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Three Things The Imps Need To Do To Beat Ipswich Town

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Ahead of Saturday’s match at home against Ipswich Town (managed by Paul Lambert), I asked the Vital Lincoln City members what three things they think The Imps need to do to pick up all three points.

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Here’s what Scotimp said:

1. Maintain the intensity on and off the ball. Paul Lambert felt Ipswich were poor without the ball in last night’s 4-1 defeat at Doncaster, and Doncaster play a similar high-intensity game to Lincoln. Ipswich have problems right now: firstly, Kayden Jackson tested positive at the weekend and will not play; the whole team needed to be tested immediately, and that affected training and match preparation due to the non-contact requirement. Secondly, they have injuries: Flynn Downes, James Norwood and Cole Skuse are long-term victims, while Luke Woolfenden has not yet returned to full fitness. This could be a good time to play Ipswich, especially after that 4-1 thumping at Doncaster, but it will need a typical energetic Lincoln performance.

2. Try to maintain continuity at the back. City have kept two successive clean sheets despite rotating in the left-back position, and a settled defence is key to that. Joe Walsh has played in both of those games – his first competitive football for seven months – and it will be tempting for MA to rest him against Ipswich. Given Adam Jackson’s injury and poor 90 minutes against Bristol Rovers, that may prove a tough decision. Some have suggested moving TJ to centre-half and giving a debut to Robbie Gotts at full-back, but this is not the game to do that. Why not? See point 3, below.

3. Stop Gwion Edwards. The Ipswich winger scored five goals in the opening six league games, which was the best start to a season by an Ipswich player since 1999 when David Johnson (father of Brennan) scored seven in the first six. Edwards also has two assists to his name, meaning that he has been directly involved in half of their fourteen league goals. Interestingly, only one of the fourteen has been scored by a striker, with no fewer than eleven coming from the midfield. So perhaps a Lincoln win will depend on marshalling their entire midfield effectively, and exposing Gotts to a rampant winger could end in tears.

Have a go at our Lincoln City v Ipswich Town Quiz below:

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Thank you to Graham Burrell and Lincoln City Football Club for the photograph!

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Zveřejnil(a) Vital Lincoln City dne Čtvrtek 22. října 2020

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