Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa pre match thread

[eye digress]

---------- Martinez ----------
Bogarde Konsa Torres Digne
---- Onana -- Tielemans----
Ramsey ------------ Rogers
--- Watkins ---- Bailey -----

Swap Ramsey to the left, Bailey to the right and Rogers alongside Watkins and it'll be that.

If he’s fit, wouldn’t surprise me to see Carlos in at the expense of Bogarde, and Konsa at RB.
Think this game will be much tighter than it looks on paper.
Actually, think it would be a good game to start Barkley in, though I think it not especially likely.

[OCD]

We’ll miss his leadership at times, I think. Would have been happier with us being led out by a player with his depth of intuition of what the game was about, so to speak.

I think we'll be fine. We've got lots of players who are potential leaders; like Youri who has played Champions League football with two different teams, has bags of high level international experience with Belgium and actually won the FA Cup with Leicester. Torres who's got lots of European experience, and Konsa who more than knows his way around. Add in Martinez of course, and potentially Mings in a few weeks, and that's a heck of a lot of experience and ability. McGinn will still be an important squad member when he's fit, but I don't think he'll be first choice in a lot of matches.

Yes, all true, Risso. Plus Ollie.
I also get the feeling you hint at that this break is the beginning of the end for McGinn as an automatic pick in the first eleven.

I think McGinn's the type that as soon as you can start to see the writing on the wall for him, he responds and ups his levels and proves his worth again.

[Accent Guy]

Our chances of winning this game have dramatically improved, now that we can't go top. (Without a cricket score)

[BC54 VFC]

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[Gerrin]

Who's going to be captain?

[PaulWinch again]

Ipswich 2 Villa 1

Sorry folks, I just feel it in my water.

Entirely possible. We’ll need to be right on it to win, no defensive lapses please.

[PaulWinch again]

Who's going to be captain?

It’ll be Emi.

[VillaTim]

Who's going to be captain?

Martinez or Tielemans. A nice result puts us 2nd and the table looks good.

[amfy]

Is it pizza you object to, or Demolition Man? Or are you being a homophobic twat?

…or that Dogtanian could be female?

[Gerrin]

Who's going to be captain?

Martinez or Tielemans. A nice result puts us 2nd and the table looks good.

Does anyone think it might be Konsa? He'd be my pick.

[VillaTim]

Who's going to be captain?

Martinez or Tielemans. A nice result puts us 2nd and the table looks good.

Does anyone think it might be Konsa? He'd be my pick.

Can't see it. Maybe Mings once he's back . Shame Mings isn't quite ready for tomorrow as this could have been billed the "Tyrone Mings Derby" . He's here, he's there

[Olneythelonely]

Is it pizza you object to, or Demolition Man? Or are you being a homophobic twat?

…or that Dogtanian could be female?

He isn’t.

[amfy]

I do think people’s default on gender neutral names on here is that they are male though. I do that & I’m female! I’m often surprised when I realise I’ve been reading someone’s posts for years thinking they’re a bloke & then suddenly realise they’re a woman!

[edgysatsuma89]

It's been pretty clear for a while that Dog is a bloke, eitherway he didn't answer the question.

[Dogtanian]

It is true, I am a man. 

I do agree that we make assumptions that everyone is male on a football forum.