Ipswich (H) 14/12: Build Up & Match Thread

[Lupo]

One change - Bellegarde in

Meupiyou on bench

 

[The Bear]

3-5-2 again. Ugh. And Bellegarde. Ugh.

 

[AndyWolves]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867928813012947455

Is that a 523 into a 343?

 

[The Bear]

Good to see Meupiyou on the bench though.

 

[AndyWolves]

Morsy is nailed on to score

 

[NicholasG1973]

Morsy is nailed on to score

I’d probably say that goes for four, or five, of them.

 

[prawnking]

What exactly is wrong with Sarabia? Genuine injury or just hurt his arse while putting it in his hand like Sa?

 

[prawnking]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1867928813012947455

Is that a 523 into a 343?

Again, so many defensive players in a home game against newly promoted bottom feeders...FFS

 

[b3h]

Feel that distanced from Wolves at the moment I am tempted to pick my Dad/Uncle up from the game. I miss you Nuno.

 

[Jack Regan]

Bellegarde starting is almost as perplexing and irritating as O'Neil still being in charge.

 

[Banjo]

Again, so many defensive players in a home game against newly promoted bottom feeders...FFS

Yep. It means our attacking players have to try and do it all on their own. Not enough pace or dynamism in the team.

 

[Tony Towner]

Bellegarde starting is almost as perplexing and irritating as O'Neil still being in charge.

If he'd gone 4231 I could understand it as he'll track back and will give freedom for the other attacking players. If it's 343, it's the wrong thing to do, hopefully 3412 and he's the link between attack and midfield rather than out wide

 

[Jack Regan]

He's probably playing left wing back knowing O'Neil with RAN right wing...

I still can't fathom how a manager who actually did this (even if it was for only about ten minutes) is still employed anywhere, let alone at the club who watched him do it.

 

[Dire Wolf]

How the hell is Bellegarde starting? He must look amazing I'm training.

 

[Jinky]

Bellegarde will be in there for his ‘legs’. It looks defensive on paper because there’s a lot of defenders, but we know full well RAN & Doc will be very high up the pitch. Sadly the definition of madness is just doing the same thing over & over again and hoping for a different result. Hopefully we get luck on our side today.

Have to say, Ipswich are putting in the most Championship level Premier League 11 I’ve seen in many a year. If we lose today we’re essentially down.

 

[Wolftone]

Must win. Scrappy 1-0 would do in our current position.

 

[Mel Evo]

Because Ipswich are just as bad as us?

Could be. Hope so. Their manager seems more convincing though, and we’re so thoroughly rotten, I just think they’ll want it more and have a plan to implement.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

I don't see it as a "bad" formation. Doc and RAN will spend more time in their area than ours.

 

[The Bear]

It's gonna be an insipid and uninspiring 1st half where we look like conceding every time they get the ball into our box.

Then he'll change it round for the 2nd half to what it should have been from the start and we'll suddenly look half decent.

It's no coincidence we've been miles better in 2nd halves this season as GON has constantly had to fix the deficiencies of his starting lineup to make an impact on the game.

 

[prawnking]

I don't see it as a "bad" formation. Doc and RAN will spend more time in their area than ours.

Why don't we play one of our half dozen wide attacking players that constantly have splinters in their arse? None of them are a better option than nearly 33 year old Doc?