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Downes: Dressing Room Still Positive Despite QPR Defeat Friday, 28th Dec 2018 06:00 Midfielder Flynn Downes says the dressing room remains positive that the gap to safety can still be bridged, despite the 3-0 Boxing Day defeat at QPR stretching the divide to seven points. “It was a tough one to take, we were right in the game and obviously a few mistakes just killed us and on the day they were more clinical in the box. We’ll just have to move on to the next one,” the 19-year-old said. I...

Lambert: Few Will Expect Us to Get Anything at Boro But Anybodys Beatable on the Day Friday, 28th Dec 2018 12:11 Town boss Paul Lambert knows few people will expect his team to take anything from Saturdays trip to Middlesbrough, but says anybody’s beatable on any given day. The bottom-of-the-table Blues go into the game seven points behind 21st-placed Rotherham United with a goal difference six worse than the Millers’, while Boro are fifth despite having lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at...

Town Out to End Another Winless Run at Lincoln Friday, 27th Dec 2019 17:05 Town visit Lincoln City on Sunday looking to end their run of six League One games to an end, having finally brought their 15-match winless FA Cup streak to a close at Sincil Bank via a last-gasp Alan Judge goal just over a month ago. Town moved back to second in the table - six points behind leaders Wycombe who they travel to face on New Year’s Day - as a result of their 0-0 Boxing Day draw with Gillingham, but have...

Evans: We Probably Should Have Won Three or Four Zero Friday, 27th Dec 2019 11:49 Gillingham boss Steve Evans felt his team deserved to beat the Blues by three or four goals at Portman Road on Boxing Day. “Our performance was outstanding,” he told the Kent Messenger following the 0-0 draw. “I think both Gillingham and Ipswich fans will have seen that we probably should have won three or four zero. We had three great chances in the first half and a couple of good chances in the second h...

Lambert: QPR Will Be Facing a Totally Different Town Team Wednesday, 26th Dec 2018 06:00 Boss Paul Lambert says QPR will face a very different Town side at Loftus Road this afternoon from the one they beat 2-0 at Portman Road in late October ( Sky Sports red button, iFollow Ipswich KO 3pm). That game was former boss Paul Hurst’s final home match in charge of the Blues with his departure coming the day after the following Wednesdays 2-0 defeat at Leeds. Lambert was formally appointed manage...

QPR 3-0 Ipswich Town - Match Report Wednesday, 26th Dec 2018 16:59 Goals from Pawel Wszolek, Joel Lynch and Nahki Wells saw QPR to a comfortable 3-0 victory over the Blues at Loftus Road. Wszolek profited from Town mistakes to open the scoring on the half hour, Lynch headed the second on 34 and Wells added the third on 74 as the bottom-of-the-table Blues slipped back to seven points from safety. Town boss Paul Lambert made two changes from the team which drew 1-1 with Sheffield United on Satu...

QPR 2-0 Ipswich Town - Half-Time Wednesday, 26th Dec 2018 15:56 Two goals in five minutes from Pawel Wszolek and Joel Lynch have given QPR a 2-0 lead over the Blues at Loftus Road at half-time. Town boss Paul Lambert made two changes from the team which drew 1-1 with Sheffield United on Saturday with Flynn Downes and Grant Ward coming into the side for Andre Dozzell and Gwion Edwards, who dropped to the bench. Ward played in the wide right role Edwards occupied against the Blades, while Downe...

Lambert: We Didnt Do Enough in Both Boxes Wednesday, 26th Dec 2018 18:33 Boss Paul Lambert felt his side weren’t good enough in both boxes during their 3-0 defeat at QPR, but despite the result was pleased with his team’s overall performance. “Whether we deserved to win the game, I don’t know, but performance-wise we were dominating the ball in long spells,” he said when asked whether he believed the result didn’t really match his team’s display. “I think the difference was at...

Chambers Returns as Blues Make Four Changes at Pompey Saturday, 21st Dec 2019 14:20 Skipper Luke Chambers and Toto Nsiala return to a three-man backline for this afternoon’s game at Portsmouth, two of four changes from last week. Chambers, who has missed the last two with a neck injury, and Nsiala join Luke Woolfenden in the defensive trio with Gwion Edwards, suspended for last week’s defeat to Bristol Rovers, at right wing-back and Luke Garbutt on the left. Will Norris comes in for Tomas...

Portsmouth 0-0 Ipswich Town - Half-Time Saturday, 21st Dec 2019 16:06 Town’s game at Portsmouth remains 0-0 at half-time after a feisty first period. Skipper Luke Chambers and Toto Nsiala returned to a three-man backline as manager Paul Lambert made four changes from last week’s 2-1 home defeat by Bristol Rovers. Chambers, who missed the last two with a neck injury, was on the right of the trio with Nsiala in the middle and Luke Woolfenden on the left. Gwion Edwards, suspended last week,...