The Ipswich Town Herald
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Jack Clarke runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Azor Matusiwa pops up at the right end — 7.50
7.50, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market2 Nov 2026
Jaden Philogene wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Ipswich Town hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Titi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Titi, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Ipswich Town training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Wes Burns is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Adam Masina dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match31 Oct 2026
Azor Matusiwa rescues a point for Ipswich Town
It needed Azor Matusiwa to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Derby County, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Adam Masina asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Off the bench and decisive: Sindre Walle Egeli
The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. Ipswich Town were going nowhere until he came on.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Rubén Funes in it
- Player ratings The referee tires of Jens Cajuste