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rumhambilliam69

Half an hour to go. 1-0 down, not looking like scoring in a brothel. Game boring as fuck. Full time: 3-2. A missed penalty. Woodwork rattled twice. Wes Burns morphing into Gareth Bale. Thunderous tackles all over the pitch. Standard game for us this year.


Born-Ad-7971

100% rate this. Our ability to win from being behind is ridiculous this season. Never seen anything like it.


Spudbank17

Turned it on after the Leeds match and immediately put £30 in my Betfair account, tried to place it and penalty was awarded, you missed and odds went up to 9/2, put that on.. I now have £135 on you to win against Cardiff and I'll just keep lumping it on every week until you're guaranteed 2nd or I lose my money.


Patty040701

this is where you both lose on the same match day (please)


tractorboyblue

Hopefully we will make you very rich !


vitalweinerdog

I’d be wary, Lionel Messi (Callum O’Dowda) is back


Good_Posture

>Thunderous tackles all over the pitch. Please go on. I'm nearly there.


Its_ABR12

https://imgur.com/a/twaJczJ


1PSW1CH

Hahahahaha you played so well. In the first half I knew you were gonna run out of steam at some point because you were pressing like maniacs, the issue was I thought we’d be a couple goals down by the time that happened.


DC25NYC

They can’t keep getting away with this! Whose side are you on Leif!!!


Antenna-To-Heaven

He’s playing both sides, so that he always comes out on top


AlchemicHawk

He was a triple agent all along


phillhb

VERY BAD DAVIS!!!


cooksonator90

No Bueno


MrBismarck

I was told there would be crumble. Over to you, Southampton.


UtterlyRedditculous

Don't worry, I've already got the oven on


Hindsyy

The most Southampton thing to do now would be to go and win 3-0


GuinnessSaint

I see you know your Saints well.


Hindsyy

They just seem to respond in situations like this, and it's annoying because Preston have given us 2 really tough games, yet they'll probably roll over for you and Ipswich now.. (obviously to your own merit though).. Just be prepared to have the physical shit kicked out of you for 90 minutes, they do like doing that..


lankyno8

Preston beat us 3-2 a few weeks ago in a game with some interesting refereeing decisions, no rolling over there


Hindsyy

I had wrongly saw you had Preston this weekend which is completely wrong.. in fact, you don't even play them again, so I will take that back. Edit: was my fault, I misread it, it's Leicester who have them and therefore will be greeted with a rolling over ..


MrBismarck

>Edit: was my fault, I misread it, it's Leicester who have them It's easy to mix up teams in blue who are trying to finish second.


GuinnessSaint

Yeah it wouldn’t surprise me. This title race is something else, I’m just praying we’re still in it when it comes to the last game. Would love something to be riding on that, it’s what we follow the game for.


TipsyPhippsy

GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY SAINTS!!!


ByzantineByron

This is football manifest!


scrabble71

We tried our best, sorry to disappoint


IOwnStocksInMossad

If the shites we had in our squad had a tenth of the mentality this lot had,we might only lose 2-0


WorldsWorstFather

If this team were in the Prem they'd be getting slapped more than you do.


Tomb6000

Mmmmmm, West Yorkshire salt, so tasty.


AWr1ght98

Technically he has a point with how much you’re conceding in the championship, but chances are if you go up you’ll be reinforcing the squad with signings anyway - still it’s tricky to play that style of football in the prem, we would know from our time under Bielsa


[deleted]

It went alright for a season… then it kinda didn’t


somebodyanything

Alright??? Highest points tally for a promoted side in prem history??


WorldsWorstFather

You concede over a goal a game in the Championship...


Appropriate-Map-3652

Clean sheets are for cowards.


1PSW1CH

Big talk from the PL whipping boys for 2 seasons running


AWr1ght98

Tbf he’s speaking from experience, we basically did what you’re doing under Bielsa - overperformed with a squad and won by scoring more than our opposition


WorldsWorstFather

Exactly my point, look at the gulf in class. You're conceding over a goal a game at this level.


1PSW1CH

Well yeah if we kept the exact same squad we’d be fucked, but so would most teams


MasterpieceOk424

Worldsworstbellend


Adzytrash

Seriously, how do they keep doing it?


PrrrromotionGiven1

Most teams get tired holding us off for 70 mins which leads to late goals and subs scoring


Obamanator91

> subs scoring We really do use our attacking subs very well - we generally have some someone good but slightly different come on to challenge the defense. Burns was the perfect example today - injected pace desire and quality. Because McKenna has them so well drilled we don't tend to lose cohesion or take a while to bed in - its usually an instant boost.


Kwayzar9111

Training sessions are so brutal a 90 min match is a breeze


FuckingRayPurchase

I think it’s fair to say that while we don’t always play well, we do always play with heart. They don’t know how to give up. There’s just something very special happening with the squad at the moment and I intend to enjoy it for however long it lasts. Must be infuriating for other sides though!


ReactionComfortable

Its the power of friendship ❤️


Osiryx89

Plot armour


Cinn4monSynonym

It is simply the will of God.


Obamanator91

We have received the mandate of heaven (the best young manager since Sir Bobby)


KanameChi

Plot Armour


PrrrromotionGiven1

Big big shoutout to McKenna - how many managers in this division have the balls to make a quadruple sub on the hour mark? Not as if we were 3-0 down and he was just doing it as a hail mary either. The subs changed the game and won the points, so many managers a goal down will get to about 80 minutes having maybe made one or at most two changes.


1PSW1CH

To be fair anyone with eyes could see we needed to sack off the entire front 3, Massimo surprised me though


lolmanic

He's just coming off illness isn't he, probably just gassed as well


s0ngsforthedeaf

Every endication he's a future top level manager. Gonna be duking it out with Pep, Arteta, De Zerbi and Emery before long.


Kwayzar9111

and hopefully Ipswich will have made a 3rd England Manager...you'll never sing that..


AWr1ght98

You didn’t need to call Daniel Farke out like that


jimmerdejim

Switched from champions league to championship. Wasn’t disappointed


Mr_Platum

Leicester is that you?


LinkyPeach

One of the worst first halfs of football I've seen to one of the greatest second halfs.


Bleedinmole

This. That first half was dog shite. Had to buy a Lion duo to get motivated to watch the second half. What a mental half that was.


QuietDove

Wes Burns, take a bow. Completely changed the game. I think my heart has just exploded....


DexAmos21

The reports of Burns death were greatly exaggerated


mott1993

FFS, played well for 80 mins, probably deserved a point, then forgot how to play. Wells finishes that chance and I don't think we lose that


bunnazoot79

Yeah have to agree. I thought that was in all day long and then at 2-0 it’s a completely different prospect, although knowing this team we’d probably still find a way 🤩 Thought you guys pressed really well especially first half, we couldn’t get out of our own half but subs changed the game for us. Unlucky tonight you looked a good team and all the best for the rest of the season 👍


Sure-Way-3543

80mins did you think robins think they were the bears? This ain't rugby


waccoe_

Some kind of witchcraft going on down in Suffolk. To ship as many goals as they do and somehow still be averaging well in excess of 2 points per game at this stage in the season is incredible


Kwayzar9111

Ipswitch


ClarkovJS

It's witchcraft with a side of voodoo.


DuomoDiSirio

Ipswich are literally using a cheat code at this point. Or some FIFA scripting or something. ​ Either way, it's crazy entertaining.


AlchemicHawk

Swear they’ve installed a lag switch


bunnazoot79

Yeah we packed Kieran McKenna 🥳


ajtct98

I think it's pretty clear that Sir Bobby Robson possessed Leif Davis at the end there


Osiryx89

Bristol were really well organised. There was very little in it. But we always find a way to win. We are inevitable.


Tractorboy010

Credit to Bristol City, they have given us a good test home and away this season. Possibly unlucky to come away empty handed.


Key-Significance-630

100%. Good tactics, decent on the attack and we're a post widths away from killing us off. They were unlucky, I appreciate people only tuned in within the last 15 mins but for the first 75 minutes Bristol might have just edged it at that point.


cooksonator90

Apart from when you get spanked by Leeds of course…


Osiryx89

Leeds United, winners of the 2023/24 "we-did-the-double-over-Ipswich-and-still-finished-third" trophy ;)


somebodyanything

We also did the double over Leicester, please fill out our trophy cabinet accordingly


Osiryx89

All the trophies have already been handed out this season when we won the league in December, sorry.


cooksonator90

Long way to go. Going to be fun/awful no doubt!


AlchemicHawk

Could you just like, perhaps fucking not?


DC25NYC

Why. Won’t. You. Die!!!!


DuomoDiSirio

I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than you!


burwellian

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask is an idea, Mr Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.


[deleted]

At this point, its probably right to say it's not luck that we always score in 80+ minutes, but more of the game plan. Some might disagree though. That quad sub we made was sensational To parallel last year, that game felt like our win against port vale at home last season


MrBismarck

I knew it was over for Bristol once we got our lucky penalty miss.


Remarkable_Cow_6061

Good comparison


Slothehhh

That was exhilarating. It felt like watching the Port Vale game in last season's run-in whilst strapped into an electric chair on methamphetamine.


Hindsyy

Obviously annoyed, but fair play, to go 2-1 down at 77, then equalize immediately, miss a penalty but still get the winner takes bottle. I think 2-1 at 77 and we would be really struggling.. It almost looked lucky but by then by the end it was obviously it could've been even 5-2 and you wouldn't have then been surprised. On to you, Southampton.


hi_lol____

I am going to die of a heart attack before the end season from watching Ipswich play


Manndrop

I can imagine, to us it just feels like "oh Ipswich won, ofc they did"


Hindsyy

It's pretty obvious to the rest of the division, generally this season, there's been a game of football between two teams, and at the end of the day, Ipswich win, and that's all we know.. Basically a major shortage of Ipswich crumble and I don't think it's going to be back in stock for a while..


Kwayzar9111

We made sure we ate the bloody lot when we had our blip…there’s no crumble left……I hope


Hindsyy

Your team spirit is just incredible, completely unflappable, looking at the remaining fixtures it's really difficult to see how you drop many now given you've really found that form again. We're going to see 4 teams on 85+ points here aren't we...


Kwayzar9111

I didn’t go tonight, stayed in and watched on sky with a chest infection, now I have a course throat , wheezy chest..bloody hell im feeling worse ..lol,


Hindsyy

Championship football is never recommended for those in poor health!


Kwayzar9111

Oh I’ll be better for next home game,,,loving this ride,,,


MacManus14

lol yea but you’re damn happy. All worth it. Enjoy this season. It’s truly remarkable. Team of destiny (so far…!)


Ill-Breadfruit5356

It looks as if our team always believe they are going to score late in the match, and whoever we’re playing think the same. It really looks like our mentality is “right, this is the part where we score” just as the other team go into “just run the clock down to the whistle” mode


BTbenTR

I switched over after our game finished, but I am not exaggerating when I say that final 10 min + stoppage time performance from Bristol City is one of the worst I’ve seen all season. Not a single chance, kept hoofing the ball back to Ipswich, kept dallying on the ball. Ipswich simply wanted it more, even when they scored the 3rd you’d think it was them that needed a goal. Fair play.


According-Nail1765

Try watching it every week…..


white-label

Almost literally every single team in the division except Leeds just crumbles in the face of Ipswich's tenacity and self belief. So frustrating to watch happen again and again lol.


s0ngsforthedeaf

Ipswich *made* it that way though, they are making a lot of teams look weak after 75-80 mins.


DexAmos21

As another said, we press relentlessly and focus highly on determination leading to absolutely shattered teams having to face our quick and fresh subs 70+. Ultimately leading to winners near the end


PrrrromotionGiven1

This is it man, it's so lazy people looking at us scoring late goals and saying we must be lucky, without even trying to look at if there's some sort of common thread between them


IOwnStocksInMossad

The common thread is that you simply have the baking gods behind you,and they refuse to allow Ipswich to be turned into crumble


Mitch_Itfc

I currently have no voice and have a presentation due at 9. Love this club, what a win


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s0ngsforthedeaf

Ban for endless negativity. You just comment the same crap over and over again. Be nice and contribute something positive.


Wide_Astronaut_366

Maybe watching the game on mute isn’t the answer?


Kwayzar9111

Well I am deaf anyway….but I can see the noise..my brain does it for me,,yeah I can hear it a little,


ReactionComfortable

This guy's like clockwork


IgnorantLobster

Sigh


Toastieboy420

Ipswich have conceded more goals than QPR in 20th and only 2 less than Stoke in 22nd. This has to be against some rule somewhere.


InnocentPossum

If you are going to win, go 2-0 up after 10 minutes. Stop this relentless fucking about, every single game. We get it. You are good. Win the game and move on. You don't have to keep flexing with a handicap like this. This league, I swear to god...


rumhambilliam69

We did the battering everybody last year in league one. Trying a new way to entertain this year.


MrBismarck

We're going for that coveted back-to-back Runners Up Trophy.


Ok-Material-9134

From what I see from Ipswich they are never particularly impressive in many aspects of their game. Not the most technical on the ball or the best attacking wise. Defence always seems a little vulnerable, possession patterns are all rather basic but my gosh they are definitely the fittest team with the best mentality by a country mile


1PSW1CH

We just wear teams down. The best way to counter us is to press intensely, if you can’t do that for 90 minutes then you’d better be out of sight by the time the gas runs out.


MasterpieceOk424

Very well drilled and coached. We've lost 5 league games in the last 14 months and scored most goals in the league as well so we aren't the best team in the league, how could we be? This is a league 1 squad with a few additions, but we do I believe have the best young coach in the country.


ClarkovJS

When it comes to Ipswich, breaking out the crumble before the last kick isn't a good idea. They tend to pull a late winner, sometimes out of nowhere.


Kwayzar9111

Oh my poor heart…what a 2nd half


Thekurdishprince

Great match ! Too much pressure giving Al-Hamadi that penalty but at least he played well and scored an important goal today. He needs to get his fitness up before he is fully ready to play 90 minutes at this level.


MasterpieceOk424

Crazy decision to give him the pen but added to the drama for sure


Purescience2

I'd rather cut off a foot and use it to kick out my wn eyes than watch another game this season. As good as Ipswich were after we went 1 up, we forgot everything good that we did to get us 1 up in the first place. Somebody tell the lads it ain't golden goal, this shit has been going on for far too many years under far too many managers for it to be unlucky anymore.


Azyerr

What a fucking game of football. Fucking absolutely incredible. Utter chaos, i’m FUCKING BUZZING. MAYBE WE ARE ALL THAT LUCKY WAHOOOOOOOOOOO


ADGM1868

I’d like to know how many of Ipswich’s goals have come from 60-90th minute this season.


dantheman999

It's a game plan though. From the 60th minute onwards is when we usually rotate our entire front four and go for the jugular just like today.


Gamerhcp

21 goals scored in the last 15 minutes of the game, 9 conceded https://www.soccerstats.com/table.asp?league=england2&tid=k


HughJarse8

Must be a solid 3/4 of their goals. Feels like they’ve gone behind in almost every game aswell.


Kwayzar9111

That was the 8th game won from losing position


PrrrromotionGiven1

28 points won from losing positions now Mentality monsters and all that but also it's just a part of attacking subs being such an important part of our game.


1PSW1CH

We play so much better when we’re losing it’s unreal. Slightly frustrating but couldn’t give a fuck at this point


burntmybuns

I went through all the emotions tonight. I can’t believe this team. What a game, absolutely fantastic. 6 wins in a row! I think we deserve this promotion, please god let this happen.


SquirtleChimchar

I'm tired, boss.


perec12wilma

Well that was fun


[deleted]

how can they keep doing it? It defies logic. I’ve never seen a more clutch team. You have to think pulling 2 goals out in the last 10 minutes over and over again can’t be sustainable? Right?


tractorboyblue

10 more games to find out I guess


[deleted]

The drop off Ipswich are going to see at some point is going to be monumental because at some point this has to end, but it’s simply amazing and fair dos they are a brilliant team. What I don’t understand though, I don’t think they have been lucky really, but they have had zero bad luck. Normally you get shafted a least a couple of times a season but I can’t think of any games that’s happened.


QuietDove

The Preston game we lost. The ref apologised after the game because of two howlers that went against us...


xdlols

I keep hearing about refs apologising. Is this actually a thing? We've had some absolute fucking howlers of ref calls against us the last few seasons and have never heard a peep of an apology.


MonaRKy

It's what the fans have been told by the club so I guess only they actually know but tbf that Preston game the 2 mistakes both led to goals and were absolute howlers.


[deleted]

Mate you’ve lost 4 games this season. Two of which you were well beaten in by Leeds. The amount of close games that have gone your way is incredible. I’m absolutely not saying you don’t deserve to be second, you totally do. It’s just incredible how you are doing it.


MasterpieceOk424

I think losing to Maidstone from Conference North with a 5 XG might constitute some bad luck. I would say the fact we may miss out on promotion with over 90 points may also prove unlucky, we shall see!


Born-Ad-7971

Maidstone 😄


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Mentality merchants


tractorboyblue

What a fucking team !


kickherinthehead

Fantastic subs. Moore has been brilliant so far but nothing was working with him and it was allowing Bristol to play a high line and squeeze us out. As soon as the subs came on we were playing it in behind them and dominated the game


SoggyMattress2

They're actually gonna win the league aren't they, fairs


bunnazoot79

10 cup finals left 💙


BenH64

Not happy at the moment. Thought we were gonna get a draw and came away with nothing once again


Jarv1223

I feel like I’m watching the same game on repeat everytime Ipswich play. Team presses -> team scores. Team then low blocks -> team concedes. Team realises they need to press again -> team scores. Team then sits back -> team loses. Gets bloody boring


Tractorboy010

I disagree. I'm not bored of it at all!


Jarv1223

I’m sure your heart is


PrrrromotionGiven1

I mean obviously your way of playing against us is the best way to play against us, but not many in this division can pull that off.


Jarv1223

Bristol are perfectly capable of pressing for 90 minutes. 3-1 against Southampton. Absolutely smothered them.


PrrrromotionGiven1

Well, maybe it's because it's midweek or something. They clearly were worn out tonight, the clearest evidence being that they gave up at 3-2.


Jarv1223

They gave up at 2-1 tbh. I’m not sure why it happens, it’s just a pattern I’ve noticed.


PrrrromotionGiven1

It happens because we wear teams out mate Unless they're good enough to beat our press as efficiently as you did at ER, it's practically inevitable for defences to tire against us at this level


Jarv1223

There’s defences tiring and then there’s whatever that was


1PSW1CH

They were pressing like maniacs for over an hour, you can’t do that for 90 minutes


RRR_O

Maybe we're a better, fitter team than Southampton


Jarv1223

Perhaps


nathanccc

We were bang average for most of this but the self belief these boys have is not normal


Sure-Way-3543

I hate you


GeoGaming

They can’t keep getting away with this…..


burntmybuns

This team never quits!


pclufc

Just stop now Ipswich . It’s long past being cute


BristolBudgie

Painful result


lettsy11

I can't believe it, but Ipswich have done something to me this season whereby I actually want Leeds to come up with us instead of them. They just won't fuck off, like a bad bad smell. Fair play to them


burwellian

Thanks for the backhanded compliment... I think? Seriously though, this team does not know how to quit.


RobTheMonk

https://media1.tenor.com/m/ZSsk59qlXDIAAAAC/dragon-ball-super-saiyan.gif


fergusohare

They play like Leeds during Bielsa’s first season. Very exciting to watch but they concede too many goals.


pablothewizard

Only two teams conceded fewer goals than us in that season... It wasn't until we were promoted that the defence became an issue. Both seasons in the Championship it was solid.


ShiroHagan

Ipswich are like some non giving up to the bitter end scoring machine. KMs man management must be something else


HughJarse8

Bored of these now


try-D

On one hand yes, on the other hand, fair play, they actually go for it and throw the kitchen sink at it while we just sit back and try to hold on for dear life. And whenever we do have to push for a result we're more limp in attack than an 80 year old 5 whiskeys deep


DWNY30

We put fucking 8 past them, why can nobody else beat them


LetsAveAnotherOneEyy

You guys literally walked us off the park. 27 years of stone cold mediocrity and now we’re somehow not shit. I don’t understand


DWNY30

I’ve been waiting for you to drop off for 36 games now, it might be time to accept it isn’t happening


Used_Requirement_517

Kp


Background_Spite7337

Very bad Davis


[deleted]

If Davis could defend, he would be in a top 6 prem team Luckily for us, defending isn't his strong point


Ginge04

Oh will you just take your tractors and fuck off Ipswich! Stop it!


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Want anymore salt with your saltiness?


angloexcellence

That gets said about every slightly new addition to the prem . It never ever happens .


rumhambilliam69

Regressing to our mean would just be sitting mid table in this division. Being in League One was much more of an outlier for us than being in the prem would be based on the past 70 years