By Aston
August 17 2007

Town will be looking to bounce back from the mid-week Carling Cup defeat against MK Dons with a win against Plymouth tomorrow. Town manager Jim Magilton has named the same squad he used for the first two games of the season but their may be changes to the playing staff after the poor performance against the Dons.

Town Squad: Alexander, Bruce, Clarke, Counago, De Vos, Garvan, Harding, Haynes, Lee, Legwinski, O'Callaghan, Miller, Peters, Roberts, Supple, Walters, Wilnis, Wright.

Town manager Jim Magilton: "Ian has done a terrific job down there and I think Plymouth are a very underrated side, they are a very committed team, they play with energy, passion and determination - which replicates their manager to a large extent.

"They are always a difficult side to beat at home and we had to show great resilience to get a good point there last season.

"But I like them. They are a good side, as good as any we played last season so we will have to match their commitment and look to come back with a bit more.

"I was with him at a League Managers' meeting just before the season kicked off and he provided me with hours of entertainment, which I greatly appreciated," adds the Town boss.

"I've always had a craic with Ian and I hope it will be the same on Saturday. I'm sure he will have something to say."

"I might be tempted to give those players a chance again, we'll see, I want to try and build some consistency but there is possibility we might tinker with one or two places.

"The defeat at MK Dons still hurts. They treated it like a cup final. Their players wanted to show they could match a Championship side and we didn't cope with that.

"The team we had out there, we should have won that game but football doesn't work like that all the time.

"But to be a top player, you have to perform every day of every week. That's the challenge for my players."

Plymouth boss Ian Holloway is expected to make changes to his squad from the win against Wycombe in midweek and use the squad that beat Hull 3-2 on the opening day.

Plymouth boss Ian Holloway: "We will need to be at the top of our game. We need to be absolutely rock solid on our shape and on our discipline, because they are dangerous from set pieces.

"If we are, I think we can beat them. That's not being arrogant. It's what I feel.

"They had a very good result last Saturday and a very poor one on Tuesday - with the same team."

"I don't think one (league) win is a flying start. It's just one win.

"If you can get in a consistent run of form where you pick up three, four or five wins on the spin then you are sending out a statement.

"That's what we need to do, and every step of the way we have got to be calm and calculated.

"We have had two bookings so far and this time last season we probably had six.

"Has that got anything to do with me not jumping around on the line? I think it has. So I have learned a lot this summer as well."

"I have got some things to think about. I have got to look at our opponents.

"I will be selecting from a fairly fresh group of people who have all shown me over the last three or four days that they want to play for Argyle, which is great.

"I think Ipswich played the same team twice. Whether we will have an advantage over them or not, we will have to wait and see.

"I just knew it was far too much for 11 of them to actually play twice, and I didn't feel that was right anyway.

"I have got a squad and I have got to utilise it, and they proved me right I'm very pleased to say."

Match Odds:
Plymouth: 6/5
Draw: 9/4
Town: 7/4

Officials:
Referee: K A Friend
Assistants: D Handley and S P Snartt
Fourth Official: G A Beale

Sources: Ipswich Town - the official website and ThisisPlymouth.co.uk

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