Can We Stall Revved Up Tractor Boys

[Monaco_Totty]

Owners:
Ipswich have been transformed under the ownership of Gamechanger 20 Ltd, who bought the club from unpopular former owner Marcus Evans for £40 million in 2021.They play at Portman Road 29,763 stadia with the Tractor Boys nickname & have an exceptional left-back! 🤐

The main owner of the club is ORG, an American investment fund who "manage funds on behalf of large US pension pot Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System who own 90% of Gamechanger 20 Ltd".

Edward Schwartz co-founded the organisation in 1999 & is the ORG Rep for the club while Brett Johnson, Berke Bakay & Mark Detmer (who enjoyed success prior with Pheonix Rising FC) also form part of the board now.
Gamechanger 20 Ltd worth in April 2021 was reported by Chief Investment Officer for the Arizona PSPRS Trust fund as $13 billion (£10.2b) & holding of $700m (£552m) in cash".

The group wiped Ipswich's debts of around £100 million when they took over so they have significant financial resources to continue to progress the club.🙁



Coach:
Kieran McKenna has been in charge of Ipswich since Dec 2021, having departed Man Utd where he worked as team coach under Mourinho & he plays a 4-2-3-1 with the ball using an "inverted winger" on the left & on the right a deeper wider winger who plays to reach the last line with penetrating carrying runs.



Captain Sam Morsy & Massimo Luongo have been the anchors in midfield allowing the likes of Broadhead & Conor Chaplin the freedom to rove around in support of George Hirst up front.



Ipswich’s key creator is Leif Davis.
He has assisted 9 goals in 22 matches so far in the Championship this season.
Davis passes the ball roughly 37.09 times during a game with a pass completion rate of 78.12%. He also plays 3.13 key passes each game which leads to significant scoring chances.
This stat puts him above 99 percent of the players in the Championship!
As a Defender, Leif Davis has conceded 24 goals and kept 6 clean sheets in 21 matches in the Championship 2023/2024 season. That means when Davis is on the pitch his team conceded a goal every 77 mins.

The Blues are understood to have paid a "seven-figure" fee for him from Leeds, outbidding some top end Championship clubs to land their man whilst still a L1 club back in July 2022.
If future add-ons are hit, the deal has the potential to become a record amount paid by a League 1 club for a defender.

Adult: £47. Disabled: £32. 65+: £32. U23’s: £32. U19’s: £24. U16’s: £22. U11’s: £11.
Plus 10 wheelchair places.
Ipswich to Leeds distance is 305 miles so a 3.5 hour long drive up North for just over 2,000 Blues.
Leeds refused a request to give more tickets.

History of Ipswich ?
Ipswich is a town - not a city & is one of England's oldest towns & traditionally had a strong agriculture farming bias.
From 14th/17th centuries Ipswich developed its Port for imports/exports to the Baltic, shipping whetstones, millstones & wool.

In 1600's it was a major centre for emigration to New England. This was encouraged by the town Lecturer, Samuel Ward & his brother Nathaniel the first minister of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Ipswich was also one of the main ports of embarkation for puritans leaving other East Anglian towns & villages for Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1630s.

By 1800 its Port boomed via shipbuilding alongside trading leather & its many malting-brewing industries.
It was heavily bombed by German Zeppelins in WW1 & bombed again in WW2 devastating areas around the docks. Today the regeneration of that area has made it the town hub of culture with fine dining restaurants, shops, hotels & the new Regional University & its still a working port.

Famous painter Thomas Gainsborough lived & worked in Ipswich & the world's first commercial lawnmower was invented by Ransomes of the town in 1830.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Feels a little like a must win game if we want to keep the pressure up.

Watched the Coventry game back and we created so many good chances but just couldn’t take them but at least we are creating them.
Should be a good game v Ipswich and need a performance like the one we gave v Leicester.

Not sure if Bryan will be fit for it but that would be an early Christmas present if he is.

[Rev72]

Lose and any glimmer of top 2 is all but over.

Must win.

[spaldy]

Seems early but this really is a must win game.

I think the "can't score" syndrome is setting in again. Used to think it was just the insistence of playing bamford but you can't say that again.

At least the defense is pretty good this year.

I guess it could be worse. we could have one of the highest payrolls in football and still not be able to score .... like scum.

[spaldy]

It almost defies belief that we had a great Left Back in our ranks and sold him for a song while paying 12 million for Firpo.

Karma will probably dictate that we'll lose because their LB is better than ours.

[Monaco_Totty]

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Need to channel the spirit of the away game at Leicester and go for jugular and never let
Go

[Monaco_Totty]

Need to channel the spirit of the away game at Leicester and go for jugular and never let
Go

Not sure if it's gonna be a cagey game or a basketball job.😬
But we've got more to lose!



Their press quoting Farke stating "its just another game".
So not sure how he'll play it ?
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/...rke-town-game/

Ipswich Forum opinions so far, below. TWTD.co.uk
https://www.twtd.co.uk/forum/572300/...2/#post5682081

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Don’t think the crowd will think it is just another game and don’t suspect Ipswich will sit back which may suit us

[Orgoner]

Leicester currently making Birmingham look like a poor Cub Scout team, although only 2-1 up.