Ipswich 2-2 Aston Villa - the fans' verdict
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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Ipswich and Aston Villa.
Here are some of your comments:
Ipswich fans
Greg: This is the first time this season when it has felt like last season. Real belief today. I can't remember a player who has reached legendary status at Portman Road quicker than Liam Delap. What a heart that lad has!
Paul: Brilliant. Aston Villa were outplayed for most of the match. We were a little loose in defence for about 15 minutes in the first half and it cost us with two soft Villa goals. After that, Villa produced little of quality. Delap was brilliant, especially on his second goal while Phillips, Burns, and Davis dominated down the middle. Keep it up boys!
Alan: I think we are finally looking like a Premier League team. One mistake which led to their first goal, but other than that we really held our own and probably should have won it in the end. Our best performance so far, we were fighting for our lives against Brighton, but today looked like the better team against a Champions League side.
Mat: Spirited display and you can see week on week the likes of Hutchison and Clarke having the confidence to attack teams with full commitment. Once our imposter syndrome is put to bed, there will be a lot of teams drop points at Portman Road this season and the signs continue to be bright against a whole new level of quality in the Premier League.
Villa fans
Susan: It was not the best preparation for the upcoming game against Bayern. A good result for Ipswich and it was not Delap who helped them to a draw, but again, bad defending by Villa. Still feel Emery needs to change the 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-2. Villa will find the Man Utd match tough.
Rob: Disjointed performance especially at the back where Carlos continues to look out of place. Missed McGinn in midfield with Ramsey for once having a poor game and as soon as Rogers went off we lacked presence in midfield. Unai will sort it out though - fifth after six games is okay.
Colin: Probably close to our strongest team, we looked comfortable through a lot of the match but the intensity of Ipswich earned them a deserved draw. Villa’s defensive mistakes continue and the return of Mings cannot come soon enough. He organises, challenges and puts his body on the line for the team. Martinez is losing some gloss!
Carlos: It was clear Villa players had their minds on Wednesday’s game against Bayern, otherwise they would have won this comfortably. Players lost focus in the second half trying to avoid Ipswich's aggressive and dirty tackling. Delap took his goals well, but they came from Villa. Ipswich will look back at it as a missed opportunity. Villa move on to a bigger fixture.