As Kevin Keegan Said

[Shed on tour]

I will love it if we beat them. Love it.

Canaries’ Thoughts on ITFC and the Game

“What’s the largest-ever two-match aggregate winning margin in play-off history?”, “We’ll give them a right seeing-to, one to tell the grandkids about”, “A win will not be enough. There must be a demolition derby – at least 9-2 is the minimum. Bragging rights must come with humiliation.”

“Someone asked, ‘I didn’t know you could get a bye into the play-off final’.” City’s win over Fulham on Saturday coupled with the news that we would play them has boosted fans’ confidence no end. “I feel that we could walk away with a two-goal lead in the first leg”, “We can handle Ipswich.”

“Will we need to get out of second gear against Ipswich?”, “Save it for the final. We may even be able to rest players for the home leg”, “If the midfield can get at Tommy Smith the game is in the bag. It would be almost impossible to not score at least two against them over three hours.”

“We’ll do Ipswich over two legs easily. I can’t wait”, “I’m ridiculously confident”, “The most exciting draw and the weakest team we could face”, “We beat them the last gazillion times we have played”, “We can beat them twice in a week in a semi-final”, “One of the biggest matches in our history.”

Preparing For Wembley

“Calling all London based Canaries. Wembley Stadium, be there”, “Does anyone know how many tickets each club gets for the play-off final? Making an assumption of a Norwich – Middlesbrough final, their average crowd is only 20,000.”

Some Canaries are planning ahead early. “Now that we have effectively been given a bye, what will the price range roughly be for the final at Wembley?”, “If we play Brentford will we get a bigger allocation or would they just remain unsold?”, “It would be great if we could take 50,000 there.”

“I haven’t been to the new Wembley, but I always drive to Cockfosters tube station and park there and then get the tube. Is this still a good idea? I want to make the journey as painless as possible”, “The car park is dramatically reduced in size due to the new stadium being built.”

The Ipswich Playing Style

“If Ipswich went to the Premier League they would get destroyed. They would have to replace virtually their whole team”, “We cannot compromise to Ipswich’s total joke of a footballing style”, “At the moment they are a nothing club playing backwards football”, “They are frightened of us.”

Many Canaries have written off our perceived style of play. “Ipswich are being carried by Murphy having the season of a lifetime. They are nothing more than an eighties-style hoof-and-hope team”, “I would rather play Ipswich in this form. They are a shambles defensively.”

“Sears and perhaps Murphy apart, they have very little in the way of quality”, “Sears is the bargain buy of the season, but that is saying a lot because Ipswich are p*ss-poor”, “Do they have a Plan B? Hoofball hasn’t worked against us so far”, “The real test will be in the game after at Wembley.”

[Quasar]

seems to me they are really sh1tting themselves and need to say that hype just to be a little less scared.

Daft Webbed People

[phily bon bon]

well when their manager was also very disrespectful you cant expect much from those inbreeds either. Really really really cocky twats the most of them. I would never be so disrespectful to any side making the play-offs.

They have lots of undoubted quaility but whom knows what will happen.

Blue army forever

[marko69]

Must have missed that one, PBB. What did Alex Neil say that was disrespectful? Tried googling an answer, got nothing.

They sound like complete tossers though! ....., "a bye to the final!" Arseholes.

[arana peligrosa]

I will love it if we beat them. Love it.

Canaries’ Thoughts on ITFC and the Game

“What’s the largest-ever two-match aggregate winning margin in play-off history?”, “We’ll give them a right seeing-to, one to tell the grandkids about”, “A win will not be enough. There must be a demolition derby – at least 9-2 is the minimum. Bragging rights must come with humiliation.”

“Someone asked, ‘I didn’t know you could get a bye into the play-off final’.” City’s win over Fulham on Saturday coupled with the news that we would play them has boosted fans’ confidence no end. “I feel that we could walk away with a two-goal lead in the first leg”, “We can handle Ipswich.”

“Will we need to get out of second gear against Ipswich?”, “Save it for the final. We may even be able to rest players for the home leg”, “If the midfield can get at Tommy Smith the game is in the bag. It would be almost impossible to not score at least two against them over three hours.”

“We’ll do Ipswich over two legs easily. I can’t wait”, “I’m ridiculously confident”, “The most exciting draw and the weakest team we could face”, “We beat them the last gazillion times we have played”, “We can beat them twice in a week in a semi-final”, “One of the biggest matches in our history.”

Preparing For Wembley

“Calling all London based Canaries. Wembley Stadium, be there”, “Does anyone know how many tickets each club gets for the play-off final? Making an assumption of a Norwich – Middlesbrough final, their average crowd is only 20,000.”

Some Canaries are planning ahead early. “Now that we have effectively been given a bye, what will the price range roughly be for the final at Wembley?”, “If we play Brentford will we get a bigger allocation or would they just remain unsold?”, “It would be great if we could take 50,000 there.”

“I haven’t been to the new Wembley, but I always drive to Cockfosters tube station and park there and then get the tube. Is this still a good idea? I want to make the journey as painless as possible”, “The car park is dramatically reduced in size due to the new stadium being built.”

The Ipswich Playing Style

“If Ipswich went to the Premier League they would get destroyed. They would have to replace virtually their whole team”, “We cannot compromise to Ipswich’s total joke of a footballing style”, “At the moment they are a nothing club playing backwards football”, “They are frightened of us.”

Many Canaries have written off our perceived style of play. “Ipswich are being carried by Murphy having the season of a lifetime. They are nothing more than an eighties-style hoof-and-hope team”, “I would rather play Ipswich in this form. They are a shambles defensively.”

“Sears and perhaps Murphy apart, they have very little in the way of quality”, “Sears is the bargain buy of the season, but that is saying a lot because Ipswich are p*ss-poor”, “Do they have a Plan B? Hoofball hasn’t worked against us so far”, “The real test will be in the game after at Wembley.”

Where is your source to substantiate any of this. Could be something anyone could fabricate. No link to suggest anything has been said other than what's presented here.

In any event whatever was said isn't going to mean much on the two occasions in question. Just derby / neighborhood slings and arrows before a game that aren't going to make any f**king difference when the two teams go out this weekend.

Ok they may well start as favorites and possibly of the four teams involved they may just be best equipped for a return to the premier league but until a week or two has passed no-one will be any the wiser.

Seems Norwich can talk the talk, but can they walk the walk. We'll see soon enough.

[marko69]

It's in the TWTD thing, Saint. Hallam posted the entire article in another thread.

"Scums thoughts........." Thread

[Bluemike]

It sums up what they are, for team that has won f*ck all I suppose beating their far more successful neighbours a few times recently does constitute something to crow about, over confidence is a dangerous trait and I hope it bites them on the arse big time. They go in depth about how p*ss poor we are etc and yet but for a offside goal they wouldnt have broke us down last time they came to PR so I am not sure what it says about them tbh.

I have never wanted to win a game more than I want this one, at one time I had some respect for a few of their fans but that has recently gone out of the window since their sheer arrogance and self indulgent cockiness came to the fore when they started creeping back in to the top six, from total silence after Christmas to crowing from the roof tops about how good they are again, they make me sick to be blunt. As has been said I cant believe the inbreds would be so disrespectful to their opposition, they did it against Middlesbrough too a couple of weeks back and if god forbid we don't get through I hope to god Boro slap them at Wembley, assuming of course they actually find their way never having seen the place before.

[Shed on tour]

It sums up what they are, for team that has won f*ck all I suppose beating their far more successful neighbours a few times recently does constitute something to crow about, over confidence is a dangerous trait and I hope it bites them on the arse big time. They go in depth about how p*ss poor we are etc and yet but for a offside goal they wouldnt have broke us down last time they came to PR so I am not sure what it says about them tbh.

I have never wanted to win a game more than I want this one, at one time I had some respect for a few of their fans but that has recently gone out of the window since their sheer arrogance and self indulgent cockiness came to the fore when they started creeping back in to the top six, from total silence after Christmas to crowing from the roof tops about how good they are again, they make me sick to be blunt. As has been said I cant believe the inbreds would be so disrespectful to their opposition, they did it against Middlesbrough too a couple of weeks back and if god forbid we don't get through I hope to god Boro slap them at Wembley, assuming of course they actually find their way never having seen the place before.

Mike
Totally agree with your comments.
Tbh I just hope that if it looks like they are going to get to Wembley we do to them what they did to us in the Milk Cup semi-final in 85 when they kicked us off the park.

[hallamblue]

Scum fans have always been arrogant tossas. They are very inward looking County andbtheg believe their own local tv station's hype about their standing in football. Thry misguidedly think the football world revolves around them. In truth they are a tin pot club in every sense, and any club that lists which round of a cup competition they manage to reach, as an " honour" demonstrates how small and insignificant in the football world they are. Frankly if Town had ever done such a thing , Id have been totally embarrassed.

The derby bragging rights STILL belong to Town despite their recent wins, such is our dominance, but as you say, it is a big thing to them, to beat their far more successful Regional Club.

At least people have heard of us outside of East Anglia !

[marko69]

The level of hatred towards them due to their arrogance is to be expected. But, God forbid, if ITFC are significantly gubbed, that hatred will rise to another level. I say this because this is arguably the biggest set of games between the clubs in the modern game......, it's not league Shyte....... It's two Cup Finals.

I personally believe there is a fine line between being like Mr Disco, (extremely positive) and the people who worry about this. The next two games are MASSIVE! Yes, be positive, "KICK THEIR YELLOW ARSES, ITFC," etc etc, ........ BUT......, flipside, please don't f*ck this up. (Worry worry worry!)

Hope all if you lucky enough to be there, enjoy the day.

PS; did disco win the election......., you all getting a free beer tomorrow?

[phily bon bon]

Must have missed that one, PBB. What did Alex Neil say that was disrespectful? Tried googling an answer, got nothing.

They sound like complete tossers though! ....., "a bye to the final!" Arseholes.

When asked about the teams chasing promotion he mentioned all but as. Never even mentioned us,though we had been in the top six all season. Arogent little ugly man,and as Mick said at the time disengenorous towards us.

[arana peligrosa]

Must have missed that one, PBB. What did Alex Neil say that was disrespectful? Tried googling an answer, got nothing.

They sound like complete tossers though! ....., "a bye to the final!" Arseholes.

When asked about the teams chasing promotion he mentioned all but as. Never even mentioned us,though we had been in the top six all season. Arogent little ugly man,and as Mick said at the time disengenorous towards us.

How could their manager be disingenuous towards the club if he's never given us a mention ?

Former Blues manager George Burley has had his say on tomorrows encounter also :

Both teams have had their ups and downs this season and both are there on merit. Now it’s a case of may the best team win,” said Burley, the Scot very much part of Ipswich folklore having made close to 400 appearances for the club during the halcyon days of the 70s and 80s.

“The play-offs are so unpredictable. I’ve been there and I know that everything goes out of the window. It’s a clean slate for all teams.

“Current form, the league results between the two sides, where each team finished in the table, the derby element, who is home second – none of that matters now.

“Ipswich weren’t favourites for promotion at the start of the season and have proved a lot of people wrong. Norwich were among the favourites and missed out on automatic promotion.

“I don’t think you can have favourites for these sort of games though. At this stage it comes down to who plays well on the day, a slice of luck or a decision going your way.

“I would say this is a 50/50 tie. I really do think it could go either way. And I just hope it is Ipswich that go through.”

Having lost play-off semi-finals with Ipswich in three consecutive seasons (97-99), twice missing out on the now defunct away goals rule, Burley finally led the Blues to Wembley glory with a scintillating 4-2 win over Barnsley in 2000.

Later in his career he suffered Championship play-off semi-final disappointment with both Derby and Southampton, the latter on penalties.

“It was such a good feeling to finally do it with Ipswich,” said Burley. “Losing play-off matches is not a good feeling. It’s a real test of character to regroup and go again.

“Everyone just has to try and enjoy it. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. Mick would get everyone going again next season just as we had to keep dusting ourselves down after all those near misses.

“No-one in that camp will even be considering failure though. I can’t see anything being decided by the end of the first leg. I think it will all be to play for at Carrow Road

[Charnwood]

Thanks for that post SJ, a very interesting and balanced read a good to hear from George Burley who over the years was a great servant to Ipswich Town.

I can't believe it's 15yrs since we beat Barnsley in the play off final which was my last trip to Wembley (other than to see Bruce Springsteen & Celine Dion) ... it's about time I went back to watch our football team.

Let's hope our match tomorrow is as close as Thursday's Election which was expected to be a close call, I feel a surprise coming on this afternoon with Town doing to Norwich what Cameron did to Delia Smith's Labour Party, whooping their arses.

Town 2-0 Norwich.

PS. FFS Tommy Smith, take some concentration pills before the game please.

[marko69]

Celine Dion? Holy f*ck, mate....., did you lose a bet or something?