out of the firing line. And he's been injured for a lot of this season so maybe when Jones is back we'll actually see him used up there. 

31 minutes ago, LinoJo3 said:

Is that the first time Ipswich have dropped out the top 2?

I would say yes, they must be gutted, at one time going head to head with Leicester & 8 IIRC point lead over the 3rd placed team

44 minutes ago, LinoJo3 said:

Is that the first time Ipswich have dropped out the top 2?

Not exactly,They were 3rd on goal difference behind Sothampton for 1 day before the beat Sunderland on the Sunday( 2 or 3 weeks ago)

8 minutes ago, Leesider said:

Not exactly,They were 3rd on goal difference behind Sothampton for 1 day before the beat Sunderland on the Sunday( 2 or 3 weeks ago)

Yea good shout Leesider, they acually were 👍

I'm worried that Forss smile celebration may come back to haunt us at some point against Sunderland. Although I think we will get a result tomorrow. Best case scenario Sunderland go ahead and we win 2 or 3-1

18 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said:

I'm worried that Forss smile celebration may come back to haunt us at some point against Sunderland. Although I think we will get a result tomorrow. Best case scenario Sunderland go ahead and we win 2 or 3-1

You've got to be very superstitious to think that an almost meaningless 4th goal in the 90th minute of a rout is going to bring karmic retribution 😂

I like the look of Ayling, happy to see him come back in to the team 

Hopefully Greenwood is fired up, if nothing he has the speed & energy to unsettle their poor defence

I just hope Carrick sets us up to win the game and get the three points rather than sticking to his principles of playing us into trouble from the back. If it works great but Beale will have them chasing us down and closing outlets off from the kick off, harrying us and trying to force nervous passes. The net effect of that is that they will be vulnerable to long clearances if we utilise it.

With our injuries etc I’d be tempted to utilise where the squad is currently strongest, in midfield and defence.

Go to the 352 we started with against Villa at home, put Thomas in on the left, midfield with 3 of either Hackney, O’Brien, Barlaser or Howson and Azaz or Greenwood attacking with Forrs.

This game will be won with a mixture of passion and pace, so please football Gods and Mr Carrick no Crooks or Howson to start, pretty please

5 minutes ago, pikerman said:

This game will be won with a mixture of passion and pace, so please football Gods and Mr Carrick no Crooks or Howson to start, pretty please

We need to start Pavarotti and Usain Bolt.  Passion and pace!!! 🙌

51 minutes ago, Changing Times said:

We need to start Pavarotti and Usain Bolt.  Passion and pace!!! 🙌

Surely Bocelli is more suited to our style....  or is he a referee now 🙂