In short
Ipswich Town’s 2-2 draw with promotion rivals Middlesbrough, dissecting the match (first-half quality, second-half collapse), the penalty controversy, and what it means for the promotion race with four games left.
Guests
Roscoe (host, Ipswich supporter; discusses editing habits and “All That Jazz” catchphrase), Stuart Watson (co-host; praised for handling the “hot seat” after the Pompey game; focuses on match analysis and football language), AJ (co-host; emphasizes fairness of results, stats/XG, and promotion-picture scenarios).
Key claims
The draw was entertaining and “fair” over 90 minutes, but Ipswich missed a chance given context. Middlesbrough were clinical despite wasting chances. Ipswich’s second-half defending after going ahead was poor, especially for the second goal. The penalty was given “by the letter of the law,” though the delay by the referee fueled debate. Ipswich’s style is less “team-goal” and more reliant on individual quality; assists and chance-conversion are uneven.
Notable examples
Casey McAteer’s weaker-left-foot equalizer after Azon and Furlong link-up; Christian Walton’s penalty save; Ipswich’s “pass-pass” goal-type contrast with earlier promotion seasons; Charlton preview as a potential banana skin; promotion rivals’ remaining fixtures and goal difference.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOHosts' Banter and Ticks
0:00 to 0:28
The hosts discuss their speaking habits and quirks during the podcast.
“Hey everybody, Lady Luck here, and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday.”
Hosts' Banter and Ticks
0:51 to 3:14
The hosts discuss their speaking habits and quirks during the podcast.
“drives when they take me to different bits and places and all that jazz.”
Discussion on Football Language
3:14 to 6:08
A conversation about the appropriateness of language used in football reporting.
“Half the time I was on the phone to him this morning, I said like three things that didn't make any sort of sense at all.”
Reflecting on Recent Matches
6:08 to 8:32
The hosts analyze Ipswich's recent performances and results against rivals.
“We're going to hear from Kieran McKenna.”
Match Breakdown: Ipswich vs Middlesbrough
8:32 to 14:00
In-depth discussion on the 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough, including key moments and player performances.
“They had more possession than Middlesbrough.”
Casey McAteer's Impact on the Game
14:00 to 17:04
Discussion on Casey McAteer's performance and goal contributions.
“and then Casey McAteer kind of epitomised the energy, the front-footed energy that Ipswich started with a couple of times.”
Goals and Team Dynamics
17:04 to 19:48
Analysis of Ipswich Town's goal types and team dynamics in scoring.
“And I'm just delighted that he's started showing the signs of turning this around and winning some of those fans over.”
Assessing Ipswich's Style of Play
19:48 to 24:18
Discussion on Ipswich's style of play and how it has evolved this season.
“and that's where you can get a good assist.”
Reflections on the Middlesbrough Match
24:18 to 28:00
Review of the 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough and its implications.
“You know, Kieran McKenna talked about Jadon Filagene.”
Debating the Penalty Decision
28:00 to 36:00
The hosts discuss whether the controversial penalty awarded was justified.
“Portsmouth away and others of that nature will be the ones that we really reflect on.”
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Promotion Picture and Remaining Games
36:00 to 39:20
An analysis of Ipswich's promotion chances and upcoming fixtures.
“But let's talk about the promotion picture, though, because my friend, four big gains left to go.”
Pressure on Ipswich and Fan Sentiment
39:20 to 42:00
Discussion on the pressures Ipswich faces and the fans' emotional connection to the team.
“I thought they needed to get six points from the two home games because sandwiched in between is three away games in the space of seven days.”
Ipswich's Rollercoaster Season
42:00 to 45:12
The team reflects on Ipswich's inconsistent performances and the challenges ahead.
“so you won't share too much of your potential predictions for these.”
Upcoming Challenges: Key Matches Ahead
45:12 to 49:06
Discussion on the importance of upcoming matches and potential outcomes for Ipswich.
“if that's how this team seems to function.”
Analyzing Charlton's Threat
49:06 to 53:48
A look into Charlton's current form and how Ipswich can capitalize on their weaknesses.
“Make sure anyone checks their hearts and everything like that because, yeah, I'm sure we're going to have a bumpy ride.”
Ipswich's Strategy and Team Changes
53:48 to 56:01
Discussion on potential team rotations and strategies for the upcoming match.
“the one that worries me more is West Brom on Saturday to be honest I think that's a really difficult place to go and win and then that puts some pressure on needing to get something at Southampton potentially.”
Team Changes and Player Performances
56:01 to 1:00:05
Discussion on potential changes to the team lineup and player performances.
“Of course, we'll record a boot room, but you think McKenna will change much up?”
Final Thoughts and Predictions
1:00:06 to 1:01:06
Final comments on the game and predictions for the upcoming matches.
“Yeah, we'll be going through and doing that, so go read that tomorrow morning.”
Transcript
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0:38Ross Halls:hello everybody it's me roscoe and welcome to the latest episode of the kings of anglia podcast sponsored by molecular uk use the code koa10 to get all your cleaning car business and all that jazz one day i'll get used to it but luckily my family and friends can use the code um for the drives when they take me to different bits and places and all that jazz. I'm in the hot seat today. Stuart Watson did a fantastic job after the Pompey game. I thought you did really well. I think the listeners as well will probably go, we want Stu back in the hot seat. How are you, my friend? AJ, of course, joining us as well.
1:17Stuart Watson:Very well, thank you. Yeah, just keeping the seat mildly warm for yourself and Heathie. Probably not my forte. I botched a couple of intros that we had to re-record as well, which Alex will attest to. And I didn't drop two All That Jazz is inside 30 seconds. And it just doesn't feel like the KOA pod without that.
1:39Ross Halls:Yeah, I think there is a Roscoe bingo that I'm sure many people play when they're listening. When will Ross drop All That Jazz? Good old, my friend. Obviously, another word, I feel like I'm a football player. where I just bring up, I always say obviously sometimes. I've also, because when I edit these podcasts, I always listen back and I always say erm a lot. I need to try to get erm out of my system. I think it's just such a thing you do.
2:08Stuart Watson:We all have them. We all have our little ticks and our things. I've just done an um there. Now I'm really conscious of it. Thank you.
2:18Ross Halls:Yeah, you're very welcome. AJ, my friend, what's your ticks? I know everything's a nightmare Well yeah, apart from the extreme dramatics war crimes, disasters, all of that kind of stuff What's Mine? There is somewhere a forum thread criticising me for using In Terms Of on this podcast Apparently I use that all the time. I hadn't noticed until I'd found this forum page on it and then I'd gone back and listened to it I was like, god, they might have a point actually, looking back through it. So that's probably one of them. I'm definitely one for an um and an ah. I've noticed that, I don't know, even now I just did it.
2:58I've noticed that Stu is very good at cutting them out, and I think it's just the articulate way. He's so laser-focused. He knows exactly what he's going to say before he says it, whereas my brain is just a word soup that gets spewed out in different things. Half the time I was on the phone to him this morning, I said like three things that didn't make any sort of sense at all. Yeah, whereas Stu to me comes across as very focused, very articulate, very precise. I don't know if that's how he sees himself.
3:30Stuart Watson:It's probably the swan analogy maybe. Can appear serene on the surface, but legs are flapping wildly underneath sometimes. I remember I didn't come into broadcast journalism per se. I sort of started in print, stayed in print. we've become broadcasters and feel a bit weird saying that but that's just the nature of the digital world we live in we're doing stuff like this more someone told me years ago when i think i did work experience at bbc uh bbc essex it would have been that just you're never talking as fast as you think you are just uh slow down sometimes and take take a beat so i try and do that but um talking of of your penchant for dramatic language aj have you seen the um have you seen the the mark pugatch tweet over the weekend that's created yeah um i have seen that i don't really know how to how to feel about it i understand a lot of the sentiment i do think it's a little bit um what's the context to give us something to mark who Pugac, obviously known sports broadcaster, football broadcaster, he took a pot shot at, I don't know who, but for the use of the word disaster within the context of football reporting and you know, Hillsborough is a disaster, a disaster doesn't happen on a football pitch and that is the first rule of broadcasting I think Richie Benno talks about that, doesn't he?
5:04Stuart Watson:The great cricket commentator that you shouldn't use that sort of language in the context of football reporting um i think people are sensible enough to know that you're not referring to uh a goal being conceded and comparing it to an actual tragedy tragedy i've always struggled with that word um but it's an interesting debate sometimes you have to check yourself a little bit with some languages but for me that's that's way over the top where do you draw the line. I've definitely had one or two where either someone's flagged it up rightfully or I've noticed it myself and been like yeah, maybe not the strongest option to use but there is a point where you have to draw the line.
5:51We don't want to kind of turn into I don't want to say robots necessarily using the same words but yeah, there's definitely a point with it. Shall we break down Tamal's draw?
6:03Ross Halls:It's a 2-2 draw against our promotion rivals one of the biggest games of the season. which unfortunately was a story of the season, boys. We're going to hear from Kieran McKenna. But Stu, just your opening thoughts on that game. It was a good game for the neutral.
6:17Stuart Watson:Yeah, great game. Really enjoyed watching it. Ordinarily, we'd probably say 2-2 draw, ebbed and flowed. Both teams tried to play, but there was a good bit of bite about it. It was everything you want from a football match, as you say. as a neutral, you'd have enjoyed it. As an Ipswich fan, ordinarily, you'd probably come away going, OK, honour's even and draw was probably about right. But it's all about the context of where Ipswich are at in the season and what had come before with Portsmouth that ultimately leaves you feeling a little bit disappointed that maybe it's a missed opportunity. But enjoyed it as a game.
7:01Stuart Watson:Lots about the Ipswich performance was good. but still a couple of those, a few of those question marks still linger in the air, don't they?
7:10Ross Halls:They do. And AJ, it's been an interesting week, hasn't it? The highs of Norwich, finally winning at Carrow, the hoodoo of, you know, doing the double over them as well. Then Fratton Park, which of course you were there and you witnessed that. Rubbish. And then this draw against Middlesbrough, how do you sort of reflect on, you know, the three games, but also of course the Borough run? I'm hoping that the concussion managed to knock most of the Portsmouth memories out of my head, to be honest. It's difficult to reflect on it. I'd kind of put it to a few people going into the Norwich game. If you had to pick a win, a draw, and a defeat from these games, what would you choose?
7:45I mean, you kind of resoundly, universally, the pick was to lose the Pompey game. And there are different arguments about winning against Norwich or winning against Borough. I didn't think at the time of saying it that you would end up with win, draw, loss, or in order, win, loss, draw from those games. and you can't help but being disappointed ultimately with the points return. And again, as you said at the start, it's something that sums up Bipswich's season. How much of a rollercoaster has this week been when you've had the highs of Norwich, then the massive come down going into Portsmouth and then this kind of middle ground borough game where there's good positives, good game, but ultimately you've got to be frustrated with the fact it's only a point and it just again is another week where we're sat here with many more questions than we have answers and is your glass half full or half empty I'm sure there's a debate to be had around that I have no idea basically Ross's glass is more than half full so at least there's that as he takes a nice drink but from a hypothetical sense I really don't know how I feel going into these last few games and off the back of the last three
8:58Ross Halls:Stu you were having a little think there I always when I look over to you and you always got something's whirring in your head what are you thinking when we're talking about the week-to-week
9:09Stuart Watson:emotional roller coaster it's within games as well and we're talking about sort of and this is another sort of game of two halves to a degree isn't it where Ipswich I thought did loads right in the first half certainly excited us you know what question marks about pressure and mentally how they're going to approach these sort of games. And they started well. They were on the front foot. They had Middlesbrough penned in. They had more possession than Middlesbrough. Very few sides will do that against them this season. Had plenty of chances in that first half. Reacted really well to going behind.
9:43Stuart Watson:There was a lot to like in that first half. And were probably unfortunate not to be ahead. Second half, different story. Started off okay. but when that goal second Middlesbrough goal went in which was a poor one to give away they were rocking badly for 15-20 minutes and and could easily have conceded again Christian Walton's the man that sort of keeps the minute um penalty salvages something which we'll come on to but it just leaves us with so many mixed feelings and how many games have fallen into that that category Birmingham came from behind led at the break but then were clinging on in the second half, Millwall excellent in the first half tactically out thought in the second and were maybe fortunate to get the draw in that one when was the last time that Ipswich produced a fully convincing 90 minute dominant performance is the question I would throw out there East Anglia Derby, of course, fully deserved.
10:50Stuart Watson:Norwich could have played all day and not scored. I would put that as a professional solid performance. But in terms of a really convincing dominant one, Swansea home game? Going back a little way to that now.
11:04Ross Halls:It's been... This season has just been mad. Can you say mad now as well? I don't know. This is it. But yeah, AJ, Yeah, there's been a lot of mixed reactions, actually, on if this was a fair result, actually. I know there's a few, you know, town fans, even Borough fans, thinking, oh, obviously the penalty is the big talking point, but some people think, you know, town were obviously, you know, were getting, as Stuart mentioned, that second half, a good 20 minutes. There was like, oh, God, they needed to, you know, defend for their lives to keep it 2-1. But how do you reflect on it, you know, as a fair result?
11:41I think it was a fair result over the course of the 90 minutes. I think that Borough deserve credit for being clinical with the opportunities that they had to go two and up. The opening goal that they score comes against the run of play. It's a well-worked goal. The second goal probably wasn't quite as against the run of play, but again, I thought that town were on top in that period before Borough went two on ahead, and it was a really poor goal to concede from an Ipswich perspective. But this is a Borough team that have wasted so many chances. We spoke on the boot room. They had about 140 shots to 40, and I think the goal comparison was like scored four, conceded seven in that time.
12:20They had been so wasteful, and yet they served up their most clinical performance in front of goal just for this one, which is, of course, what you have to expect. On the flip side, I thought that Town probably had the better opportunities over the course of the 90, and there's others outside of the really well-worked goal they scored, that Aslan had good opportunities, Furlong going through on goal, others like that. And when you balance it all out and factor in the penalty, yes, of course, on another day is every chance that Ipswich ended up losing that game. But I think when you look at it and you take in the stats, the numbers, dare I say it, the XG, things like that, this is a very balanced, even game.
13:06And I think that a two-all draw, or at least a draw, was definitely the fair outcome of it.
13:12Ross Halls:Yeah, Stu, on another day, as they say, could have gone either way. Should we talk about any key moments that you really want to focus on? Because, yeah, it was a good game for the neutral, as we said. But anything that you want to start with, a good debate?
13:32Stuart Watson:Let's talk about some of the good stuff from the first half quickly, because there was a lot of it. Some of those moves were crisp, were flowing. I thought the two men that combined for the equaliser were probably at the heart of it. I thought even Azon looked really sharp up top. First time he started for a little while. Movement, backing in, not everything he did came off, but he was always in the thick of it. And he played some really zipped some passes into people with a bit of purpose. and then Casey McAteer kind of epitomised the energy, the front-footed energy that Ipswich started with a couple of times.
14:11Stuart Watson:He threw himself into a slide tackle in Middlesbrough's box to win the ball back while they were trying to play out and it was fitting that those two combined for the goal really, furlong pass, lovely little back hill from even as on, fantastic sort of awareness and vision to kind of see McAteer running off of him, the execution great as well what a finish of his weaker left foot as well just let it run across him um two and two for Casey McIntyre at Portman Road which is is great and as Kieran McKenna said afterwards a reminder that sometimes players just need a little bit of time to settle in to football clubs and we're starting to see some of the qualities um wipes which brought him and spent the money that they did um and there was an equally good move if not a better one just before Middlesbrough scored as well, the one where Darnell Furlong ends up in the middle of the box and side-footing wide.
15:06Stuart Watson:What a great move that was as well. I really enjoyed that first half from an Ipswich Town point of view. We do have to keep that in mind because there's always recency bias. When the second half is not so good, you can forget about some of that stuff. But there was a lot good in that first half.
15:25Ross Halls:Yeah, I will admit when I saw Darnell Furlong in the box, I said, Darnell, what are you doing? Where did he come from? But a very good move. But yeah, AJ, a really good reaction though from town from going 1-0 behind. Obviously the Borough fans in the way and we're loving it. And Casey McIntyre, we've praised him already for, of course, his goal against Birmingham. But for him to make it 2-2, as Stu mentioned at Portman Road, that'll bring confidence. And it's good that a player that's been lacking confidence has now got the confidence part of this big run-in as well. Yeah, Stu made a really strong valid point just i think it was about 20 seconds before this goal was scored that the goal that burr has scored ipswich don't do enough of that like the kind of literally like pass pass goal and it was presented on the plate for for strelector to open the scoring now this wasn't quite that but it also was in a sense that they were able to literally take three but it was a three the link-up play again that we talk about of how many times did we see that in the 23-24 season when Town won promotion from the Championship with that kind of band of brother team, everyone on the same wavelength.
16:41This will go down as one of my goal of the season that Town have scored. I loved it. I thought it was great. I thought that everyone reacting spot-on to that first ball from Furlong up the line was really good. The Azon back here, I think that's a weaker foot back heel pass that he used to lay off into the path of of casey mcatee who again is a right footer isn't he and and he takes and kind of uh really curls it with power low left footed um i've seen some comments about should should solbrin the barra keeper do better with it i think that would be harsh especially the way that he sees it but you talk about the confidence of casey mcatee casey mcatee two months ago wouldn't have taken that shot on no chance like this is someone who's whose confidence was on the floor, who even in really good goal-scoring opportunities looked like he struggled to keep his head and find the back of the net.
17:39But this shows his confidence. It was such a good finish. It capped off a brilliant move. And I'm just delighted that he's started showing the signs of turning this around and winning some of those fans over. And you could hear at Portman Road yesterday there was some real support from there.
17:57Ross Halls:I thought you were going to continue
18:00Stuart Watson:I think it's probably I've picked up on a few people mentioning this now we're talking about the goal types from Ipswich Town this one, good move yes but ultimately it's a finish from outside the box again, second's a penalty Norwich penalty and a long throw set PC situation leads to the goals there as well the number of assists in this Ipswich Town squad. People will highlight that Philogene and Clark have got great goal numbers, but not many assists between them. I'm just looking at it. Nunez on seven. Davis is next on four. Then a smattering of players on threes and twos. And as I said, as AJ sort of said, the Borough goal, which is kind of, you know, a slick, well-oiled part.
18:50Stuart Watson:I don't know if there's a touch of offside in there. I've seen people talking about that being tight. I've not freeze-framed it, but it was a good move, a sweeping cross, a first-time finish in the six-yard box. Ipswich, we knew what sort of goals Ipswich scored during the back-to-back promotions, and so often that was a Leif Davies cutback to Connor Chaplin or Wes Burns doing the same from the other side. They don't score many kind of training ground goals anymore. A lot of them have been the spectacular, haven't they, from individual goals, whether that be someone beating someone, creating a chance themselves, shots from range.
19:31Stuart Watson:Is that an issue for Ipswich? Does it matter how you score your goals ultimately? I don't know, but it's definitely something that is an interesting debate, I would suggest.
19:43Ross Halls:I agree with you. I'm always frustrated with set pieces this season because they have been dreadful. and that's where you can get a good assist. Nunes can get more assists if he put the ball in the box a bit better. Davis obviously has not been as good as he was in the last championship season, that record number of assists. AJ, how are you feeling about that? Because, yeah, there's not been many team goals. I remember in that championship promotion win a season, the club would just put out footage all the time of amazing team goals from goalkeeper to the striker. Yeah, it feels tricky to assess when this is the third top scoring team in the division.
20:2373 goals that have been scored by Ipswich in the championship this season. But they don't seem to kind of score what seems to be aesthetically the easier type of goals. The ones where, like Tateborough, it's a great example. against the run of play, they just spot a little opening and it's bam, bam, bam. And that's how they can kind of get themselves into the game fully. And I think from an Ipswich perspective, there is sometimes a reliance on things like individual quality. I still am not quite sure what the approach is, especially in the final third. It was a discussion I had with you walking back to my car yesterday when I dropped you off.
21:08It feels like it's a bit of a get the ball to the talented attacking players and hope for the best. Sometimes things will fall for Ipswich and they'll be able to score from those. But I think that if you took this season in isolation and you said to someone, what is Ipswich's style of play? What is Kieran McKenna's style of play? I'm not 100 % sure that you would have a strong answer from that, whereas obviously we all know what it is because we've seen it in previous seasons. But I'm not sure that in a way that this team has totally got to grips with that. And we've seen flashes from it. And the goal that Towns scored in this game to open the scoring is exactly what you want to see from a Kieran McKenna team, that everyone on the same wavelength, clinical finish, backheel, attack-minded, that common stuff.
22:03But there are some aspects where I feel like they're leaving... What's the right phrase here? Leaving a bit to be desired, I think, in certain elements. But it's also difficult to argue when they've scored 73 goals in the 42 championship games. But then that's the quality they have in the division. You can rely on Jack Clark to score 15 and Jadon Filagene to have minis on 11, 12, whatever.
22:30Stuart Watson:there's an argument of course that if you started to look at big chances missed and um i don't know where they're at now but certainly when we looked at that at different stages in the season hurst and asom were up there and then you could say well that is that down to not taking chances and then i'm just looking at big chances created in the championship because that digs a little bit deeper than than assists um memetti ranks eighth with 15 a lot of those chances will have come obviously in a Bristol City shirt that he created. Then you're going down to Leif Davis, 12 big chances created. That ranks him 12th in the division.
23:08Stuart Watson:So although the assists haven't been up there, he might argue that he's still creating and playing the role slightly differently this time because of the nature of the wingers in front of him. Then you're going down to Nunez, 19th ranked in the division, 10 big chances created. So you can look at it that way, but there's just, again, the eye test. There are moments when Ipswich break away and they have men over. And there was quite a few examples of it in this game where it just feels a little bit off the cuff still at times. It's not like we've we've drummed this in in training, repetition, repetition, repetition, where we know pass, pass, pass, cut back, goal.
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23:49Stuart Watson:You know, that that has come straight off of Playford Road over the last few days. They break. There's men to left and right. And they just didn't quite make the right choice. There was one in the second half where Mehmeti sort of took it on his own. There was other ones where, you know, the pass was not quite angled right, undercooked. The wrong option was taken. Is that because players are trying to do it themselves a little bit? Yeah, a bit of greediness comes into play. You know, Kieran McKenna talked about Jadon Filagene. I think he said the other day the quote was he likes being the main man he likes being main character syndrome as the kids say these days is there a little bit of that with some of these players I don't know but it just doesn't it's never felt the same sort of well-oiled nature of some of the previous teams as it have those bits you were looking for earlier in terms of the big chances missed Hurst and Azon are tied second with Hadji Wright the big chances missed in the division behind Patrick Azumang 20 and then Wright, Hurst and Azon all on 18.
24:59Azon's shot conversion rate 7 % which is pretty low and then you look at the big chances missed. Town rank second in the division for big chances missed funnily enough behind Southampton but then you also have to think that that is a Southampton team that I would imagine missed a lot of big chances with them being right down towards the bottom of the division, despite at times playing quite well.
25:24Stuart Watson:Again, you can put whatever spin you want on that because you could say, well, the nature of it is if you're a team at the top end of the table, you are going to create more chances and you are, by law of average, is going to miss more chances than most. So we can only go on our feel of what we see and it's been a well-rotated team this season. I think if you boil it right down, it's felt like more of a team of individuals that's maybe performing below the sum of their parts, where the opposite was true in the past. That's still my gut feeling with four games to go. But yeah, here we are, second in the table.
26:10Ross Halls:Unbelievable. I know we don't want to harp on about the back-to-back promotion winning team, just quickly brought up the assists from that season. Because, yeah, there was trademark goals, wasn't there? It was a Connor Chaplin trademark goal, and it was always just, you know, Amari getting in a good position, taking a shot. But, yeah, Leif Davis, 21 assists. Connor Chaplin got nine assists, 13 goals. Sam Wolsey got seven assists, two goals, obviously. George Hurst got seven assists, seven goals. Amari, six assists, 11 goals. Marcus Harness got five before he got loaned out the derby. Then Nathan Broadhead got five, scored 13, of course.
26:43Ross Halls:Kenyon Jackson, four, three goals. Jack Taylor got four assists. Wes Burns got four assists, six goals. Even Salmiento, of course, got two assists and four goals as well. This is all competitions, of course. But, yeah, that was a team, you know, where they were all getting assists.
27:03Stuart Watson:And then, again, a counter-argument to that, of course, is that Ipswich are the underdogs. They were underestimated when they came up from League One. They were allowed to play a certain style of football, maybe naively from opposition to quite deep in the season where they had these really open games of football, completely different this time around, target on their backs, deep blocks to break down, shown a lot more respect. So they've had to probably approach it in a slightly different way. So it's not always as black and white as comparing one thing to the other. But it's made it a more difficult watch at times and it's made it a harder team to bond with.
27:42Stuart Watson:But probably not a fair debate to have off the back of what was really entertaining 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough. Disappointing point in the context of the season, as I say. But if Ipswich fall short, that won't be the game that we're looking back on as the missed opportunity. Portsmouth away and others of that nature will be the ones that we really reflect on.
28:06Ross Halls:Yeah, very much so. let's talk about the penalty though boys because that is obviously the biggest talking point there we go obviously chucked out there and um i don't think it's a penalty i know there's some people i know stew you think it's a penalty aj are we gonna be on the fence here what's what's your take on this penalty um i'm going no penalty stew's going penalty um i think from what i read and what i heard on the verdict video where you at with this penalty yeah i i i'm going penalty and again similar to the Norwich one it's not one that I necessarily like but they get given by the letter of the law again is it the right call I think so and um I know that both Kieran McKenna and Jack Clark pointed to the one that Darnell Furlong gave away against Watford it's it's really really similar to that one and to be honest I don't think that there were any certainly we didn't, I don't think there were any Ipswich fans that looked at that and shrugged on it too much and were really angry and upset about that decision to give a spot kick for it I think that a big part of it comes from, and a lot of the anger comes from the delay, and it's similar again to the Norwich, when you've got a referee who hasn't got VAR who takes 3, 4, 5 seconds to come to the decision to point to the spot, the initial thought you have is he has no clue.
29:35He's just kind of making up, because he's thought this, and he's had a think about it, and then he's gone with this. And it doesn't paint the picture of a referee who's confident that he knows what he's talking about, I think. He's a referee! Well, yeah, but that's what the picture is. Unless you literally go and you point to the spot within one second, two seconds, then people are going to be frustrated and angry with that. And I can kind of get that to an extent, but I think it's all just kind of from that. I think that as well, Borough fans were, and I can't quite figure it out, but were not happy with this referee over the course of the 90 minutes.
30:12It felt like kind of marginal decisions were going against them. There's obviously a lot of narrative around referees and Ipswich and decisions off the back of the Norwich game and everything that's happened before then that went against Ipswich has long since been forgotten and doesn't matter to anyone, of course. but for me as I said for the furlong reasons for what happened for kind of the letter of the law it's a penalty and I just think that the way that the referee awarded it which I also think it's kind of natural but I just think because of the way that happened it's caused a bit of uproar with it and if he'd literally if they'd had that contact and Hurst had gone down and he pointed to the spot in that moment we probably wouldn't be having as much of a debate nine
30:56Ross Halls:Nine penalties now, Stu, isn't it, for town, which is probably a record. I know there was a good period. We didn't get any penalties, but now we've got nine this season.
31:05Stuart Watson:Yeah, I've seen some people going, oh, happened again. Ipswich got all of the decisions the last time they went up. I don't think they got barely any penalties, did they, in that promotion season? It felt like we were talking about how long it had been since Ipswich got a penalty. Maybe people are confusing that with a couple of deflected goals along the way in that season and moments where the ball undoubtedly sort of fell kindly in the box. This season, I find it a really tiresome subject to keep going on about referees. And I don't, has it always been this way? I mean, it probably has. But just every week there's chants within football stadiums about the quality of the referee and a perceived injustice and everyone's against us and conspiracy theories that the authorities want one team to go up and one team to go down, which is nonsense, quite frankly.
32:03Stuart Watson:I have always bought into the theory that these things even themselves out over the course of a season. Some you get, some you don't. Some are marginal calls. You get the odd really bad one that goes against you. You hope that that evens itself out. And I think that's probably where Ipswich are at. I've seen the kind of Matt Letizia chin stroking makes you think doesn't it with pictures of the Birmingham disallowed goal which was may or may not have been over the line Norwich and now this one for me Norwich and this one both fall in the soft in the extreme but probably just about penalties and the more I look at the Hurst one the less confident I am is a penalty.
32:47Stuart Watson:I'm kind of on the fence, but probably is just about. But as Alex says, people then quite quickly move on from the fact that Ipswich had two allegedly apologies from the PGMOL for the Stoke and Leicester ones fairly recently. We could go right back through the whole season, couldn't we? Preston, Ipswich felt they should have had more. Right on the opening day, got a soft one at Birmingham to equalise. I'd have to do some deep analysis but it feels fairly even to me I was going to say do you want the numbers from the last championship season you mentioned about the penalties
33:25Ross Halls:it's three isn't it Town had three right that's 14th in the division level with Norwich and Birmingham Stoke had four, West Brom had five as did Southampton, Coventry and Borough, Sunderland had six then you had Bristol City, Swansea and Haaland 7, Leeds had 9 and top of the penalty charts with 13 penalties 12 of which were scored, one was missed, Leicester City so it is also a natural aspect that if you are a team with plenty of touches in the opposition box, I think Town ranked 4th in the division creating a lot, spending a lot of time in the final 3rd you are more likely to end up with penalties because you are spending more time in that part of the pitch and that's why you have that Leicester team for example who were really good in the championship, spent a lot of time attacking, especially in that Maresca style, and ended up having a lot of opportunities to win and get spot kicks.
34:21Stuart Watson:What it does say to me, though, is, and social media doesn't tell the full story, what it does say to me is that it backs up what Jack Taylor said pre-match, is that a feeling that externally, a lot of people want Ipswich to fail. Before, they were the popular underdogs that everyone wanted to see them finish above Leeds, Leicester, Southampton before. And now, for whatever reason, Coventry fans seem to, you know, because obviously Ipswich have beaten them twice, seem to be wanting to see Ipswich trip up. Plenty more on the timeline that all seem to want Ipswich to fall flat on their face after spending multi-millions of pounds.
35:08Stuart Watson:we knew going into the season that that was how it was going to be how are they going to cope with it now as the pressure starts to build
35:16Ross Halls:Are we penalty FC? I know before we had been checkbook FC, deflection FC maybe we are now penalty FC which thankfully we've got penalty takers, just George Hurst sorry mate, you're not on penalties, never again but Jack Clark, Shannon Philogene, step up boys last year in the Premier League we only got two pens and that was with VAR. I know we weren't attacking as much because we were, you know, losing. But even with VAR, we weren't really given anything. So, yeah. Should have had at least three. That Davis one at Man City still riles me up. Don't get me started. Don't get me started. Yeah, let's talk about refs because I know you don't like talking about Stu.
36:00Ross Halls:But let's talk about the promotion picture, though, because my friend, four big gains left to go. Millwall Southampton, of course, won on Saturday. So it's all eyes and us and Borough. Borough, they're pretty much out of it, aren't they? I can't, I don't know. Could they still have a say in it? I hope all of us drop points, but...
36:21Stuart Watson:They're not completely dead yet, because, I mean, what is the gap? Is it three points that they're behind? But it's the number of teams that they're going to need to slip up, I would say, is unlikely. Likely Kim Helberg said sort of going into the game that it was probably do or die. It's the one they needed to win. Yeah, so three points behind. Obviously, only nine points to play for from their perspective in Southampton and Millwall's. Yeah, I would say that probably just about puts them out of this top two race now.
36:54Ross Halls:Goal difference as well is going to be key for town because they're really 29. Millwall 11, you know, we're in the top two, AJ, because of the goal difference. and yeah, we're talking about assists and stuff but we've been scoring the goals which has helped us with that goal difference not conceding too much either yeah, how do you see it all in this promotion picture? I don't know and I'm the one who's doing the predictions piece for tomorrow I have no idea like, it really is tricky trying to figure out where teams could slip up where they could I mean, you've got to work on the assumption that Saints and Millwall are going to win them.
37:34Well, especially in Millwall's case, they'll win their remaining games. They've got a nice run. They go to Stoke tomorrow, not being in the best form. They go to Leicester on Friday night. It's a short turnaround, but at that point, there's every chance that Leicester have been relegated to League One and will not be welcomed back home to the King Power Stadium very warmly by their fans. And then they host Oxford on final day, who again could be relegated, I think, by the time that game is played. and Southampton, I stood in an M &S hoping that it was going to finish 1-1 and I saw the notification pop up that Karen Archer had scored in the 90th minute and that really summed things up and you look at their remaining games, two of them have nothing to play for.
38:17Bristol City have not been bad under Roy Hodgson but it's a favourable game to have at this stage as is going to Preston on final day who have nothing to play for. or the hope with that game that they have against Ipswich next week, a week tomorrow that will be, is that they'll hopefully be absolutely shattered off the back of what you'd imagine will be a very high-intensity game at Wembley against Man City on Saturday afternoon. What is the come-down going to be like that? Be it that they've lost, or be it that they could even be preparing for an FA Cup final. I don't know, but Kim Helberg's balance...
38:53Not Kim Helberg, sorry. Remind me. what's his name Tonda Eckert's balance of like squads and rotation and things like that has been excellent and Southampton have been really good at that so I have no reason to think that their levels will drop off so it's up to Ipswich that's the biggest takeaway from all of it it is up to Ipswich to take 9 points from their final 4 games 3 of them are obviously away from home but you can't also look at QPR on the final day as a kind of gimme win they just have to have to deliver and they have to do something that they've not done pretty much at all this season and that is deliver consistent performances and results away from home
39:40Ross Halls:Stu do you believe in this team I know you've said before you know this team hasn't you know captured the hearts of Itchwich Town fans four big games to go three away from home they've got to show that they can you know give us belief because um yeah it's been a crazy season
40:04Stuart Watson:bizarre um they've done the double over coventry who have now won the title have they off the back
40:11Ross Halls:of this is that that's confirmed it's not confirmed but they're they're pretty much you know they're promoted obviously they're 10 points away from us they're going to win it
40:22Stuart Watson:they've done the double over Kov done the double over Norwich they've had some big wins some exciting performances some incredible goals along the way and somehow we're at the end of April and it doesn't feel, not everybody will agree with this but it doesn't feel like they've fully captured hearts and minds and I don't know if that is still sort of a yearning for the past and the perfect storm that created that emotional connection with with the team of old um as i say the landscape's changed in terms of ipswich wanting to fail and how they're setting up against ipswich and the pressure of favorites and the big spending tag i think all of that goes into it um for me i felt like off the back of portsmouth it felt quite must winnie to me the Middlesbrough game.
41:21I thought they needed to get six points from the two home games
41:26Stuart Watson:because sandwiched in between is three away games in the space of seven days. And I think Ipswich are 10th in the away table. We only have to look at Portsmouth last week.
41:40Stuart Watson:The way you break it down is, can you see Ipswich winning two of these three away games to ensure it's in their final hands? going into the final day. I think six points from these three games is a big, big ask.
41:57Ross Halls:Yeah, AJ, you're going to do, obviously, a prediction piece, so you won't share too much of your potential predictions for these. But, yeah, some big games coming up, bigger than the one before and all that. It's the biggest game since the last one. Yeah. I was buzzing after an Orange game because finally we beat them and everyone was buzzing. And I went after that podcast or in that podcast, went, yeah, go win all their games. And they jumped, you know, they did a massive dump at Fratton Park. And you're like, oh, that's what this season's turned. It's just, it changes every time. You know, still had hair before this season.
42:42Ross Halls:Yeah. I can't get over a massive dump at Frat and Park I mean yeah I suppose let me play devil's advocate a little bit here I can't say it's how I truly feel but off the back of that Norwich result we did a podcast and Mark kind of bled on they're firmly in the driving seat now they're so close they can taste it and And it did irk me a little bit that, to be honest, and then they go to Portsmouth off the back of that and lose. And I just think that when this team gets themselves into a good position, they don't quite know what to do with it. When they get to a point where we've seen Ipswich get ahead of themselves a little bit at times, and I spoke about this a little bit on previous podcasts, but they go on runs, then they get confident, and I feel like they get a little bit kind of cocky and they lose the fact that they have to go and fight and scrap to win games of football we've seen that with going to sheffield united going to leicester going to wrexham teams who are bang up for it at home and show the intangibles that ipswich didn't on the day and i think the portsmouth game was a perfect example of that one then you have the borough game where the performance is really good and take that match in isolation i think there's a lot of good that you can take from that it's just where it comes in the season and i hope that now taking one point from two games where they would have hoped for four if not six gives them again that reality check to go on how many times have ipswich then gone and delivered the results when nobody's expected to i'm sorry when nobody has expected them to take the coventry game we remember hosting coventry we all thought there was no chance in hell of ipswich winning either of those games going into them and yet they've taken six points and i just wonder if well and the way that they did it and i just wonder if with everyone thinking they're going to fall apart that they could go to southampton and win and play the better football and take three points whether they could do that at west brom whether they could do that at charlton maybe the fact that the expectation has gone from them to romp it and to walk home with ease the switch to the expectation is they're going to fall apart here.
45:03Maybe that will suit the Sipswich team a little bit more. I'm not saying it will. I'm not saying that's what I'm going to predict, but I just wonder psychologically if that's how this team seems to function.
45:14Ross Halls:That's going to be the question I was going to ask you, Stu. Have we got enough big game players for these four games? This team got enough experience. There's a lot of players in this squad who have played in the championship a lot of games. have one promotion, but have we got enough big game players to get us over the line?
45:36Stuart Watson:It's a fair question, and I understand why you ask it, but they bloody well should do after spending however much, 100, 200 million, I forget what number we're putting on it now, and it's a squad full of staff and players that have, a lot of them, experienced success and promotions in this level, played Premier League football. Yeah, they should be well equipped to deal with the mental side of it as well as the technical and ability side of it as well. But you're asking the question because we've seen too much evidence of it to say otherwise over the course of this season. Kieran McKenna will say that it takes time to build that unity and mental strength.
46:29And I said it at the start of the season, it's a fair point that we now talk about that promotion team
46:39Stuart Watson:and what they were and how mentally strong and how together they were. It's very easy to forget about some of those major bumps in the road in the League One days. And we're going to Charlton on Wednesday night. That was a team that managed to concede twice in stoppage time in that 4-4 draw at Charlton and learnt some pretty hard lessons along the way with last-minute goals against and dropped points against teams like Cambridge and others in League One where they had difficult days. I thought you'd enjoy that one, Alex. So it wasn't all smooth sailing, and it took them time to become the team they were, which I think have made progress over the course of this season.
47:20Stuart Watson:You know, if they fall short again, maybe we look back and go, why was the squad still being built so deep into the summer transfer window when the writing was on the wall from January, February onwards in the Premier League? And they've been sort of kind of playing catch up a little bit ever since. But that can all come for further down the line. The talk now is whether, you say, whether they've got enough for these next four games. It's going to be tight. Charlton, I think, now really is a must-win. To be honest, Ross, looking at these final four games, they are, I think they'll win this in six.
48:01Stuart Watson:They probably need one result to be certain of safety, but I think they'll be okay. But we know how awkward an opponent they can be. You only have to look at the reverse fixture in the 3-0 back in October time. West Brom worries me. James Morrison has got them back to basics, 4-4-2. I think they've kept five clean sheets in their last six games, unbeaten in eight. They've got this potential points deduction hanging over them as well. So they will going to keep fighting right to the end to ensure they get the highest points total possible. Southampton is what it is. I don't need to tell you any more about how good their form is.
48:42Stuart Watson:19 unbeaten. Ridiculous. And then QPR at home could be anything on the final day. They will worry about that one as and when that comes. But nip and tuck, Ross. And I can't hand on heart, say, with any real confidence that they're going to get the six points they need from these next three.
49:05Ross Halls:It's going to be fun, though. Make sure anyone checks their hearts and everything like that because, yeah, I'm sure we're going to have a bumpy ride. Fasten your seatbelts and all that jazz. Third one of the podcast, I think. There we go. Roscoe Bingo is in full swing AJ let's look ahead to Cholton then because that is up next obviously and that was a disappointing night at Portman Road although that was a great first half of town about how we weren't scoring goals and you know on our way to victory but then the second half that 15 minute spell where it was just deary me your thoughts on Cholton as a whole because they're actually having won in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 games 6 games so but they beat Borough back in March.
49:51Ross Halls:So, yeah, they drew with Southampton as well. So they then got batted by Millwall 4-0. So they have got form against promotion rivals. Yeah, what's your thoughts on them? Must win. Look, credit to Charlton for this season as a whole. We saw at Portman Road how good they can be at their best, and I thought they were excellent in that second half and the way that they managed that. they have done incredibly well on quite a low budget, and Nathan Jones deserves a lot of credit. His style of play for a bottom-end championship club is a perfect fit. They have fallen off a cliff a little bit, and that's natural because by the time that they'd gone to Borough and won, they were in a strong enough position, I think, where it became quite clear that they were going to be safe in this division, albeit not mathematically, and that's reflected in the results.
50:43Go to an Oxford team who have everything to play for, draw them 1-1, beaten by Norwich, beaten by Bristol City Bristol City definitely had nothing to play for by the time that game came around draw a really poor Watford team, beaten at home by Preston and then one of the more damning results ultimately has to be a 1-1 draw against Sheffield Wednesday away from home over the weekend there's good experience in the squad they are probably going to sit deep and soak up pressure and be exactly what Ipswich hate to play against one positive will be that their starting right wing back won't be able to play in harry clark but um there is a lot of quality and as i say experience there they've kind of gone with a back five and then one of the midfielders is conor cody who's also a center back so at times it becomes like a back six they have the two midfielders either side of him that run forward and a front two and an experienced i've used that term a lot with charlton there an experienced tall powerful front two and dykes and god a new side over the weekends uh and we wouldn't be surprised as they start here.
51:44Yeah. Shrewd, intelligent football team is the way I talk about them. Clear quality there, but Town need to be taking advantage of having them at this stage of the season where their safety is all but secured and they're in pretty poor shape, I would say, all things considered, and are looking ahead to next season. But this does have the makings of a banana skin for sure. and I think Townley to learn some lessons from Fratton Park last week.
52:14Ross Halls:I don't like this, Stu. I don't like this game. I don't know. They're in terrible form, Charlton, but for some reason, they're just going to turn up against us. I just have that horrible... Nathan Jones, you'll know that he's got one off over us already. He probably wants to do the double. The Valley, you know, cliche, top place to go and all that. We've obviously got horrible, obviously, there. a terrible record there in recent times. What do you reckon?
52:45Stuart Watson:I'm going to try and be a bit more upbeat about this one. It's just down the road. Ipswich are always really well supported at the Valley. I think the away support can make a real difference. In this one, we can talk about what Charlton did at Portman Road last autumn, but But you're right, Ipswich absolutely played them off the park in that first half and could have had a hat full of goals. And I think they have, I know they still have these brain fart moments, but not to the degree that we saw in that game. That was the day that I think we realised how integral Azor Matasiwa is. So this Ipswich side, he was missing for that one, wasn't he?
53:26Stuart Watson:So I don't put too much stock in the reverse fixture. they're down there and they're out of form for a reason I think Ipswich can go here and win I think there will be a reaction from the last couple of days I think they'll have learnt some lessons from Portsmouth hopefully and they'll take some positives from the way they played at the weekend the one that worries me more is West Brom on Saturday to be honest I think that's a really difficult place to go and win and then that puts some pressure on needing to get something at Southampton potentially.
54:01Ross Halls:Don't worry, Stu. We've got the West Brom old boys going back there. O'Shea, Furlong, Kip Ray. Palmer, I know he's not playing, but he'll be involved. Bring Connor Townsend out. Yeah, why not? In his crutches. Yeah.
54:18Stuart Watson:I've been poring over the various permutations here. Obviously, nine points guarantees. You know, there's a world where, you know, Ipswich and Southampton might draw at St Mary's and Ipswich maybe slip up in one of their other games and the doors open for Millwall, who, you know, as you say, there are three games left. You could see them getting the perfect nine points and sneak in second spot. And then there's a world where Ipswich potentially run into Southampton in the playoffs. They're all the things that are kind of buzzing through everyone's mind at the moment.
55:00But, yeah, one at a time.
55:04Stuart Watson:As the cliche goes, Charlton next away from home. Let's try and all go into it with a positive mindset and confident. And, you know, just go there, play well, win. That's something that you then take into Saturday. day and we'll see where it goes Ross but it's been on a nice edge all season the mood and it
55:29Ross Halls:still is now indeed so we won't be doing our prediction just yet we'll obviously recall the boot room and we'll share our predictions on the socials there was four changes boys in the game against Borough do you think McKenna will rotate much you know it's a quickish turnaround but No, it's not really. It's Sunday, Wednesday. I know a lot of people, I've been seeing a lot of comments, people getting frustrated. They're professional athletes. They should be able to play. Yeah, they're shattered, which is another Alex Jones phrase. Sorry, Alex. But what will you do with the team? Just a quick snap for us.
56:04Ross Halls:Of course, we'll record a boot room, but you think McKenna will change much up? Away from home, will he change a few? Casey McAteer is going to be an interesting one because he came up with a knock. I'm not sure if he was addressed afterwards.
56:17Stuart Watson:Cramp, Kieran McKenna says, just put so much into it. Yeah, so hopefully that's going to be one that he can manage and get through because if Wes Burns isn't back, again, we haven't had a proper update with Wes, apart from that he's making good progress, but you don't want to rush him back. I'd much rather, as much as I love a lot of what Sindra Valarageli does, he's not in the best position at the moment. So I'd love Casey McAteer to go again. what would you look at maybe two three changes possibly could bring hearse back in uh see you know manage as on a little bit more i'd imagine that memetti for nunez is a likely change that we'll see um given nunez's uh recent form over the last three let's say could easily see dan neal coming back in uh for jack taylor as well those are kind of the key areas possibly Jack Clark on the left.
57:13So again, I'd say going into this one, I need to have a proper sit down and look at it. And I'll do that ahead of the boot room. But I'd probably say three or four changes is what you'd be looking at for this one.
57:22Ross Halls:My one concern still, we'll get into the Magic Hour, but the 10-roll has been frustrating for me. Nunez has not been in good form. And Metti has been a bit off the boil as well recently. So that's a concern.
57:33Stuart Watson:That feeds back into the debate that we were having earlier about the team, maybe a team of individuals and Connor Chaplin was the glue in that team before in many ways, wasn't he? He wasn't just the man that arrived to finish, but he was the one that obviously kind of knitted moves together a little bit more. Nunez has had his moments. Mehmeti is a little bit more off the cuff. I think he's probably better suited to that inside left role than the out-and-out 10 from what I've seen of him in a Nip Switch shirt. So the comment on rotation, you know, Kieran was asked after the game on Sunday, you know, will you mix it up?
58:16Stuart Watson:It was, you know, hectic. And his comment was at this stage of the season, we're not going to rotate for fun. Well, for the sake of it, it was along those lines. So this is a fight week now for Ipswich Town. This is about character, more about character than it is about quality for me. And I think the team has to reflect that. Jack Taylor, for me, is your man that's going to give you a bit of bite and fight in that midfield. I don't know what to make of Dan Neal, to be honest. I was really excited when he signed. I was encouraged by some of his early signs, but he's not quite kicked on. Again, the substitute performance at the weekend was another one where he wasn't fully at it.
59:00So Taylor, those players have just got a little bit of something in them to deal with this.
59:10Stuart Watson:Taylor would be one, but I don't want him to see him messing around with centre-halves anymore. Let's just go with O'Shea and Greaves for the remaining games. Leaf at left-back, Furlong at right-back, Matasea and Taylor. Top end of the pitch, there's room for a little bit more mix and match at times. but I think Phil Egin with Clark off the bench looks to be the best kind of option for me. And then from there, it's some more question marks over 10, right-sider and striker, as on he's not the finished product. Like you say, he's not the most clinical, but I think maybe he offers a bit more in these kind of fight games away from home over these next few games.
59:57Ross Halls:yes um yeah i don't want much rotation so um kira mckenna hear our words don't change it too much um anywho boys number k away podcast in the books aj any other business from you anything else you want to mention anything you want to plug to the masses no no other business i'll plug the yeah why not predictions piece we'll be going through having a look at things having a look at maybe some of the other teams in the run-in, what I think is going to happen. Yeah, we'll be going through and doing that, so go read that tomorrow morning. I also like this entire pod. I've got a Tintin quiff. I don't know.
1:00:33I tried to flatten it. It just not really happens, and I just feel like I need the little white dog next to me and go and solve some crimes in Belgium.
1:00:41Ross Halls:I like it. That's a story for another day. Stu, any other business from you, my friend?
1:00:48Stuart Watson:No other business. No. no other business I don't think Ross no good
1:00:53Ross Halls:good because we're getting up to that beautiful hour I think this is hopefully good hour for people whatever they're doing thank you very much for tuning in as always four big games left to go for Kieran McKenna's men can they get over the line we shall see of course we're sponsored by Molecular UK who will get you sorted with your car cleaning business and yeah use the code KOA10 for all that jazz there we go to end the podcast of course follow us on all our socials at KOA on the Instagrams, on the TikToks on the YouTubes, on the Facebooks, on the Twitters X and all that and yeah, we shall be speaking to you once more after the Charlton game hopefully get in town back to winning ways, see you next time bye for now
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Ross Halls is joined by Stuart Watson and Alex Jones to reflect on Ipswich Town’s 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough.
The boys discuss the game, where the Blues came from behind twice to earn a point at Portman Road. But was the late penalty deserved, and did a draw feel like a fair result?
There’s chat about the promotion picture and confidence in the group, with promotion in Town’s hands, but pressure on them with four games left to play.
Then it’s onto Wednesday’s big game against Charlton Athletic, where Kieran McKenna’s side will look to return to winning ways at The Valley.
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