The Official Bristol City v Ipswich Town Match Day Thread

[havanatopia]

Good day everyone,

I find myself rather uninspired by story telling today. What has not been written or what should be written about Ipswich that inspires. It did make me wonder though why a town would ram its welcome sign with so called inducing reasons to enter or to announce it is only 'in partnership' with another foreign town and not twinned with it...

Arras is a rather fine town renown for its architecture and culture. I appreciate that Ipswich was a very important port, built the Mayflower and also has a few fine buildings but 'partnering' with Arras and not 'twinning' suggests the townsfolk of Suffolk either could not persuade Arras, or anyone else for that matter, or felt a little overwhelmed. I have a dilemma taking this further especially as Norwich seems to take great glee in taking a subtle swipe at their brethren to the south with their simple 'Fine City' moniker..

I will leave you with a previous thread on the town below..

So let us talk about football and on the subject of Norwich; 5 straight defeats, City; 3 straight defeats, Rotherham; 3 straight defeats and Brentford; 3 straight defeats. Huddersfield and QPR sit below City in the overall form table but at 20th we are on a very concerning slide. perhaps Norwich fans would be excused for feeling a tad more concerned while Huddersfield, Brentford and us remain a little more stoic about relative declines. Ipswich sit 10th in that same form table and should give City their best opportunity in some weeks to recover some confidence. Should.

I am considering mixing up the Match Day thread in the weeks to come to discuss something perhaps only marginally related to the origin of our opposition. All in the spirit of keeping it interesting, sometimes amusing and hopefully relevant. We shall see.

I am refusing to predict an outcome today; in recent weeks I have been widely off the mark; many posters have been a lot more accurate than I so will leave it for those that reply to iterate their feelings on if, how and why we might turn it around. As for Norwich? I expect them to beat Brentford at home. I also expect Huddersfield to get a point at Ewood Park and Rotherham to do the same at Burton. City need to perform and they need to find a decent result.

17,500 at Ashton Gate today?

Enjoy the match everyone.

 

 

[reddogkev]

A fine morning to you, Havanatopia, and as suggested in your opening paragraph, there is something uninspiring about a match against Ipswich.  The tractor boys are a rather unglamorous outfit, but they do still have Mad Mick McCarthy at the helm, so at least he adds a source of interest.

What grips my attention about today is the fact that Ipswich have the same points as us, so it's going to be a refreshing change not to play a team settled in the top 3 of the league.

On that point, I find it amazing that we've just played teams currently ranked places 2nd, 3rd, 4th.  Frankly, coming away from that sequence bereft of points is no need for concern, especially when you look at the exciting, attacking football we produced for large patches of the two away games.

Today's game has all the makings of a dour, hard-fought match; I'm going for City to score the deciding goal, and Wilbs to come from the bench to grab it in the last 15 minutes.  The safe money would be on a 1-1 draw.  Here's hoping I'm wrong and it turns into a six-goal thriller....

COME ON YOU REDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Edited December 3, 2016 by reddogkev

[pongo88]

Good post as ever Havana though, as you say, it must be difficult to keep saying something interesting about the same teams. I like your idea of mixing it up a bit by talking about marginally related topics, as going off at a tangent would be in the spirit of the forum. 

Hopefully the picture below will reflect today's result for the tractor boys 

[ashton_fan]

It will be interesting to see the team selection today following LJ's comments about changes. With Bryan suspended Golbourne likely to come in (a better defender imo), I wonder if Engvall will play a part or even start, maybe as a wide player instead of Pattison? I also expect O'Dowda to figure somewhere, might he rest Tomlin to the bench to fire him up a bit?

[robin_unreliant]

1 hour ago, ashton_fan said:

might he rest Tomlin to the bench to fire him up a bit?

I hope not as he is our main source of inspiration going forward. Imho we shouldn't be dropping him for home games. 

[Jerseybean]

Good day one and all. As always thank you Havanatopia for stimulating thoughts. Look forward to the results if you decide to mix things up a bit with up-and-coming threads.

So on the subject of results and mixing things up.....it will be interesting to see what changes LJ elects to make today especially given that, other than Joe, he has everyone available, I somehow fancy Tomo won't see out 90 minutes, unless he puts on a master class. Personally I'd be delighted if we start with two up front although as others have debated just who and how this is best achieved is a real conundrum. See it finishing 1-1 although hoping of course we sneak it 2-1.

My main hope is that we play really well for 90 minutes, which is something we have not done as yet this season. 

Enjoy the game everyone and let's really show our vocal support throughout.

COYR.

[Bar BS3]

1 hour ago, ashton_fan said:

It will be interesting to see the team selection today following LJ's comments about changes. With Bryan suspended Golbourne likely to come in (a better defender imo), I wonder if Engvall will play a part or even start, maybe as a wide player instead of Pattison? I also expect O'Dowda to figure somewhere, might he rest Tomlin to the bench to fire him up a bit?

I think today's team selection will be very interesting to see,in light of LJ's comments this week. 

I think his main change will be to have 2 up front. 

I think there is every chance he might go 3-5-2. 

Moore, Flint & Magners at the back.

Tomlin, Pack,GON, Reid, Brownhill  

Tammy & Gustav/Wilbs  

 

 

[Benjam!n Ultra]

Not with Tomlin as a wing back he won't. 

[Gillies Downs Leeds]

Got a feeling that Magnusson may be moved to left back today, and that Taylor Moore will come in alongside Flint. Further forward i would expect Freeman (or possibly O'Dowda) to come into the team to ensure we have width. The problem i find with Patterson, is that he keeps wanting to move inside and all he does is congest things and makes us easy to defend against. 

[bristolcitysweden]

COYR!!

[man in the middle]

can't see the point in changing the defense, it's the goals we're lacking but we don't have many options up front, my prediction is frank, Scott, Magnusson, Flint, Mathews, O'Neil, Pack, Patterson, O,Dowda, Tomlin, wilbs to start. 4-5-1 wilds holding up bringing others into play.

[daored]

4-2-3-1

                        Fielding

Moore / Flint / Magnusson / Goldbourne

                Pack / O'Neil

           Gustav / Tomlin / Freeman

                          Tammy

 

Think he may go all out attack today. Whilst we've played strong teams we've lost three on the bounce and there is no reason not to try something different. We need to be more creative and get support to Tammy quicker. Harsh on Reid who I think is playing well, but can't see Johnson dropping Tomlin

 

[Bar BS3]

41 minutes ago, Benjam!n Ultra said:

Not with Tomlin as a wing back he won't. 

Tomlin obviously wouldn't be wingback!

Maybe a free role from the left, where he was so effective at the end of last season. 

[Garland-sweden]

Think play Freeman instead of Paterson. We will win 2-0. Coyr!

[BS4 on Tour...]

I think Matthews and Freeman will start today...

[cityloyal473]

City to go behind (again), equalise and then succumb to a late Ipshit winner.  LJ and everyone on here to talk about how we played them off the park. 

Edited December 3, 2016 by cityloyal473

[reddogkev]

Come on, where's LJ team sheet, and the little bobble heads on the pitch?  The suspense of waiting to see the team for today is killing me!

COME ON YOU REDS

[Nogbad the Bad]

26 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said:

Think play Freeman instead of Paterson. We will win 2-0. Coyr!

Hopefully Freeman is fully fit to start, we've missed him.

2-0 would be a satisfactory scoreline, and one that really shouldn't be beyond us - Ipswich at home are ideal opponents to halt this poor run, a very ordinary and beatable team.

It will be a cause for concern if we fail to do so.

 

[Nogbad the Bad]

5 changes - Matthews, Golbourne, Smith, Freeman and Wilbraham all start.

[nebristolred]

TWO UP FRONT

[Londoner]

Solid. 

[M.D]

4-4-2 with Tomlin wide left..

[JoeAman08]

Don't mind the lineup at all. Fresh legs in midfield. 2 strikers and 2 full time full backs. Hate seeing Reid on the bench but with two strikers it's a better idea to go with more defensive minded midfielders 

[Londoner]

I can see this being a game similar to Blackburn, lots of huffs and puffs

[Bar BS3]

3 minutes ago, M.D said:

4-4-2 with Tomlin wide left..

Happy with that. 

[cidercity1987]

Not a fan of the line up but we will see

[robin_unreliant]

Wilbs much more effective as a last 30 min sub for me. Hasn't really had much impact when starting. Think it might be a bit of a slog but hope it works out coyr.

[stephenkibby.]

3 minutes ago, robin_unreliant said:

Wilbs much more effective as a last 30 min sub for me. Hasn't really had much impact when starting. Think it might be a bit of a slog but hope it works out coyr.

What are we going to change to if were chasing the game ?

[Ivorguy]

9 minutes ago, stephenkibby. said:

What are we going to change to if were chasing the game ?

Reid and Engvall

Edited December 3, 2016 by Ivorguy
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[Ivorguy]

Seems to me the key is the line: Freeman, Smith, Pack, Tomlin.

If all four play at top of their game we are home and dry; but the key word is 'if'.