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Radii · 08-15-2011, 11:23 PM

January 27th, 2018

FA Cup Round 4

Man City(7th, PRM) @ Ipswich(2nd, Championship)

The 4th round was our goal in this tournament, and that's a good thing since we're not very likely to still be playing after today. We're 4:1 dogs to win, 5:2 to pull out a draw, with Man City 4:7 favorites at Portman Road for this cup match.

GK: Murphy
D: Kirkland/Fryers/Gudmundsson/McKerr
DMC: Bruce
MC: Donnelly/Bennett
AMC: Gordon
ST: Khan/Constantino

Man City are led by Stevan Jovetic. He's 28, played with Florentina from the 07/08 season to 13/14, Man City paid $41 Million for his rights. He's having a killer year, 14 goals in 17 league matches. Carlos Tevez is 33 now, he's got 10 goals in 12 matches. Of course, neither of those guys are starting today. 25 y/o Alipio is their leading striker out there today. He's got 7 league goals as well and is solid. We've got Khan, Gordon and Bennett back in the lineup today. We'll defend today.

1': Alipio gets a good look from just inside the area, its a clear cut chance 26 seconds in, but not really well struck and saved by Murphy.

11': They're attacking non stop, a shot from 20 yards but just hit the crossbar.

22': We at least hold them off for a little while without any sort of highlight. They've got 5 shots, 2 on target so far. We just cleared out a corner.

33': Hey, we put a shot on target... its a free kick from 35 yards out aimed directly at the keeper, but its a shot on target!

39': Murphy with another great save! They get Alipio free in the area, again he shoots from 15 yards out, their second clear cut chance, and its really not well struck, pretty easy save by Murphy given where he took that shot from.

HALF: Man City controls 57% of the possession, they shoot 12 times, putting 6 on target. We shoot twice, one on target. We had a couple semi chances to counter, Constantino got a ball out ahead with just a defender or two nearby but he wasn't able to make a move on them, that's really all we've got. We're going to change to a counter-attacking strategy for the second half. We need to defend still but lets try a little harder to catch them ad create a quick strike.

60': Nigel de Jong picks up a yellow for a tackle in the midfield.

65': Paulo in for Bruce at DMC. Alex Bruce is more of a DC and he's tired.

68': Ah, it was bound to happen. On their 16th shot, Alipio launches a shot from 25 yards out and buries it perfectly into the left corner of the net. Murphy almost got to it, that was a perfectly placed shot. 0-1

72': We'll try to go on the attack. Goal differential doesn't matter here.

79': Fryers with a yellow for us.

81': Donnelly with a free kick, he shoots and earns us a corner. Gudmundsson receives the corner but puts a shot well off target.

83': Hey look, Neil Gordon goes down and is hurt, he's forced out of the game immediately. Mills is in.

96': In the final minute of injury time we're desperately trying to win the ball back and they make a couple very nice passes up ahead to get Carlos Tevez, who came on as a sub, a very easy goal. 0-2

We tried, but even after going on the attack we weren't really able to do anything threatening. We had a few more highlights but everything was just always cleared out easily.

Ipswich 0 : 2 Man City

Donnelly with a 7.2 today. No one really played poorly. Defender Andreas Beck has an assist and wins man of the match for them.

-- We draw 29,599 fans today. Its not quite a sellout, our stadium is listed as a 30,311 seater. But its still a solid boost, as we're averaging about 24,000 attendance so far this year.

Injury Update

Neil Gordon is out for, you guessed it, 5-6 weeks.

Troy Brown is almost back from his injury, leading to the possibility of more defensive minded formations with Walker, Coutts, Ford, and Gordon all injured. Mills is our only possible AMC, Bennett, Paulo and Donnelly our only possible MC's. Paulo and Bruce DMC's.

08-15-2011, 11:23 PM	#615
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	January 27th, 2018 FA Cup Round 4 Man City(7th, PRM) @ Ipswich(2nd, Championship) The 4th round was our goal in this tournament, and that's a good thing since we're not very likely to still be playing after today. We're 4:1 dogs to win, 5:2 to pull out a draw, with Man City 4:7 favorites at Portman Road for this cup match. GK: Murphy D: Kirkland/Fryers/Gudmundsson/McKerr DMC: Bruce MC: Donnelly/Bennett AMC: Gordon ST: Khan/Constantino Man City are led by Stevan Jovetic. He's 28, played with Florentina from the 07/08 season to 13/14, Man City paid $41 Million for his rights. He's having a killer year, 14 goals in 17 league matches. Carlos Tevez is 33 now, he's got 10 goals in 12 matches. Of course, neither of those guys are starting today. 25 y/o Alipio is their leading striker out there today. He's got 7 league goals as well and is solid. We've got Khan, Gordon and Bennett back in the lineup today. We'll defend today. 1': Alipio gets a good look from just inside the area, its a clear cut chance 26 seconds in, but not really well struck and saved by Murphy. 11': They're attacking non stop, a shot from 20 yards but just hit the crossbar. 22': We at least hold them off for a little while without any sort of highlight. They've got 5 shots, 2 on target so far. We just cleared out a corner. 33': Hey, we put a shot on target... its a free kick from 35 yards out aimed directly at the keeper, but its a shot on target! 39': Murphy with another great save! They get Alipio free in the area, again he shoots from 15 yards out, their second clear cut chance, and its really not well struck, pretty easy save by Murphy given where he took that shot from. HALF: Man City controls 57% of the possession, they shoot 12 times, putting 6 on target. We shoot twice, one on target. We had a couple semi chances to counter, Constantino got a ball out ahead with just a defender or two nearby but he wasn't able to make a move on them, that's really all we've got. We're going to change to a counter-attacking strategy for the second half. We need to defend still but lets try a little harder to catch them ad create a quick strike. 60': Nigel de Jong picks up a yellow for a tackle in the midfield. 65': Paulo in for Bruce at DMC. Alex Bruce is more of a DC and he's tired. 68': Ah, it was bound to happen. On their 16th shot, Alipio launches a shot from 25 yards out and buries it perfectly into the left corner of the net. Murphy almost got to it, that was a perfectly placed shot. 0-1 72': We'll try to go on the attack. Goal differential doesn't matter here. 79': Fryers with a yellow for us. 81': Donnelly with a free kick, he shoots and earns us a corner. Gudmundsson receives the corner but puts a shot well off target. 83': Hey look, Neil Gordon goes down and is hurt, he's forced out of the game immediately. Mills is in. 96': In the final minute of injury time we're desperately trying to win the ball back and they make a couple very nice passes up ahead to get Carlos Tevez, who came on as a sub, a very easy goal. 0-2 We tried, but even after going on the attack we weren't really able to do anything threatening. We had a few more highlights but everything was just always cleared out easily. Ipswich 0 : 2 Man City Donnelly with a 7.2 today. No one really played poorly. Defender Andreas Beck has an assist and wins man of the match for them. -- We draw 29,599 fans today. Its not quite a sellout, our stadium is listed as a 30,311 seater. But its still a solid boost, as we're averaging about 24,000 attendance so far this year. Injury Update Neil Gordon is out for, you guessed it, 5-6 weeks. Troy Brown is almost back from his injury, leading to the possibility of more defensive minded formations with Walker, Coutts, Ford, and Gordon all injured. Mills is our only possible AMC, Bennett, Paulo and Donnelly our only possible MC's. Paulo and Bruce DMC's.