CosbehFox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 1 hour ago, Paninistickers said: If I were Leeds (or even Southampton), I'd still be relatively content. Their sights are firmly set on Ipswich. I'd have complete faith that Ipswich will wobble and can be caught. I don't think either of them -leeds or saints - gives us a second thought Ipswich will be laughing if they get past the next three games in a good shape. Leeds are back to being on the must win category - they lose on 23rd and we keep it up. It's some shift from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lcfc278 Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 On 13/12/2023 at 06:32, foxfanazer said: Maybe McKenna can hypnotise players to want to play for Ipswich. Oh wait.....that's Paul McKenna 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Paninistickers said: If I were Leeds (or even Southampton), I'd still be relatively content. Their sights are firmly set on Ipswich. I'd have complete faith that Ipswich will wobble and can be caught. I don't think either of them -leeds or saints - gives us a second thought Having spent far too much time lurking on both forums, neither of them are anywhere near content - consensus being that they would be content in a normal season, but not this one. Saints fans have pretty much given up on autos and accepted playoffs, they've started looking at the gap to 7th. Leeds fans, majority of them still think top 2 can be caught. Out of that, around half think only Ipswich will wobble, half think either us or Ipswich will. Apparently they have a terrible record in play offs and are convinced they will fail in them, so are very reluctant to accept 3rd. They absolutely still think of us as live score updates from our games get posted in their matchday threads. Edited 14 December 2023 by brucey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmt Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 Ipswich and Leeds both have horrible fixtures coming up. If Ipswich beat Leeds and we beat Ipswich we are going to be in a hell of a position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 What matches of ours will our African players miss? Cant be arsed checking myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev3939 Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 Just now, Nalis said: What matches of ours will our African players miss? Cant be arsed checking myself. I would imagine Millwall cup match, Cov (a), Ipswich (h), Swansea (h), Stoke (a) and maybe at a strech Watford (a) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 There's a good chance we go into the 24th game with a bigger gap over Leeds than total points dropped this season. That is mental and means Leeds will need to be near perfect in the second half of the season to catch us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 2 hours ago, Oasisedup said: "Relatively content" at being 10 and 12 pts off the automatics after 21 games. Relative to which teams? Rotherham? Stoke? And you'd be content because you have "complete faith" that a team that has shown very few signs of wobbling (and has in fact achieved the second highest points total after this many games) will wobble and can be caught? Not for me, Clive. We have a PL team, PL players on PL wages....and it's tough for us Ipswich's form is so good it's unrealistic. They just haven't got the players to maintain it. We have got the players, and I don't think even we can maintain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oasisedup Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 33 minutes ago, Paninistickers said: We have a PL team, PL players on PL wages....and it's tough for us Ipswich's form is so good it's unrealistic. They just haven't got the players to maintain it. We have got the players, and I don't think even we can maintain it. It might be surprising, but it isn't unrealistic because it has literally happened. They have sustained it over a long enough period now to be taken seriously and the last few games have convinced me they aren't going anywhere. I would be pretty concerned if I was a fan of Leeds or Saints. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 Both us and Ipswich are well on course to be promoted by early April 2024. It’s easy to be dismissive of Ipswich but they are a well run club, they have a manager that I thought was heading our way after we dismissed Rodgers. Ipswich are not an anomaly, they scored over a 100 goals last season lost the fewest league games scored the most and conceded the fewest I know league one to the championship is a step up but they were imo with form and momentum capable pre this season of being playoff contenders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langston Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 2 minutes ago, Happy Fox said: They scored over a 100 goals last season lost the fewest league games scored the most and conceded the fewest I know league one to the championship is a step up but they were imo with form and momentum capable pre this season of being playoff contenders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KrefelderFox666 Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 1 hour ago, Paninistickers said: We have a PL team, PL players on PL wages....and it's tough for us Ipswich's form is so good it's unrealistic. They just haven't got the players to maintain it. We have got the players, and I don't think even we can maintain it. 2016 just called... 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 3 hours ago, Oasisedup said: "Relatively content" at being 10 and 12 pts off the automatics after 21 games. Relative to which teams? Rotherham? Stoke? And you'd be content because you have "complete faith" that a team that has shown very few signs of wobbling (and has in fact achieved the second highest points total after this many games) will wobble and can be caught? Not for me, Clive. Ipswich will push us all the way. There's a reason we were after McKenna before we got Maresca - he's a brilliant manager. The only team capable of denying us promotion is Leeds - as long as we finish above them, we'll go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Foxed Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 1 hour ago, Paninistickers said: We have a PL team, PL players on PL wages....and it's tough for us Ipswich's form is so good it's unrealistic. They just haven't got the players to maintain it. We have got the players, and I don't think even we can maintain it. pl in the sense we'd be just above relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 14 December 2023 Author Share Posted 14 December 2023 36 minutes ago, Out Foxed said: pl in the sense we'd be just above relegation. Not look at the state of the Premier League this season. Still a tragedy that we are even in this league with the quality of players we had at our disposal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Out Foxed Posted 14 December 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 14 December 2023 sorry, but i disagree. i think people are massively overrating how we'd do with this team and style of play in the Prem. we need major upgrades if we get promoted. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXSE Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 1 minute ago, Out Foxed said: sorry, but i disagree. i think people are massively overrating how we'd do with this team and style of play in the Prem. we need major upgrades if we get promoted. He said 'had at our disposal'. We would definitely need upgrades on the current first team and squad if we are going to challenge for top 4 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: There's a good chance we go into the 24th game with a bigger gap over Leeds than total points dropped this season. That is mental and means Leeds will need to be near perfect in the second half of the season to catch us. We've dropped 11 points all season and Leeds are currently 11 points behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 15 minutes ago, Out Foxed said: sorry, but i disagree. i think people are massively overrating how we'd do with this team and style of play in the Prem. we need major upgrades if we get promoted. Enzo knows this but brighton have managed to play this style with several players who wouldnt have been considered up to it before potter got his hands on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 2 hours ago, KrefelderFox666 said: 2016 just called... Except we had the players. Three players who'd have made any team in the world that season. And another two or three that were performing at champions league level standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzFOX Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 Maybe it’s a good thing Ipswich are breathing down are necks! It keeps the momentum going and players sense this so they should be motivated to keep winning games without Enzo having to say so. COYF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 15 minutes ago, Paninistickers said: Except we had the players. Three players who'd have made any team in the world that season. And another two or three that were performing at champions league level standards We were also playing in the Premier League against vastly superior opposition. You don't need world class or even Champions League-level players to get promoted from the Championship. The players Ipswich have are good enough to get promoted and they have an excellent manager. I expect them to push us all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 Fancy us to do Ipswich on Boxing Day like we did Burnley away in 2013/14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMike Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 31 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Fancy us to do Ipswich on Boxing Day like we did Burnley away in 2013/14 Exactly this ( Chris Wood's worldie at Turf Moor I believe?) Also Steve Howard's last minute header at Leeds was a similiar scenario? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg_fried_rice Posted 14 December 2023 Share Posted 14 December 2023 And Peterborough 2008 where we won 4-0. But Burnley was away - as is this game against Ipswich - and of course it was against Sean 'pound notes' Dyche, making it extra special. Ipswich will not sit back, and I think it'll suit us. Looking forward to it already! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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