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The Official Ipswich Match Thread (sponsored by Mark Saunders "for all your last minute winner needs"

Great start. We've refound that high tempo pressing that we had v Crewe a few weeks back and has neglected usa bit recently. Too good for Ipswich so far, but the only negative is that we're only 1-0. Deserve to be at least 2-0 with lee hitting the post and possibly even more with a couple of other good chances and a great penalty shout which the ref adjudged was just outside the box - must have been very very tight.
 
Got in before the end of a 1 p.m. kick off for once!

One advantage of the early kickoff is the "as it stands" table looks great - until you remember all the other teams aren't playing yet!

If the BBC commentary is anything to go by we have been well on top.
 
Let’s just hope it carries on the same on the second half, currently SE has every right to say we have dominated the first half
 
Good half and deservedly up. Explosive start from us and could have been easily at least 2-0 up with a bit of luck (Lee hitting the post and marginal penalty shout going against us) and slightly better finishing (Dempsey and Lee shanking fairly decent chances too). Ipswich have come into it a bit as the half went and hit on the outside of the post with an acrobatic overhead kick - it wasn't one that to be honest looked like it was going in to me, kind of speculative and looping and clipped the outside of the post. Their best chance was a poor marking from Tucker, which let Norwood get on to a pump up field from their defender and get one on one on the edge of the box. Fortunately, he was slow and dawdled and Tucker got back brilliantly to redeem himself with an excellent sliding block tackle. That was it really.

Encouraging, but we can't forget that we had a similar first half against Peterborough a few weeks ago where we dominated and went ahead 1-0 at half time (and again it could have been more). We came out slow in the second half, the scored immediately and went on to win easily. Ipswich clearly aren't as good and don't play as slick football as Peterborough, but they have good players, so we need to be on our game to ensure we win or even don't lose from here.
 
Watched it back a few times and think the ref got it right. Just outside the box. One of the few things he's got right so far though.
 
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