I certainly hope I am wrong and you are right. He’s a big plus for our team when he plays. I think a fully fit and firing Denver is a championship quality player. Still can’t believe how unlucky we were with Watmore.
Agreed and yeah I'm still a bit gutted about Watmore, all that time and money spent for someone else's benefit. I'll always be pleased for the lad though and I hope he has a great career.
exactly, we need a strong leader in the thick of things, a captain on the field who can kick our own arses when its needed, not sure we'll find one available in january, but Speakman needs to earn his corn if we are to step up.
Point is acceptable for me. Ipswich were flying first half and their right side gave us problems. Thought Hume pushed them back well when he came on. Second half we did enough to deserve the point Quality from Neil again, ball is literally perfect and great finish. Dont normally mention the ref but that was poor today. They are often hopeless but we really got the rough end of decisions today. That said I dont mind seeing our lads giving it back. People say we are a soft touch but I think we are getting a bit of steel in our game. Still need a couple of reinforcements in Jan as squad is thin, but we keep digging in.
Difficult to recruit in January and hit the ground running but our recruitment has been good so far. We've got a load of pace and talent with the likes of Broadhead and Neil. If we can get someone to break up the play and win second balls we can turn teams.
Happy enough with a point. Got to stay in touch with the top two as there could be a breakaway from the rest of the pack before too long.
Reading Roker Report Player Ratings, Wright their MoM, Pritchard who has been good was a dud today. Hume was also mentioned in dispatches... .
Starting to accept that, at best, we are the 3rd best team in this league and the play offs beckon once again.
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann: 6/10 Not an awful lot for Hoffmann to do, tipped a free kick from out wide over the bar in the second half but no chance with the goal and never really threatened otherwise. Bailey Wright: 8/10 Really stood up to the early pressure by Ipswich and made one important block late on, very good today. Tom Flanagan: 7/10 Solid display by Flanagan as Ipswich tried to put us under pressure. Callum Doyle: 6/10 Let a runner get in front of him for the Ipswich goal and unable to play out from the back as much as he normally would. Lynden Gooch: 6/10 Had a battle with Burns early on as he started at left back but then shifted to the right following Dajaku’s injury, played in Stewart after some good skill but the striker was unable to finish. Carl Winchester: 7/10 Really hard working effort by Winchester, covered so much ground and helped cover both full back positions. Dan Neil: 7/10 Like Winchester, worked his socks off and showed his quality on the ball when he set up the equaliser. Leon Dajaku: 5/10 Went off injured after a crunching tackle by Lee Evans, had struggled to get involved before then. Alex Pritchard: 4/10 Made one good pass to Hume in the first half but in truth was completely anonymous today and couldn’t make the ball stick. Nathan Broadhead: 7/10 Excellent run and finish for the equaliser. No other service came his way but kept trying to run the channels and hassling the defenders. Ross Stewart: 6/10 Had a couple of chances in behind but couldn’t finish the first chance and couldn’t control the second. Did work tirelessly for the team though and covered a lot of ground. Subs Denver Hume: 6/10 The team had a better balance once Hume came on following Dakaju’s injury, made one really good run in the first half and maybe should have shot rather than trying to find a team-mate but did well in his first game back from injury. Elliot Embleton: 6/10 Put in a couple of dangerous corners which never really came to anything but nothing to work with in open play. Aiden O’Brien: 6/10 Came on late in the game and got in a couple of positions to get on the end of loose balls but was unable to find a team-mate both times. Man of the Match: Bailey Wright In front of a packed-out Portman Road, with the home fans and players fired up after the arrival of a new manager, Bailey Wright stood up more than most and has got back to his best recently. Was very solid today and really got stuck in as we dug out a point.
Cross misses the defender it’s clear. Bloody unlucky that as Flanagan moves for where the ball is going before the deflection otherwise it stays 0-0
Going to say missed chances cost you. They missed theirs and needed a lot of luck to score. They did the same at ours where they had chances but were awful in front of goal.
Aye we were unlucky with Watmore alright. He was unlucky with managers here too mind. All ****e bar BSA, who got tbe best out of him.
