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An abysmal performance made worse by some of our newcomers being given the chance to establish themselves but totally lacking in drive and desire. For me the most surprising thing is that our respected senior coaches, when we were two down, seemed to tolerate Duffy, Cordoba and Doyle just passing the ball sideways to each other in their own half and making no progress at all. Having said that, the midfield was non-existent and were never capable of finding any space. Bearing in mind Sheff Wed are mid table, only goes to prove the standards of Championship Football are pretty low.

Agree about your take on the penalty. The opponent came from behind Cordoba and so our player was totally unaware of his whereabouts and it was a case of the Boro player attempting to block Cordoba's clearance. Poor decision. Great entertaining game and a fine comeback bearing in mind we had to use several newcomers/youngsters who at the moment are barely up to Championship standard.

Yes we are having to rely on several promising young players who are not yet ready for the Championship. The coaches are producing good results from rather limited resources, particularly when it come to substitutes.

Doyle is not a left back. Gives winger far too much room and lacks pace. Either Stacey or Sorensen must come on. Very entertaining game and we are moving the ball well but Sargent and Crnac not offering much.

In the absence of Nunez there was little quality in midfield and apart from Sainz individual skills there was not much up front. Sargent looks as if he needs a rest. Offered very little. Having said that with many inexperienced youngsters we were well on top for long periods of the match and Thorup was always looking for three points. Thought Cordoba was outstanding and it was very comforting to see how well he covered for the rather lumbering Duffy, although to be fair he took his goal very well. The future looks promising.

Yes, I agree the general idea when you set up a business is to make a profit. But the point I was trying to make is that if one business in your Group makes a loss and you are able to set that loss off against any tax the Group were due to pay, then that loss from the owners perspective is not quite so bad as is first seen. That is presumably one reason why many "wheeler dealers" are involved with football clubs. The problem with the football business is that as fast as the money comes in it promptly goes out on player expenditure.

Dylan. I was a bit casual with my figures. You are correct - NU lost about £26 million when Evans took over. As regards the tax situation people like Marcus Evans have several companies in their Group which are profitable but if they write off a sum to one of their companies it is offset against their overall tax bill. In a round about way I could tell you that ultimately me and you very modestly helped Ipswich Town !!!! Yes I think it is the logic that people like Mr A think they will sell at a profit, but bearing in mind our past financial performances, in common with most Clubs, he will be lucky to make a bob or two.

Typical football club accounts with continued huge losses which most other businesses could not survive. A total loss of 41k over the past two years is fairly horrendous. But as usual some fairly unknown overseas businessman decides to put in a few million to keep us going. Of course there are many similar situations i.e. Man Utd, Chelsea, Forest etc etc. It does not make basic financial sense and one can only assume it is done for tax reasons or simply a case of investing other peoples money i.e. Aviva losing around 5k several years ago by investing in Ipswich Town !! Bearing in mind 80% of our income comes more or less from Sky one could be a bit cynical by saying the big boys are merely looking after each other. As to the Report it contains a lot of meaningless info so far as the ordinary shareholder and supporter are concerned. Do we really need to know that they are making savings on cups and waste disposal etc. Presumably the idea is to completely bore the reader until they come to the real "nitty gritty". So perhaps forget the Annual Report. We are at last being entertained on the pitch and receiving value for money for a change. Enjoy while it lasts.

Thought he was immense today and of particular relevance is that Duffy looks far more comfortable supported by his strength and pace. Fisher also had a good game and Crnac is showing signs of coming up to speed.

All started with Gunn faffing around at the back and passing out to a team mate under pressure. He has to cut this out. Thanks Sainz !!

Thought it would be red button but I think they had issues. Eventually watched it on the Sky Sports + App on my phone. At least we looked pretty solid.

"Throwing in the towel because had no money" Nothing has changed !!!!

I am certainly not a binner and not looking to stir things up !!. BUT I thought Ipswich had a great first half. Moved the ball quickly and played football in the old fashioned way with plenty of long balls over the top of defenders etc. Never allowed Liverpool time on the ball and at times had them a bit rattled. Bearing in mind the potential gap of quality between the teams I thought they adopted the correct tactics. On the other hand it was highly unlikely they could keep this tempo up for 90mins and ultimately Liverpool got a grip and won with ease. For me football at the end of the day is about entertainment and I liked McKenna's approach. Recently we saw Scotland enjoy 90 % possession in the first thirty minutes of a Euro game but during that period they barely crossed the halfway line. What was the point of that !!!! OTBC

Myra's assessment is correct. We are allowing the opponents wide players far too much space to send in an assortment of crosses and however good the defenders are in the air, purely on the law of averages they will ultimately concede due to the constant pressure.

I agree. For me we just went thro the motions and there was no drive or leadership from the senior players on the pitch. Even when two down there was little sign of any urgency against,to be honest, very average opponents. There was less faffing around at the back but otherwise I saw little change in tactics from last year. There was barely any proper connection between midfield and the attack. With the departure of Sara then Nunez should be the main link but he has now drifted in to the bad habit shown by the rest of the team -to find space keep passing it backwards !!!!