Am I right in reading that you think Ipswich will be battling for 6th at the end of the season??
I’ve heard a few opposition fans say similar and it baffles me. I’m very much a realist with all things ITFC and well aware we could fall off a cliff but nothing in the past 12 months would point toward that level of drop off in form.
Last season 69 points got you 6th place.. we sit on 58 points with 19 (NINETEEN) games to go…
We’ve lost 3 games all season. (only lost to 2 different clubs)
We would need to show form far worse than Rotherham between now and May to not hit 70 points.. I don’t think there is anything from the first 27 games (Large sample size) to suggest that
I would also point out that no side has ever got 90 points and not got promoted.. in normal circumstances we need 32 points from 19 which in itself would mean we could drop to 1.7ppg where we’re currently at 2.15ppg over the first 27 games..
Knowing Ipswich though I would probably predict that this season will be the highest ever points total for teams finishing 3rd & 4th.. much like L1 last season.. So 90 points might not even be enough, but I’m confident Ipswich will get close to 90, if not surpass it
I think you’ll finish 4th below us and Southampton, so to finish below you on that basis would mean 5th. I think we’ll be behind Southampton, they’re on fire.
Ipswich are 16th in the current form table, 7 points from 6 games and scoring only 5 goals. Repeat that over the next 7 games and you’ll probably be sitting 3rd to 4th.
Last 6 you’ve had 4 home games, next 6 you’ve got 4 away games, you’ll need to improve on goals scored.
You’ll also need big results against Leicester and WBA
Your stats are based on being 6th, forget that, 3rd or 6th is all the same, I agree you’ll make the play offs no matter what.
As for little old Ipswich, I don’t see you as little mainly because my first ever Leeds game was away at your ground in 81 (we lost 2-1) I was behind the goal in the Ipswich end when I believe you had the likes of Mariner, Butcher, Osman and Wark and you were the EUFA cup holders. To be honest, as a teenager then, I was looked after, my mates dad who took me, very few would mess with him and everyone behind the goal seemed to know him. The Leeds fans on that day, let’s say as an impressionable teenager I was disappointed in their behaviour.
I only really came in to rattle Spanish as he was enjoying himself on our forum a few weeks back. On your Sunderland match day thread
@Southcoastoldgaffer asked politely for me to leave you in peace, I liked the post and obliged.
I’m back as I was tagged for a reply, if you don’t like Leeds fans coming in here and giving it a bit, then you’ll need to ask Spanish to not stir the nest. For the record, we never mind opposition supporters coming over on the wind up, we actually have a laugh with quite a few of them.
I’ve no beef with Ipswich, I don’t hate them, I don’t mind their fans, we all have good and bad followers. My old work mate is an Ipswich fan, my old school mates dad took me to my first game.
