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Richard Woodward
Fan writer
Image source, Getty Images'Liam Delap ole ole!' rang out across Portman Road on Sunday afternoon, as the Ipswich Town faithful acknowledged another goalscoring impact from their new hero, who scored an excellent double to extend the club's unbeaten run to four.
If previous performances were about grinding out points in adversity, especially away from home, and becoming hard to beat - then Sunday's outing marked an evolution in attacking intent.
Despite Aston Villa dominating territory and possession in the first half, the home team had more shots, efforts on target and also so-called 'big chances'.
In similar fashion to the draw with Fulham, the second period saw the Blues grow into the game and extend their dominance of the attacking metrics.
Kieran McKenna's side, roared on by the buoyant home support, would not have been flattered - in either fixture - if they had scored a winning goal.
Games against the likes of Aston Villa will not decide the ultimate success or failure of Ipswich's campaign, and the same goes for a good chunk of our opponents this season, but taking points over other sides seeking to avoid the bottom three will.
That requires chances to be created and, most crucially, converted.
It is worth noting that Town's pathway to the top-flight relied heavily on goals from the three players behind the front-man.
Conor Chaplin was the Blues' top scorer from the number 10 position in each of the club's promotion-winning seasons. Even in the Championship last season, Nathan Broadhead and Omari Hutchinson scored more than our forwards.
So, while Delap's early goal return is as reassuring as it has been necessary so far, the hope now is that the likes of Hutchinson and Jack Clarke can get off the mark to back him up.
What better time than a run of four games in a row against fellow bottom-half sides?
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe 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.
Tom Gayle
Match of the Day 2 commentator at Portman Road
Image source, Getty ImagesHaving watched Liam Delap in the Championship I was of the belief the second tier was his level. Loan spells at Stoke, Preston and Hull showed he was a goal scorer, but not prolific enough to suggest the England Under-21 international could, in the short term, transition to the Premier League.
Not for the first time in my career I am having to revisit my opinion on a player.
Delap’s early development came at Derby County’s academy, before switching to Manchester City aged 16. A year later he scored on his debut for the senior team in their Carabao Cup third round win over Bournemouth. Prior to the arrival of Erling Haaland Pep Guardiola described Delap as "the type of striker we don't have, a killer, a typical British striker. He has special qualities. An incredible finisher. The only problem we've had is injury after injury after injury".
A succession of ankle problems at Manchester City, and most recently a knee injury picked up whilst playing for Hull in January, would have been noted in scouting reports. Kieran McKenna appears to have always seen the bigger picture. When asked about his main striker’s potential following the 2-2 draw with Aston Villa, he told Sky Sports: "I think there's loads to come. I still don't think fitness-wise he is anywhere near the level he can get to after a big injury at the end of last season. The impact he has had and all-round play, and to have so much growth left in him, we are really happy to have him here."
When stood in front of me in the interview area afterwards, the youngster with his near middleweight boxer-esque physique, admitted he is full of confidence and excited by what the future could have in store. "It’s my first season in this league," he said. "I’m still young. I’m learning every game. Hopefully I’ll get better and better."
Ipswich agreed a club record £20m deal to secure Delap’s services, which speaks to the faith they have in him becoming an excellent long-term investment. It’s still early days, but so far, there’s no doubt Delap is forcing sceptics, like myself, to force down a generous helping of humble pie.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Manchester United defender Phil Jones believes Kieran McKenna has done a "terrific job" as Ipswich Town manager so far, but says his former Manchester United coach has a "mammoth job" ahead of him this season.
Speaking on Match of the Day 2, after Ipswich managed to hold Aston Villa to a 2-2 draw at Portman Road, Jones said: "He is terrific. His range of knowledge and his understanding of the game is second to none.
"He was really good at Manchester United. You could see, from the sessions he took there, what kind of an influence he had on our side.
"I think he has done a terrific job so far at Ipswich. He has got a mammoth job this year trying to keep them in the league but, if they keep picking up points like this and make Portman Road a fortress and a really tough ground to go to for teams, they have a great chance of staying in the league.
"It is a huge point for Ipswich. They have come up against some really good Premier League teams already this season. I think they will be pretty happy with getting four points on the board so far."
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Phil Cartwright
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, PA MediaWhen you enter the Premier League as a promoted club, your chances of survival are increased greatly if you have a striker who can contribute important goals to your cause regularly.
The early signs are that Ipswich could have that in Liam Delap.
Signed for an initial fee of about £15m from Manchester City in July, the 21-year-old has netted three goals in his first six Premier League appearances for the Tractor Boys - including two in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.
Delap has already shown that he can score different types of goals, too.
He got off the mark with a powerful long-range shot against Fulham, his first against Villa was a first-time finish from 12 yards, while his second on Sunday was created by a wonderful piece of individual skill.
Allowed to carry the ball from the halfway line, Delap strode into the box and his stepover got the better of Diego Carlos before he thumped home past Emi Martinez.
A first Premier League victory of the season may still elude Ipswich, but manager Kieran McKenna will take plenty of positives from his side's fourth successive league draw - not least the goalscoring form of his centre forward.
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has been speaking to Sky Sports after today's draw: "I thought we managed to do that [make Aston Villa uncomfortable] for much of the game. They are a top team and they resorted to going long with many of their goal kicks. We dominated and controlled the ball and created more than enough chances to win. It's a good step for us.
"It is not easy to create chances in the division. Aston Villa haven't given up many big chances so to create the chances we did showed the boys are growing into it. The next step is taking a couple more. We are showing that we are an improving side.
"Four games unbeaten doesn't come easily in the Premier League. It is a fantastic first step and we still feel there is a lot of improvement to come."
On Liam Delap: "It was another good day for Liam Delap, he does really well and he takes a lot of credit. But the team at 2-1 down never dropped their heads and we were always competitive in the game.
"I think there's loads to come [from Delap], I still don't think fitness-wise he is anywhere near the level he can get to after a big injury at the end of last season. The impact he has had and all-round play, and to have so much growth left in him, we are rally happy to have him here.
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town midfielder Kalvin Phillips has been speaking to Sky Sports following today's draw: "It was a good point and I feel like we dominated in the second half.
"We really took it to them and they really struggled to deal with us and we were unlucky not to score at the end."
Team-mate and goalscorer Liam Delap added: "It was really good and we showed what we are about from minute one and we created so many chances.
"It was a really good result for us and we probably deserved the win after the second half performance.
"I think it’s the fourth time we’ve got something from a game so we are happy."
Image source, Getty ImagesLiam Delap became the first Ipswich Town player to score a brace in a Premier League match since Marcus Bent in March 2002 (v Newcastle United) and the youngest to do so in the Premier League for the Tractor Boys (21y 234d).
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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.
For week six, he takes on Maximo Park singer Paul Smith, whose latest album, Stream Of Life, is out on Friday.
Ipswich host Aston Villa at 14:00 on Sunday.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Ipswich are still waiting for their first win of the season, but they have impressed me - and they have only lost to Liverpool and Manchester City in the Premier League so far.
Kieran McKenna's side left it late to score their equaliser against Southampton last week, and it is results like that which will boost their confidence.
I don't see them getting anything here, though. Aston Villa do concede goals, and are already fighting on all fronts so this is a test of their squad.
Ipswich will have a go and I think they will score, but again I think that Villa will have too much for them.
Paul's prediction: I am going to go for a Villa away win. I feel bad for saying it because Ipswich play good football and they are not going to be overrun by any means but Villa are just finding a rhythm.
I feel like Morgan Rogers is on good form, Ollie Watkins has missed a few and scored a few now, and obviously they have got their super-sub, Jhon Duran, to get them over the line if they need it. Stick him on in the 70th minute and he will win the game for them - it would be amazing for him to keep doing it. 1-2
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Aston Villa (kick-off 14:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
On the fitness of Kalvin Phillips and Nathan Broadhead: "Kalvin has trained with the group today so we'll make a judgement on how many minutes he's available for. Nathan has been training well for the last week or so, so we've almost got a fully fit squad. The group is getting stronger in numbers and every other capacity so we've got good depth at the moment."
On captain Sam Morsy's celebration following the last minute equaliser against Southampton: "It's one of the shortest knee-slides I've got to say, so I think there's a bit of work to do on the technique of the slide. He's scored a few big goals for us to be fair and he's always come up with a slightly different celebration so maybe he isn't a regular enough scorer to have a stock or custom one. If he can keep popping up with big goals, he can do whatever he wants!"
On Unai Emery: "I think he's done a fantastic job I have to say. He's a manager that I admire a lot and I've studied his teams for many years. I've come up against his teams at Arsenal and Villarreal and he built a fantastic team at Villarreal with a lot of the same sort of ingredients from a tactical level as he has with this Aston Villa side. We share some principles I think in terms of how both teams are set up but they are executing at a fantastic level."
On coming close to signing Morgan Rogers in the past: "I think Morgan Rogers was a fantastic signing [for Villa]. We were there or thereabouts to bringing him here a couple of times earlier in his career. He's a player I've known for a number of years and the signing by Villa and how they've improved him and the impact he's having at Premier League level is, apart from this weekend, great to see from a young player."
On how resilient the team need to be this season: "It [resilience] is right at the very top of the ingredients we need to be successful this season. It's been running through the team and the club over the last couple of seasons and it's something we're going to need this season. We can only show that to the public outwardly each week with how we commit and fight in every performance for the whole 90 minutes but we can also show that day-to-day in here with how we develop, train and push ourselves."
On whether there was any ever doubt about Sam Morsy remaining captain in the Premier League: "It was never in doubt in my mind. Sam was always going to be the club captain and be an absolutely integral part of the football club as we move forward and how we try and establish ourselves as a Premier League club. Performance wise, his performances were very strong in the Championship and I think he more than deserved his chance to be a big part on the pitch this season as well."
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Image source, Getty ImagesThere has been a lot of conversation this week about "dark arts" in football following the draw between Manchester City and Arsenal on Sunday.
Realistically, everyone who has watched football for longer than one game has seen things they would perceive as "dark arts"; whether it is a player always going down winning free-kicks to take the sting out of the game, kicking the ball into row Z when there was no multi-ball system or time-wasting on goal-kicks.
These are things we see all the time but our perception of it is dependent on the context of a game. You always see some version of it somewhere, and you hope your team would be doing the same thing if in the same situation - because why should you do something that would benefit the opposition you are against?
It is the same as going down a bit more easily to win penalties - some people will say "this guy is a cheat", but then on the other side of their mouth, if it is something that could benefit them, they say "he has tried too hard to stay up, he needed to go down there".
You can have rulings, Ifab can get involved to change this and that, but there will always be a way to push the rules to their limits.
What we saw with Arsenal in that game, where David Raya sat down to get some treatment while the teams gathered, we have seen those moments before. It is not just new to Arsenal - other teams do it.
It is always based on certain moments. You do get more frustrated if it happens against you, but when you need to do it, you encourage people to do it. That is one of the beauties of football - the way you see things is always going to be down to perception, context and just whether you think it is benefiting you or not.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked you what the one thing is that nobody is talking about but really should be when it comes to Ipswich Town.
Here are some of your comments:
Patrick: Our resilience; it was a key factor in getting us through our two promotions, (the vital late goals and making sure we didn’t lose games) and again shown last weekend at Southampton - it will be needed more than ever this season.
Alan: I believe Ipswich are ahead of schedule to achieve the points required to survive this season. Two points achieved against top-10 teams and a point away against one of the seven teams in our own mini league. We will remain on track by reaching 12 points after the Leicester home game on 4 November.
Joe: Ipswich Town need to put Sam Morsy’s statue outside Portman Road. Greatest club captain ever.
John: One thing we shouldn’t be talking about is relegation. All this six pointer nonsense about the game against Saints. Last time we were promoted we finished sixth in our first season back. Not as good as finishing top in our first season back in the Sir Alf days. Can’t see us repeating those feats now, the game has changed, but less of the negativity.
Tom: McKenna has always taken his time integrating new players. With time our many new players will learn the McKenna way and the team will get stronger as the season goes on. We also have Hirst returning from injury who is a real favourite of McKenna’s so expect him to start some matches over Delap in the coming weeks.
Tim: Everything that surrounds the team shrieks out Premier League. The right to remain there will be fought out on the pitch. But the club’s history, the ground and training facilities, the fan base, the club culture, the local passion in Ipswich and Suffolk (and beyond) are all Premier League worthy.
Three draws but no wins from Ipswich's opening five games back in the Premier League and that's why they sit just outside the relegation zone.
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Ipswich Town forward Sammie Szmodics has spoken about the rivalry between the Tractor Boys and his former club, Colchester United.
An academy graduate of his hometown Colchester, Szmodics said growing up he "always wanted to beat Ipswich".
But Szmodics went on to say: "To score for Ipswich at Ipswich Town, would be amazing for me to turn those boos into cheers."
Szmodics scored for Ipswich in a game against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season, but is yet to score at Portman Road.
Seb Brown
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesAs the cries of "it's happened again" rang out from the away end at St Mary's Stadium in the 95th minute this weekend, it was reassuring that something remains a constant in the world of Ipswich Town, despite a few months of so much change.
This side simply never know when they are beaten.
The desire, fitness and tactical set-up to continue pushing forward until the dying moments of matches has become routine for the watching supporters.
Our substitutions are designed to ensure the intensity and quality does not diminish, with our 'finishers' playing just as an important role as our 'starters'.
During Kieran McKenna's first full season in charge - the League One promotion campaign - Ipswich scored 14 goals after the 81st minute of matches.
The Championship promotion campaign last season saw this increase to 17 goals, one of which went down in Ipswich Town folklore in a showdown against Southampton back in early April.
Regardless of the new summer signings and the tweaks we have seen in our tactical set-up this season - the heart, passion, desire and sometimes sheer bloody mindedness to never give up has carried through to this current crop.
It is therefore fitting that the late winner against the Saints was scored by Sam Morsy. He has now become the first Ipswich captain to score for the club in the top three flights of English football. He also remains the central midfield heartbeat of this new-look team, driving the standards and leading by example each week.
The vast majority of matches this season will see us facing off against higher quality players and opposition, but one thing we are unlikely to be beaten on is heart or desire. That will always give us a chance, regardless of the time on the scoreboard.
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