O Leary: Premier League is the Target
Wednesday, 7th Apr 2021 18:07
New Blues chairman Mike O’Leary says it’s crazy that a club the size of Town is in League One and that promotion to the Championship and then to the Premier League is the target of the new ownership, who took charge earlier today.
O’Leary, 68, was the chief executive officer at West Brom between 2002 and 2004 and was on the board at Oxford from 2014 to 2015.
“Ipswich Town has a fantastic heritage,” he told
iFollow Ipswich. “It’s a fabulous club and I can remember from my early youth the success they had.
Cook Gives Strong Hint Blues Will Switch Formation
Thursday, 1st Apr 2021 12:57
Town boss Paul Cook has given his strongest hint yet that he is set to switch from his preferred 4-2-3-1 system to a formation featuring two up front.
Cook has said on a number of occasions that he has been considering pairing James Norwood and Kayden Jackson as a front two despite having utilised 4-2-3-1 throughout his management career and his successes at Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wigan.
“I wanted continuity and I wanted to pick the same team and wanted partnerships to develop,” he said.
McCarthy: First Thing I ve Ever Stolen From Barnsley
Saturday, 11th Mar 2017 18:19
Boss Mick McCarthy admitted the Blues “burgled a point” as Tom Lawrence’s last-gasp injury time goal saw Town grab a 1-1 draw at Barnsley, his hometown club where he started his playing career.
“It’s the first thing I’ve stolen from here,” he admitted. “I was here a long time and I never took a paper clip, a pen, a piece of paper or anything else, but we’ve burgled a point today.
“But that’s part of the game, the game goes for as long as the referee adds time on. And we were poor today, they were much better, so much better once they got the goal.
Armando Dobra is the player with the most first-team experience in the U23s side facing Swansea City at the Swans’ Landore Training Centre this afternoon (KO midday).