by RoyalBlue »
12 Sep 2015 10:54
Royal Ginger Buzzing, atmosphere was great, so was the game. Ipswich made a real go of it until it was 4-1 when they clearly gave up and it became a training match.
Pace in attack...it's been a while. Ipswich defense was clueless once the ball got behind their full-backs.
Early goal of the season contender from Norwood, but Blackman's was my favorite. The ball was pinging around, he gave it to Sa who fluffed it, tried again to Vydra who flew at it and missed, then almost reluctantly thumped it in as a sort of 'like that you dicks'.
It was a good goal. However, you are completely wrong to accuse Vydra of missing. It was actually his persistence that created the second opportunity for Blackman who buried it so well. Sa completely misconnected, the ball spun up in the air and landed between the keeper and defender. As they dithered, Vydra flew in between them with a challenge that knocked the ball back out to Blackman who completed the job.
Vydra was impressive all night, with an incredibly high workrate, closing their defenders down very quckly and then moments later doing the same to their strikers as he helped out at the other end. I really like the way that from the outset both he and Sa dished out some pretty physical stuff to their defenders. Nice to see the boot on the other foot (in all respects) and the defenders getting bullied rather than the other way around!