v Ipswich Town (h) - 20/9/25

[Herbie6590]

The Tractor Boys plough their way to Ewood…a return for Sammie of course. 

Some recent meetings…

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This will be a tough one I think will take a draw now but anything can happen 

[miqaayil]

may sound weird or overly optimistic ..win by 2 goals

[philipl]

We pushed West Brom and Brum so.the least I.expect is for us to be competitive.

Nice selection dilemmas for VI - Carter and Wharton surely deserve another start and Carter pace is an asset but hard on McLoughlin and Miller.

Up front 5 into 4 doesn't go so one of Yuki, Royo, Cantwell, Hedges and Gudjonsson starts on the bench.

If he gets on, Sammy has to fight for his place back so I suspect we will be adding to the Ipswich early season draw tally.

 

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16 minutes ago, philipl said:

We pushed West Brom and Brum so.the least I.expect is for us to be competitive.

Nice selection dilemmas for VI - Carter and Wharton surely deserve another start and Carter pace is an asset but hard on McLoughlin and Miller.

Up front 5 into 4 doesn't go so one of Yuki, Royo, Cantwell, Hedges and Gudjonsson starts on the bench.

If he gets on, Sammy has to fight for his place back so I suspect we will be adding to the Ipswich early season draw tally.

 

We could always politely as for him back lol

[davulsukur]

Szmodics, who would walk into our starting 11, was on the bench for them in their last game. Which shows you what we are up against. 

I think we'll get beat 0-1, but we'll push them all the way.

[joey_big_nose]

I am going to this one... gone from considering us having no chance to quite hopeful after the last game. I think Ipswich will want to play on the front foot which will suit us as we would like to counter. 

I am pretty happy with all our players at the moment except Tavares who seems a liability at present in terms of the way he loses the ball and misses tackles in key areas. I anticipate teams in their preparation will start to really target him as he seems to want more time than he really has, and struggles to compete physically. He could grow out of it as he acclimatises to the Championship, but with Gudjonsson staking a claim creating a lot of competition up top I think it's a great opportunity to try Cantwell out deeper.

Team for me : 

                                  Toth

Alebiousu     Carter      Wharton     Riberio

                     Cantwell    Tronstad

         Ohashi           Mori          Hedges

                            Gudjonsen

Subs : Pears, Miller, McLoughlin, Pickering, Tavares, Kargbo, Gueye, Tyjon, TGH

Edited Sunday at 20:57 by joey_big_nose

[J*B]

Cantwell can’t tackle. There’s no place for him in holding midfield. 

[Andy]

Yeah, you're asking too much of Tronstad there, we'd be overrun.

If Gudjohnsen becomes as good as we hope, I could see Ohashi playing on the left, as an inside forward.
Or even behind the striker, with Cantwell wide.

You then have Mori on the right, with Kargbo as an impact sub.

From an attacking perspective, it's a definite upgrade on last season.

[joey_big_nose]

55 minutes ago, J*B said:

Cantwell can’t tackle. There’s no place for him in holding midfield. 

Cantwell offers a lot more of a tackle than Tavares imo. I have been quite impressed with Cantwell this season in terms of getting stuck in... born out by the stats so far this season (average tackles per game). 

[MarkBRFC]

10 hours ago, J*B said:

Cantwell can’t tackle. There’s no place for him in holding midfield. 

This is a classic preconceived opinion of someone because of the type of player he is.

Cantwell offers more than you think in that regard.

Anyway, on this game it will be exactly the same as the last home game after a decent away win.

Rovers 0 Ipswich 2

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10 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Cantwell offers a lot more of a tackle than Tavares imo. I have been quite impressed with Cantwell this season in terms of getting stuck in... born out by the stats so far this season (average tackles per game). 

But then do we want to to risk losing cantwell to injury when he can be utilised more in a forward role in certain games? Sitting cantwell in the middle of the park is a gamble imo

[sharpysharps86]

As good as a win it was for Rovers at the weekend, Ipswich appear to have clicked now, albeit after playing a very poor form Sheffield United side.

I think this will be another home 0-2 defeat. Lots of effort on show but a lack of quality in the final third.

Suspect Ismael will start with the same 11 that started the Watford game.

 

[joey_big_nose]

1 hour ago, ... said:

But then do we want to to risk losing cantwell to injury when he can be utilised more in a forward role in certain games? Sitting cantwell in the middle of the park is a gamble imo

I am not sure I follow - why would Cantwell be more likely to get injured in a deeper role?

[rigger]

13 hours ago, J*B said:

Cantwell can’t tackle. There’s no place for him in holding midfield. 

Neither could Adam Wharton

[Feed the Yak]

I wonder if something like this would work with Cantwell dropping deeper?

                   Toth

       miller carter Wharton 

Alebiosu                      Hedges

         Cantwell Tronstad

   morashita            Ohashi

             Gudjohnson

I thought we looked decent when we changed system to hold on on Saturday, could be useful against the better sides?

[Bronzed A Donis]

I don't know what kind of team we are yet but our 1st XI is competitive, its when those dark nights Sat, Tues cime that worries me, nothing in the Championship should scare us at home.

Set up to hit them on the break and a bit of after Lord Mayor's show for Ipswich 1-1.

[chaddyrovers]

Same starting 11. That team got us into Saturday winning position and why change it

Cantwell is a 10 and his performances from there and Captain has been outstanding so far

[Ricky]

Ipswich looked very good on Friday but that was their first win of the season. They’ve only lost one but draws have been the issue for them. I’d take a draw now but saying that I would have taken a draw away at Watford. 

[philipl]

6 Sheffield United assists. Only Szmodics didn't turn his gift into a goal.

[DackDackGoose]

10 hours ago, Feed the Yak said:

I wonder if something like this would work with Cantwell dropping deeper?

                   Toth

       miller carter Wharton 

Alebiosu                      Hedges

         Cantwell Tronstad

   morashita            Ohashi

             Gudjohnson

I thought we looked decent when we changed system to hold on on Saturday, could be useful against the better sides?

I do think this could work well with a back 5 and with our squad, could be quite dominant, just when do back 5s ever work? We've 3 options LWB only 1 RWB? Unless Miller can play there. 

 

[Paul Mani]

As you were fellas!

Subs - Pears, Miller, McLauchlin, Pickering, Montgomery, TGH, Kargbo, Henriksson, Gudjohnsen 

Strong bench and leaves DeNeve and Gueye in the stands but could easily add those two back in and take out Christi and Henriksson? 

[KentExile]

7 hours ago, DackDackGoose said:

I do think this could work well with a back 5 and with our squad, could be quite dominant, just when do back 5s ever work? We've 3 options LWB only 1 RWB? Unless Miller can play there. 

 

He plays there for Australia

But for me, (the team that Yak has given), that midfield would be too lightweight, especially against one of the top teams in the division and I wouldn't want to see Ohashi or Wharton as a wider forwards/centre backs respectively, where their lack of pace would be painfully exposed.  both are good centrally however,

the back 3/5 is a useful tool for seeing out games, and that for me is what it should be used for, not as a starting tactic when everyone is fit

Ohashi looked wonderful at the start of last season coming off the bench for the last 20/30 minutes against tired legs.  The arrival of Gudjohnsen hopefully allows that to happen again

Edited 41 minutes ago by KentExile