The fact that your visit to Portman Road on Saturday will be an easy away win I'm just interested to know what you think the final score will be? As we have conceded 12 in the last 2 games and we don't have a defence thats worth a wet **** I would say probably 6!
I think as long as we don't have some ridiculous sendings off again we will also score but not win. I would say a 6-3 loss for us (Ipswich)
Just turned it into the match thread since we're already discussing it, hope you don't mind JWM. I'll predict 2-3. We finally look like a well-oiled machine, but that rickety defence isn't getting better any time soon and we always look vulnerable from set pieces, yesterday especially. I also predict Darren O'Dea will **** himself playing in front of jeering Town fans who don't rate him from last season and he'll end up cocking up quite spectacularly somehow.
I watched your game yesterday against the Sham and you looked very good all over the park! Not like the Leeds of old that would shoot itself in the foot. I was impressed that you came back after conceding the og and you deserved to win and really should have done. You will be one of the favourites based on that showing so long as Grayson can keep the team motivated. Portman Road will not present you with too much trouble!
All this talk (including from Ipswich fans) of this game looking like an easy 3 points for Leeds... I'm not convinced. As they say it's a funny old game, after 2 heartbreaking defeats on the bounce I can imagine your teams going to come out fighting. Of course, if Grayson goes for the throat with his tactics like against Wet Spam, if we score a couple then you could be in trouble. I'm going to guess your team doesn't have much fight at the moment in its current state.
I reckon we'll win, just because Ipswich have lost 3 games at home already, and will have so little confidence after their last 2 games. Keith Andrews and Stockdale will probably be looking to impress after they were linked with Leeds alot in the summer, as will Lee Bowyer. I agree with Leeds18, O'Dea's gonna be nervous at Portman road. Although our defence is crap, I don't rate Jay Emmanuel Thomas or Chopra that highly and Gradel will have a field day against Carlos Edwards at rightback. 3-1 to Leeds.
Stockdale. Kennedy, Ainsley, Delaney, Cresswell. Edwards, Drury, Andrews, JET. Chopra, Priskin. Win or lose I would prefer us to stop papering over the cracks of an awful team by setting up negative with formations. How many times do we hear 'The players are scared' type of comments. If I was playing at home and was put into a 5 man midfield made up of sideways passing players with no skill or passion behind a striker who may as well not be on the pitch. I'd be worried! Let's go with a standard attacking 4-4-2 and see what happens. We need players in fast!!!
If it's going to be a walk in the park I want it to be a proper walk in the park. If they are going to go for the throat and really give a broken team a good hiding, I want to see 5 or 6, get some goal difference up there early while we have the opportunity. Plus a clean sheet would be great. Don't step off the accelerator at any moment.
This has to be one of the worst Ipswich Teams I have seen in nearly 40 years of supporting the Town! Just to think back to those epic FA Cup encounters we had back in 1975 when Clive Woods curled in the winner from 25 yards! We are a million miles away from getting back to a side like that!
I thought we'd come back fighting after the 5-1 defeat by the Saints and look what happened. Although very early in the season, the result of this game could really be a defining moment for us. Sadly, I will have to go with 1-3 and hope that I'm bloody wrong!
If your defense is as terrible as you are claiming and showing no signs of improvement, don't expect our attack to be anything other than ruthless. I expect us to batter you 0-0.
