Ipswich Town were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
Ipswich Town’s 0-0 draw at home to Bolton Wanderers Saturday is a sure-fire sign that a relegation scrap beckons for the Tractor Boys, as they have now gone nine Championship matches without victory.
The east Anglian side have endured one of their worst ever starts to a league campaign, picking up just five points from their opening nine matches as their win-less run continues.
Former manager Mick McCarthy gradually lost the support of the Portman Road crowd following successive seasons of finishing in midtable, and he stepped down last season just before the end of his contract.
Ipswich fans not only remain hopeful of an ulimate return to the Premier League, but, in the meantime, seek an improvement in playing style. They have ensure some tough campaigns in recent seasons, with the latest being their 17th consecutive season in the second tier.
Paul Hurst was brought in as the new Ipswich manager to replace McCarthy, but the gamble to appoint the former Shrewsbury Town boss doesn’t appear to be paying off with problems all over the pitch.
Ipswich have struggled to keep the goals out – namely from set-pieces after conceding a hat-ful in the opening stages of the campaign – while finding the net at the other end remains a huge problem.
A 0-0 draw at home to a side tipped to be in a relegation battle doesn’t bode well, but Ipswich’s struggles are further highlighted by the fact Bolton played nearly an hour of their clash with just 10 men.
The Trotters were reduced to 10 when Marc Wilson was deemed the last man when fouling Kayden Jackson before the break, and Ipswich couldn’t covert their 62% possession into goals, registering just two attempts on goal.
Paul Hurst’s men have found the net just six times this season, and with games against Middlesbrough and Swansea City before the next international break, their win-less run could be set to continue.
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