Match Day Thread Ipswich vs Saints - Sunday, August 17 - 12:00 KO

Afternoon Chaps, good start for you.

If you don't beat us on Sunday I would suggest that you request a fast forward to the end of season and immediate relegation for the embarrassment of being unable to beat an unbelievably poor Ipswich side

 

We beat them at their gaff last season when we were one of the worst sides in living memory, so why can`t we do it again ? They haven`t exactly been pulling up trees this season. I`d consider a draw to be a good result however.

 

We have been pretty crap in our first two games as well, although we found a way to win them both... which I'd definitely take a repeat of come Sunday!

 

We weren’t born yesterday. We know all about jinxes, reverse jinxes and counter-jinxes, thank you!

 

We even have our own resident board jinxer.

 

True. But he’s in denial about it. Which makes him a wild liability.

 

*Thread ban incoming*

 

Why do you assume we mean you?

 

I am happy to sacrifice a Brazil type performance for a very late winner.

Especially against Ipswich

 

They are welcome to play like Brazil. As long as it is the Brazil of July 13th, 2014.

 

The correct team for this game;

Bazunu;

THB - Stephens - Quarshie;

Sugawara - Downes - Charles - Manning;

Fernandes - Robinson;

Stewart

 

THB won't be starting two games in four days straight off the back of a prolonged ankle surgery lay-off, otherwise I probably agree with most of it. I don't see Fraser getting dropped and think WS will want natural wide players because he likes his wing backs and wingers to combine and generate 2v1 situations in wide areas

Sugawara probably gets a reprieve and another opportunity in this one, but I am running out of patience with him somewhat now. If he can't look handy in the Championship then what a waste he has been

 

I agree with everything you've said., Sugawara is really annoying me too.. For all the talent he has alledgedly.. He struggled to get in the game last weekend against a poor Wrexham.

Fraser for me doesn't get dropped.., But how do you drop Matty and Jay?

 

I think this match is a three pointer. If Ipswich win, I can see this setting a marker for the rest of the season for you. A Southampton win will be fascinating because it would mean 3 wins from awkward matches.

I think this will be a really entertaining match. I enjoyed last Saturday and just feel the Ipswich match will be equally entertaining. I was thinking this afternoon whilst in thr traffic jam on the M3 how getting wins will affect our confidence. The Wrexham game will have helped massively.

 

Arent all games a three pointer?

 

Sorry...meant six pointer

 

A six pointer as the second game of the season? This is unacceptable abuse of football linguistics.

 

Let’s just call it a pointer. Points will be scored. Goals possibly too.

 

I’m expecting a loss tbh, but that wouldn’t be the end of world. A draw would be an excellent result. Win it and we’ll have some real momentum and confidence going forward.