Creedence Clearwater Couto

Judging the Championship against the EPL is not a fair measure. On that basis, every other league in the world is poor.

Essentially, your measuring the quality of the Championship against the EPL. Leagues are a filtering down of talent and quality, by definition. It's not logical to say the Championship is poor because it's not as good as the EPL.

It's frankly a stupid assessment. When it's close, and everyone can beat everyone, most say it's poor. When in-fact its competitive. How can one of the best and most supported professional leagues in the world be poor, when it's so competitive? Competition drives standards up, does it not? It's a fantastic league with loads of quality.

That implication again. "we're not bothered" "means more to you than us" It's funny how some football fans try to insulate themselves against failure. Usually when they're insecure about their teams ability to see it through.

I think United fans about to celebrate a draw too!

Why? It was condescending.

19/20 missing too.. so actually another 5. I’ll have to take a day off to watch it in full at this rate.

I mean tbh, it’s a complete **** up by ITFC and the authorities. How on earth could they not have foreseen that? More police escort for the Ipswich home coach which was in no danger whatsoever. What would be good, if the guy is as class and decent as many suggest, Is McKenna to condemn the behaviour.

I must have imagined the stuff thrown at the Norwich players after our equaliser… TBH, it’s an absolutely terribly idea putting home fans underneath away fans, like that. Normally the away bit stretches further on the lower section doesn’t it?

No one is denying he isn’t a quality footballer. It’s how and where to play him to maximise his attributes. Part of the reason we struggle to control games is we have two ball playing central midfielders who look to play progressive football, but it doesn’t work well with very direct attacking midfielders who don’t look to hold the ball and pass and move, like Rowe, Sainz and Hernandez. Imagine Buendia, Cantwell and Dowell in front of Sara and Nunez.. I think Rowe and Sainz are better suited to a 4-3-3. I think Rowe is quality. But the question raised does highlight the imbalance we have.

I get the point you’re making. His overall game needs work.. he’s not someone who links play very well, which can be a problem when we need an outlet. But my word, if played to his strengths, he’s so effective. He wants to take one or two touches and smash it towards goal..and his shooting ability is class. Sainz, looks similar actually.

I think with us being mid table and the overall performances being generally unconvincing, the thing that’s made me happy most today is the thought of Ipswich fans being disappointed and pissed off. It would be nice if we had a bit more to cheer about.. over the last few years it’s been great beating them, but I’ve never been as bothered about how they feel like I have today. I’m not putting a downer on it. But when I think why I feel happy this eve, it isn’t because I’m particularly proud or ecstatic about our performance or future prospects, but just that Ipswich fans feel a bit **** and relived we didn’t embarrass ourselves losing heavily.

Let’s be honest, maintaining that unbeaten run means something. It hurts them, and we love it. But the fact of the matter is, that’s all we have to really cling onto this season. Which is disappointing. We should be much closer to them, the gap between us is a clear reflection of how poor this clubs been run in the last 3 years.

Eh? We’re close to a very good side at this level. A couple of signings could transform our fortunes.. but even so, the players we do have have underachieved. So do you trust Wagner and bring these players in to play under his management?

Yeah I agree. I also think we see a different Barnes too.

Funny how you ignored me for a while when it started to look more likely 😉😘 Still stand by the prediction. Ok, the points total suggested, was a bit extreme. But the suggestion our form was about to fall off a cliff was proved correct. I think the board and Knapper want Wagner to have the season, to buy time to implement more long term strategies in the summer. But equally, we can’t throw away the opportunity that is still there for a promotion challenge this season. Today was the start of a tough run. Wagner could very quickly be back in the post Blackburn position. I think having Sage back is key.

What do we do about Wagner? The gap between us and them today was clear for all to see. I don’t care how he got that point today, but under him we’re not going to progress. We have some very good players mixed into a very unbalanced squad with no defined strategy. But you can’t sack him based on recent results. January is a big opportunity for us to get in the 2 or 3 players we need that could transform this side. What’s Knapper thinking?

Are we certain it was Ipswich fans…

Leave Duffy alone

Only the same with us under Farke… don’t be precious.

He literally has no time on the ball. He isn’t a ball player.. he’s a forward that excels in a team on the front foot. He had a chemistry with Sargent… You have to understand the player Barnes is.. he’s getting criticism for the player fans think he should be.

Sutton the voice of reason.. getting more credit from Matty Holland!! 😅

That’s a result that. Don’t care how Wagner got it either. Well done boys!

Rowe and Sainz are very good players, but not progressive ball players. They want it, and look to be as direct as possible in as few touches as possible. We’ll struggle to dominate possession with players like this.. but the flip side is they can change a game in an instant.

Ipswich have plenty of options from the bench. We need a monumental performance second half.