All posts tagged Ipswich

Book Review: The Nowhere Men

The Nowhere Men by Michael Calvin
Published by Century
2013, £14.99

They are a mythical breed, not to say a forgotten one in these days where youtube videos are said to inspire signings, but, in an increasingly hybrid and varied form, soccer scouts continue to ply their trade – and yet it’s an aspect of the game that we as punters understand so little of.

Hence, Michael Calvin’s new …

Eye Witness Assessment: Ipswich Town

Mick McCarthy appears to have been motivated by a key guiding principle in assembling an Ipswich Town side ready to challenge for the play-offs in 2013-14.

For there are a number of players with something to prove; men who, had we gazed into a crystal ball half a decade ago, we might have expected to make greater progress – Luke Chambers, solid as granite when Nottingham Forest last …

TTU Go Predicting: Players to Watch

As we head into the second week of our 2013-14 predictions, our focus turns to the players we deem to possess the potential to stand out amongst their peers. Whereas season previews tend to focus on teams more broadly, for which players could this be a year to remember on a personal level?

Starting at the Madejski, having once accused Lionel Messi of being a racist we’ll be watching …

TTU Go Predicting: Best Free Agent

A look at the Professional Footballers’ Association list of out of contract and available players becomes more depressing by the year, even if there are Premier League outcasts aplenty whose current availability is often more a consequence of protracted contract negotiations and a choice of suitors. Hence, Chris Baird, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Carlton Cole and the like will end up somewhere eventually.

Of those, the pick of the list …

TTU Go Predicting: A Club-By-Club Championship Preview

The hubbub engulfing our League 1 and League 2 previews this week has highlighted the sensitivity of the average football fan. Now it’s time for the Championship, a division in which, contrary to appearances, not quite all the teams start with B.

Barnsley

The high farce of the Tykes’ last minute escape against Huddersfield confirmed David Flitcroft’s emergence as one of the Football League’s most promising managers in April …