Ipswich Town's Kieran McKenna hints at potential lineup changes for the crucial match against Southampton. A win for Ipswich could secure their promotion to the Premier League.
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McKenna drops team selection hint and provides squad update ahead of huge Southampton clash
McKenna drops team selection hint and provides squad update ahead of huge Southampton clash
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna says changes are likely for his side’s huge clash with Southampton on Tuesday.
Ipswich could essentially secure promotion to the Premier League with a victory, given their far superior goal difference to third-placed Millwall.
But a victory for Southampton, however, would see them move just one point behind McKenna’s men heading into the last game of the season.
Leif Davis has missed the last two games and McKenna says he will be assessed ahead of the clash.
“We’ll make those assessments today through training and speaking to the players this evening,” he said.
“There’s no doubt that there was fatigue out there on Saturday. I’ve spoken about the schedule enough, but three away games in six days at this stage of the season is really, really tough.
“We’ll make the assessments. Coming into the spell we wanted to be relatively consistent with our selection and give players a chance to build up some good momentum, and I think we’ve done that over the last few weeks.
“But we also have other players ready to go and a squad of people ready to contribute, so in reality there’s going to be a need to freshen up some positions going into Tuesday night and we’ll make a decision on what those positions are.”
Southampton go into the game off the back of their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.
“Probably Southampton are the only team who have had a schedule anything resembling ours over the last few weeks, so maybe it’s one game where we can’t talk so much about freshness as both teams have played a lot,” McKenna said on Tuesday’s opponents.
“Different emotions going away from home, fighting for a point in the Championship as against being at Wembley playing maybe the best team in the world in a different competition, both are just different mentally.
Q&A
What does Kieran McKenna say about team changes for the Southampton match?
Kieran McKenna indicates that changes are likely for the upcoming clash against Southampton.
How can Ipswich Town secure promotion to the Premier League?
Ipswich Town can secure promotion with a victory over Southampton, given their superior goal difference compared to Millwall.
What are the implications of a Southampton win against Ipswich?
A win for Southampton would bring them just one point behind Ipswich heading into the final game of the season.
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“We know where we’re at in the season, we know we’re facing a good team, they’ve played a lot of games, we’ve played a lot of games and it’s about being ready for the game now tomorrow night.”