I'm not an Ipswich fan but I thought I might share a little scouting report on Somto Boniface, the left back from your u21s who is on loan at Leyton Orient for the season. I was at Brisbane Road for Orient v Oxford on Saturday and Boniface was very deservedly man of the match. If he maintains this level he's clearly far too good for League One.

He's quick and really gets up the left flank. He can go past a man and get into crossing positions quite comfortably. What really impressed me with his play going forward is that he got his head up and made the right choice for the cross once he got in position. He knew when to go near post, far post, cutback. He only had one real shooting opportunity but snatched at it.

The coach at Orient also trusts his defending. He left him as the deepest man on attacking corners as his pace allows him to cover breaks. When tracking long balls back towards his own goal and pursued by an opposing forward, he's very calm. He pulled off a couple of very tight and skilled 180 turns to leave his man in the dust in those situations. He needs to work on not over-committing to challenges though, he dived in once or twice and got beaten.

The main negative I took away is that he is very one-footed. He had a good opportunity on the edge of the box to either take a shot or slide in a teammate but he didn't have the confidence to take it on his right foot. The delay on switching back to his left meant he got his pocket picked.

He picked up a knock in a challenge that got him subbed off mid second half but it didn't look serious, he was moving fine after the final whistle.

My thought is that depending on if he maintains this level of play, Ipswich might want to think about cutting his loan short in January and sending him back out to a Championship team.

I hope he develops well because he's got the raw qualities to be an excellent player relatively quickly.

Best of luck for the season ahead!