Ipswich Town Championship Thread 09/10

[Paddy]

So with an eventful ending to the 08/09 season with Keane being appointed manager of the club, we look forward to the new season:

With a first day away game to Coventry, first time in 7 years we have been away from home first day.

Before that there are many confirmed friendlies:

July and August 2009.

Date Event Time Comment Event Type

Tue 7th Finn Harps (Donegal) A 8pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Sat 11th Gorleston A 3pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Wed 15th Brentford FC A 7.45pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Fri 17th Waterford (ROI) A 8pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Sat 18th Hadleigh A 3pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Sun 19th Cork (ROI) A 4pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Wed 22nd Southend FC A 7.45pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Thu 23rd Clacton A 7.45pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly

Sat 25th Colchester Utd H 2pm Ipswich Town XI Fabian Wilnis Testimonial
Mon 27th Debenham A tbc Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Tue 28th Charlton Athletic A 7.45pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Wed 29th Chelmsford City A 7.45pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Fri 31st Real Valladolid H 7.30pm Ipswich Town XI Pre-season friendly
Tue 4th Bury Town Information not yet available.


Carling Cup Round 1 is away to Shrewsbury in September.


Team for the season:

1 Richard Wright Goalkeeper
2 David Wright Defender
4 Gareth McAuley Defender
5 Alex Bruce Defender
7 Owen Garvan Midfielder
8 Tommy Miller Midfielder
9 Pablo Counago Striker
10 David Norris Midfielder
11 Kevin Lisbie Striker
12 Jaime Peters Midfielder
13 Luciano Civelli Midfielder
14 Jonathan Stead Striker
15 Pim Balkestein Defender
16 Chris Casement Defender
17 Dean Bowditch Striker
18 Danny Haynes Midfielder
19 Jonathan Walters Striker
21 Ivan Campo Defender
25 Alan Quinn Midfielder
26 Veliche Shumulikoski Midfielder
27 Shane Supple Goalkeeper
29 Edward Upson Striker
30 Matthew Richards Defender
33 Ben Thatcher Defender
35 Tommy Smith Defender
36 Liam Trotter Midfielder
38 Jordan Rhodes Striker
40 Connor Wickham Midfielder


Yet this list will definately change before the new seaosn starts.

Ipswich Town website:

www.itfc.co.uk

[Paddy]

Ipswich winger Luciano Civelli (22 yrs old) was injured at Burnley on 17th March, now is able to start his long recovery back, with the hope he will be back in the new year.
He suffered suffered extensive knee ligament damage.

In other news, Ipswich Town midfielder Liam Trotter is set to reject a new deal with the club in order to join Scunthorpe United, a fee would be required, maybe by tribunal.

Also, 19-year-old Ipswich midfielder Ed Upson has signed a new one-year deal.

[frag]

So many friendlies!

Carling Cup Round 1 is w.c. 12th August, by the way.

What do you think of Richard Wright? He was Arsenal goalie for a few years in the early 00's, but never really settled, didn't manage to displace Seaman and is remembered more for errors than anything else.
Is Edward Upson any relation to Matthew?

[Paddy]

Oh, ok, Carling cup is rather a low priority cup for Ipswich, we never go past R2.

Richard Wright is actually Ipswich born and bred, we shouldn't have let him go and he shouldn't have ever gone, he has never played like he did for us in his first spell.

Edward Upson I do not know, although Matthew Upson is also from this part of the world I believe, I will go and check out Edward Upson out now.
www.itfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10272~40683,00.html

I'm still none the wiser, I doubt he is as Matthew Upson is now mid-late 20's.

Recent news:
Ipswich beat Stevenage 3-0 in a friendly. Doesn't say much tbh.

[frag]

You're playing friendlies already? Pre-season training hasn't even started yet!

I remember Ipswich beating us in the League Cup third round, might have been the year you were in Europe, so started in the 3rd round anyway

[Paddy]

I think it was more a special match, but yeh, friendlies starts in 2 weeks time for us tractor boys. If not before if a new friendly is arranged.

That is probably the best we've ever done in Carling Cup. We don't do cups, FA Cup we get to 4th round if lucky. But I am rather excited that we have a new manager, even if Magilton wasn't that bad, and we have a new emphasis of trying to be promoted not just get over the relegation line and get comfy mid table.

[Maximo Mark]

You've signed Lee Martin. Haha!

[Paddy]

Hmm, he seems to have done very well at his loan clubs, maybe perfect choice for us. We need a nippy winger.

I am leaving all decisions on Keane's signings til i have seen the team in the new season work together.

[Paddy]

Damien Delaney joined last week.

27 yr old Rep of Ireland player.

Joins from QPR

[Maximo Mark]

Jul 6, 2009 22:24:36 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Hmm, he seems to have done very well at his loan clubs, maybe perfect choice for us. We need a nippy winger.

He really didn't. He's been on loan to 3 Championship clubs in the past two seasons as well as Stoke, not one of them were linked with signing him permanantly.

When he played for Forest he regularly couldn't even get into the matchday 16 of an injury hit team at the bottom of the league!! His last game was at the end of November and he didn't go back until mid January, he wasn't inured and there was almost no call from fans for him to play either. If he spent as much time concentrating on football as he does on his hair he might be a decent player...

[Paddy]

I was looking at his spells on the continent tbh.

[Razzle Dazzle]

pretty sure ipswich is closer to nottingham than the continent though

[Paddy]

Maybe Geographically but football skill, nope .

[Panda]

Jul 7, 2009 22:00:42 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Maybe Geographically but football skill, nope .

He was playing in the Belgian League, not Serie A. Probably about on a par with the Championship, anyway...

[Paddy]

Aye. But Forest were league below us until last season, but as you say Belguin league is same as Champ, which is why I said he seemed to do OK in Belguim, got a player award.

[Panda]

But that was 3 years ago...

Maybe Roy Keane's managerial philosophy regarding Man U is similar to Graeme Souness's for Rangers:

"He used to play for Rangers... he MUST be good!"

[Paddy]

heh, I do wonder that, but sometimes its best to stick with who you knew from experience.

We will see what happens, all very exciting and nervous all at the same time.

[Paddy]

Danny Haynes has left the club Althou he only ever socred against Norwich and now they are too rubbish for second tier football we dont need Haynes I spose XD.

Coming in is 2 new academy players, one being the son of an old Ipswich player and the other being already given a faull cap by his home country Bermuda.

[Razzle Dazzle]

ben thatcher probably kicked lumps out of him in training

[Paddy]

Haynes (I take it you were saying about Thatcher taking lumps out of Haynes?) is a big lad, so maybe not so easy as you think .