Adama Traoré strikes for Fulham to deny Ipswich first Premier League win
If Kieran McKenna is far too professional to have treated Ipswich’s opening two fixtures as acclimatisation to the Premier League, here was a first realistic opportunity to lay a marker. After Liverpool, after Manchester City, Fulham was a truer litmus test. And though the wins will have to come sooner rather than later, the conclusion from a hard-fought, helter-skelter draw in which Ipswich were often the better team is that they have the talent and spirit to stay up.
McKenna has received the backing to achieve that objective. Ed Sheeran spent Saturday in Sofia but maintained his presence as club sponsor with heavy rotation on Portman Road’s PA system and video screens. It isn’t just the Gallagher brothers who can crash a web server. As an investor in the club, what have Suffolk’s pop hobbit’s royalties been spent on? McKenna blooded a number of signings, on-loan Kalvin Phillips making an impressive first start in midfield, Chiedozie Ogbene’s speed employed down the wing.
