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Radii · 08-20-2011, 02:59 AM

-- We had near capacity crowd against Middlesborough as expected last match, 29,925 fans in the stands!

February 13th, 2018

Ipswich(20-7-4, 1st) @ Stoke(19-7-5, 3rd)

HUGE match right here. We're still tied with Huddersfield for first and Stoke is only 3 points behind. We dont' have a good history against these guys, 1-1-3 and a 1:2 defeat at our house back in September. In that one Bennett gave us a 1:0 lead 27 minutes in, they tied it just before the half and won it in the 87th minute. Constantino still leads the league in goals with 22, but Stoke's Adrian has 20 for 2nd, and Jay Simpson has 17 and is in 5th. Adrian is one of the favorites to win player of the year in the league. Stoke are 5:4 favorites at their place today, we're 7:4.

GK: Murphy
D: Kirkland/Brown/Gudmundsson/McKerr
DMC: Bruce
MC: Donnelly/Paulo
AMC: Mills
ST: Khan/Constantino

Paulo at MC in Bennett's spot today, Bruce DMC, Gudmundsson DC, McKerr DR to cover the holes filled as we move guys around. We're getting close to having more depth, Walker, Berthet, Lewis and Bennett all may be back on the pitch within the next 2 weeks, but for this critical match, we're super super thin.

Looking at the milestones going into the match, their keeper hasn't allowed a goal in 180 minutes. Our Brian Murphy hasn't conceded one in 186 minutes. Constantino and Khan are both making their 150th league appearance in England today.

We'll try to defend here.

3': They build up and begin to attack, passing the ball around and setting up their offense, but we're able ot make an interception. A pass is made ahead to Constantino, but he has the ball tackled away. A stroke up luck for us, the ball falls right to Donnelly and the defender hasn't recovered yet. Donnelly sends it up ahead and Constantino, just onside, breaks for it, he's faster than everyone in Stoke's defense, he runs onto the ball, the keeper rushes out but Constantino calmly buries it as if the keeper wasn't even there!!! 1-0

12': They build up on offense quickly after winning the ball, our defense is set but they simply beat it. There's a through ball into the left side of the area for midfielder Bainbridge, he flat out beats McKerr, and I have to think Berthet would have put up a better defense there. Easy goal once Bainbridge got behind McKerr to receive the pass. 1-1

21': Paulo makes a bad pass in our end to turn the ball over, we end up allowing a shot, well defended, that hits the bar and goes over. Almost a critical turnover there.

32': We have a throwin on offense, Paulo passes to Mills who has some space 20 yards out, he strikes it, but puts it over the goal.

41': we see a couple speculative strikes from Stoke, nothing scary or anything, but worth noting that they're up to 9 shots now.

HALF: We're tied at the half and kinda feel like we're just hoping ot hang on to this tie on the road today. McKerr has a 6.1 and Brown a 5.7 out there today, we're struggling a bit. They've shot 10 times, putting 3 on target. We have 4 shots, just 1 on target. Our tackling is unbelievably bad, 37%. I don't think I've ever seen tackling that poor in the statline ever. We've got to improve.

57': Kirkland goes down injured... injury symbol and all, Im gonna guess 5 weeks!

71': No highlights at all until now, they attack, we head out a clearance and try to counter. Constantino makes a nice run down the left side, into the area, he spots Donnelly coming in down the middle, passes, Donnelly fires... saved by the keeper. That was a really good chance.

77': Zeki Fryers is in at DL for Kirkland.

79': We allow a corner after blocking a long shot. They've only shot 3 times this half. Very very few highlights here. We clear the corner easily.

84': We allow another corner after they have a throwin deep in our end, Fryers tackles the ball behind. Its taken to the near man Simpson, he shoots, deflects off a defender... and goes inches wide. Murphy couldn't react to that deflection in time, we got very lucky it went wide. We win the ball on the next corner and take over possession.

89': We work the ball around the midfield, Donnelly receives a pass and puts an inch perfect pass forward into the area, Khan runs onto it, its our second clear cut chance, he's got a beautiful look here... and can't score. UGH! Saved by the keeper.

92': They get the ball into the area, the highlight opened quickly and I missed how... backup striker Browne is there, its a clear cut chance for them... Murphy with a reflex save!! the ball rebounds right back to him, he can't miss twice in a row can he? Murphy again!!!! SAVED!!!!

That was some seriously poor shooting by their man but some clutch play by Murphy to make back to back saves of two clear cut chances. That seals the tie for us!

Stoke 1 : 1 Ipswich

In the end both teams missed some very good looks, but on the road against a top team we'll take the tie and be happy about it! They have a midfielder pick up man of the match.

Goal: Constantino (6.9)
Assist: Donnelly (7.7)
Notables: Kirkland (7.1)

Our defense was not at its best today. Brown 6.5, Gudmundsson 6.4.

We fall to second with the tie as Huddersfield continue their winning ways.

32 matches in, 13 to go, here's how the standings look:

1. Huddersfield - 70 pts
2. Ipswich - 68 pts
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3. Stoke - 65 pts
4. Hull - 63 pts
5. Watford - 62 pts
6. QPR - 60 pts
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7. Burnley - 59 pts
8. Leicester - 54 pts
9. Cardiff - 52 pts

We still have Hull, QPR and Huddersfield on the schedule.

-- Kirkland is not injured.

-- We play arch-rival Norwich in 4 days. Injuries and fatigue be damned, beat Norwich!

08-20-2011, 02:59 AM	#623
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	-- We had near capacity crowd against Middlesborough as expected last match, 29,925 fans in the stands! February 13th, 2018 Ipswich(20-7-4, 1st) @ Stoke(19-7-5, 3rd) HUGE match right here. We're still tied with Huddersfield for first and Stoke is only 3 points behind. We dont' have a good history against these guys, 1-1-3 and a 1:2 defeat at our house back in September. In that one Bennett gave us a 1:0 lead 27 minutes in, they tied it just before the half and won it in the 87th minute. Constantino still leads the league in goals with 22, but Stoke's Adrian has 20 for 2nd, and Jay Simpson has 17 and is in 5th. Adrian is one of the favorites to win player of the year in the league. Stoke are 5:4 favorites at their place today, we're 7:4. GK: Murphy D: Kirkland/Brown/Gudmundsson/McKerr DMC: Bruce MC: Donnelly/Paulo AMC: Mills ST: Khan/Constantino Paulo at MC in Bennett's spot today, Bruce DMC, Gudmundsson DC, McKerr DR to cover the holes filled as we move guys around. We're getting close to having more depth, Walker, Berthet, Lewis and Bennett all may be back on the pitch within the next 2 weeks, but for this critical match, we're super super thin. Looking at the milestones going into the match, their keeper hasn't allowed a goal in 180 minutes. Our Brian Murphy hasn't conceded one in 186 minutes. Constantino and Khan are both making their 150th league appearance in England today. We'll try to defend here. 3': They build up and begin to attack, passing the ball around and setting up their offense, but we're able ot make an interception. A pass is made ahead to Constantino, but he has the ball tackled away. A stroke up luck for us, the ball falls right to Donnelly and the defender hasn't recovered yet. Donnelly sends it up ahead and Constantino, just onside, breaks for it, he's faster than everyone in Stoke's defense, he runs onto the ball, the keeper rushes out but Constantino calmly buries it as if the keeper wasn't even there!!! 1-0 12': They build up on offense quickly after winning the ball, our defense is set but they simply beat it. There's a through ball into the left side of the area for midfielder Bainbridge, he flat out beats McKerr, and I have to think Berthet would have put up a better defense there. Easy goal once Bainbridge got behind McKerr to receive the pass. 1-1 21': Paulo makes a bad pass in our end to turn the ball over, we end up allowing a shot, well defended, that hits the bar and goes over. Almost a critical turnover there. 32': We have a throwin on offense, Paulo passes to Mills who has some space 20 yards out, he strikes it, but puts it over the goal. 41': we see a couple speculative strikes from Stoke, nothing scary or anything, but worth noting that they're up to 9 shots now. HALF: We're tied at the half and kinda feel like we're just hoping ot hang on to this tie on the road today. McKerr has a 6.1 and Brown a 5.7 out there today, we're struggling a bit. They've shot 10 times, putting 3 on target. We have 4 shots, just 1 on target. Our tackling is unbelievably bad, 37%. I don't think I've ever seen tackling that poor in the statline ever. We've got to improve. 57': Kirkland goes down injured... injury symbol and all, Im gonna guess 5 weeks! 71': No highlights at all until now, they attack, we head out a clearance and try to counter. Constantino makes a nice run down the left side, into the area, he spots Donnelly coming in down the middle, passes, Donnelly fires... saved by the keeper. That was a really good chance. 77': Zeki Fryers is in at DL for Kirkland. 79': We allow a corner after blocking a long shot. They've only shot 3 times this half. Very very few highlights here. We clear the corner easily. 84': We allow another corner after they have a throwin deep in our end, Fryers tackles the ball behind. Its taken to the near man Simpson, he shoots, deflects off a defender... and goes inches wide. Murphy couldn't react to that deflection in time, we got very lucky it went wide. We win the ball on the next corner and take over possession. 89': We work the ball around the midfield, Donnelly receives a pass and puts an inch perfect pass forward into the area, Khan runs onto it, its our second clear cut chance, he's got a beautiful look here... and can't score. UGH! Saved by the keeper. 92': They get the ball into the area, the highlight opened quickly and I missed how... backup striker Browne is there, its a clear cut chance for them... Murphy with a reflex save!! the ball rebounds right back to him, he can't miss twice in a row can he? Murphy again!!!! SAVED!!!! That was some seriously poor shooting by their man but some clutch play by Murphy to make back to back saves of two clear cut chances. That seals the tie for us! Stoke 1 : 1 Ipswich In the end both teams missed some very good looks, but on the road against a top team we'll take the tie and be happy about it! They have a midfielder pick up man of the match. Goal: Constantino (6.9) Assist: Donnelly (7.7) Notables: Kirkland (7.1) Our defense was not at its best today. Brown 6.5, Gudmundsson 6.4. We fall to second with the tie as Huddersfield continue their winning ways. 32 matches in, 13 to go, here's how the standings look: 1. Huddersfield - 70 pts 2. Ipswich - 68 pts -------------------------- 3. Stoke - 65 pts 4. Hull - 63 pts 5. Watford - 62 pts 6. QPR - 60 pts -------------------- 7. Burnley - 59 pts 8. Leicester - 54 pts 9. Cardiff - 52 pts We still have Hull, QPR and Huddersfield on the schedule. -- Kirkland is not injured. -- We play arch-rival Norwich in 4 days. Injuries and fatigue be damned, beat Norwich!