[Archived] Ipswich Away

[Give 'Em the Axe]

_{We'll always have Leeds...}

_{Ha! Took me a while to register what you meant, but yes indeed. That was a grand moment. The peak of his time here, for sure.}

_{Who're the players to watch for on Ipswich's team, then? I know damn all about,to be fair.}

[Lancaster Rover]

Chambers and Smith at the back are solid, along with Berra who has both prem and plenty of international experience.

Brett Pitman and Daryl Murphy both seem to have been around for years, Murphy also has a number of EIRE caps so another experienced head.

Freddie Sears has done reasonably well after his move form Colchester, remember his bursting onto the scene at West Ham against us! Pretty sure he scored on his debut against Rovers. Seemed like one of those players who dissapeared off the face of the earth after being the talk of the prem for a little while. Dropped down the leagues and did really well at Colchester.

Jonathon Douglas is a virtual ever present for them and that Maitland -Niles lad has always impressed me when I've seen him.

Actually looking at their team they've got a really well balanced team and its a wonder they're not pressing the play off positions more to be honest. You certainly wouldn't say Birmingham, Cardiff, Brighton, Sheff Wed have squads that look miles better.

[Give 'Em the Axe]

Cheers, mate. I should have known that Daryl Murphy was playing for 'em, given that I come from the land of the spuds and green, from the midnight slums, where the cold rains flow.

My abiding memory of Jonathan Douglas is that goal he notched against Fulham in a 4-3 the year Souness and Stead kept us in the Prem.

Sears! Yes.He was supposed to be the next hot property,alright.

[TheWeasel]

Not confident at all tonight, but if there's one thing Lambert has made us it's a dogged side that can be difficult to beat. Realistically I think we could take them for a draw but in actuality I think it will end up 3-1 to Ipswich. Hoping the likes of Simeon Jackson could be in for a start.

[Tom]

Didn't realise tonight was our game in hand.

Wonder if that eases the pressure a bit for the players and if that in itself is a good or bad thing?

A win and you feel we are safe, a loss and there is still the fear you could get dragged into a scrap

[Doug]

Hope we put a better show on than Saturday.

Tiredness is all in the mind!!

Steele

Marshal Duffy Hanley Conway

Evans

Bennett Lenihan Grimes

Gomez

Graham

[Give 'Em the Axe]

Hope we put a better show on than Saturday.

Tiredness is all in the mind!!

Steele

Marshal Duffy Hanley Conway

Evans

Bennett Lenihan Grimes

Gomez

Graham

Very dicey down our left! I'd play Evans, Lenihan, and Akpan as spoilers. Bennett for tenacity, and Gomez for the bit of silk. Graham looks like he lead the line solo,but The likes of Gomez and Bennett'd want to be busting their guts to get close to him. Frankly, given the mammoth run of fixtures and Ipswich's home record, I'd be happy with a stodgy point.

[Doug]

Very dicey down our left! I'd play Evans, Lenihan, and Akpan as spoilers. Bennett for tenacity, and Gomez for the bit of silk. Graham looks like he lead the line solo,but The likes of Gomez and Bennett'd want to be busting their guts to get close to him. Frankly, given the mammoth run of fixtures and Ipswich's home record, I'd be happy with a stodgy point.

We're always dicey down our left!! We don't have a decent LB in the club and Grimes looks about our best LM at the moment (IMO of course).

Rovers 1 - 0 .......Marshall free kick. COYB

[G Somerset Rover]

My confidence meter has gone through the roof since seeing Mercer's prediction:

Ipswich 1 Rovers 2

[Give 'Em the Axe]

We're always dicey down our left!!

Haha, touche, man.

[adsfortheblues]

These are the type of games we usually lose 1-0 or draw 1-1, going for 1-1, Conway to bag.

[chaddyrovers]

ROVERS: Steele, Henley, Duffy, Hanley ©, Spurr, Evans, Akpan, Grimes, Bennett, Jackson, Brown.

Subs: Raya (GK), Watt, Marshall, J. Gomez, Ward, Lenihan, Conway.

Five changes for Rovers with Henley, Evans, Brown, Grimes and Jackson all coming in.

Watt, Marshall, Gomez and Lenihan drop to the bench, Graham misses out with a back injury picked up on Saturday.

[G Somerset Rover]

Dear God. I change my prediction; that team's got defeat written all over it.

[chaddyrovers]

I go for Rovers 1 nil win. Duffy to score

[USABlue]

I go for Rovers 1 nil win. Duffy to score

You're being silly now.

[AdamRochina]

Shows how little quality we have throughout the whole squad.. A few changes and we look really weak

[ABBEY]

I go for Rovers 1 nil win. Duffy to score

Based on ?

[oldjamfan1]

Brown will break his duck tonight.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Bloody hell, if that teams gets us a point I will be chuffed ! Looks like we fancy our chances at Brentford more than at Ipswich. Strong bench though.

[matt83]

Brown, akpan and Henley in the same starting xi. Christ almighty. Is that one of the signs the apocalypse is coming. I reckon our 7 man bench would give our starting 11 a good game.

[Mercer]

Oh dear, I think Brown and Jackson is a league one strike force at best.

Tonight could be embarrassing.

Feel for the 200 or so who've made the long, weary journey to Suffolk.

[DE.]

Maybe I'll get to see Browny score his first goal for the club live....

[Tom]

Anything out of this game is a tough ask; highlights a couple of injuries and we are weak.

Still you never know and we could be pleasantly surprised.

[The Rover of Finland]

So poor eleven. 3-0 Ipswich.

[davulsukur]

He said he'd maybe make a change and he's made 5! Good chance for people to stake a claim but could be a disaster.

Lambert's maybe written this one off before we've even started?