Ipswich Town v Bolton

Most of the comments i read say Prats has been a "new player" under Dougie.

Pratley has got be the most improved player under Dougie.

NickFazer wrote:Pratley has got be the most improved player under Dougie.

I cant fault the lads effort,he gives 100% from start to finish every game BUT his timing is atrocious,he gives opposing players so much time on the ball its embarassing,he made 11 tackles against Brighton and gave 11 free kicks away and its always in our half when he fucks up.Swansea realised his failings and got rid quick as he couldnt hack it in the Prem even Coyle realised that much. He flatters to deceive in this division and has most of you lot sucked in to believing if you cover most of the pitch your a good player,god forbid we go up and he keeps his place,frightening thought!!

Swansea wanted to keep hold of pratley..

I do agree that he's improved but tigermin is right, he isn't very good when if you watch him closely. His non-stop running hides a lot of his flaws.

Lonergan, Ricketts, Knight, Dawson, Alonso, Spearing, Pratley, Eagles, Chung-Yong, Ngog, C Davies

Subs: Bogdan, Wheater, Holden, Kamara, Odelusi, Sordell, K Davies

Leeds lost at home to Huddersfield

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The end of the match chat:

[16:51:24] @ Biggie : FINAL WHISTLE
[16:51:26] Sgt. Bash : FT 1-0
[16:51:29] aaron_bwfc : that's it
[16:51:31] Sgt. Bash : FFS
[16:51:31] @ Biggie : IPSWICH 1 Bolton 0
[16:51:36] frankboy : sickner..must beat charlton away now or its all over
[16:51:40] @ Biggie : cheers mr bash
[16:51:41] gloswhite : Who was going to runaround their block naked if Town scored?
[16:51:42] Sgt. Bash : Pissed off now
[16:51:42] Spanish Trotter has logged off the chat on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:51
[16:51:42] chris_bwfc : Fatigue has obviously shown today
[16:51:44] Tigermin : thats all folks !!!!
[16:51:48] scottjames30 : We have been robbed.
[16:51:48] @ Biggie : is it a harsh result>?
[16:51:50] chris_bwfc : Come on doogie sort it out!
[16:51:51] doffcocker : considering how we've played, we should be happy with 6 points from a possible 9
[16:51:54] Sgt. Bash : what a crap weekend
[16:51:54] @ Biggie : Or did we not do enough?
[16:51:59] Norpig : Scottjames get em off!
[16:52:05] @ Biggie : well said Doffy
[16:52:08] Boggersbelief : Bringing Kevin Davies on changes the game
[16:52:22] gloswhite : didn't do enough. Should do more to finish
[16:52:29] scottjames30 : Shoot me.
[16:52:32] @ Biggie : we could have easily seen 2 points from the last three games considering how many times the woodwork saved us
[16:52:33] Tigermin : Boggers,yes for the worse
[16:52:34] aaron_bwfc : cant blame kev davies for it - we had nothing up front all day
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[16:52:50] aaron_bwfc : ngog and Cdavies did fuck all
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[16:52:57] Sgt. Bash : sordell should have started, c.davies should have come off the bench. i think we'd have got something today
[16:53:01] scottjames30 : We can still do it.
[16:53:10] @ Biggie : we were well on top until KD came on, although tower said he did ok, but then again they also said they wouldnt give him a contract
[16:53:14] Boggersbelief : We looked like we'd win it before Davies came on
[16:53:17] bwfc1874 has been disconnected on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:53 (session timeout)
[16:53:21] aaron_bwfc : a win against charlton and its back on again
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[16:53:28] Boggersbelief : He slows every attack down
[16:53:39] terenceanne : Away Games are not good for us ...don't know why.
[16:53:41] Sluffy has been disconnected on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:53 (session timeout)
[16:53:43] bwfc1874 : From what I listened to we had a good spell when K Davies came on
[16:53:48] scottjames30 : I'm pissed off now, does anybody want a fight.
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[16:53:51] @ Biggie : 8 games of the season left
[16:53:55] frankboy : yes we can still do it but we must beat charlton next game
[16:53:56] bwfc1874 : but all together we were poor going forward
[16:53:58] @ Sluffy : It's the hope that kills you.
[16:54:31] @ Biggie : we had a couple of ok sections with KD on, but before that it had been all Bolton, it was really the time to bring a goalscorer on
[16:54:38] gloswhite : I'm off to kick shit out of next doors cat
[16:54:45] Sgt. Bash : oh well, i said a few weeks ago that i'd be happy with a top half finish and build on it next season
[16:54:55] @ Biggie : when KD came on we went long ball more and it brought more pressure and town started creeping back into it
[16:54:57] Sgt. Bash : looks like thats whats its gonna have to be
[16:55:00] Banks of the Croal has been disconnected on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:55 (session timeout)
[16:55:15] @ Biggie : not blaming KD, just not a good move from the boss this time
[16:55:22] scottjames30 : I'm having a beer now, fuck um.
[16:55:24] Norpig : im off out to be a plastic paddy round Levenshulme
[16:55:32] Tigermin : Biggie afraid thats what always happens when he comes on
[16:55:42] Dinae Moe Humm has been disconnected on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:55 (session timeout)
[16:55:45] Boggersbelief : Lol
[16:55:47] bwfc1874 : Maybe, but he seems to have lost all faith in sordell again
[16:55:53] @ Biggie : gloswhite : I'm off to kick shit out of next doors cat - cruelty to animal will not be tolerated on this forum
[16:55:54] gloswhite : DF completely misread the game, and changed his tactics, which suited town more, so letting them in
[16:56:08] scottjames30 : I wanted SKD to come on, I'm a wanker.
[16:56:20] @ Biggie : yes you are
[16:56:21] @ Biggie : lol
[16:56:22] Sgt. Bash : ipswich town and MM have now done the season double over us
[16:56:30] Tigermin : you said it scottjames
[16:56:35] Sgt. Bash : ouch!
[16:56:36] Boggersbelief : I don't. Want another season in this league
[16:56:52] @ Biggie : Move it over to the forum guys before this closes and you get booted out!!
[16:56:53] gloswhite : pk biggie, I'll do when nobody is looking
[16:56:57] ontario72 has logged off the chat on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:56
[16:57:00] scottjames30 : I know, I know, I'm gutted.
[16:57:10] bwfc1874 has logged off the chat on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:57
[16:57:20] Tigermin has logged off the chat on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:57
[16:57:33] frankboy : df has got to get his act together with is use of subs..he fucked up big time tonight thats a game we should have won
[16:57:37] @ Biggie : cheers for the help bash
[16:57:37] Norpig has logged off the chat on Sat 16 Mar 2013 - 16:57
[16:57:40] Boggersbelief : Boro/Leeds lost. Hope Brighton lose and it won't be so depressing
[16:57:45] @ Biggie : you can do it when I cant make it
[16:58:02] gloswhite : ok good for me. Bye guys
[16:58:10] @ Biggie : franky - mostly freedmans subs work out in goals
[16:58:52] scottjames30 : Cheers for the Chatbox anyway.
[16:58:52] Sgt. Bash : will do
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[16:59:16] @ Biggie : no prob scott
[16:59:18] Sgt. Bash : bye bye guys, time to try and salvage something from this weekend
[16:59:20] frankboy : yes but he left it to late tonight, i think he settled for a draw
[16:59:26] gloswhite : nearly forgot, thanks Biggie for the commentary, and Bash

We can still do it, don't give in yet.

Can we fuck do it.

We have fucked it now, DF has a good run and then fucks it up, we will be fucking 12th come a fortnight.

Fucking shit tractor driving cunts.

Charlton away are going to tear us a new one next week.

That Christopher Lee lookalike c**t out-managed Dougie Freedman today I'm afraid. They were settling for the draw and we were going for the win, we couldn't find the goal we needed and as soon as we started settling for the draw, they quickly switched tactics and found the goal they needed.

Also, we should have started with Sordell today as he's better starting and kept Craig Davies on the bench as he's a better impact sub.

Of course, Dougie has made subs/decisions in recent weeks that have won us games. So it's swings and roundabouts I guess.

If Derby do us a favor later, this doesn't change to much, If they can't, it's all over for me bar the shouting.

Did say we left it too late, when you put yourself in a position where you need to be practically perfect it's hard unless you're Man U/Citeh.

Sgt. Bash wrote:That Christopher Lee lookalike c**t out-managed Dougie Freedman today I'm afraid. They were settling for the draw and we were going for the win, we couldn't find the goal we needed and as soon as we started settling for the draw, they quickly switched tactics and found the goal they needed.

Also, we should have started with Sordell today as he's better starting and kept Craig Davies on the bench as he's a better impact sub.

Of course, Dougie has made subs/decisions in recent weeks that have won us games. So it's swings and roundabouts I guess.

From the commentary on wanderers player they were going on about how we were having a good spell and how they couldn't see Ipswich scoring. I don't think it had anything to do with a Mick McCarthy masterclass they just nicked a goal and we didn't create enough.

Shows our problems going forward in my opinion. Defence looks better but we miss Mavies and need a quality striker still.

I agree about Sordell though I don't know why he's gone off him again, but I'd assume there's a problem with sordells attitude/fitness.

Settling for a draw AGAIN lost us the game...

Should NEVER ever do that!

Only gary megson did that and he got far didnt he?

I don't think dougie was settling for a draw, he didn't go to one up front or pull off eagles for medo so what are you basing that on? The fact they nicked a goal and we didnt?

It happens in football does every match we dont win auto,automatically mean we settled for a draw? we didn't create enough going forward and we're obviously lacking a bit.

We didn't settle for a draw, we just don't have enough quality to break defensive teams down.

For the calibre of our players, I think he got the tactics slightly wrong today, and made it worse by the substitutions. In my mind SKD NEVER changes a game for the good. The most we can expect from himn today is that he stops the other team playing, and from the Centre Forward position, thats just not good enough. Having said that, our other forwards didn't cover theselves in glory today, although Ngog does seem to have put in quiet a bit of effort.

Boggersbelief wrote:We didn't settle for a draw, we just don't have enough quality to break defensive teams down.

Exactly

gloswhite wrote:For the calibre of our players, I think he got the tactics slightly wrong today, and made it worse by the substitutions. In my mind SKD NEVER changes a game for the good. The most we can expect from himn today is that he stops the other team playing, and from the Centre Forward position, thats just not good enough. Having said that, our other forwards didn't cover theselves in glory today, although Ngog does seem to have put in quiet a bit of effort.

It was an attacking line up, as attacking as DF will ever be away from home anyway. I think his tactics were fine, the substituions are always debatable if they don't win us the game but to say SKD never has a positive impact seems a bit strong to me.

Its hard to judge a game when you don't see it so I don't know but maybe SKD was on because Ipswich centre backs are poor in the air or DF felt we needed more physicality. Cdavies was quiet today, but our mid filed doesn't create much and nobody beats a man. We need a new AM. There must also be a fresh issue with Sordell though which is a shame, but there's nothing to say he would have changed the game today.