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A Blues fan for almost 20 years, I am living the dream as Ipswich Town Writer for the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star.

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Ipswich Town's defending makes them an average Championship side

Posted 5 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

AT one stage in the second half of Town's miserable 3-2 defeat by Nottingham Forest, a section of the home fans started chanting 'attack, attack, attack'. In this Saturday's home match against Reading, it wouldn't surprise me if the...

Town's future looks bright - if a little unknown

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

GEORGE Porter, Andrew Hughes, Jamie Proctor and Rory Loy. All reported Ipswich Town targets, but none are names to set the pulses racing in the way Michael Chopra and Lee Bowyer did in the summer. But we are approaching a new dawn in Paul Jewell's...

Sign Keith up - and then make him captain

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

IT is amazing to think that Keith Andrews was a target for the Blackburn boo-boys. He arrived in Suffolk, labelled as a Premier League reject and with some doubting his importance to the Republic of Ireland side. Well the secret is out. Since signing...

Five England youngsters Jewell might be looking at

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

AS its Friday, I thought I would have a bit of fun and delve into my crystal ball. Paul Jewell was not at Colchester United last night to watch England Under-21s' comprehensive 5-0 victory over Iceland. But his trusty lieutenants, Chris Hutchings...

It's time to protect Town's fragile defence

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

HOW do you start picking the bones out of that? The Blues' 3-2 home defeat at rock bottom Doncaster Rovers left too many questions - and all worrying ones. Why was Colin Healy preferred over the young legs of Lee Martin or Josh Carson? Does Paul Jewell...

Why injuries might actually improve Ipswich Town's fortunes

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

FIRST and foremost, this is not a witch-hunt against Lee Bowyer. There have been far worse than the tenacious midfielder during Town's trio of miserable performances. But his absence from tomorrow's visit of Doncaster Rovers - now deemed a must...

Time to panic? Not quite, but Paul Jewell faces his toughest challenge yet

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

PAUL Jewell is said to be confused and David Stockdale can't explain it. Well put me down on the list of people struggling to comprehend how Ipswich Town can totally dominate West Ham at Upton Park and then put in an inept shift against Crystal Palace...

Only Michael Chopra can decide his footballing fate

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

At his worst, he would wake up in the middle of the night in search of his next hit. He would lie to his parents before looking for an excuse to make a quick exit while he was never "grateful" for the time he spent with his little boy. His employment...

JET largely falls flat in big audition against Palace

Posted 6 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

Dazzling, frustrating, exhilarating, languid. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, you are all of the above. Unfortunately for Town fans, the man known as JET showed more of his negative traits during his first 90 minutes of the Championship season. He had gone into...

JET can be anything he wants to be...Ruud Gullit, Andy Cole, Terry Venables

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

PAUL Jewell was never going to like reports that one of his players was considering a music career with a hip-hop rapper called Chipmunk. The Town boss has criticised Twitter in the past and footballers' lifestyles in the present. In many ways, he...

Tough-talking match-winner Andrews turns the tables on me

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

I HAD my first friendly 'confrontation' with a Town star last night. The first time one of my questions has been turned around and asked back to me. The player in question was the affable Keith Andrews, who gave a typically honest and frank admission...

To boo or not to boo? The return of David Norris

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

PAUL Jewell was on typical good form at yesterday's pre-Portsmouth press conference. He talked about how he is enjoying watching his unbeaten side play at the moment, admitted the Blues were "miles off" from a top-six place at the start...

Town's trip to Cardiff suggests they are still made of the right stuff

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

MOMENTUM...a seemingly new football buzz-word, or at least one that seems to be all the rage like never before. Whether it is newly-promoted teams or ones with new managers, string a few results together and momentum is what you got. And boy did Ipswich...

Every player has his price - which means some won't make the cut

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

It has a nasty taste of Groundhog Day. The closing months of last season at Ipswich Town were all too dominated by the contract sagas of David Norris, Gareth McAuley and many, too many, youngsters. Fairly new to the job, Paul Jewell got fed up with the...

Smells like team spirit as Jimmy Bullard has a rival for class clown

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

PLAYING rock, paper, scissors in the middle of a game. Trying to pull someone's shorts down after he has just scored a goal. Sounds like the antics of a Sunday league side after one too many bevy's the night before. Only I am referring to a professional...

Superman and DC fly to the rescue of Ipswich Town

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

ASK fans of Hull City, Stoke or Portsmouth, and they will tell you a story about Ibrahima Sonko and Danny Collins - and it won't make for pleasant listening. Take Sonko for instance. The towering defender signed for Stoke for £2million but played...

Jimmy Bullard is no water carrier

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

KEANE, Davids, Makelele, Deschamps, Bullard. Spot the odd one out. When discussing the best defensive midfielders of all time, or even the best in this season's Championship, the name Jimmy Bullard might seem an odd one to throw in the mix. The player...

What have Ipswich Town and Lady Gaga got in common?

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

MAYBE it's a Friday feeling or maybe it is an excuse to relive the glory days of 1978. But my thanks to @marmit33 - and the Irish Times - for uncovering the one degree of separation between looney tunes Gaga and the Super Blues' Class of 78. Of...

Paul Jewell's diamond lights, a touch of Sir Bobby and Town's wingless wonders

Posted 7 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

HOLDING players, diamond midfields, isolated strikers - it really has been a case of formation, formation, formation at Ipswich Town this season. Most fans have been unable to decide how the Blues should line-up this season, never mind who should play...

He might not be the loudest but Leadbitter finally speaks volumes on the pitch

Posted 8 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

HANDS up who agreed with Paul Jewell's starting line-up? I don't mean at 10pm when Town fans were finally able to enjoy a night on the telly, a clean sheet and umpteen chances which ended in three goals. Let me take you back a few hours when news...

Town trio take back seat to real heroes

Posted 8 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

FOOTBALLERS often get a bad rep. And they usually deserve it whether it is through their behaviour, on and off the pitch, or collecting vulgar wages at a club that they care little of. So on Wednesday night, I felt privileged to see a very different side...

Time for Jewell to get tough

Posted 8 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

IN seven days time, Ipswich Town could start against Coventry City with a bench containing Ivar Ingimarsson, Lee Bowyer, Grant Leadbitter and one of Daryl Murphy or Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. The likes of Mark Kennedy and Damien Delaney might not even make...

Football's back but what does the next nine months hold in store?

Posted 9 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

THE football pre-season might seem shorter every year, but for the 2,000 brave souls making the trip to Ashton Gate this afternoon, it couldn't return soon enough. Once again, the contingent following Ipswich Town is an impressive tally, made more...

Why the Blues must go back to basics at Bristol

Posted 9 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

I LEFT Ipswich on Saturday evening with a little spring in my step. The sun was shining, dinner was waiting for me, and Ipswich Town had shown enough signs to suggest that this season could be a very interesting one indeed. The Blues might have lost 2...

Tale of two signings as Blues stutter along Abbey road

Posted 10 months ago by Dave Gooderham with 0 comments

ONE football writer at the weekend argued that there is always a moment during pre-season that gives a good hint of what lie ahead over the next nine months. At Cambridge United last night, the impressive contingent of Town fans were given glimpses of...

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