ITFC v Birmingham 1st March 2014
My first football match in four weeks, after a winter holiday in Vietnam (it's a hard life).
It seems like I haven't missed too much from what I’ve been told - a draw away to bottom placed Barnsley, followed by a boring goalless draw at home to Blackpool and the inevitable loss away to league leaders Leicester (3-0 including one from our nemesis David Nugent). The real bad news though is that top scorer David McGoldrick is out for the season with knee ligament damage. He could be fit for the playoffs (said in jest!)
The one thing that did strike me on my return to all things ITFC was the negativity surrounding Mick McCarthy's tactics. We all knew when he was appointed that we wouldn't get the "Kevin Keegan gung-ho" style of football. Big Mick has done a good job moulding us in to a top half team on a small budget. Some of us have short memories!
To be honest though the first half on Saturday was pretty dire, only brought to life by a good Town move seven minutes before the break. Paul Taylor fed a good pass to Frank Nouble out on the right touch line, he put in a low cross which evaded the Birmingham defenders allowing Daryl Murphy to knock the ball in at the far post.
The second half was a lot more entertaining thankfully. Paul Green on loan from Leeds had a decent game for us, as did Taylor who looked a real hand full, he went off to a standing ovation from all sides of the ground when substituted just before the end.
The visitors didn't offer much of a threat going forward which meant that Murphy's goal was enough to take all three points and leave us four points off the playoffs in ninth position.
Ipswich 1-0 Birmingham
Murphy 38
Att: 15,596
The playlist
Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again by Gary Glitter - this glam rock tune was adopted on the terraces by almost every team in the land in the 70's "Hello, hello" insert your teams name here, “agro”.
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