Ipswich v Bolton…. Match thread

From what I hear Ipswich are going to spend a bit on recruiting. Like last season they tried to change too much, failed and we got 3 points and Cook lost his job.

If they do that again better to play them early before they click.

Just NINE days to go now before the Portman Road opener

Is this the earliest ever start to a campaign being in July???

Apart from ourselves, who do I reckon will be up there come the 6th May 2023??

Wycombe seem to always be in or around the top end with MK Dons battling up there too
Sheff Wed perhaps??
Derby with all their newly acquired talent??
Maybe Ipswich
When I look at the teams in League One, I don’t fear any of them.

OK, there’s probably only one team I fear🤔🤔🤔

Bolton Wanderers FC

What can we do???
What will we do???
There’s 6 positions to be filled with the auto’s and the play-off spots and I’ve no reason to see why we cannot be in one of them, but we do have a habit of shooting ourselves in the foot with defeats that should have been draws and draws that should have been wins
I know it was only a practice session versus Carlisle but the defending ethos remains the same and the way they carved us open so easily and Santos so easily losing possession or making short back passes (Connor Hall) we cannot afford anything like that v Ipswich
COYWM let’s do this⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

I agree rioch, it should be a good booster for them. As we’ve agreed earlier, I don’t actually fear any of the teams in this league, although I think Wednesday will be the stand out team. They’ve recruited well and look to be strong in all areas whilst Derby are a complete unknown with a predominantly new squad, which rarely works out. I think our squads pretty good and certainly play off material but for me we still miss a true “boss” on the field to give underperformers a kick up the backside or just a quiet word in the ear. Rico may be a lovely guy but we need a bit of bite in the middle and I just don’t see it anywhere. As for Ipswich, if we can get a point there, I’ll be more than happy but there’s no reason we can’t win it if the likes of Dapo and Dion spark. For my first forecast of the season, I’ll go for 1-1.

Ha, maybe I’m just being cautious until I’ve seen them play for real rioch? Actually looking on the Ipswich boards they’re not feeling especially confident. Although they’ve signed a few it’s mainly because several of their best players have gone so they may not be as strong at the start as some expect. They specifically question the attack and aren’t sure their new manager has really got his system confirmed so we may be able to pinch it since both our players and systems should be assured. I’d love us to get a win and there’s certainly no reason we can’t but I’ll wait and see how we go but the same result as last year would do me just fine. ;-))

Hi Chip
Welcome back

Is there a point to this B Team??

We keep getting beat by non entities 🤔

Ney bother, let’s just hope we start with a positive result
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
4 days to kick-off

At last, the football season is back.

Possibly the hardest starting game we could have got but the same applies to Ipswich. They would have wished for an easier first game than meeting us.

We’ve had a mixture of results at Portman Road. I’ve seen John McGinlay score in a 1-0 win and another 1-0 (Bob Taylor?). Obviously last season stands out too. And then, of course, I was there for the Barry Knight game.

As usual, I am ever the optimist and I look at our squad (not just the starting 11) and think it’s pretty good.

I have a few worries defensively in that we tend to drift off to sleep sometimes but we are very capable of scoring.

I expect us to start with Trafford, Jones, Santos, Johnston, Bradley, John, Williams, Morley, Lee, Afolayan and Charles. We will probably replace the strikers after 60 minutes and I also expect the manager to make use of the new 5 subs rule.

I don’t know enough about Ipswich. Lots of comments about how they improved when their new manager arrived but we outdid them in the later stages of last season so they should be worried about us. They have brought in a few new signings which shouldn’t worry us too much as it will take a while for them to gel.


I would be happy with a point but, ever the optimist, I will go for a tight 2-1 win.