{"id":179976,"date":"2025-10-05T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/179976\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:55:12","slug":"alex-palmer-ipswich-town-goalkeeper-says-tractor-boys-performances-are-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/179976\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Palmer: Ipswich Town goalkeeper says Tractor Boys&#8217; performances are improving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ipswich Town goalkeeper Alex Palmer says &#8220;performances are getting there&#8221; after Tuesday&#8217;s hard-fought draw at Bristol City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A second-half penalty from Jack Clarke cancelled out Rob Atkinson&#8217;s 18th-minute header to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/ckgqxd29pdzt#Report\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">give the Tractor Boys a point<\/a> and extend their unbeaten run to four matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve probably not worked the goalkeeper enough but I felt like we played well, even though we struggled to create those clear-cut chances,&#8221; Palmer told BBC Radio Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Town went to Ashton Gate hoping for a third win in a row, following three home games that yielded seven points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Obviously we want to replicate our home form that I feel like we&#8217;ve found,&#8221; Palmer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going into games trying to win &#8211; we&#8217;re not playing for points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Every game in the Championship is tough. Everyone wants to beat us and we know that, but there are plenty of positives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among those positives, Palmer added, were the full debuts of striker Ivan Azon midfielder Marcelino Nunez, two of six changes made by manager Kieran McKenna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That shows how good the squad is that players can come in and rotate,&#8221; said Palmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a tough league but special mention to the boys making their debuts &#8211; they  played really well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ipswich turn their attention to the small matter of Sunday&#8217;s East Anglia derby against Norwich City at Portman Road (12:00 BST).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a feisty affair. They&#8217;re good for the fans and good for football and one you can only look forward to and enjoy,&#8221; Palmer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town goalkeeper Alex Palmer says &#8220;performances are getting there&#8221; after Tuesday&#8217;s hard-fought draw at Bristol City. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-179976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}