If you hadn’t specified the Hirst penalty, I’d have given you a bonus point. I sat in Cobbold Block E yesterday, the block next to the away fans. It’s only the second time I’ve sat in that section. First time against Plymouth there weren’t that many away fans, so we didn’t really hear them. Different story with the Coventry support. They threw a few “2-0 and you still don’t sing” and a few songs about quiet home support. From where I sat, we couldn’t really hear the North Stand and Blue Action down the other end of the pitch. There was definitely singing from our fans, but due to distance and having the Cov fans right near us, you can understand why they thought Ipswich fans weren’t signing. Plus, when you’re 2-0 down as an away fan and home fans around you aren’t singing - you tend to single them out haha! I did enjoy Coventry’s “twist and shout” chant, something different - although it went on for about ten minutes! They had little to sing about on the pitch. It’s rare we get games where all four stands sing during the match. Apart from the Norwich games and a couple of the games late last season and at the start of this season. Football fans are fickle. I think a lot of Ipswich fans turn up with the expectation of seeing a win these days. That affects the atmosphere when we take an early lead. The cold weather probably didn’t help either. The second half was mostly us killing the game off, so that didn’t inspire much from the crowd. Although you could argue that shouldn’t be required. On leaving the ground, I must have heard several people moaning about conceding the late goal. What’s wrong with enjoying the journey? A win is a win. We’re second in the table nearing the halfway mark! Enjoy this for what it is, because we’ve not seen times like these for a little over two decades.
We are title contenders. That’s why conceding so many goals matters. Like it or not, we’ve got a sniff of Anfield, Old Trafford, Emirates and Etihad and from the position we are in at almost the half way mark, we don’t want to do yet another Joe Royle / Mick McCarthy and blow it.
We can believe Hampy, and I had us down for top 6, not competing at the top, some 17 pts off 7th place, 17 ffs!
