Ipswich (A) 1 - 1 - Boxing Day - Post-Match Thread

[Detroit Blues]

5 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

Nope, still loving not having var. 

Guess you must love this result then.

 

Wrong decision. Wrong result. Hopefully the 2 pts doesn't end up mattering in the end.

[Pita]

23 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

Ref has got all the big decisions wrong. Dreadful. 

 

[leicesterlad1989]

Questionable refereeing.

Questionable substitutions. 

Fluke of a goal. 

Weird game all round.

I didnt feel we would concede but I also felt we lost control of the game for a huge portion of the second half. 

I still feel we lack that killer instinct to finish teams off. 

We move on.

[grobyfox1990]

Obvious pen, obvious red, deflected equaliser in stoppage time. Still win the league by a mile 

[FosseSpark]

Just now, Bourbon Fox said:

Coady? Didn't touch his hand?

Didn't touch his hand, as you say. That no pen for KDH was the worst decision I've seen in ages.

[majaco]

The ref's guide dog has posted on Twitter about him missing the penalty.   The dog is disappointed about league rules preventing him joining his owner on the pitch.

[Basildon Fox]

2 minutes ago, weller54 said:

They had 16 shots!!... that's not being in control .  Taking both Wilf and KDH off cost us the win.  Rodgers would have been proud of those decisions!

And how many were a real threat?

[Detroit Blues]

4 minutes ago, Scotch said:

If VAR was in play, they would have had a PEN in the first half with that handball...

Doubtful. Cody's hand was at his side. 

[Sly]

The game should have been over in the first half.

 

I think it was a penalty in the first half. Definitely a penalty in the second half.

 

They should be a man down.

 

We lost control with some terrible substitutions. I can’t see us taking Casadei or Agnus next season. Iheanacho offered nothing when he replaced Daka. I half hope we sell him this month and put a cap on his Leicester career. The fact he’s not universally loved totally comes from the fact he’s so hit and miss. 
 

They pressed us from the off but the defence looked comfortable. It’s not like they created loads and loads of chances, causing Mads to make save after save. 
 

Out crappy Boxing Day results continue. 
 

Anyone got any xG numbers? 

 

 

[iann1982]

We looked tired in the second half. Subs added nothing. Frustrating to lose 2 points that way. Enzo lost the second half tactics wise. Big games against Cardiff and Huddersfield 

[Jobyfox]

Just now, AKCJ said:

4.

And we definitely have gained a few as well.

 

West Brom comes immediately to mind 

[Nolucklcfc]

There’s a time and a place to pass it around in your own half and in the 93rd minute away from home defending a 0-1 lead is not it. 

[coolhandfox]

To much Christmas drinking with some of the over reaction posts on here.....

 

 

[Mickyblueeyes]

I can’t criticise anything from the players that I’ve seen this December/Christmas run. The current 2nd best team in the league, away from home and I wasn’t overly worried at any time. It took a double deflection to pull us back. 
 

It’s a horrendous period for the side with the amount of games and the expectancy. They’ve lived up to it. 
 

The reaction to conceding that goal by so many of them was so positive - genuinely pissed off. Use that to run another 6/7 run of wins. 
 

We were the better side today for most and by some distance. 

Edited 26 December 2023 by Mickyblueeyes

[MrsJohnMurphy]

9 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Vestergaard, always said he was shite.

that's absolutely shocking mate

[grobyfox1990]

Just now, Detroit Blues said:

Guess you must love this result then.

 

Wrong decision. Wrong result. Hopefully the 2 pts doesn't end up mattering in the end.

It will be the difference between winning the league in late March or early April. Won’t matter at all 

[smudger63]

Two points chucked away, but you could see it coming.

Shocking subs didnt help, we`ve not seen much of Cannon, but at least we`ve seen him try and press, something Nacho has never been arsed to do.

Casadei for Ndidi, was when we lost control of the game, and Akgun for KDH, was just bizarre!.

[ronnup]

The subs were horrendous 

[Foxy_jim]

1 minute ago, Pita said:

Lack of shots on or off the target. Just don’t have the killer instinct. Premiership teams will rub there hands in glee. 

Lack of shots yet we've scored the most goals in the league and have a record amount of points for this league at this stage. Let's think about the orem if and when we get there shall we? Some people just love a moan. 

[Fox forever]

1 minute ago, FosseSpark said:

Our disappointments are always less disappointing than our competitors. Leeds win and then lose. Saints win and then draw 2. 

We have Cardiff, Huddersfield, Millwall, Coventry in the next 4. We will be on 69 points by the time we play Ipswich at our place and have 1 foot in auto promotion places with 16 games left to go.

 

Millwall is a cup game 

[cityfanlee23]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

So just 4 games from 24 this season where we have had a possible problem seeing it out?

 

Only 2 games where we have dropped points from winning positions

 

Lets not act like this has been a problem going on all season

Agree with both of your points really, I did a post a few weeks back where I pointed out every game this season where we have been only 1 goal up with 15 mins to play and to be honest it’s a shocking statistic, we really should be finishing games off earlier so nullify any late goals. 
 

way too many times this season we finish a game off in the last 15 minutes when we should be 2-3 goals up, just needlessly adding risk. 

[bovril]

10 minutes ago, Detroit Blues said:

Next time people talk about how much they love not having VAR, remember this game. 

Still glad we haven't got it.

 

But every time we concede now it takes me a split second to remember it's not going to be overturned.

[Beachyboy]

1 minute ago, Criggers said:

We can be fantastic at times and just gift the opposition chances at others. Wasn’t too unlike the Brun game.

 

A pen not given, Hansen probably should have been booked a second time and could say we were hard done by.

 

I think there will be some angry posts tonight just because it feels more like we gave it to them than them earning it. And I don’t agree they played that well, they hardly threatened all game. But that could be my blue, no, tonight I mean yellow tinted specs.

They didn't really threaten as we defended well, but a 1 goal lead is always dangerous and its frustrating that we were not more positive to get the 2nd goal. This team doesn’t look like it has a clean sheet in it when put under 45 minutes of sustained pressure.

[iancognito]

7 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Will we ever learn to manage a game and kill it off?

 

Points dropped tonight and against Sheffield Wednesday. 

 

Needless nervous finishes against Burmingham and Millwall.

 

Subs were horrendous. Casadei must have a clause in his contract saying he needs at least 20 minutes. Bin him off.

 

Same old problem, Enzo.

 

The beautiful football for half an hour/an hour a game means fvck all if we fold like a pack of cards at the end.

We're two deflections away from seeing the game off, they barely had a clear cut chance. For those "points dropped" we just won 6 out of 7 in the league before tonight.

 

Let's have it right, if the ref does his job we get a pen and 2-0 against a side that should have been down to ten. Wasn't like we surrendered.

[Scotch]

Jesus christ guys, it was a playfully dig at VAR, keep your party hats on!