Match verdict: Ipswich Town 3 Bristol Rovers 0 FA Cup 3rd round - Russell Claydon gives his summary and thoughts on his walk out of Portman Road - video Dailymotion

Match verdict: Ipswich Town 3 Bristol Rovers 0 FA Cup 3rd round - Russell Claydon gives his summary and thoughts on his walk out of Portman Road

Transcript

00:00Just leaving Portman Road after Ipswich Town sailed past the Pirates at Portman Road of

00:08Bristol City into the fourth round of the FA Cup.

00:13We will meet, the Blues will meet, Frank Lampard's Coventry City in the weigh tie in February.

00:19It was a comfortable afternoon here with three first half goals.

00:24Calvin Phillips was first for the club after 18 minutes, then Jack Clarke and Jack Taylor

00:32added goals before the break.

00:35Could and should have been more as the pressure kept up in the second half.

00:4052nd minute, Town were awarded a penalty.

00:45Ali Al-Hamadi had the chance to make it 4-0, unfortunately he dragged his shot wide, seemed

00:51to kind of scuff it into the turf and spun well wide in the end, so not good for his

00:58confidence but also not sure how long he'll be here, looks like he's primed for a loan

01:05spell with George Hurst coming back into the fold now and Town having their targets for

01:11a striker.

01:12Going on to some transfer news, not really a lot of news but Kieran McKenna was quizzed

01:19on the end about Jadon Villagin and what we can now describe as a protracted and slightly

01:28stalled move for the Aston Villa winger who we understand underwent a medical in Suffolk

01:34on Thursday and no issues from that from what we understand but still not an Ipswich Town

01:41player.

01:42Kieran McKenna was asked about that, you can read about that on Suffolk News website what

01:47he said about it, not a lot basically, still not really saying anything happening and it's

01:55all getting a bit frustrating but Jack Clarke in one of the wide options did himself no

02:02harm today by scoring in this one and Nathan Broadcurd came on and looked lively, Wes Burns

02:12started the game and all those players in the mix for Thursday against Brighton at home

02:19as the Premier League returns.

02:21One player that really stood out for me today though was Connor Townsend, obviously doesn't

02:27look like he's going to dislodge Leif Davis at left back any time soon but has shown that

02:33should an injury befall Leif Davis he's a very able deputy and I was really impressed

02:39with his calm professional performance today and he offered a lot down the left hand side

02:48and so I'll wrap it up there, it's been a cold one at Portman Road but there were some

02:54goals to warm the crowd in the first half and got to see some faces that we don't normally

03:00see and Kieran Slicker came on for his home debut as well and I know he's very highly

03:05rated as a young goalkeeper here so yeah we'll have plenty in Suffolk news for you to come,

03:14it's a station!