shmmeee
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So unusual that if we beat Ipswich we will have won 6 on the bounce twice in 13 games
And both times equal out all time record.
Match Thread Ipswich Town - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 6th Dec (22 Viewers)
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And both times equal out all time record.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Boro threw everything at us, we handled it very well all things considered. A whole week to prepare for this one hopefully has been put to good use.
ExmouthNeil
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Mucca Mad Boys
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Ipswich will also be thinking more about how to handle us. We’ve scored more away goals than they have at home and our form is a lot better.
I’m more confident about this fixture than a week ago and don’t think we’ll lose. They’ve beaten one team in the top half so can see why their fans are frustrated.
KenilworthSkyBlue
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To be honest based on their performances over the past couple of games in particular it could be early signs that even the lower placed teams are starting to figure them out.
They clearly have a lot of quality in their team but McKenna doesn't seem to know how best to utilise that - hence the chopping and changing of his Starting XI week in, week out - and not to mention they look very predictable in attack.
Defensively, I think our relentlessness in attack will prove too much for them and we'll likely punish the errors they're prone to.
Brighton Sky Blue
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We have only failed to score twice all season, based on what I’ve seen I back us to find the net again. The issue now is every team raising their game, I expect them to go up a few levels in line with that.
Score draw for me.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Would Lampard consider playing Thomas, Kitching and Wolfenden ? A bit like the portsmouth game
Mucca Mad Boys
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I think some of their issues are the same ones we had last season. We could see our strikers struggle with being constantly chopped and changed and the changing of formations a few times didn’t help.
Imo, Ipswich have the best squad in the league but als coming the view that it’s overkill. Players like Clarke and Akpom would start for just about any other Championship team and it can’t be good for their morale being rotation players.
Mucca Mad Boys
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When I think about things ‘rationally’, I can’t see us losing against anyone atm. I’m leaning towards a 3-2 win but a draw wouldn’t be so bad.
As long as we beat PNE away on Tuesday, I’m ok with that.
Brighton Sky Blue
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If we beat PNE for the first time I haven't been, I'll be simultaneously gutted and ectastic.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I really do believe that this year is the year we break the hoodoo mate.
I don’t know about you, just beating PNE away would be symbolic that it is our year and it would be a huge psychological boost for the fans and players.
KenilworthSkyBlue
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They have an abundance of talent there's no shying away from that. The fact that they have Clarke on the bench most games is frankly ridiculous as he's easily one of the best LWs in the division.
I think it was Brighton who summed it up well. McKenna's chopping and changing is clearly him trying to find a winning formula.
He seems very reactive from games where he's dropped points and that possibly points to him feeling the pressure of the expectation he's under this season to get promoted - which wasn't really there the last time.
You can't build any kind of continuity or form if you're doing that every week though and probably points to why players can't really find any kind of consistent form, which translates to the team as a whole struggling to string together a real run over a period of games.
I think on the other side of the coin the squad that has been put together in the summer is very lopsided. It's no secret that the bulk of their attacking threat comes from the left hand side. If an opposition is able to squash that then they look completely lost.
Brighton Sky Blue
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I've said each season that winning at Deepdale is proof of just that. Particularly with them riding high in the table, midweek after a tough fixture at Ipswich...but this team keeps passing increasingly difficult tests.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I’ve said it the last few times too. In fairness, we always seem to play them when we’re not on form. In 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25, our form has been rotten.
It’s depressingly amusing that we’ve only beaten PNE twice away since 1910. It is our ultimate bogey team, especially away from home.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Just like Barnsley haven't won in Coventry for over a century now. If we're ever in the same league as them I just chalk up that home fixture as an automatic W
Sheffield Sky Blue
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Memories of that awful afternoon in February in the Cup vs Ipswich remain raw. They played a mostly second string side and beat us at a canter. This will be a good test of how far we've come (and how far they've slipped).
Mucca Mad Boys
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My first away game was Barnsley. A few of my mates came with and I sold it as ‘we always beat them, easy W’… we lost.
We’ve generally been a lot better than Barnsley but what’s strange about our Deepdale curse is that most of the time, PNE have been just as bad as us.
One of the reasons we’ve been wronging past ills v WBA, Swansea and a few others last season is because we’re actually a well run club now. The 2000s and 2010s we were a shambles club.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Portman Road is a ground I remember us having a hideous record at and the win we got there in 19/20 was a real statement of where that season was going. Haven't looked but I think that's our only win there this century.
Would be a similar statement in my mind to win there Saturday.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Yep, the double over Ipswich would be a massive statement and from there, I couldn’t imagine us failing the win the title.
shmmeee
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Absolutely honking record against Ipswich one of the reasons I’m not overly confident.
procdoc
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Lampard doesn’t give a fuck about the head to head records against the other teams
Mucca Mad Boys
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Last time we won away at Ipswich, things turned out pretty well…
fernandopartridge
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Did we win in the cup there that season or was it at home?
I am sure we won there under Boothroyd
Brighton Sky Blue
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Won there in the cup and league in 19/20. I may be wrong but I had it down as a bogey ground for a long time.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Yes, we won 2-1 and our record ant Portman Road isn’t that bad all things considered; 3-0-3.
fernandopartridge
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Yeah I think you're right generally. I remember when Ipswich got relegated in the mid 90s, they were awful (the team that lost 9-0 at old Trafford), we played there late season and lost
alexccfc99
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It was pre the L1 season
I have only been the once, but I seem to remember a televised game night game there the season Andy Thorn was the manager where we were battered and another occasion with involved us scoring last kick of the game to concede straight after which iirc was one of Roy Keane's first games as their manager
Brighton Sky Blue
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Chris Coleman I think
Used to whip them,4-5 Goals often until that game under Mowbray.
stevenorfolkcov
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I remember going one season, celebrating a 95th minute equaliser (Simpson, possibly but not sure) only to concede a minute later and lose…
pusbccfc
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We did. One of the best first half performances I've ever seen from a Coventry side and there weren't many of us there to see it. It was a cup replay after drawing the first leg at St Andrews.
Shipley, O'Hare and Biamou were quite literally running rings around them.
I read this post and wondered where the usual Otis joke was. It felt strange to not see one.
wantageskyblue
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I am sure we won there in the Championship a few years ago when Clive Platt and Juke scored, because I was there, or is my memory worse than I thought?
oneofourown
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This game is unique. There is absolutely no pressure on us and massive pressure on Ipswich. I watched the Oxford game and Ipswich had no respect for Oxford so got beaten. They are still clear favourties again us (in their own eyes) like most parachute clubs, (go onto the Sheff Utd site and they still think they will get promoted). This will be sticky for us and will show us doubting minis what we are made of, but the players have nothing to prove.
Like a few on here I think FL will play 3-4-3 and counter attack, a loss is not the end of the world and will take a few eyes off us, a draw will be a plus and a win would be wonderful. I mentioned a few weeks ago our players don't know how to lose, and i wouldn't put it past them to get something from this like they did at Boro. For me, a draw would be more than acceptable and a 0-0 would be novel.
Like a few on here I think FL will play 3-4-3 and counter attack, a loss is not the end of the world and will take a few eyes off us, a draw will be a plus and a win would be wonderful. I mentioned a few weeks ago our players don't know how to lose, and i wouldn't put it past them to get something from this like they did at Boro. For me, a draw would be more than acceptable and a 0-0 would be novel.