Town boss Roy Keane says he will be looking to organise “six or seven” pre-season games before a high profile showcase match at Portman Road prior to 2010/11 kicking off. The Town manager is set to speak with chief executive Simon Clegg regarding his pre-season plans this week.

Keane told the club site: "We are discussing pre-season now and the players will be reporting back at the end of June.

"We are looking at what worked and what didn't last summer before confirming our plans for this year

"We squeezed a lot in last summer, perhaps too much, but we didn't pick up too many injuries.

"We had five or six great days in Portugal and ideally I'd like to play a couple of games over there as well, but to do that you've got to be at the top of the Championship or in the Premier League to be attractive enough to pick up friendlies.

"We will look at going to Ireland again and in all I'd like six or seven games, building up to a high calibre match at Portman Road before we kick off in August."

Meanwhile, the club has posted an interview with owner and chairman Marcus Evans from Sunday’s programme on its website.

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SitfcB added 12:38 - May 6 Man Utd anyone?
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Wallingford_Boy added 12:40 - May 6 Yay - another summer trip to Ireland with the family!!
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Greektractor added 12:44 - May 6 sunderland anyone?
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superblueflude added 12:46 - May 6 Lazio surely they still owe us this from Sereni dont they?
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SitfcB added 12:50 - May 6 Yes they do Flude.
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superblueflude added 12:50 - May 6 But is it just me or is Lazio no longer seen as big
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SitfcB added 12:51 - May 6 Haha GT, it probably will be them.
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Bluetone added 12:53 - May 6 High calibre match Shamrock Rovers?
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 12:57 - May 6 barcelona please roy, cheers
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hype313 added 14:07 - May 6 Lazio are facing relegation at the moment, Atletico Madrid?
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FenboyBlue added 14:10 - May 6 Ross County, giant killers.
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Blueknight85 added 14:31 - May 6 Celtic will do thats big enough for us lol and lets buy Kris boyd frm Rangers to beat them with
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ChambersM added 16:46 - May 6 i dont care anymore...bored of reading keanes comments
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moomoosereni added 17:34 - May 6 West ham. Trust me thats from a reliable source. Not very high calibre though.
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TractorCam added 18:02 - May 6 Big club = Atalanta or Blackburn Why not a real big club like Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, Man Utd, Real Madrid, A REAL BIG CLUB
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ChambersM added 18:58 - May 6 people talk about confidence going into the new season...barcalona?
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bennyblue added 22:59 - May 6 he had 45 games this season wasnt that enough to get the team right the big game is only to fleece the fans of more money every game town play roy should be a bg game against a big team
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dirtydingusmagee added 07:51 - May 7 Lowestoft or Hooly's Bar 2nd eleven !
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thechangingman added 09:31 - May 7 Yawn.... Does anyone REALLY care who we get outplayed by in a pre-season friendly? It's like being married to Deidre Barlow and Monica Bellucci coming round for tea - it just fills you with lust and longing and the realisation that your own spouse really isn't up to much... I really AM looking forward to the new season - things can only get better, right? BUT, I just don't care about pre-season - Ireland again though Roy - sometimes you're like a parody of your own cliche... LOL...

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loudnproud added 10:08 - May 7 Take the boys to a tour of Europe. Its cheaper for the fans to get across the channel than the Irish sea...FACT. The competition is sterner in general..And the travel will be light!!! FC Fortuna,Who Town fans are visiting this weekend have already proposed a meeting, As for the "Big Club" comming to PR......Celtic anyone!!
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:38 - May 7 Accrington !
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AFCC added 12:24 - May 7 by BIG club Keane means BIGGER club, really what chance do we have of Bringing Barcelona, Inter Milan or anyone even remotely close to that calibre to Portman Road. Needham & Bury Town it is then!
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section_six_sam added 15:15 - May 7 celtic fan posted on a forum that he thinks their coming down, and now i seen this i'm saying celtic
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nthstd added 16:17 - May 7 An bhfuil pointe sa phost seo a chur suas nó fiú éisteacht leis an méid a deir Roy na laethanta seo
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bennyblue added 08:07 - May 9 you amadan
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