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
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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!