Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Martyn Smith]

And another thing everyone moaning about Cash before he got injured but now missing him like mad
Same goes for McGinn

We really looked like we couldn't get a grip on midfield without SJM

[Risso]

And another thing everyone moaning about Cash before he got injured but now missing him like mad
Same goes for McGinn

We really looked like we couldn't get a grip on midfield without SJM

We were conceding just as many goals with McGinn in the side.

[Marton]

Think Konsa is not really as bad as Carlos in this one.

You think Emery move Konsa right to have a more solid right back as Baily doesnt help defense much.
But that means he have to play Carlos or Bogarde and both been crap all season.
Emery wants some form on a 3rd CB until Mings is back (if ever).

I prefer that he just play Kosta RB and Konsa with Pau as CB tbh.

Konsa support an isolated new RB way better then Diego Carlos can.
It worked better when the problem was Cash as RB. It will work better with Kosta as RB.

Carlos give us some muscle in set peices defense but he is slow and lazy with keeping up with a high line.
And quite frankly he goes napping every time the RB joins the attack.
Both of those things was evident at their equalizer.

[eye digress]

Thought JJ was one of the few at the races in the second half - most of our fluid moves came through him, I felt.

Also thought Torres played well, including defensively. Honorable mentions for Onana, Tielemans, Digne, Ollie and Martinez (overall). Barkley made a positive impact in his brief cameo.

The rest were below par, but special mention for Carlos. Konsa was at least partially at fault in both goals. Bailey can’t seem to get any rhythm in his game right now, and Philogene was poor when he came on - in his defence, he needs minutes. Rogers allowed himself to get distracted by the niggly Ipswich press. Duran needs to stop trying to turn his man every time he receives the ball back to goal, especially given his strength.

[Footy-Vill]

Let's move on and discuss Bayern Munich.

[Beard82]

Really poor performance - lucky to come away with a point.  No excuses, we should have seen that out from 2-1 up - but just didnt turn up second half.  There number 5 should have been sent off. 

Our right side today was woeful, Bailey has started the season slowly - Konsa at right back and Carlos at CB doesnt work.  Not sure what the young RB is doing in training - but it must be bad. We need to sort it out, as were just gifting way too many goals. 

Thought Onana and Ramsey were poor today - after having been broadly impressed with them so far this season.  Jayden - verdict very much out on him - certainly weaker there currently compared to having Diaby. 

Its difficult to know quite what to make of us at the sec.  We haven't played well yet this season - but are still 5th - but cant help but think its because, Arsenal aside, we have played some poor teams. 

[john2710]

Frustrating two points dropped against the worst side we'll play all season. Far too complacent & lacking any sort of intensity, clearly we had one eye on next Wednesday night.

We should have come out second half to finish the job, instead we strolled around & hoped our leaky defence would hold out.

Other than the odd outlier performance, Carlos has never been good enough & Konsa looked like a player who didn't want to be there.

We won't be keeping a clean sheet anytime soon.

[Martyn Smith]

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins speaking to Sky Sports: "They always put a lot of pressure on us and we couldn't really implement our game plan. Ipswich were always on to us and it was a bit of a basketball game which is what they wanted but we didn't.

"It was a difficult game and I think a point is a fair result. We didn't get it right in the final third, we could have been more ruthless myself included.

"A point is a fair result but disappointing because there were a lot of opportunities for us. They kept putting pressure on us, they're here at home, the made runs in behind and we grinded the result out in the end."

On facing Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek: "Everybody is ready, there's a buzz around the club. Last year was special and this will be even better this year in the Champions League. You want to play in the best games in the world."

Reasonable words from the good man there, had a good game most of the time.

Yeah it definitely felt like we had one eye on Wednesday.  Perhaps it unfair to expect the team to be completely able to block it out of their minds until the final whistle went today.

Anyway it's P6 W4 D1 L1 GD+3, Posn 5/20. That...is good

[dorsetvillian]

Until Cash is back Uni has to play Ned. It's unbalancing the team playing Konsa out of position. He was very very poor today. It's simply not possible to finish top four letting in the goals we have.

[Risso]

Our counter attacking is shit at the moment. So many times we burst forward, then either give it away with a terrible pass, or knock it 50 yards back giving the defence time to regroup. Rubbish.

[Holte132]

Let's move on and discuss Bayern Munich.

 

[usav]

I thought Ramsey was poor today.  Summed up by that terrible shot where he could have slipped Digne in and there were two waiting in the middle.

[AV82EC]

We wouldn't keep a clean sheet against Walsall at the moment and today was the day it finally caught up with us. Konsa/Carlos axis an absolute nightmare all game. Their goals came when we were in cruise control the game, I thought Ipswich had ran out of all ideas until the chuckle brothers combined for their equaliser. Ipswich were so poor at the back we should be scoring more than two, we overplayed a bit too much at times. Philogene looks nowhere near ready either.

Martinez 6 - two brilliant saves somewhat made amends for failing to stop the first
Konsa 2 - horrid. Tucking in far too narrow all game and gave the ball away constantly like for their second goal.
Carlos 2 - rubbish, idiotic free kick given away early on for another error strewn performance. Sent for a bag of chips for the equaliser.
Torres 7 - ropey at times when ran at but saved a certain goal and decent on ball
Digne 5 - solid defensively but we need a lot more going forward in that position. Emery should have started Maatsen today
Onana 6 - anonymous first half but much better after the break I thought
Tielemans 6 - bit of a lazy performance, would have brought Barkley on sooner for him
Bailey 6 - decent first half and assist but disappeared in second half, dummied himself twice
Ramsey 6 - poor first half but much better after the break. Needs to improve first touch
Rogers 7 - fine first half and unless he was injured that was a mistake to replace him so early
Watkins 7 - bullied their defence...until Duran came on and that killed his impact

Philogene looks way off it and Duran didn't make an impact today. Buendia, Barkley and Maatsen all did ok and will be disappointed they weren't brought on earlier

I'm normally raise a smile with bronte's L'Equipe style ratings but this is absolutely spot on.

[Marton]

And yeah the REF was absolutely horrible.

There was at least 2 reds on Ipswich.
Once our midfielders was getting butchered and Ref was letting it happen , its somewhat understandable that some players like to keep both legs for Bayern...

[Rudy Can't Fail]

When Konsa made his kamikaze run and brainless pass Carlos was woefully out of position. Why didn't it occur to him to shuffle over to the right once he saw Konsa going forward? The amount of space that was given to Delap to run into was Sunday league levels of defending.

It was a midfielder's job to make the cover as there was acres of space before he even got close to Carlos. Kamara reads the game so well, he'd have covered that space seeing Konsa in an advanced position. Today was there nobody.