Ian Hudson @blue_canderous ?

There have been many things that Ipswich Town have been lacking on the pitch this season, but many have emphasised the need for a goal-scoring midfielder over anything else. The likes of Luke Hyam and Guirane N’Daw have been great at supporting the defence and preventing the opposition’s creative players from having an impact, and whilst there hasn’t [...]

Many fans will be glad to see the back of Micheal Chopra and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas when they leave Ipswich Town. Both players promised so much but rarely delivered for the Suffolk side when they were needed most. That said, when in-form the duo can be very useful, so will they be missed? In regards to [...]

Every Ipswich fan across the country will have breathed a sigh of relief after the 1-1 draw against Sheffield Wednesday. Even though mathematically they need one more point the Tractor Boys should be safe now on 57 points , as it would take a very strange set of scorelines to stop Ipswich from being safe on their [...]

It has been a while since Ipswich have had a consistent strike partnership for a full season and this season has been no exception. At one point this season Ipswich had 11 players that have at least occasionally played as strikers. The disappointing part is that out of all the forwards that have pulled on an Ipswich shirt this [...]

It is pleasing to look over the great results that Mick McCarthy has been achieving at Ipswich and to see that his tactics have been paying off. The worrying part is that other teams have also been pulling off unexpected results. Normally just over 50 points would be enough for a team to stay up [...]

It was surprising to see an Ipswich player make national news for the right reasons last week. In case you didn’t see the story; Ipswich youngster Tyrone Mings made headlines as he noticed that a fan on twitter was “too skint” to make it to the Bolton game, so sorted him out with tickets to the [...]

At various points during this season and the last I have been discussing whether Jay Emmanuel-Thomas will ever reach his full potential as a footballer. At the end of last season when JET hit some good form I remember raising the point that if the former Arsenal man kept up that form he could be [...]

Mick McCarthy has made a name for himself by being a manager that is great at grinding out results. His style may not always be entertaining or exiting but he prides himself on making every side he takes over hard to beat, which could be the key to Ipswich’s survival. The criticism of the former [...]

Honestly 2012 was a fairly mediocre year for Ipswich Town Football Club. For some teams this would not be so painful to see but there have been far too many constitutive ’mediocre’ years at Portman Road. Attendances have dropped because the fans are starting to get bored of the same problems every year and everyone is crying out for [...]

It seems like only yesterday that I was singing Mick McCarthy’s praises and saying that all of my relegation worries were a thing of the past. However, with Ipswich losing and drawing their last two games and teams like Barnsley, Peterborough and Sheffield Wednesday all picking up great results, the table does not look as [...]

When Mick McCarthy took over we all expected him to chop and change everything in order to get results, but in fact it seems like the opposite has happened. The Ipswich boss has actually said that he would like to keep as many of the current players at the club as possible which in ways [...]

“He scores when he wants” has been the chant at Portman Road for a while now and of course those chants have been rightly aimed at in form striker DJ Campbell. I must admit, at first I was skeptical as to whether he would be the right man for the club. After all, it is usually [...]

Today the news came in that Ipswich have made two members of staff redundant, just before Christmas. One being the head of conferencing and the other an IT manager. Apparently their responsibilities will be taken up by other members of staff in order to make the club more financially efficient. Obviously it makes sense in any business to make staff [...]

It is still early days for Mick McCarthy at Ipswich but it has to be said, he has done an amazing job so far. In fact I believe that if he carries on grinding out results then he should be named as the manager of the season. Of course this may seem a little over [...]

It was fantastic to see Ipswich record a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest at Portman Road on Tuesday. The victory was made even sweeter as local boy Luke Hyam not only put in another encouraging display, but also scored his first goal for his hometown club. The supporters have been crying out for Hyam to [...]

Ipswich Town yet again failed to put in a good performance when fellow strugglers Peterborough United came to Portman Road on Saturday. If the Tractor Boys were playing against a better side then it could have been another thrashing but thankfully the visitors were just as poor as the home team. I have no idea what the [...]

Not for the first time this season I have awoken to news that an Ipswich player has got himself into some kind of trouble. Forward Paul Taylor was recently arrested for an incident that occurred back in October outside a pub in Ipswich. According to the Police the incident left one member of the pub’s staff with a [...]

I was fortunate (or as it turned out unfortunate) enough to make it to Leicester on Saturday to see my beloved Ipswich Town play the Foxes at the King Power Stadium. Of course it would have been naive of me to expect a victory; even a draw was always going to be difficult to achieve [...]

This week we have seen Mick McCarthy bring in Kelly Youga on a short-term contract and Bradley Orr on a loan until the end of January. Youga and Orr mostly play at left back and right back respectively, areas which are key in the Championship. The key aspect to remember with these two signings is that they [...]