{"id":12791,"date":"2026-04-12T03:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:13:47","slug":"aaron-mcleans-efl-takeaways-ipswich-town-looking-good-but-leicester-city-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12791","title":{"rendered":"Aaron McLean’s EFL takeaways: Ipswich Town looking good but Leicester City doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ipswich Town have opened up a lead over Millwall and Middlesbrough in the race for the Championship’s second automatic promotion place, and Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys have games in hand.<\/i><\/p>\n

McLean:<\/b> “I must say I believed Ipswich would finish second. I think in terms of who was going to win it, it was always going to come down to the head-to-head between Coventry and Middlesbrough, and Coventry winning in such convincing fashion kicked them on and almost dismantled Middlesbrough’s season.<\/p>\n

“So I think what you’re seeing now is Ipswich being the most consistent team, and they have games in hand on Middlesbrough and Millwall in the race for second place.<\/p>\n

“From their past nine games, they have six wins and three draws. Middlesbrough, by comparison, have gone six games without a win.<\/p>\n

“Middlesbrough, even with all the possession they had against one of the bottom teams, they’re not clinical like they were earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

“Millwall and Hull have dropped off a bit, but just being in and around the play-offs and being talked about as a team that could have gone on and got automatic promotion, is still a huge positive.<\/p>\n

“They’re going to get little bumps in the road and it’s about how they react, and I expect both of them to bounce back.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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