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Radii · 08-24-2011, 07:27 PM

-- Neil Gordon is named in the Championship team of the week this week.

March 20th, 2018

Ipswich(22-10-5, 2nd) @ Scunthorpe(11-8-18, 17th)

We're even money favorites on the road today going on quite short rest. One of the rare times I note the referee, 45 yellows and 3 reds given out during 14 games this year. We crushed these guys 4:1 back in November but have a 3-4-5 losing record lifetime against them.

GK: Murphy
D: Kirkland/Brown/Gudmundsson/Berthet
DMC: Coutts
MC: Donnelly/Bennett
AMC: Mills
ST: Khan/Constantino

Scunthorpe are led by 18 goals from Jamie Proctor. We have Gudmundsson in for Bruce, Coutts in for Paulo and Mills in for Gordon, its nice to be able to make solid subs like that again to rest guys! They run a 3-4-3, one of their forwards is Jon Stead, he left Ipswich for them in January. He has over 100 goals in 9 seasons for ipswich, so I'm sure he'll be up for this one. Standard mindset on the road.

11': Mills with a free kick near midfield, he passes ahead to Donnelly, ahead to Constantino, he's in between two defenders, shoots, and puts it way high.

17': After a throwin we get the ball to Donnelly who sends it into the area, Constantino scoots behind the defense, called onsides though it looks really really close, he's got tons of space once he gets to the ball and puts it into the net! 1-0

27': After some buildup Mills sends it into the area from about 30 yards out, Constantion is there... but he's clearly offsides. He scores, the other team bitches and finally the flag is noticed. He was miles offside.

31': Berthet earns us a corner with a nice run down the right side, including an impressive juke to get by a tackle. First corner is headed behind. Second is cleared pretty easily. We recover at midfield and buildup again but they are able to make an interception.

40': We win a ball in the midfield and set up our offense. Berthet has it wide right, sends it into the middle for Mills, Mills sends it forward into the area, Constantino sprints by the defense and you can see this one coming like its in slow motion. the keeper is frozen and doesn't rush out for it, the defense is helpless, Constantino walks up to it about 8 yards from the goal and strikes it by the keeper, his 30th goal of the year! 2-0

48': Lots of added time this half. Defender Parrett with a yellow near the box, they clear out the free kick though.

HALF: Solid half. We've got 10 shots, they have 1. We're in complete control. We've won 100% of our tackles so far, neato.

50': We control it in our own end, Berthet with a long pass back to Murphy, Murphy sends it back ahead to start the offense back up... Berthet with a long ball down the right, and Constantion just outruns the defense. They're still back but he's behind them and can do whatever he wants. He cuts into the area, sees Steve Mills wide open at the penalty spot, makes a perfect pass to him and Mills finishes well! 3-0

50': Jordan Ford in for Donnelly who picked up a bit of a knock and is at lower fitness than the rest. We play again in less than a week so lets get him rested.

62': I didn't see what happened but constantino has picked up an injury. He can stay in but has the injury symbol over his head so we'll be holding our breath postgame.

65': No need to take any chances. Fryers in for Constantino. Fryers moves into the defense, Mills up to forward so we go 5-1-2-2 with no AMC.

85': They get one back on a beautiful pass and volley, attacker Lita got free in the area, sent a strong pass across the 6 yard box that 2 defenders just didn't have time to react to, Proctor was there and volleyed it into the net. 3-1

Scunthorpe 1 : 3 Ipswich

They only shoot 6 times all match as we get an easy 3 points.

Man of the Match: Constantino (9.1)
Goals: Constantino 2, Mills (7.6)
Assists: Donnelly (7.6), Mills, Constantino
Notables: Berthet (7.2), Kirkland (7.4), Brown (7.3), Khan (7.0)

-- No long term injury for constantino, hooray.

Huddersfield lose and we've got a pretty big goal differential advantage on them so we bump back up to first with 8 to go:

1. Ipswich - 79 pts
2. Huddersfield - 79 pts
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3. Stoke - 78 pts
4. Watford - 78 pts
5. Hull - 77 pts
6. QPR - 72 pts
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7. Burnley - 71 pts

Just 2 points separate 1st and 5th. Stoke and Watford have a very slim goal differential edge over us (both of them are +38, we're +36). Huddersfield (+23) and Hull (+19) are well behind.

We travel to #23 Portsmouth next before a huge, huge match hosting #2 Huddersfield.

08-24-2011, 07:27 PM	#632
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	-- Neil Gordon is named in the Championship team of the week this week. March 20th, 2018 Ipswich(22-10-5, 2nd) @ Scunthorpe(11-8-18, 17th) We're even money favorites on the road today going on quite short rest. One of the rare times I note the referee, 45 yellows and 3 reds given out during 14 games this year. We crushed these guys 4:1 back in November but have a 3-4-5 losing record lifetime against them. GK: Murphy D: Kirkland/Brown/Gudmundsson/Berthet DMC: Coutts MC: Donnelly/Bennett AMC: Mills ST: Khan/Constantino Scunthorpe are led by 18 goals from Jamie Proctor. We have Gudmundsson in for Bruce, Coutts in for Paulo and Mills in for Gordon, its nice to be able to make solid subs like that again to rest guys! They run a 3-4-3, one of their forwards is Jon Stead, he left Ipswich for them in January. He has over 100 goals in 9 seasons for ipswich, so I'm sure he'll be up for this one. Standard mindset on the road. 11': Mills with a free kick near midfield, he passes ahead to Donnelly, ahead to Constantino, he's in between two defenders, shoots, and puts it way high. 17': After a throwin we get the ball to Donnelly who sends it into the area, Constantino scoots behind the defense, called onsides though it looks really really close, he's got tons of space once he gets to the ball and puts it into the net! 1-0 27': After some buildup Mills sends it into the area from about 30 yards out, Constantion is there... but he's clearly offsides. He scores, the other team bitches and finally the flag is noticed. He was miles offside. 31': Berthet earns us a corner with a nice run down the right side, including an impressive juke to get by a tackle. First corner is headed behind. Second is cleared pretty easily. We recover at midfield and buildup again but they are able to make an interception. 40': We win a ball in the midfield and set up our offense. Berthet has it wide right, sends it into the middle for Mills, Mills sends it forward into the area, Constantino sprints by the defense and you can see this one coming like its in slow motion. the keeper is frozen and doesn't rush out for it, the defense is helpless, Constantino walks up to it about 8 yards from the goal and strikes it by the keeper, his 30th goal of the year! 2-0 48': Lots of added time this half. Defender Parrett with a yellow near the box, they clear out the free kick though. HALF: Solid half. We've got 10 shots, they have 1. We're in complete control. We've won 100% of our tackles so far, neato. 50': We control it in our own end, Berthet with a long pass back to Murphy, Murphy sends it back ahead to start the offense back up... Berthet with a long ball down the right, and Constantion just outruns the defense. They're still back but he's behind them and can do whatever he wants. He cuts into the area, sees Steve Mills wide open at the penalty spot, makes a perfect pass to him and Mills finishes well! 3-0 50': Jordan Ford in for Donnelly who picked up a bit of a knock and is at lower fitness than the rest. We play again in less than a week so lets get him rested. 62': I didn't see what happened but constantino has picked up an injury. He can stay in but has the injury symbol over his head so we'll be holding our breath postgame. 65': No need to take any chances. Fryers in for Constantino. Fryers moves into the defense, Mills up to forward so we go 5-1-2-2 with no AMC. 85': They get one back on a beautiful pass and volley, attacker Lita got free in the area, sent a strong pass across the 6 yard box that 2 defenders just didn't have time to react to, Proctor was there and volleyed it into the net. 3-1 Scunthorpe 1 : 3 Ipswich They only shoot 6 times all match as we get an easy 3 points. Man of the Match: Constantino (9.1) Goals: Constantino 2, Mills (7.6) Assists: Donnelly (7.6), Mills, Constantino Notables: Berthet (7.2), Kirkland (7.4), Brown (7.3), Khan (7.0) -- No long term injury for constantino, hooray. Huddersfield lose and we've got a pretty big goal differential advantage on them so we bump back up to first with 8 to go: 1. Ipswich - 79 pts 2. Huddersfield - 79 pts ---------------------------- 3. Stoke - 78 pts 4. Watford - 78 pts 5. Hull - 77 pts 6. QPR - 72 pts -------------------------- 7. Burnley - 71 pts Just 2 points separate 1st and 5th. Stoke and Watford have a very slim goal differential edge over us (both of them are +38, we're +36). Huddersfield (+23) and Hull (+19) are well behind. We travel to #23 Portsmouth next before a huge, huge match hosting #2 Huddersfield.