By far our best away performance of the season (23 Viewers)

[suffolkblue]

You had an “off” day, we’ve not played as well as that away from home in at least a year.

Firstly, yes you probably should have had a penalty. It was at the other end of the pitch and I’ve not seen a replay yet but the consensus among the town fans was that it looked like a penalty. Goals change games so if you’d been given it and scored the outcome may have been different but tonight I felt we were better all over the pitch and could have stepped it up a gear or two if needed. Overall we were very good value for the win and deserved the 3 points. Blaming the ref, tactics, Lampard, singling out players etc is your prerogative but it doesn’t alter the fact that tonight the best team won. Having a large squad comes into its own when injuries, illness and a run of games in quick succession come around like they do at this time of the year. We’ve been under-whelming all season, poor at times and seen very little return on the £200m or so spent over the last 3 transfer windows. Tonight we at last saw some signs of it giving us an edge.

It was the first time I’ve been to your “new” stadium. I really liked it. A good atmosphere before the game and for most of it. I still think you’re going up as champions. I hope you get promoted. Stick together, keep the faith, get behind your team and enjoy the next few months. Hopefully next season Ipswich v Coventry will be a premier league game.

 

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[covcity4life]

You had an “off” day, we’ve not played as well as that away from home in at least a year.

Firstly, yes you probably should have had a penalty. It was at the other end of the pitch and I’ve not seen a replay yet but the consensus among the town fans was that it looked like a penalty. Goals change games so if you’d been given it and scored the outcome may have been different but tonight I felt we were better all over the pitch and could have stepped it up a gear or two if needed. Overall we were very good value for the win and deserved the 3 points. Blaming the ref, tactics, Lampard, singling out players etc is your prerogative but it doesn’t alter the fact that tonight the best team won. Having a large squad comes into its own when injuries, illness and a run of games in quick succession come around like they do at this time of the year. We’ve been under-whelming all season, poor at times and seen very little return on the £200m or so spent over the last 3 transfer windows. Tonight we at last saw some signs of it giving us an edge.

It was the first time I’ve been to your “new” stadium. I really liked it. A good atmosphere before the game and for most of it. I still think you’re going up as champions. I hope you get promoted. Stick together, keep the faith, get behind your team and enjoy the next few months. Hopefully next season Ipswich v Coventry will be a premier league game.

Your number 5 is good. Big c**t.

 

[David O'Day]

You had an “off” day, we’ve not played as well as that away from home in at least a year.

Firstly, yes you probably should have had a penalty. It was at the other end of the pitch and I’ve not seen a replay yet but the consensus among the town fans was that it looked like a penalty. Goals change games so if you’d been given it and scored the outcome may have been different but tonight I felt we were better all over the pitch and could have stepped it up a gear or two if needed. Overall we were very good value for the win and deserved the 3 points. Blaming the ref, tactics, Lampard, singling out players etc is your prerogative but it doesn’t alter the fact that tonight the best team won. Having a large squad comes into its own when injuries, illness and a run of games in quick succession come around like they do at this time of the year. We’ve been under-whelming all season, poor at times and seen very little return on the £200m or so spent over the last 3 transfer windows. Tonight we at last saw some signs of it giving us an edge.

It was the first time I’ve been to your “new” stadium. I really liked it. A good atmosphere before the game and for most of it. I still think you’re going up as champions. I hope you get promoted. Stick together, keep the faith, get behind your team and enjoy the next few months. Hopefully next season Ipswich v Coventry will be a premier league game.

3 pens to be fair

 

[suffolkblue]

Your number 5 is good. Big c**t.

He is. He’s excellent and getting better with every game. One way or another he’ll be a premier league player next season.

 

[suffolkblue]

3 pens to be fair

Don’t be silly

 

[David O'Day]

Don’t be silly

why, there's a foul on sakamoto and once when your defender pulled down our players shorts

so yes don't be silly, classy of your fans to taunt Woolfie

 

[suffolkblue]

why, there's a foul on sakamoto and once when your defender pulled down our players shorts

so yes don't be silly, classy of your fans to taunt Woolfie

I’ll watch it back tomorrow and if there were 3 stonewall pens missed I’ll pop back and apologise.

I didn’t agree with Woolfy getting any stick but since he left he has stirred the pot a bit, firstly with comments about “politics” being the reason he couldn’t get in the team and a few rumours have also been flying around regarding some of the things he did before he left. As far as I’m concerned, he’s a local lad who did us proud and I hope he goes on to win promotion with you.

 

[wingy]

why, there's a foul on sakamoto and once when your defender pulled down our players shorts

so yes don't be silly, classy of your fans to taunt Woolfie

Any comments about the Vinnie
moment?

 

[suffolkblue]

Any comments about the Vinnie
moment?

Vinnie moment?

 

[wingy]

Looked.as though furlong either grabbed by the ball's or shoved his finger up his bum!

 

[David O'Day]

Looked.as though furlong either grabbed by the ball's or shoved his finger up his bum!

was Furlong off the floor long enough for that to happen?

 

[suffolkblue]

Looked.as though furlong either grabbed by the ball's or shoved his finger up his bum!

Didn’t see it. Furlong seemed to be on the wind up from the first minute tonight though. Is there any history between him and you? Usually he’s quite quiet and just goes about his business.

 

[wingy]

Didn’t see it. Furlong seemed to be on the wind up from the first minute tonight though. Is there any history between him and you? Usually he’s quite quiet and just goes about his business.

I thought he possibly left one on him early doors down your place, there was a move down yours by EMC in his own half in line with penalty area and EMC got pulled for basically turning his rear to the opposing player,it may have been for one the goals.
Anyhow spilt milk and all that.
I guess what I'm saying is maybe he's a bit naive in that respect, but yeah furlong has the experience and build.

 

[David O'Day]

Didn’t see it. Furlong seemed to be on the wind up from the first minute tonight though. Is there any history between him and you? Usually he’s quite quiet and just goes about his business.

his dad played for us, about it

cheating twat

 

[suffolkblue]

I thought he possibly left one on him early doors down your place, there was a move down yours by EMC in his own half in line with penalty area and EMC got pulled for basically turning his rear to the opposing player,it may have been for one the goals.
Anyhow spilt milk and all that.
I guess what I'm saying is maybe he's a bit naive in that respect, but yeah furlong has the experience and build.

Furlong was lucky not to get booked after a couple of minutes for kicking the ball away. It seemed a pointless thing to do. He’d have known that it would have riled up the fans on that side and meant he’d have been walking a tightrope for pretty much the entire game. As I said earlier, he seemed to want to play the villain tonight which isn’t like him.

 

[suffolkblue]

his dad played for us, about it

cheating twat

Of course he did. You don’t take defeat well do you David?

 

[David O'Day]

Of course he did. You don’t take defeat well do you David?

i'm fine with the defeat mate, if you actually read my other posts instead of making stupid assumptions you'd be see I've said we didn't deserve anything out the game

now, off you pop

good luck in the rest of the season

 

[suffolkblue]

i'm fine with the defeat mate, if you actually read my other posts instead of making stupid assumptions you'd be see I've said we didn't deserve anything out the game

now, off you pop

good luck in the rest of the season

I’ve seen 4 or 5 of your comments, all on this thread. Every one of them a moan about something that happened tonight.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Fair play tonight @suffolkblue, your lot were much the better side today and were good value for the win.

Ipswich definitely have the best squad in the league but in the long haul, I believe both teams will go up and I favour us to finish top in the end.

To be honest, a top 2 finish is all that’s needed from ourselves. Winning the title would be nice but automatic promotion is the goal here.

 

[stevefloyd]

I thought you definitely deserved to win last night we just wasn't at it at all but you did have the advantage of the extra man too.. Furlong was a c**t though

 

[Flying Fokker]

You had an “off” day, we’ve not played as well as that away from home in at least a year.

Firstly, yes you probably should have had a penalty. It was at the other end of the pitch and I’ve not seen a replay yet but the consensus among the town fans was that it looked like a penalty. Goals change games so if you’d been given it and scored the outcome may have been different but tonight I felt we were better all over the pitch and could have stepped it up a gear or two if needed. Overall we were very good value for the win and deserved the 3 points. Blaming the ref, tactics, Lampard, singling out players etc is your prerogative but it doesn’t alter the fact that tonight the best team won. Having a large squad comes into its own when injuries, illness and a run of games in quick succession come around like they do at this time of the year. We’ve been under-whelming all season, poor at times and seen very little return on the £200m or so spent over the last 3 transfer windows. Tonight we at last saw some signs of it giving us an edge.

It was the first time I’ve been to your “new” stadium. I really liked it. A good atmosphere before the game and for most of it. I still think you’re going up as champions. I hope you get promoted. Stick together, keep the faith, get behind your team and enjoy the next few months. Hopefully next season Ipswich v Coventry will be a premier league game.

Pre-match warm-up was a sight. How many coaching staff do you have? I can’t remember a time when so many were with a team.

 

[Flying Fokker]

I thou

Where are you going with this?

 

[stevefloyd]

Where are you going with this?

Pressed post by mistake lol

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

A ridiculously overpowered mega squad that has been poor away from home for ages decides to perform against a depleted team running on fumes after having had illness in the camp all month. I don’t think anything FL could have done would really have changed the outcome but I found 4-3-3 a strange choice for this given the circumstances.

Referee again makes ridiculous decisions not in our favour but as I said elsewhere, he ruined the game but didn’t decide it. Pretty sick and tired of highlights after each match showing blatant penalties that weren’t given but it will have to change at some point.

 

[Otis]

Can't think of any Ipswich player who had a bad game last night.

We had a number off form and the truth is, it had little to do with Ipswich, because these same players have been out of form for a while (Rudoni, Saka, Wright, MVE)

Had they played at the top of their games, it would have been a much closer match.

Rudoni at the moment is a shadow of the player he was.

 

[suffolkblue]

Pre-match warm-up was a sight. How many coaching staff do you have? I can’t remember a time when so many were with a team.

I’ve not really noticed to be honest with you. So much has changed in the last 4-5 years, almost all for the better, it’s only when someone else points things out you realise.

 

[TomRad85]

A ridiculously overpowered mega squad that has been poor away from home for ages decides to perform against a depleted team running on fumes after having had illness in the camp all month. I don’t think anything FL could have done would really have changed the outcome but I found 4-3-3 a strange choice for this given the circumstances.

Referee again makes ridiculous decisions not in our favour but as I said elsewhere, he ruined the game but didn’t decide it. Pretty sick and tired of highlights after each match showing blatant penalties that weren’t given but it will have to change at some point.

I've said before, the standard of officiating in this division is basically VAR propaganda. I was always a VAR hater but I dunno, I'm starting to get slightly VAR-pilled. These officials simply aren't capable of making big decisions by themselves.

 

[suffolkblue]

A ridiculously overpowered mega squad that has been poor away from home for ages decides to perform against a depleted team running on fumes after having had illness in the camp all month. I don’t think anything FL could have done would really have changed the outcome but I found 4-3-3 a strange choice for this given the circumstances.

Referee again makes ridiculous decisions not in our favour but as I said elsewhere, he ruined the game but didn’t decide it. Pretty sick and tired of highlights after each match showing blatant penalties that weren’t given but it will have to change at some point.

To be completely honest I and most other Town fans think the squad is ridiculously over-priced/over-paid rather than overpowered. There is some real quality there - Matusiwa our number 5 for example, along with Philogene, Jack Clarke and a couple of others - but also some slightly above average championship players signed for big fees that they have not justified. You’re completely right. Last night they put in a very strong performance against a team that doesn’t have the luxury of being able to rotate to anywhere near the extent that we can.

I still haven’t watched the game back and the only highlights I’ve seen are our two goals. The ref was poor generally. There don’t seem to be many good refs around these days, certainly not in the Championship. At the time, it felt as if a few fairly big (albeit not penalty shouts) went against us but you tend only to focus on those when the result goes against your team. That’s not a dig at all, I’m exactly the same when we get beaten.

You’re going up, probably as champions. Last night doesn’t change that and with Boro losing you’re in the same position you were before kick off with one game less to play.

 

[Hobo]

3 pens to be fair

Nonsense.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I've said before, the standard of officiating in this division is basically VAR propaganda. I was always a VAR hater but I dunno, I'm starting to get slightly VAR-pilled. These officials simply aren't capable of making big decisions by themselves.

In the interest of balance, Bristol City’s goal being chalked off was one that went our way (correctly) but it’s just too many decisions now that make no sense either in real time or looking at the replay.

I would at least appreciate hearing them explain those calls or even better, just apologise for fucking up. The Hirst decision wasn’t even that, he simply bottled it.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Furlong was lucky not to get booked after a couple of minutes for kicking the ball away. It seemed a pointless thing to do. He’d have known that it would have riled up the fans on that side and meant he’d have been walking a tightrope for pretty much the entire game. As I said earlier, he seemed to want to play the villain tonight which isn’t like him.

Ref probably thought it was Hirst?

 

[fernandopartridge]

I've said before, the standard of officiating in this division is basically VAR propaganda. I was always a VAR hater but I dunno, I'm starting to get slightly VAR-pilled. These officials simply aren't capable of making big decisions by themselves.

The answer to that is to do improve refereeing standards not rely on VAR

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

To be completely honest I and most other Town fans think the squad is ridiculously over-priced/over-paid rather than overpowered. There is some real quality there - Matusiwa our number 5 for example, along with Philogene, Jack Clarke and a couple of others - but also some slightly above average championship players signed for big fees that they have not justified. You’re completely right. Last night they put in a very strong performance against a team that doesn’t have the luxury of being able to rotate to anywhere near the extent that we can.

I still haven’t watched the game back and the only highlights I’ve seen are our two goals. The ref was poor generally. There don’t seem to be many good refs around these days, certainly not in the Championship. At the time, it felt as if a few fairly big (albeit not penalty shouts) went against us but you tend only to focus on those when the result goes against your team. That’s not a dig at all, I’m exactly the same when we get beaten.

You’re going up, probably as champions. Last night doesn’t change that and with Boro losing you’re in the same position you were before kick off with one game less to play.

Being able to rotate with those sorts of options during the toughest part of the season for fitness can’t be understated. I just wish we’d been able to play Ipswich at something nearer to a full complement of fit players and a competent referee, but c’est la vie.

In two games a blatant sending off and penalty have both not been given at 0-0. That does chafe a bit.

 

[suffolkblue]

Can't think of any Ipswich player who had a bad game last night.

We had a number off form and the truth is, it had little to do with Ipswich, because these same players have been out of form for a while (Rudoni, Saka, Wright, MVE)

Had they played at the top of their games, it would have been a much closer match.

Rudoni at the moment is a shadow of the player he was.

I was surprised at how ineffective Rudoni was. You caught us on a good (or bad depending on how you look art) day. We haven’t had many this season or last. The game at PR was much closer and could have gone either way. Last night, for one of the very few times this season we looked like a team who could still make the top 2. I have just read Lampard’s comments and thought his assessment was spot on.

 

[David O'Day]

Nonsense.

so which of the wright, saka and the shorts pulling down fouls wasn't a pen?