Alfie Whitman Good made a couple of good saves.
Tariq Hinds Had a torrid first 45, really poor half from him, nothing good to say about him.
Brooklyn Lyons Poor, both him and Tariq our worst performers.
Timothy Eyoma Best Spurs player, immaculate, just one poor pass all half.
Jubril Okedina Real mixed bag, some nice touches here and thier when in possession but poor defending and look timid, not showing for the ball.
Harvey White Very good performance in the middle of the park, he’s up against players much bigger than him and he’s just got stuck in, all ways showing for it, on the ball he’s been tidy.
Boothe Tashan I think he’s been crap. Doesn’t look interested, he’s hiding, not making himself available and letting players run off him.
Armando Shashoua Good performance, he is struggling physically and losing a number of his personal battles but not intimidated.
Dilan Markanday Same as Shashoua.
Rodel Richards Really impressively hold up play, great first touch and turning on a sixpence. He’s giving both thier massive CB’s a hard game.
Shilow Tracy Not really got into the game, but is working hard. Nothing bad just hasn’t seen enough of the ball.
2nd half
Alfie Whitman - Great performance kept us in the game with some fine saves.
Tariq Hinds - Continued to gett absolutely battered in the second half as much as he did in the first, finally got punished for their first goal
Lyons-Foster - Same again, just got battered
(However, I will say this as a positive about Hinds and Lyons-Foster they never shied away despite being overrun and playing all-round shit, I quite like this trait, it's all too easy to chuck it in when things aren't going well for you and both stuck to their tasks).
Timothy Eyoma - Still very commanding and he had to be as he was the ONLY defender actually doing any defending. Ipswich pressed higher in the 2nd half and moved the ball far better than they did in the first half, which led to Eyoma being more industrial and last ditched in his defending (first half he was silky bringing out of defence so well with the ball at his feet).
Jubril Okedina - Thought he got worse in the 2nd half, not very impressed.
Harvey White - Same as in first half. I like this kid!
Oakley-Boothe - I think someone stuck a rocket up his arse at half time, showed a lot more effort, made some good runs and got his body positioned well when challenging for the ball. Not just in this game but I've seen him do it in other too, he constantly is looking for contact and goes to ground very easily, it's really annoying. I think it would serve his development better if he tried to play more, he can draw fouls when he's made it into a first-team.
Shashoua - Same as the first half, always showing for the ball and looking to play the ball through oppo. In 2nd half however, those chances were more limited. No here is a player that does stay on his feet and tries to play and he's giving away a lot in size and physicality in his 1v1's.
Dilan Markanday Same as Shashoua.
Rodel Richards Really impressively hold up play, great first touch and turning on a sixpence. He’s giving both their massive CB’s a hard game. The battle was still intense against their CB's, who probably got the better of him in the air but that was reversed when he had the ball played to his feet.
Shilow Tracy - A better 2nd half than his first, which wasn't bad. Like Richards when the ball was played to his feet he had the better of his opposite number, bit so often we chose to put a high ball to him where he lost out. He had a good effort saved by the keeper.
Sub should have equalized in 90th min when picked up the ball unmarked 6yrds out and the goal gaping at his mercy but he put it wide.
Ipswich deserved their win, first half was a more even contest, with Ipswich having the ball more but I think we put together the better chances (more silky and complex passage of plays), whilst they were ripping apart Hinds and Lyons-Foster they weren't very good at finishing anything off but 2nd half Ipswich upped their tempo, moved the ball about quickly and played some nice football causing us to hang on at times. We still managed to create a few opportunities and could have scored a couple.
+5k attendance in the end and I didn't hear the announcer say how many but I would guess just over a thousand Spurs?
First time at Portman Road in twenty years, felt small, but nice to only pay £3 parking right outside the stand.
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