Saints 1 Ipswich 1 - Reaction Thread

[saintscottofthenortham]

Quite how anybody can honestly say that Harding is as good as Fox after tonight needs their head checked. He showed exactly why I have never rated him. Dreadful would be an understatement. Constantly out of position, made that lanky streak of **** look like Lionel Messi. To think last week there was a discussion on here where some were trying to say Hardings delivery into the box is better than that of Fox, well... Tonight wasn't just a bad game, that was a welcome back Mr Harding, resume where you left off. Absolutely diabolical.

 

Guly may as well of asked to come off at half time, he didn't run in the 2nd half until his number was up on that board.

 

Deano struggled, Morgan looked tired from Saturday, as did many others. Frazer certainly struggled tonight too. Great delivery by SDR for our goal and it very nearly worked again. Gutted to be pegged back from a deflection the KD was right behind. A fair result though.

[CWD]

Just got in to find we've drawn. Sounds like we played OK and my initial reaction is the same as it has been after a lot of recent midweek games - win on Saturday and it's still been a good week!

 

Keep the faith, the lads will do this.

[L1Minus10]

Disappointing. Having got in front it was gutting to give away such a preventable goal. Jos should never have let him have the ball in the first place and then someone slipped over. Then the bastard hit a superb shot.

 

Guly wasn't too bad - just played too narrow. I suspect he was instructed to do so. SDR was obviously told to go wide and we scored from that.

 

I have issue with the 3rd sub. Why change it - we're 1-0 up and Ipswich hadn't got near our goal for about half an hour. We're ****ing about trying to get into the diamond formation and they score.

[positivepete]

Strange game, we did not get our usual passing game together all match, we played it early for Lee most of the first half, and our chances came from transition or early balls. Not like us at home at all. Ipswich to be fair closed us down all over the pitch, and played well for large parts of the second half. Still, I am sure most would be pleased with four points from the last two games.

[S-Clarke]

Strange game, we did not get our usual passing game together all match, we played it early for Lee most of the first half, and our chances came from transition or early balls. Not like us at home at all. Ipswich to be fair closed us down all over the pitch, and played well for large parts of the second half. Still, I am sure most would be pleased with four points from the last two games.

 

That's the problem. When teams do that we seem to be stuck.

[Foxstone]

Firstly to all those on this thread who have slated Guly - Clearly you were'nt at the game because if you had of been, you would have seen somebody whose touch was better than any on the pitch and was a threat to Ipswich in the first half and nearly scored after a sublime move in the 2nd. Lay off him...

 

Rant Over, A game where we snatched a draw from the jaws of victory. Ipswich were busy and worked very hard to close us down but other than a Chopra effort in the 2nd half offered little threat to our goal until a defensive lapse let in Scotland late on.

 

We huffed and puffed a bit tonight, had plenty of opportunities but were not clinical enough.

 

The team played mediocre tonight and either Fonte, De Ridder or Guly being our highlights alongside Ricky.

Mention also to Tadanari's work rate who put in a good shift.

Frazer, Jos and especially Harding were quite poor tonight, and by christ Billy Sharp needs to lose some timber around his middle or he will be little use to us.

 

Disappointing, but time to pick ourselves up for Barnsley.

 

Support also mediocre tonight I'm afraid to say - We need to sing louder, more often and more supportive and not just the endless Pompey ****takes...

[dvaughanwilliams]

Ipswich to be fair closed us down all over the pitch

 

That's the problem. When teams do that we seem to be stuck.

 

The difference now is the option that Lee gives us for the ball over the top for him to run on to. It's not pretty, but it was very effective at winning possession in attacking positions.

 

Also De Ridder, when he came on, was the perfect player to run in behind their defence.

 

I'm not suggesting that the long ball should be our preferred playing style, but it is the best way to counteract a high line. Used appropriately, we have the players to exploit it.

Edited 6 March, 2012 by dvaughanwilliams

[Psycrow]

A very disappointing result. Why was the side changed so much? We've looked so much better with Chaplow, Lallana, Cork & Morgan in the middle. Were there injuries tonight? De Ridder instead of Puncheon? Cork on the bench? Sharp still not starting? Sorry. It doesn't make sense to me.

 

Chaplow is just back from an injury that kept him out for a couple of months. Lallana's fitness hasn't been great either, so taken off.

 

Lot of people complained about Cork's performance on saturday, and now that he's dropped and we didn't win he's suddenly the best thing since sliced bread again and should have started.

 

Fans are never happy. Its the way of modern football

[gammon cheeks]

Yep, pathetic scapegoating, and makes our fanbase out to be a bunch of racist bell-ends.

Racist bell ends! what a **** you are! Guly was **** and i mean **** tonight ....De ridder did more in 5 minutes than guly did all game !

[Verbal Kint]

Chaplow is just back from an injury that kept him out for a couple of months. Lallana's fitness hasn't been great either, so taken off.

 

Lot of people complained about Cork's performance on saturday, and now that he's dropped and we didn't win he's suddenly the best thing since sliced bread again and should have started.

 

Fans are never happy. Its the way of modern football

 

Very much this. Cork has been playing most weeks recently as has Chaplow after a long lay off. They both put in a hell of a shift on saturday and Adkins probably thought we needed to freshen things up a bit. It's a squad game...

[S-Clarke]

Racist bell ends! what a **** you are! Guly was **** and i mean **** tonight ....De ridder did more in 5 minutes than guly did all game !

 

tbf both are totally different types of players, and both clearly had different instructions of how to play. Guly sort of came in field more and did retain the ball in the first half, but was awful in the 2nd - totally lost his way.

[sticksaint]

I can assure you that Guly being coloured has nothing to do with my opinion that he isn't very good.

 

 

Dune you do realise calling a black person "coloured" (your words not mine) is considered to be racist these days? Maybe i`m getting you wrong ,maybe you`re a lovely person but just really ignorant-i don`t know.But i`ve seen a lot of the stuff that you post so i don`t think so! Like i said i`ve been a member of this site for years even back when you didn`t have to log in before you posted on old saintsforever days.But i rarely post. You are quite welcome to visit me i live in Chapeltown, Leeds . PS i really wouldn`t bring any of your EDL stuff when you come (this is a friendly bit of advice!!!) COYR

[dvaughanwilliams]

Chaplow is just back from an injury that kept him out for a couple of months. Lallana's fitness hasn't been great either, so taken off.

 

Lot of people complained about Cork's performance on saturday, and now that he's dropped and we didn't win he's suddenly the best thing since sliced bread again and should have started.

 

Fans are never happy. Its the way of modern football

 

I'm as guilty of this kind of thing as anyone else. We do need to keep perspective and not use too much hyperbole, but there is still a place for reasonable debate about who should or shouldn't be in the team and their performances on the pitch. I certainly think that some of the language to describe the performances of Harding and Guly is a bit over the top.

[dune]

Dune you do realise calling a black person "coloured" (your words not mine) is considered to be racist these days? Maybe i`m getting you wrong ,maybe you`re a lovely person but just really ignorant-i don`t know.But i`ve seen a lot of the stuff that you post so i don`t think so! Like i said i`ve been a member of this site for years even back when you didn`t have to log in before you posted on old saintsforever days.But i rarely post. You are quite welcome to visit me i live in Chapeltown, Leeds . PS i really wouldn`t bring any of your EDL stuff when you come (this is a friendly bit of advice!!!) COYR

 

What EDL stuff would that be?

[ThreeSixty]

Heartbreaker.

 

Should have won this game comfortably

[Um Bongo]

Dominated the first 35 mins. Guly should have scored with his head. Lallana should have scored. Let Ipswich get back into it.

 

Second half, Ipswich better side for the first 20 mins. So slow out of the traps, unlike us. Guly should have score but horribly off balance. Davis wonder save from Chorpa.

 

De Ridder made the instant impact, however defending for their goal was awful.

 

Positives:

Lallana looked good

Lee looked lively although did tail off. Lots of running though.

 

Negatives:

Schneiderlin, Guly & Richardson were poor for me tonight. Too many balls given away.

Their goal.

2 points dropped.

 

Still, a point is a point.

[Avenue Saint]

Racist bell ends! what a **** you are! Guly was **** and i mean **** tonight ....De ridder did more in 5 minutes than guly did all game !

 

I'm afraid to say Guly was a sack of ****e tonight. Positionslly all over the place, leaving frazer exposed, whilst other times stood with hands on hips while team breaking forward! What is going on???

 

De ridder came on and instantly made goal, set up another 5 mins later and played much much better.

 

Hammond bar one crossfield pass did sod all else! May as well have been playing with 9 outfield players. Missed cork.

 

Lambert had mediocre game and lee is a special buy!

 

Lots of usefull runs strong in the tackle and genuinely a threat. Just couldn't play the right balls to him.

 

In the end of the day, too much hoofball, for all of ipswich's recent run, they looked a very average team.

 

Scotland, the ******r scored a good goal as it seemed all the way from block 22 but we should really have won that.

 

Lallana and Lee probably push for man of the match. With a mention for De Ridder!

 

For all the stick he gets on here, after coming on he really did change the game.

[Psycrow]

I'm as guilty of this kind of thing as anyone else. We do need to keep perspective and not use too much hyperbole, but there is still a place for reasonable debate about who should or shouldn't be in the team and their performances on the pitch. I certainly think that some of the language to describe the performances of Harding and Guly is a bit over the top.

 

Of course there's a place for reasonable debate about who should and shouldn't play. I agree 100% with that.

 

But hindsight is 20-20 vision, and this isn't even hindsight... What fans part take in when dissecting a loss/draw they're ****ed off with is hypothetical hindsight.

 

Only one man has to decide a team BEFORE he knows the result. Its very easy to come on here and second guess the manager after the result saying X should have started and Y is **** because his performance tonight may not have been as good as usual.

 

And even then, fans proclaim to be right. Everyone on here who says Cork should have started tonight, or whatever each person has proclaimed, 100% believe that they're way would have resulted in a win, when there's no way to prove it.

 

Its a waste of energy and time.

 

Lets see some of you choose the starting 11 for Saturday's match before kickoff and state your reasons for your choice. Then swallow your pride if either we don't win when your 11 is picked, or we do when its not.

[Kingsland Red]

Ipswich played a compact formation with a lot of confidence and are on a good run.

Reading have a nightmare fixture list in a few weeks time - Blackpool, West Ham ,Leeds , Brighton and us in succession.

We will drop more points this season.

Together as one , control the controllables etc!

[sticksaint]

What EDL stuff would that be?

 

 

You have posted a bit of stuff supportive of the EDL. I can`t remember specific instances but you have and you know you have.You may be a member i don`t know.I think a lot of racism is based on ignorance.My next door neighbour is black,my other neighbour is Indian and the people across the road from me are Muslim (I think) and we all get on just fine! Like i said ignorance.

[dune]

You have posted a bit of stuff supportive of the EDL. I can`t remember specific instances but you have and you know you have.You may be a member i don`t know.I think a lot of racism is based on ignorance.My next door neighbour is black,my other neighbour is Indian and the people across the road from me are Muslim (I think) and we all get on just fine! Like i said ignorance.

 

Your area sounds charming i'm sure, but what has this got to do with the Ipswich game?

[dvaughanwilliams]

Of course there's a place for reasonable debate about who should and shouldn't play. I agree 100% with that.

 

But hindsight is 20-20 vision, and this isn't even hindsight... What fans part take in when dissecting a loss/draw they're ****ed off with is hypothetical hindsight.

 

Only one man has to decide a team BEFORE he knows the result. Its very easy to come on here and second guess the manager after the result saying X should have started and Y is **** because his performance tonight may not have been as good as usual.

 

And even then, fans proclaim to be right. Everyone on here who says Cork should have started tonight, or whatever each person has proclaimed, 100% believe that they're way would have resulted in a win, when there's no way to prove it.

 

Its a waste of energy and time.

 

Lets see some of you choose the starting 11 for Saturday's match before kickoff and state your reasons for your choice. Then swallow your pride if either we don't win when your 11 is picked, or we do when its not.

 

I could ramble on about the impossibility of proving a counter-factual statement, but for some reason, this doesn't seem the place to do it.

[Psycrow]

I could ramble on about the impossibility of proving a counter-factual statement, but for some reason, this doesn't seem the place to do it.

 

No, you're looking for http://www.pointlessprobabilityweb.co.uk

[Ampersound]

First 30 mins thought we would win convincingly. Guly played well and tackled well but he ran out of steam when we changed shape for 15 mins in the 2nd half.

 

Hammond was missing for most of the game. Harding was poor and the number of times he gets caught when he gets the ball as the last man..poor. He was forcing Jos to pull over to cover him more and once Scotland came on and sat on Hardings shoulder i could see their goal

coming.

 

Lee was great and full of running. Steve did what was expected of him when he came on.

 

Draw fair result in the end I suppose.

 

3 points against Barnsley please.

[sticksaint]

Your area sounds charming i'm sure, but what has this got to do with the Ipswich game?

 

Have you noticed dune that i`m only going on about the stuff you have posted about guly and not other people.There is a reason for that ! Guly may have had a poor game ( i thought so but i only listened to the radio!) There are other games when it sounded like he had a great game.But i don`t recall you saying that. Racism just ain`t saintly!

[St Chalet]

Some perspective

 

http://www.englishfootball.info/championship/table/index.php?table=recent_form

[Legod Third Coming]

the reason I do not think we are capable of winning a PO, is simple. The mere fact that we have spent so much time in the automatic positions that finishing short of them will such a big disappointment for the team they wouldn't recover their

composure.

Remember how Huddersfield did last season after we pipped them in the last few games?

 

Fecking ridiculous comparison.

We're not in the play-offs. We're top.

Let's see where we are in six weeks.

[dune]

Have you noticed dune that i`m only going on about the stuff you have posted about guly and not other people.There is a reason for that ! Guly may have had a poor game ( i thought so but i only listened to the radio!) There are other games when it sounded like he had a great game.But i don`t recall you saying that. Racism just ain`t saintly!

 

 

So how does this logic of yours fit with me thinking Lee is very good addition to the squad?

[dune]

Some perspective

 

http://www.englishfootball.info/championship/table/index.php?table=recent_form

 

All that dithering in the transfer window could well be what costs us.

[St Chalet]

All that dithering in the transfer window could well be what costs us.

 

85 points has been the most needed in the last 5 years, with some years under 80. 19 points from our last 11 games, if we can't manage that we don't deserve to go up.

 

3 points on Saturday and it looks like Arry's dog again.

[MOSaint.]

Yep, pathetic scapegoating, and makes our fanbase out to be a bunch of racist bell-ends.

 

Sorry but why the "racist" bit what the hell has that got to do with with it he was below par and I dont understand why he startsbut also harding and richardson were poor to

[Saint86]

I just looked at west ham's fixture list and I honestly feel they are going to get more points out of them that we will. we have some very tough ties such as blackpool and hull away and reading at home. A point tonight wasn't a total disaster but it is definetly 2 points down the drain and we really can#t afford to do that another 2 times this season. It is going to be tense and starting to get worried. Also, West Ham have 2 **** easy games coming up, they will be clear and we all saw the advantage that gave brighton last season.

[dune]

85 points has been the most needed in the last 5 years, with some years under 80. 19 points from our last 11 games, if we can't manage that we don't deserve to go up.

 

3 points on Saturday and it looks like Arry's dog again.

 

I still think we can do it. As is mentioned on another thread Reading have some tricky games coming up and if they pick up an injury or two theý'll come unstuck.

[Jack]

Was Dave Merrington negative about us on the radio? It seems that all of our non attendees are saying it was dreadful. I disagree. I thought we played some of the best football this year, in the first half. We carved them open time and time again. Adam should have scored, and Guly missed an absolute sitter. (and that's not me being racist FFS, he was sh*t today).

 

They scored from a deflected shot, we went to sleep just a bit, which is a massive shame as we were looking like picking up the 3 points with a decent enough performance against a good side. Another day we would have had it wrapped up much earlier. An Ipswich supporting mate of mine (who was there), phoned me as we were walking back to the pub and the feeling amongst their lot is that they got away with it and are very happy with the point.

 

Lallana, Lee and Lambert quality, SDR looked very good coming on.

Guly poor, Harding woeful. I hope neither are in the XI on Saturday.

[kpturner]

Never Felt so deflated!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eh?? Come on, get a grip. We drew a football match. What were you like after we lost to Bristol City and Leicester at home?

[Sour Mash]

You have posted a bit of stuff supportive of the EDL. I can`t remember specific instances but you have and you know you have.You may be a member i don`t know.I think a lot of racism is based on ignorance.My next door neighbour is black,my other neighbour is Indian and the people across the road from me are Muslim (I think) and we all get on just fine! Like i said ignorance.

With the greatest of respect, no-one cares about your family or neighbours on the Ipswich post-match thread.

 

For what its worth, I rate Guly and I'm as racist as they come!

[Lighthouse]

Sorry but why the "racist" bit what the hell has that got to do with with it he was below par and I dont understand why he startsbut also harding and richardson were poor to

 

Alpine is a trolling muppet who will say absolutely anything to provoke a reaction. Have to say calling our fan base a bunch of racists is one of his less subtle efforts, but the strategy hasn't changed - just ignore him. Arguing with him is like playing chess with a pigeon. You could be the best chess player in the world, but the pigeon will just knock over the pieces, s**t all over the board and strut around like he owns the place.

 

 

Back to the game... I thought we deserved to win in terms of decent possession going forward, we just didn't take our chances when they came. Guly somehow missed that header in the first half, Lallana missed a couple of decent openings too and there was a chance to make it 2-0 if someone had got on the end of De Ridders second cross.

 

I didn't think our fullbacks had great games, but I wouldn't say they were particularly bad. Jos probably at fault for their goal, in that situation he should have taken the ball, the man and his wife and kids, rather than letting him cut inside. I thought Guly was very poor. I don't buy the argument of being told to play narrower, his possitioning was terrible and he left FR badly exposed a few times. Too narrow and offered very little. De Ridder did more in his first 3 minutes on the pitch than Guky did in 70. If Guly starts again against Barnsley I will be a bit miffed to say the least. The central midfield pair weren't up to much either, but I thought Lallana and Lee looked excellent, particularly first half. Lambert pretty good in the air, although didn't get too many chances. Fonte was good, Kelvin did all you can ask of him.

 

Overall, 2 points definitely dropped but it happens. On to the next one, come on Saints!!!

[Avenue Saint]

Of course there's a place for reasonable debate about who should and shouldn't play. I agree 100% with that.

 

But hindsight is 20-20 vision, and this isn't even hindsight... What fans part take in when dissecting a loss/draw they're ****ed off with is hypothetical hindsight.

 

Only one man has to decide a team BEFORE he knows the result. Its very easy to come on here and second guess the manager after the result saying X should have started and Y is **** because his performance tonight may not have been as good as usual.

 

And even then, fans proclaim to be right. Everyone on here who says Cork should have started tonight, or whatever each person has proclaimed, 100% believe that they're way would have resulted in a win, when there's no way to prove it.

 

Its a waste of energy and time.

 

Lets see some of you choose the starting 11 for Saturday's match before kickoff and state your reasons for your choice. Then swallow your pride if either we don't win when your 11 is picked, or we do when its not.

 

Next game I would play as follows:

 

Davis

Frazer

Fonte

Jos

Fox

DeRidder

Chaplow

Morgan

Lallana

Lee

Lambert

 

Martin

Cork

Puncheon

Connolly

Sharp

[St Marco]

Think Adkins now needs to play his first 11 every game. No more tinkering or trying to make people happy. Guly is out of form and struggling so should not be starting.

What worries me is the whole "squad" thing could actually be hurting us. Puncheon should be on the wing and De Ridder coming off the bench to replace either Puncheon or Lallana. Guly plays better as a striker but should really only be coming on if there is a problem with Lambert. Should not be starting. You can't play them both on the pitch together. Cork has to be starting every game alongside Morgan imo. Hammond and Chaplow can come on for those players. Lee has been doing alright but I think it is time for Lambert and Sharp to be starting together and Lee replacing Sharp from the bench.

 

A point against an inform Ipswich is an ok result. The first half we played well. But a couple have not been doing so well recently which makes it baffling that they are starting i.e Guly. On saturday Adkins needs to stop thinking about "squad" and thinking "best 11".

[doddisalegend]

I agree with most of your ratings except the comment on Harding. In the first half Harding played some wonderful balls for Lallana to run on to. Second half he was pretty poor, though.

 

Yep he was like two different players first half he sent an absolute peach of a ball down the channel for Lee, played some good stuff with Adam and his overlapping runs at least forced the oppostion to mark him rather than doubling up on Adam and joy of joy he even tackled the Ipswich winger. Second half he couldn't pass for love nor money and the total mis-control of the ball towards the end of the game which resulted in a yellow as he tried to recover the situation was cringe worthy. Very much a game of two halves for mr Harding.

[Avenue Saint]

With the greatest of respect, no-one cares about your family or neighbours on the Ipswich post-match thread.

 

For what its worth, I rate Guly and I'm as racist as they come!

 

And that's something to be proud of you ***t.

[Hedgehog]

Wish people would get off Gulys back. Don't think he had a bad game. For all of LLanas good play he is no Matty, and i am sure if Matty would have been given as much space and chances in the first half Matty would have buried those chances. A few nice back flicks/turns etc. are great to watch, but quite often the end product, a goal is not there.

[SaintNeil90]

Yes it would be nice to win the league but we just have to aim to finish in the top 2... the prize is the same!

[Roger]

Dominated the first 35 mins. Guly should have scored with his head. Lallana should have scored. Let Ipswich get back into it.

 

Second half, Ipswich better side for the first 20 mins. So slow out of the traps, unlike us. Guly should have score but horribly off balance. Davis wonder save from Chorpa.

 

De Ridder made the instant impact, however defending for their goal was awful.

 

Positives:

Lallana looked good

Lee looked lively although did tail off. Lots of running though.

 

Negatives:

Schneiderlin, Guly & Richardson were poor for me tonight. Too many balls given away.

Their goal.

2 points dropped.

 

Still, a point is a point.

 

Please tell me one thing lallana or lee did to diresctly influence the game? Lallana missed easy chances and lee just ran without any goal threat at all. Lambert set things up all night and scored too.

[doddisalegend]

Disappointing. Having got in front it was gutting to give away such a preventable goal. Jos should never have let him have the ball in the first place and then someone slipped over. Then the bastard hit a superb shot.

 

Guly wasn't too bad - just played too narrow. I suspect he was instructed to do so. SDR was obviously told to go wide and we scored from that.

 

I have issue with the 3rd sub. Why change it - we're 1-0 up and Ipswich hadn't got near our goal for about half an hour. We're ****ing about trying to get into the diamond formation and they score.

 

First half he was hugging the touch line when play was on the other side of the field but none of our players ever seemed to look for him, guess he got fed up of waiting and moved more central in an attempt to get the ball. Guly wasn't bad tonight...but I've seen him play much better.

[Sour Mash]

Was Dave Merrington negative about us on the radio? It seems that all of our non attendees are saying it was dreadful. I disagree. I thought we played some of the best football this year, in the first half. We carved them open time and time again. Adam should have scored, and Guly missed an absolute sitter. (and that's not me being racist FFS, he was sh*t today).

 

They scored from a deflected shot, we went to sleep just a bit, which is a massive shame as we were looking like picking up the 3 points with a decent enough performance against a good side. Another day we would have had it wrapped up much earlier. An Ipswich supporting mate of mine (who was there), phoned me as we were walking back to the pub and the feeling amongst their lot is that they got away with it and are very happy with the point.

 

Lallana, Lee and Lambert quality, SDR looked very good coming on.

Guly poor, Harding woeful. I hope neither are in the XI on Saturday.

First half we played some seriously good football at times, a few brilliant passing moves. They couldn't cope with Lee either and he ran them ragged at times. We weren't clinical enough infront of goal, bit of karma from the Leeds game maybe.

 

2nd half Ipswich tightened up at the back and got a hold of the ball a lot more. Think we definitely looked tired by then, a result of the Leeds game and a high-tempo first half.

 

Probably would say we were unlucky all told tonight, but that balances out the Leeds game a bit and we can't complain about getting 4 points from two pretty tough matches.

[St_Tel49]

Didnt do enough and left it too late.... noone can say a draw wasnt a fair result

Oh yes we can. We created a plethora of chances, all but one of which were squandered. The stats at half time were monstrously in our favour so, no, a draw was not a FAIR result but it is what we got - just like our win on Saturday was not a FAIR result but it is what we got. Swings and Roundabouts.

[Roger]

I'm afraid to say Guly was a sack of ****e tonight. Positionslly all over the place, leaving frazer exposed, whilst other times stood with hands on hips while team breaking forward! What is going on???

 

De ridder came on and instantly made goal, set up another 5 mins later and played much much better.

 

Hammond bar one crossfield pass did sod all else! May as well have been playing with 9 outfield players. Missed cork.

 

Lambert had mediocre game and lee is a special buy!

 

Lots of usefull runs strong in the tackle and genuinely a threat. Just couldn't play the right balls to him.

 

In the end of the day, too much hoofball, for all of ipswich's recent run, they looked a very average team.

 

Scotland, the ******r scored a good goal as it seemed all the way from block 22 but we should really have won that.

 

Lallana and Lee probably push for man of the match. With a mention for De Ridder!

 

For all the stick he gets on here, after coming on he really did change the game.

 

Garbage lee hasnt proved he is special at all all huff for me. Lallan poor tonight, lambert mediocre? Set everything up and scored.

[SaintNeil90]

The trouble with Guly is he goes missing too often. At time he will come up with a piece of magic, which he nearly did today but he panicked and rushed the shot. At the moment we need all 11 players working hard and Guly just doesn't do that, we play with 10 men at times when he plays. We looked so much better with him off and De Ridder on.

[Saint_clark]

Only going to make one comment, and that is that Guly actually defended very well today.