Ipswich Town
Preview: Town – Cardiff
By Aston
April 9 2008
Town can get their play-off push back on track tomorrow evening with three points against FA Cup Finalists Cardiff City at Portman Road. If Town are to get all three points against the Bluebirds tomorrow they will have to do it with out Jon Walters, Shefki Kuqi, Richard Naylor and David Norris who all miss the game due to injury, Pablo Counago sits out the final of his three match suspension.
Town squad: Bruce, Bywater, Colgan, De Vos, Garvan, Harding, Haynes, Lee, Miller, Quinn, Rhodes, Roberts, Simpson, Sito, Sumulikoski, Trotter, Williams, Wright.
Town manager Jim Magilton: "Criticism is part of the game and you have to deal with it. How you deal with it often dictates how you get on in this game and I'm certainly looking for a reaction from my players against Cardiff.
"They have to stand up and be counted now. We are at a critical stage of the season, with five games left. Five massive games for this Football Club.
"I want us playing at a better tempo than we did on Saturday. I want us playing at a better standard than we did on Saturday. I expect it."
Cardiff are expected to make changes to the side that booked their FA Cup Final place on Saturday as a couple of players are carrying knocks, most notably Kevin McNaughton and Paul Parry
Cardiff manager Dave Jones: "The FA Cup win is now behind us and our focus is back on the play-offs. We have a slim chance of making them and the match at Ipswich is an opportunity.
"We're playing a team just ahead of us and we have games in hand - we need to keep our run going.
"My job is to keep the players' feet on the ground for the match at Ipswich. I hope that won't be too difficult. They haven't let me down so far."
Town: 18/19
Draw: 12/5
Cardiff: 16/5
Referee: R Booth.
Sources: Ipswich Town and Cardiff City - The official websites
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