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Episode 67 - Ipswich Town v Bournemouth Preview
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Today’s preview show sees James and Tom further discuss the utter disappointment from Tuesday night, Kieran McKenna’s possible powerplay, and how well will Ipswich will fair against a very solid Bournemouth.
The Daily Ipswich Podcast, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, is your new home of all your ITFC. Join us every weekday for the latest news, build-up and reaction in the club's first season back in the Premier League.
Host: James Bennett
Guest: Tom Crack
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Transcript
00:00:09
officialgspn
Yes. Hello.
Introduction and Game Recap
00:00:10
officialgspn
Welcome to once again, another episode of the daily Ipswich with the GSP and hope you're doing okay. I am joined today by the brilliant Tom crack. How are we, mate?
00:00:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I'm good. Yeah. Cheers to ah Rob and Richard for recapping the game for their sins on Tuesday night whilst we were out gallivanting, but you know, it had to be done. um Yeah. Dust has settled after Tuesday night and we look ahead.
00:00:35
officialgspn
Look ahead, yeah, obviously, like you said, thank you very much to Richard and Rob there.
Challenges Against Lower Teams
00:00:40
officialgspn
Obviously, we'll we'll sort of cover our bit of the game as well, because we went to watch the game together, which was which which was lovely as well, by the way.
00:00:47
officialgspn
A little air a nice positive take from the result.
00:00:47
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:00:51
officialgspn
Obviously, we watched it together, but now the dust has settled. What was your full take of the game, really? watch Obviously, the result is absolutely terrible, but and what did you take away from it, Tom?
00:01:02
Tom Crack - Ipswich
My biggest takeaway is that you are providing entertainment for all of Manchester because a little tangent here away from the game, before kickoff, um the ah establishment we went to to watch our game Because obviously, being on Prime, a lot of players, a lot of our pubs necessarily weren't anticipating that, so they were struggling to get it on the screen.
00:01:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And then James, our hero here, managed to hotspot his phone, I think it was, to the pubs TV, to then...
00:01:26
officialgspn
Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:28
Tom Crack - Ipswich
cast it to the screen for the entire place to enjoy because there are a lot of people in there coming to watch our game and we're like where is it because they had a little the last thing but yeah so before the game great things we got we got thanks to you we we managed managed to watch it which i thought was quite funny but yeah no i think you know the lads did great job um recapping it instantly on tuesday night wednesday morning but just really disappointing you know what one of the things we said ah the leaf why said during it and immediately afterwards.
00:01:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It felt toothless, I think both from the crowd and the and the players.
00:01:58
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:02:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Our biggest performances so far this season have come against teams we necessarily didn't expect to get anything
Motivation and Emotional Fallout
00:02:06
Tom Crack - Ipswich
from. Draw against Villa, draw against United. win at Spurs, obviously. And then the game is like this with, you know, your Everton's, your Palace's, Leicester, obviously yesterday didn't end the loss, but given how it ended, it kind of felt like that emotionally. And just those games we're not getting much out of. And, you know, these are the games we need to at least get something from and then scrape something if we can against the bigger sides, which we have done fantastically. It's just really demoralizing to not see the guys turn up. And maybe, no I mean, it can't be the case, but maybe they just feel when they play a quote unquote bigger side, they're more up for it because, you know, it's
00:02:39
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's a big name to prove yourself against. And when it's against the slightly lesser side, shall we say, the motivation isn't there. I don't know. it's's It's a weird, you can see the disparity between performances in terms of the level of competition that needs to change. Whereas we are kind of screwed going forward. But yeah, that's kind of my biggest takeaway from the thing. Just a bit toothless overall. and
00:02:57
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. i'd I'd have to agree because and When we both came away from watching it, it was just, it lacked everything, didn't it? There was no urgency. There was there was just absolutely nothing.
00:03:08
officialgspn
It didn't feel like I was watching Ipswich, to be honest, of recent, you know what I mean?
00:03:11
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:03:12
officialgspn
Because
Tactical Struggles and Solutions
00:03:13
officialgspn
we've been up for so many games and obviously this is huge now. Like we're fighting to stay up. We're going to be fighting to stay up. And that was such a massive game already, as previous games already have been, as we know.
00:03:24
officialgspn
But Palace at home, I thought we'd turn up. like you so Like you've just said there, Tom, and it it looks like it's the bigger teams that for some reason we're turning up a bit more. What do you think McKenna is trying to do or what do you think he can do to turn that around for us you know and and perform like that against every team? Because that's exactly what we need.
00:03:45
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, I mean, if you look at the face of it, you know, Tuesday was a pretty Tory performance on both sides. It's not like Palace, you know, were dominating us.
00:03:50
officialgspn
Absolutely. Bad game.
00:03:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, yeah, I think, you know, for the for the most part, this season, we've been we've been level pegging with most of the teams who play, you know, I think, well, you know, games like Brighton, we were kind of on the back foot from Minute Dot, and that was a really good draw on the face of it.
00:03:53
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:04:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So I think it's not necessarily the that we're getting like battered by all these teams. It's just the the lack of sort of, it looks like motivation sometimes and just looking a bit confused. You know, Rob made a great point about sides are maybe starting to figure us out at the side. So, you know, we potentially we could get something against where they don't go that far forward because we know a lot of our threat comes from sort of fast break counters like that's how the laps gone forward a lot the season Hudson relies in his pace a lot.
Upcoming Bournemouth Game: A Fresh Start?
00:04:31
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And when you know, towering defenders like Gay here already back near his box anyway rather than going forward near his halfway line. He's not gonna have to run and face that he's already there just as a brick wall to stop him and and it's exactly what he did. So I think defensively like we were just kind of met with a brute force on choosing I don't know really you know how we can
00:04:51
Tom Crack - Ipswich
get past this sometimes it just you know it's going to be a switch you know the good thing is this period we've got a lot of games now um which happened after forest obviously we were hoping would be a bounce back against palace it was not the case but you know this this sunday is a chance to potentially bounce back in that's a good thing about the christmas fixtures is you have got that kind of forget about it move on to the next one kind of vibe yeah yeah
00:05:11
officialgspn
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's good for fans as well. Do you know what I mean? And I like that Amazon, because obviously we can all kind of watch it as well, which is really good. But I think my
00:05:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Everyone in the pub can anyway, thanks to you.
00:05:24
officialgspn
Everyone in the pub, yeah, if I'm going, yeah, absolutely. Put me up spot and you'll be all right. But um I don't know. I mean, my take from the game, I think was just, just the same as the you and the boys. I think just.
00:05:36
officialgspn
demoralizing and how are we going to turn it around? Because it's, I was thinking about this earlier actually, it seems to me what we seem to be doing as well, not just when we play the bigger teams and that we sort of perform, it seems to be whatever team we're playing and whatever performance they bring, we're matching it instantly.
00:05:54
officialgspn
Like you said, ah we're kind of matching it.
00:05:54
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:05:57
officialgspn
We're not dictating how the game's going to go instantly. And I think that needs to change because we could control control some games in this league, 100%.
Managerial Strategies and Psychological Tactics
00:06:04
officialgspn
We could have controlled the game against Palace. We play better football than them, but it wasn't to be because, like I say, I think it seems to be, or it looks like it anyway.
00:06:13
officialgspn
We're waiting to see how the other team plays and we're we're not stepping above.
00:06:16
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:06:17
officialgspn
We just seem to be matching it. And that's, yeah, the Palace game was a rubbish game.
00:06:19
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:06:22
officialgspn
Anyway, let's be honest.
00:06:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
No.
00:06:23
officialgspn
Palace worked great. They had a chance and would set it with a little finish.
00:06:24
Tom Crack - Ipswich
no
00:06:26
officialgspn
So what can you do?
00:06:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, great goal. Yeah, it's a shame, isn't it? You know, I think we just got, it's it's a cliche to say take each game as it comes, but rid that really is the case at the moment.
00:06:35
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:06:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I'm just like struggling to find, there's not many good ah things to take away from that performance, but you know, there were certain things, like I think Q-stay was a standout again. um I'm very, very happy to see him finally turning up for the side.
00:06:45
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:06:47
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And you know, there's, there's players, you know, at the start of the season, I was quite bad on against. I thought they've been fairly decent for us, but it's just been a few other standouts. Again, usually who you think could be the difference makers. And that's been a bit quiet since Spurs, Hutchinson playing in the middle, which was starting to look like it could but I think he struggled again um this past week.
00:07:07
officialgspn
Potentially.
00:07:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Jack Clark, the guys went and went in on him quite rightly in my opinion. I'm still waiting for him to turn up in its picture. I think he's really out of all the big signs we made last ah in in over the summer. He's really the one to fail to really make that much of an impression that even the likes of, you know, Ben Johnson, who had a torrid start for a few games, even he's been a few good performances here and there.
00:07:23
officialgspn
Yeah, me too.
00:07:29
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So I'm still waiting for that. And I really thought Tuesday would have been the case, especially if I'm starting, but yeah,
00:07:34
officialgspn
yeah me too
00:07:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. Yeah.
00:07:36
officialgspn
see I really did because yeah, like you and the boys have said, Jack Clark was a big, big signing. Um, and he's clearly got, he's clearly a very good player and I think he's going to be a very good Premier League player.
00:07:42
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Massive. Yeah.
00:07:48
officialgspn
Hopefully, hopefully it will be with us. Um, he needs to sort something out though, because yeah, it's not working and I've seen people and fans say, you know, he's, he's also not really getting
Defensive Arrangements Amidst Injuries
00:07:57
officialgspn
the minutes. Yeah. But why is that clearly something's not right?
00:08:00
officialgspn
That's why he's not starting.
00:08:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:08:01
officialgspn
That's why he's not getting the minutes. He's not impressing enough and he should be.
00:08:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:08:05
officialgspn
So hopefully he'll turn things around. We'll see see if he gets any minutes at the weekend.
00:08:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:08:09
officialgspn
Just before we go into our first break, i just want um we've seen Harry Clarke start as well. and Obviously, he's a local lad. We love him. He supports the he support a club. He loves him through and through.
00:08:21
officialgspn
is he Is he ready? Is he is he good enough?
00:08:25
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, I mean, he's kind of been thrown to the walls, you know, next week at Molyneux, literally will be the case. But I think, um, it's It's hard to go too hard on the guy, I think, because I don't think we would have necessarily have chosen him as our starting right back, despite him being number two on the back of his shirt.
00:08:36
officialgspn
yeah. absolutely
00:08:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, the likes of 2-0, he's been fantastic all season in that right back, right center back role. Johnson had an injury or two recently. Looks like he's he was on the bench on Tuesday, but I guess wasn't fully fit to come back.
00:08:53
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hopefully he's back this Sunday.
00:08:53
officialgspn
no
00:08:54
Tom Crack - Ipswich
There's certainly players who, you know, in that position, you would expect to start over him. And I think Clark even himself would expect that to be the case. But yeah, when when he's when he's in his positions, like there, there is just moments where you can see there's the lack of quality there.
00:09:07
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's it's ah it's the same up top, you know, when bless them out, how many came on as well, a few good runs here and then I thought looked a bit urgent. But the, the gap in between him and Dilap in terms of quality is it's great, great in in ah in a bad way.
00:09:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, Hearst was a great bridge between Dilap and Hearst.
00:09:21
officialgspn
Yes.
00:09:23
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And Johnson to Anzabi, there's a decent bit of quality, but Clark is way behind those two, unfortunately.
00:09:24
officialgspn
Absolutely.
00:09:29
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And, you know, injuries wise over December, I don't know if we're necessarily going to have to fill that role. Like we definitely have to bring a striker in in January, that's for sure. Cause unfortunately Hearst, injuries seem to be plaguing a lot, don't they?
00:09:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But yeah, it's, I'm not sure of Clark. it's It seems unfair to blame him for a lot when I don't think he necessarily would expect to be in that position starting week to week, game to game.
00:09:46
officialgspn
yeah
00:09:50
officialgspn
fair play. I would have to absolutely agree, especially about the the striker situation as well. We are going to need one in January.
00:09:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:09:58
officialgspn
So we're going to take our first little break then and with ah with a little advert and then we'll come back and discuss Sunday's game with Bournemouth.
Midfield and Forward Lineup Debates
00:10:30
officialgspn
Beautiful stuff. And we are back. This is part two of the daily Ipswich. Thank you very much for still joining us. And before we go on to, you know, the pre Bournemouth game, again, just a massive game on Sunday. I'll just talk a bit about a Kiera McKenna as well. And he's you brought it up earlier, actually, Tom, um not in a podcast, but just them at an earlier point. um He said that we're under the least pressure, which I think I would have to absolutely agree. um And I think that's a little bit of a of a power play as well. What do you think?
00:11:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, so he I think is in a pretty much press conference ahead of um Sunday's game. He said with the there's yeah English, there's the least amount of pressure on us in terms of staying up in comparison to your Lester's and yourself answer came up because obviously no.
00:11:09
officialgspn
Thank you.
00:11:13
Tom Crack - Ipswich
things like parish payments and there's obviously other teams in the mix, relegation might as well. Yeah, I mean, you know, factually, I think it's it's it can be seen as a bit of a cop out to say, oh, well, you know, because I like we we're just here like little ups, which would have fun, like there's not much pressure has to stay up because no one's expecting us to even be here. Like if you look at where we were two years ago, I think it's maybe a smart to put take some pressure off him and just maybe make the fans think more level headed about where we are as a team as well. But yeah, it's also mentally, I think it's it's it can tell it's definitely a play from him to sort of put put something out there maybe some other teams will nibble mentally when they see something like that and think okay maybe there is more pressure on us to stay up it's a weird thing for him to say because he's not necessarily like this he is kind of more just a bit more in the background and just focusing us doesn't really talk about other teams and pressure as a whole never really focusing that you look at like last season when we were getting inching closer and closer to going up and
00:11:57
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:12:03
Tom Crack - Ipswich
How's the pressure here and how's the pressure going?
00:12:04
officialgspn
yeah
00:12:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Oh, no pressure game to game. So it's a strange tactic to take.
00:12:09
officialgspn
Mm hmm.
00:12:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think it's kind of necessary considering how it's gone recently, but yeah, um pressure.
00:12:14
officialgspn
Absolutely. Well, this is, this is the thing. Do you think this is maybe because he's, he's not been in this situation himself before? Do you think he's, he needs to maybe clear it away because like you said, he's a very calm and collected fellow and he's, he's just sort of, he's the same all the time.
00:12:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:12:29
officialgspn
He's very level headed, very laid back. And do you think maybe because there he's not felt this before. Do you think there's a touch of pressure? He is maybe feeling so he's trying to veer it off. Is that why?
00:12:40
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, I think, you know, you're gonna have pressure regardless of whatever spot you are on the table. It's amplified when you're in the bottom three for sure.
00:12:46
officialgspn
absolutely
00:12:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And you're a newly promoted side and the narrative is almost instantly going to go down regardless of either kicks a ball or not. So there's pressure there from the start to deliver and and even after he signed the contract in the summer, um the pressure mounted there again.
00:13:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So I think I'm sure he's used pressure last two seasons like insurmountable pressure, especially last year. And he came over, came through it in flying colors. So I'm sure he's used to the pressure nature of it. Again, I think i i'm I'm just going to, I'm just circling back to him sort of addressing it and sort of taking a slight dig out of the teams.
00:13:15
Tom Crack - Ipswich
That's a rare, rare thing for him to see. I don't know if he's just kind of like maybe trying to make us as fans sort of just calm down a bit.
00:13:18
officialgspn
It's.
00:13:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, I've seen a lot of discourse online post crystal palace of, you know, a lot of people, you know, don't I don't want to say moaning is the right word to use, but, you know, not being happy with that performance, which we're right to feel as fans, but a lot of people have quite rightly stated as well. Like, look, what we were two or three years ago in terms of who we were playing on a Tuesday night at Port Murrow in December, like Barrow or more could have no offense to those clubs. But, you know, Crystal Palace is a step up both in name and quality on the field. So we've got to be grateful for that. But, you know, I think it's just, I think the the ride in the Premier League is, well, it's three months, sit free almost three months into it now.
00:13:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's a crazy one.
00:13:59
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:14:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Four months into it, actually, sorry. um But, you know, maybe this is where we need to think a bit more level-headedly and just not have it overwhelm us like it seems to have done in the past couple of games. But strange tactic for McKenna to save that.
00:14:10
officialgspn
yeah
00:14:12
Tom Crack - Ipswich
in my I'm not used to coming out like that, to be fair.
00:14:15
officialgspn
know
Game Predictions and Inspirational Comparisons
00:14:16
officialgspn
yeah I quite like it, if I'm honest. its
00:14:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:14:19
officialgspn
but I guess I mean and I think he's right as well because you know there is no pressure for us Let's just enjoy the league was let's try to anyway, so I'd like you say I think he's done it for us So we can try to enjoy what's coming up anyway But em so the next one for us to try and enjoy is of course Bournemouth coming up on Sunday But I think Bournemouth look ah a decent side to be honest it's gonna be it's gonna be a tough one and Where do you think our main?
00:14:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:14:47
officialgspn
threat is going to come from really ah going into Sunday because obviously you I would say Hutchinson of course, hopefully he's back playing well. Usually was not his best game. Um, I would say sort of him, maybe Smodich will start the game as well. So you're looking at sort of them too. And obviously the lap as well. Um, any other threats that you can, that you would like to see maybe come, come and happen.
00:15:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, i mean well, I think where the game seems to be, like be where it's going to be won, is in the middle of the park. I think if you look at the spine of our team from like the middle of like Adam's Christie and Clive and Evan Nelson are up top.
00:15:16
officialgspn
oh
00:15:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I should say, by the way, at the time of recording, this is before Bournemouth's game against, is it Spurs tonight? So we don't know how that's going to go.
00:15:25
officialgspn
Yes. yeah
00:15:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hopefully, they get battered and they're mentally ah feeling it ahead of Sunday. But yeah, mean regardless of how their performance at Spurs goes tonight, They're really establishing themselves as like a, you know, 12th place, 13th place team in the Premier League is where we hope to be over the next couple of years, out especially like, as long as we start this year and that's all we want to be moving forward.
00:15:47
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You know, you look at like where they were at this point last year or just a couple of games before they didn't get their first win until the 10th game of the season. We didn't get ours until the 10th as well, maybe the 11th.
00:15:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I'm not sure in, in or around the same.
00:15:59
officialgspn
Ah.
00:16:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And then they would go on to then finish 12th in their best of a point selling the Premier League. So, you know, it's it's it's easy as fans to take each game as it comes sometimes and just be a bit down the dumps as it's not going to go well. But, you know, almost for a prime example of just like staying in the moment a bit and, you know,
00:16:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
believing in the process. Because he was a new manager coming in at Areola. And i I don't think many people had much faith in him. And but they were huge favorites to go down last year. And the first in games of the season, you can see why that was the case.
00:16:29
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But just be patient with the system, and it can come through. And its's I think as an Ipswich fan, and just sort of looking at how their journey went last year, it's quite inspiring um to see how it played out.
00:16:38
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:16:39
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And I do hope that's something we can do this year. But yeah, I don't know. What about you, Bournemouth-wise, players-wise?
00:16:42
officialgspn
Absolutely.
00:16:44
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Who stands out? Clive have got a hat-trick of pens over the weekend. I think that's the first time ever, didn't it?
00:16:47
officialgspn
Well, yeah. And, um, and is it, uh, oh, Evan Nielsen. Is that his name?
00:16:53
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yep. Yes. Yeah.
00:16:55
officialgspn
Yeah, I think I've got that. Yeah. He looks, he looks dangerous. And I see in that game with a Clive at Scott, uh, three, a hat trick of three penalties, obviously.
00:17:03
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:17:04
officialgspn
ah Evan Nielsen won every single penalty as well.
00:17:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yep.
00:17:08
officialgspn
And that's the first time that's happened.
00:17:08
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He did.
00:17:09
officialgspn
So hopefully we can defend a little bit better because that's absolutely insane and on Sunday, obviously. But I'll tell you what, Bournemouth, I do like Bournemouth.
00:17:19
officialgspn
And they're probably the most the perfect model for any team coming up. Apart from obviously your Brighton, because they've gone in and really smashed it. They've been um unbelievable. Fulham's a good one as well.
00:17:30
officialgspn
They've done okay. But Bournemouth, I really like Bournemouth and they play really good football as well. And like I say, this areola, like, he coming from nothing because he took over Gary O'Neill, didn't he?
00:17:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yes. Yeah. So it came in at a spot when people weren't really in favor because Garenil kept them up and, you know, big, big.
00:17:42
officialgspn
And everyone...
00:17:48
officialgspn
Yeah, did well and...
00:17:49
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:17:50
officialgspn
sort of come out with nothing, didn't he? But he's ah turned it around from the terrible start last year. And yeah, I like Bournemouth. They're a solid, nice Premier League team now and with the what seems to be a good manager, who knows where they can go.
00:18:04
officialgspn
So hopefully it's the kind of model that we can kind of follow.
00:18:05
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:18:08
officialgspn
um
00:18:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:18:10
officialgspn
but it's a must win on Sunday, it's a must win. Dead Dangers is obviously definitely Clive, I mean he he just looks good on the ball anyway. Evan Nilsson like we've mentioned, Christie like you said, in the like
Closing Thoughts and Social Media Engagement
00:18:21
officialgspn
it's the middle of the park that's going to come on Sunday. I just hope Jens, yeah, Kajust is playing well again because the last couple of games, yeah, he's looked unbelievable so I think if he's on fire we can possibly ah control that middle of the park and then and get the attack going. But we'll absolutely see. We'll see.
00:18:42
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You've got, um, Lewis cook, I think he's potentially back tonight. So he may have played against Spurs, but his injury timeline is, um, him potentially coming back, at least for Sunday, Bubba looks things.
00:18:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
He's already bagged, uh, free assists and a go over season, you know, a really important player, not just on the pitch, but off the pitch for them as well. So that'll be a key matchup. I think him and Mausi very similar style of players as well.
00:19:01
officialgspn
and
00:19:03
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So if he comes back as well, that would be a difficult matchup for us as well. Definitely.
00:19:08
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. Well, like I say, it's so it's another key game. I think we can absolutely do it. and We'll go more into it after this little break and we'll go we'll have a little bit of a results prediction as well. So it won't be a minute.
00:19:52
officialgspn
Yes, lovely stuff. And we are back part three with the daily Ipswich. And we've just talked a bit about Bournemouth there and their threats and everything. And obviously, we'll go on to a bit more what our threats will be and what we think our starting lineup maybe.
00:20:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:20:05
officialgspn
Do you know, we'll go straight into it, to be honest. So defense-wise, obviously, Greaves came back against Palace. and You think he's...
00:20:11
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:20:13
officialgspn
What did you make of it, firstly, to be fair?
00:20:14
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:20:15
officialgspn
Obviously, he's been out for a good two or three months, maybe, to be honest. So first game back, what did you make of him?
00:20:22
Tom Crack - Ipswich
and On paper I was happy to see him back. you know I think Burgess has put a great account of himself, surprisingly I think for many, after Greaves went down.
00:20:28
officialgspn
Yes.
00:20:31
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But we all kind of knew when you saw it start the season what sort of play he is and what sort of lead we might need at the back. It could just be a bit of rust. There wasn't much to go from. I don't feel the only sort of time he really stood out was, unfortunately, Mateta's goal where he kind of got twisted and turned and fell over and Mateta pulled off a great finish there um over Muric. So not much to go from that game. I think, you know, game time is what he needs. And I think that's what he's going to get this Sunday, regardless of I don't want to say fitness or performance heat because, you know, it wasn't necessarily the best performance that Greaves has done in the town shirt.
00:21:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So I think you need to keep getting on the pitch and give him game time to start. So I do see him and O'Shea being the pairing once again at the Vitality.
00:21:11
officialgspn
OK, nice.
00:21:12
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. what What did you make of his performance as well? Because it was kind of a crazy one. I mean, away for a long time and starting. It it can be a tough one no matter how good you are, can't it?
00:21:21
officialgspn
yeah Absolutely, and and especially with that sort of time out as well, I mean. Well, I think coming back from an injury, it was a hamstring one as well, you know, he was out for a little bit.
00:21:30
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:21:31
officialgspn
He did okay to come back. He did okay. It was, it was poor game anyway, wasn't it? So it was a bit of a tricky one to kind of see how we really did. And yeah, he got twisted, but, um, I agree with you Tom.
00:21:43
officialgspn
I think give him the minutes. He'll, he'll be, he'll be back again because he is our best center back. He's. we We all, we was all singing his praises, you know, i there was a couple of mistakes there before I got injured, but great.
00:21:54
officialgspn
He's a really good player and I'm glad he's back. So yeah, he's got to start on Sunday for me. and Obviously on the left, you're going to have Davis. There's no question about that.
00:22:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
With Davis, just before we move on, like I'm not obviously saying drop him at all, but like um do you see Townsend coming in at at all across the festive period? you know you know we We expect so much from Davis. like he's He's obviously one of our top three players, I'd say.
00:22:23
Tom Crack - Ipswich
do we expect him to be starting every game and in December?
00:22:23
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:22:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And we haven't really seen much of Taliesin, I think from part of that horror show against, was it Wimbledon, the Carabao? So, you know, not much to base off there, but do you think there'll be a game when Davis doesn't start, maybe Wolves?
00:22:34
officialgspn
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I don't know. It seems we're asking a lot of him and like, you know, do that similar argument as well, considering the lack of depth we have in both those positions, isn't it?
00:22:44
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:22:47
officialgspn
but this's a thing i would I would love to say that Townsend will come on, you might get start a game, start a couple of games in the Premier League, just to give Davis a rest.
00:22:57
officialgspn
So obviously it's not too much pressure on him, not doing too much for us.
00:22:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:23:02
officialgspn
I'll be completely honest though, mate.
00:23:03
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:23:03
officialgspn
I don't see that happening. I think Davis is going to be playing nearly every single minute.
00:23:08
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yep.
00:23:09
officialgspn
I just don't see Townsend coming in. I mean, he did himself no favours with the Wimbledon game. I'm not saying it was just him, obviously, but if you're part of that, and Excuse me, if you've had that team that loses, it does yourself no favours.
00:23:21
officialgspn
He might get a chance um in the f FA Cup. Obviously, we've got Bristol Rovers. and So he might get a chance there.
00:23:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Again.
00:23:27
officialgspn
We'll see. Yeah, I guess. So I don't know. But if I'm yeah if i'm completely honest, i'd like I'd like to see him get more minutes so Davis gets a rest. But no, I don't think it'll be.
00:23:38
officialgspn
I don't think it'll happen.
00:23:39
Tom Crack - Ipswich
it's It's a weird one, isn't it? Because, like, you know, you want you bet one of your best players to stay fit, but you also don't want him out because he's so integral to everything we do. It's it's it's one of those places positions, players, sorry, you really cannot afford to sacrifice just because of a lack of quality and depth behind it. You know, look at our midfield three. and I know we have a go at Phillips every now and then, but, you know, when he's when he's away, you've got Q staying multi-together, and with one of those away,
00:24:07
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I've relative faith in whatever pairing we have. like It may not be the preferred one, but they're all of a fair amount of quality where it's not a big worry if one of those goes down because you've got one to come in.
00:24:16
officialgspn
yeah
00:24:17
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Whereas that area, it's it's a position I really worry about, especially during this period as well, where the games are coming thick and fast. It's hard. You're just hoping he doesn't go down. I mean, at all, ever, but especially during this period where the games are really, really frequent.
00:24:28
officialgspn
Yeah. No, absolutely. and Because, um, I actually, there was a, I can't remember which game it was, but he did go, Davis did go down and instantly I was like, well.
00:24:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:24:37
officialgspn
Well, what are we, if he's out, what are we going to do? like And we've got, we, we have a replacement obviously in sounds end, but instantly that's how important he is to club.
00:24:40
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:45
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:24:45
officialgspn
But, um, speaking of like, obviously important players, obviously Sam Mosey, very, very important. Is he going to start with, could you start Phillips on Sunday?
00:24:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:24:53
officialgspn
Do you think obviously, I think you said produced earlier, but obviously we'll, we'll go over a bit more. Is Phillips going to get any sort of time?
00:25:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, I think we're still going to see the same pairing again. I don't know if if Phillips is still carrying a slight knock or it's just, you know,
00:25:05
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:25:09
Tom Crack - Ipswich
McKennan now prefers Q-State and Mozzie as a pairing. i just think it's it's the one I've said so many times, it's the one that offers the variety between the two of Mozzie being but we're holding. Q-State obviously providing that as well, but the chance of turning and facing and going forward.
00:25:20
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:25:21
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Again, he was in what was a very flat performance from everyone on the pitch, almost all 22 players. He was really the only one out of the 22 on either side, really. I thought he was fairly consistent. I was very surprised he took him off when he did because he We really look flat in the middle of it.
00:25:34
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:25:35
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I mean, I like i like Jack Taylor, but but you know it's it's it's obviously a noticeable lack of quality when he goes off. And you know they haven't come off yet, but whenever we get a throw in near the corner flag, and all we get always get a bit excited when he can lob one in.
00:25:45
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And one's going to come through eventually. It has to from Q-State.
00:25:48
officialgspn
Absolutely.
00:25:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So that's something I really like. So I don't see that pairing changing again. But you know like I said a a minute or so ago, if Phillips does come in three of them, yeah I'm i'm um still OK with that.
00:26:00
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Do you think Morsy, like, will, you know, as as it goes on, do you think he's, he's still nailed on, he's our captain, but like, you know, as as the lad said on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning show, that relatively flat performance from him again, and could he maybe be slightly be phased out as as as the game's going on?
00:26:08
officialgspn
and
00:26:21
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I don't know, what do you think?
00:26:23
officialgspn
I think look look, it's a tough one because obviously because of the loyalty and we just love him so much. he's He's been so good for us and he's done so much.
00:26:34
officialgspn
And in fairness, he's not even started that bad in the Premier League. act He's really took the step up really, really well.
00:26:38
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:26:39
officialgspn
To be honest, he's adapted fantastically.
00:26:39
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:26:42
officialgspn
But that's not to say we can't still improve. It's not about that now. We need players who are going to be solidly good enough week in, week out. And yes, he's our captain. But if if he keeps performing like that the last couple of games,
00:26:55
officialgspn
something might have to change. You know what I mean? it's It's a shame, but if it needs to, then it needs to.
00:26:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. Yeah. Hmm.
00:27:01
officialgspn
And January's coming up. We're going to have a little bit of, you know, money, I guess, to to bring a couple of players in, whether that's loan or not. So be it. oh um Yeah, I would say it's, I think we can drop Mausie.
00:27:16
officialgspn
I'm not saying do it, but I think if if we need to, let's not be silly. let's Let's absolutely do it because we need to find that best parent because Caduce looks unreal now.
00:27:26
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, he very much does.
00:27:28
officialgspn
Yeah, would you?
00:27:28
Tom Crack - Ipswich
What about like defensively? Go on, you go. Sorry.
00:27:31
officialgspn
No, you're all right. I was... So I was going to move on to sort of the attacking bit, really, but defensively, in fairness, I was going to... I did forget to mention Swansea, but obviously he's out again. Which is a big miss.
00:27:44
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, it's a long time now, I think, isn't it?
00:27:44
officialgspn
Big, big miss. and
00:27:45
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's not just a short break again, unfortunately.
00:27:47
officialgspn
no Yeah, I think it's a a longer one. Johnson, he can do he can step up, can't he, Tom? Do you think?
00:27:54
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, I think i think so. i mean you know His best performance of the season, though, i mean everyone's best performance of the season was that Spurs game. And you know there was the slight luxury of us having five and him kind of having twins able to support him there.
00:28:06
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So both played on the pitch at the same time in that game. Obviously, in this scenario, if he does play on the weekend, he's not going to have twins able there as a support system.
00:28:09
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:28:13
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So it's interesting. It'll be interesting how that fares. He obviously was on the bench um on Tuesday night. So you'd like to think he'll be fully fit to play on Sunday, that's one of the positions again, where we are we are lacking the depth.
00:28:23
officialgspn
yeah
00:28:25
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Well, we have the depth of our main guy and our positions injured, unfortunately, because it was such a big mess. It's really such a shame for him because every every game he's played, I really think he hasn't really put a foot wrong for the most part.
00:28:32
officialgspn
but
00:28:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
So No, but john johnson Johnson shown in certain games, I think, you know, that brief run against Leicester and United, those two games, he looks really, really solid.
00:28:37
officialgspn
No.
00:28:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
And if he can get like 70% of that, 80% of that on the weekend, I'm i'm sure he'll put himself in good stead. But it's just, you know, it's it's one of the positions where I'm happy with who we've got there.
00:28:54
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:28:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But it's, you know, it's not necessarily the one I want starting week out, but you know, Injuries happen to everyone. And we just got to deal with it, I guess.
00:29:04
officialgspn
yeah
00:29:04
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But Johnson that writes what we've got. And umve've i've had that i've had ah I would have that over Clark this Sunday.
00:29:11
officialgspn
yeah of Yeah, absolutely. Well, with that then, we'll um just quickly up top, then obviously the lap has to start. and Hutchinson, are you having him and the through the middle still?
00:29:26
officialgspn
Because then who do we have on the right hands? Because I don't think...
00:29:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:29:30
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, you you you have a bit to say about Burns when we watched on Tuesday night. like richard Richard said a few times that he's he's a home player. like He pray plays better at home. And I think that was the case in the lower leagues.
00:29:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But i'm really I'm failing to see any quality there home or away this season.
00:29:42
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:29:46
Tom Crack - Ipswich
There's brief moments against United when he whips a ball in or two.
00:29:47
officialgspn
Yeah,
00:29:49
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But predominantly, he's really not providing much. I'm not sure maybe if we can move him to right back away. He was kind of there a bit back in the day. and have Because Johnson played a bit further up against um Spurs, didn't he?
00:29:56
officialgspn
and maybe.
00:29:58
Tom Crack - Ipswich
but Yeah, I think if you if it's starting if you're looking at the ah front three behind the lap, I think number 10 we are still going to see Hutchinson there.
00:29:59
officialgspn
it
00:30:08
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It seems to be a very up and down sort of performance from him at the moment where you get those fantastic spells against United and Spurs. But then you get those really flat ones like against Palestine. I think we both were in agreement that Tuesday night was his worst performance of the season.
00:30:21
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Just looks really, just really struggled to get onto the ball and any sort of movement he had was quickly squashed.
00:30:22
officialgspn
Absolutely.
00:30:27
officialgspn
and
00:30:27
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I think the main change we're going to see from that front free on the weekend will be Sammy Schmoditz coming back at the side and on your being on the left instead of Clark.
00:30:30
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:30:37
Tom Crack - Ipswich
That experiment didn't work. On the weekend, again, Schmonix is one of those players who's starting to play a week in, week out. And when the game is that frequent, you can't have him. He's a bit older than lights have elapsed. You can't have him playing game in, game out, unfortunately.
00:30:48
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But he had a rest on Tuesday night, and I fully expect to come back to the team. He seems to only score away from home as well. So all the more reason for him to come into the team.
00:30:54
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:30:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
What what what do you what do you think about like the right side? I mean, one person as well is necessarily the right, but in terms of the three as a whole, I'm really liking Chapin at the moment. I'm not saying obviously as a starter, but like just, you know, really, really like they there seems to be a morale boost when he comes on the pitch.
00:31:06
officialgspn
but Yeah. and i
00:31:15
Tom Crack - Ipswich
It's like we compared like that Burgess Davis connection when he's playing.
00:31:16
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:31:18
Tom Crack - Ipswich
You can see that sort of energy shift happen. And it's the same with Chapin.
00:31:22
officialgspn
yeah
00:31:23
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I feel a lot of players get spurred on when he comes on. He seems to just want to keep running. Does he feature in your starting potentially?
00:31:31
officialgspn
Well, um I'll be completely honest with you, mate. and Just because of what we've seen sort of Tuesday and maybe go and change something on Sunday, and I would have Hutchinson on the right, Smodgits on the left, and I would start Chaplin in the number 10.
00:31:43
Tom Crack - Ipswich
chapter in the middle. Yeah.
00:31:45
officialgspn
Just because when we he started a couple of games not too long ago, and he did it he looked all right.
00:31:45
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:31:52
officialgspn
He genuinely looked OK.
00:31:52
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Brentford. Really good start.
00:31:54
officialgspn
Yeah, that's it.
00:31:54
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Brentford.
00:31:54
officialgspn
Yeah, he looked good.
00:31:55
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:56
officialgspn
He looked OK, because he knows what he's doing in the number 10 as well, a little bit more than Amari does.
00:32:01
Tom Crack - Ipswich
yeah
00:32:01
officialgspn
And because of that, I think, because of that experience, Premier League or not, you can find the space easy. You can find them passes that little bit easier and he can. So I would honestly, I'd be Hutchinson on the right, Chapman fruit, choppers through the middle, Smoditz on the left for me.
00:32:16
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Hmm.
00:32:16
officialgspn
Um, that won't happen. I'm sure, but I would like to see it maybe just to see what happens.
00:32:20
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah.
00:32:21
officialgspn
Cause Hutchinson on the right for me still is where he should be playing. He has looked good recently through the number 10, but he's, he's a good winger, man. He's such a good winger. I would have him there, but, um, I think we're coming up to pretty much towards the end of the little podcast there, mate, but just before we do end it, let's have your predictions.
00:32:39
officialgspn
What are we having?
00:32:41
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I mean, you know, they the past week or so hasn't been that great. And unfortunately, you know, I'd like to be a bit optimistic on these predictions, but unfortunately, I think the poor run of results is going to continue.
00:32:53
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Bournemouth are a topside, you know, a big city at home. they they're They're a decent outfit. And I unfortunately think it may be a 2-0 defeat, unfortunately.
00:33:03
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I hope i like to think I'm wrong, but Bournemouth have shown they've got a lot of quality.
00:33:04
officialgspn
yeah
00:33:09
officialgspn
yeah
00:33:10
Tom Crack - Ipswich
I don't know. I think I'm going to go 2-0 against us, but yeah.
00:33:12
officialgspn
yeah
00:33:15
officialgspn
ah I absolutely get it.
00:33:15
Tom Crack - Ipswich
What about you?
00:33:17
officialgspn
i mean I'm going to go a little bit more optimistic, but ah probably Probably optimistic in the sense of a bit daft really, but I'm going to go oh am i yeah too old.
00:33:25
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Go on.
00:33:28
officialgspn
i think we'll I think too old.
00:33:30
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Okay.
00:33:30
officialgspn
And I think and we're going to score first and then they'll go 2-1 and we'll we'll snatch an equalizer. That's what I'm having.
00:33:36
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Yeah, there does seem to be that sort of reckless abandonment start of playing for us somewhere away from home as well.
00:33:42
officialgspn
yeah
00:33:43
Tom Crack - Ipswich
Every game I watch, every game I've watched this season, whenever we play away from home, I feel a bit less on edge, nerves-wise, because, you know, like the crowd sometimes, yes, it's obviously a good thing to have the crowd on your side as much as you can.
00:33:50
officialgspn
yeah
00:33:56
Tom Crack - Ipswich
But, you know, I just feel like whenever away from home, it's not kind of the US against the world mentality. And I think our best performances this season really, with the exception of Villa, have been away from home. Like I thought, you know, Brentford obviously Spurs and then a few of us here and there as well. And I fully expect him to have that. And, you know, these last two games have been poor. So they really need to kick up the backside and kick into it. I only think that did come out good this week before we um before sign us off there, James, was on was it the Wednesday night games this week when we obviously the day after we played because because wolves got battered we did actually move up a spot so you know end of the end of the positive note and we did move up a spot so you know if we can move up spots without even playing I'll take that no matter if we're still in the relegation zone or not.
00:34:25
officialgspn
yeah
00:34:28
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:34:35
officialgspn
yeah Absolutely. Anything can happen, mate, even when we're not playing. But let's take that look hopefully into Sunday and let's share hope for Hopefully another away win, mate. But and thank you very much for listening, guys. We will be back with another episode tomorrow. Please give us a follow on all the socials at GSPN, Daily Ipswich, et cetera, you know, on X, everything like that. And we will be back tomorrow. Thank you very much.