| Fan divide 17:46 - Apr 21 with 6246 views | RogerOsporn |
Took a few people in corporate today, sat below the Villa fans. I have to say with all the bickering and arguing today, I’m so proud of our fans today. I’m a season ticket holder in SBRL and even sitting below their fans, throughout the whole game all we could hear was Ipswich. 4-0 down and our fans singing their hearts out, the Villa fans we were with have just left us stating how impressed they are with our fans for getting behind the boys despite the score line.
Even when Folami knocked the ball out of play by a heavy touch, you could see the whole of the SBR stand get to their feet and applaud his effort for trying to beat a man and be positive thinking.
Despite all the bickering, disagreements; I’m such a proud Ipswich fan going home this evening. |  |
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| Fan divide on 18:09 - Apr 21 with 6072 views | monty_radio |
I think that those final minutes of continuous singing were scenes not so frequently found anywhere and that it tells the "be careful what....." mob something, especially those dozen-a-dime pundits. It said to me, "we've got our club back", and that's something you can't get a handle on unless you've been here in the pit of dulness and despair. |  |
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| Fan divide on 18:14 - Apr 21 with 6009 views | RogerOsporn |
| Fan divide on 18:09 - Apr 21 by monty_radio |
I think that those final minutes of continuous singing were scenes not so frequently found anywhere and that it tells the "be careful what....." mob something, especially those dozen-a-dime pundits. It said to me, "we've got our club back", and that's something you can't get a handle on unless you've been here in the pit of dulness and despair. |
To me, (I hope) it was a ‘As fans we’ve disagreed, we’ve seen good, bad times, argued, fought and bickered amongst ourselves; but now we can all be one again and support our beloved club’. | |
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| Fan divide on 18:16 - Apr 21 with 5991 views | longtimefan |
| Fan divide on 18:09 - Apr 21 by monty_radio |
I think that those final minutes of continuous singing were scenes not so frequently found anywhere and that it tells the "be careful what....." mob something, especially those dozen-a-dime pundits. It said to me, "we've got our club back", and that's something you can't get a handle on unless you've been here in the pit of dulness and despair. |
Pity those same people didn’t support the team, regardless of manager, when there was something at stake earlier in the year, rather than leave it till we were 4-0 down in a meaningless match  | | | |
| Fan divide on 18:18 - Apr 21 with 5980 views | RogerOsporn |
| Fan divide on 18:16 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
Pity those same people didn’t support the team, regardless of manager, when there was something at stake earlier in the year, rather than leave it till we were 4-0 down in a meaningless match |
People like you don’t help... | |
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| Fan divide on 18:22 - Apr 21 with 5945 views | Garv |
| Fan divide on 18:16 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
Pity those same people didn’t support the team, regardless of manager, when there was something at stake earlier in the year, rather than leave it till we were 4-0 down in a meaningless match |
There is an element of 'support the team' but on the flip side you can't just fake enjoyment. |  |
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| Fan divide on 18:24 - Apr 21 with 5917 views | longtimefan |
| Fan divide on 18:18 - Apr 21 by RogerOsporn |
People like you don’t help... |
So you don’t think that kind of support might have tipped the scales in our way earlier in the season in games that finished 0-0. | | | |
| Fan divide on 18:27 - Apr 21 with 5894 views | longtimefan |
| Fan divide on 18:22 - Apr 21 by Garv |
There is an element of 'support the team' but on the flip side you can't just fake enjoyment. |
Did you enjoy today? I didn’t. | | | |
| Fan divide on 18:29 - Apr 21 with 5871 views | Garv |
| Fan divide on 18:27 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
Did you enjoy today? I didn’t. |
I didn't go. The point is no one has enjoyed it for 3 seasons and now something has been done about it. That's the reason for such positivity. | |
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| Fan divide on 18:29 - Apr 21 with 5865 views | RonFearonsHair |
| Fan divide on 18:24 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
So you don’t think that kind of support might have tipped the scales in our way earlier in the season in games that finished 0-0. |
You're right.
But there are only so many times you can see a potential attack stalled by one of our own players trapping the ball, turning their back to the goal we are attacking before playing it backwards and still maintain enthusiasm. |  | | |
| Fan divide on 18:38 - Apr 21 with 5800 views | powinswitch |
| Fan divide on 18:24 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
So you don’t think that kind of support might have tipped the scales in our way earlier in the season in games that finished 0-0. |
You might be right. But then the manager stated clearly if we were to sing for a player, he would probably not bring him on. It wasn’t often that we were singing for defensive midfielders, but that manager seemed to find a place for them.
The rest of this season is meaningless. The future could be bright. The fans were singing to tell the players we still love this club. In fact I love it a little more than I did earlier in the season, as I feel there is hope going forward. I haven’t felt like that for maybe two anD a half years. Maybe a little less, but it’s it just feels like longer.
Mick wasn’t a bad man. In fact he was a good man, who had done his best work some time ago. Bu5 he is not the club. Nor is anybody. The club is more than any one or anything. I support the club. | | | |
| Fan divide on 18:42 - Apr 21 with 5772 views | RogerOsporn |
| Fan divide on 18:24 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
So you don’t think that kind of support might have tipped the scales in our way earlier in the season in games that finished 0-0. |
Think you’re missing the point. The amount of negativity, and awful few months as a club we’ve had; something’s finally been done about it and it’s time to move on.
Stop trying to find a negative in absolutely everything. | |
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| Fan divide on 19:26 - Apr 21 with 5565 views | longtimefan |
| Fan divide on 18:42 - Apr 21 by RogerOsporn |
Think you’re missing the point. The amount of negativity, and awful few months as a club we’ve had; something’s finally been done about it and it’s time to move on.
Stop trying to find a negative in absolutely everything. |
It’s not being negative to have wished our supporters could have risen above the negativity of the Manager and just supported the team during matches. I absolutely detested Roy Keene, never ever wanted him anywhere near this club, but it didn’t stop me going to every game and supporting the team. | | | |
| Fan divide on 19:27 - Apr 21 with 5561 views | textbackup |
| Fan divide on 18:22 - Apr 21 by Garv |
There is an element of 'support the team' but on the flip side you can't just fake enjoyment. |
my wife seems to manage it |  |
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| Fan divide on 19:32 - Apr 21 with 5517 views | Wickets |
| Fan divide on 18:27 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
Did you enjoy today? I didn’t. |
Did you sing your heart out today , have you been singing your heart out all season or do you think its just others who should be doing that? I did not enjoy the result today but the support made the defeat a bit easier to take IMO. |  | | |
| Fan divide on 19:53 - Apr 21 with 5455 views | HennikerBlu |
| Fan divide on 19:32 - Apr 21 by Wickets |
Did you sing your heart out today , have you been singing your heart out all season or do you think its just others who should be doing that? I did not enjoy the result today but the support made the defeat a bit easier to take IMO. |
Good post. The atmosphere is the responsibility of all fans to provide, if they so wish.
And yes I did! | | | |
| Fan divide on 20:01 - Apr 21 with 5418 views | HennikerBlu |
| Fan divide on 19:27 - Apr 21 by textbackup |
my wife seems to manage it |
Thanks that made me chuckle, You cant beat a bit off self-deprecation :)) | | | |
| Fan divide on 20:15 - Apr 21 with 5378 views | Bent_double |
I've just got back home from the game and was going to start a new thread about the excellent noise coming from our lot, but saw your thread and couldn't agree more!
I was sat right at the front, lower SBR, and the singing, chanting coming from all around the stand sounded magnificent - sounds like it carried well too.
Terrible result, but great afternoon, sitting in the sunshine watching my football team, and a beautiful drive back to dreary Norfok through the Suffolk countryside to boot. |  |
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| Fan divide on 20:29 - Apr 21 with 5305 views | Trequartista |
What has happened to change the atmosphere so drastically? |  |
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| Fan divide on 21:08 - Apr 21 with 5184 views | Ely_Blue |
| Fan divide on 18:24 - Apr 21 by longtimefan |
So you don’t think that kind of support might have tipped the scales in our way earlier in the season in games that finished 0-0. |
No that was the job of the manager to instruct the players to do so you idiot, you obviously didnt witness the ineptitude of the displays against Burton and Sheff Utd to name but 2 |  |
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| Fan divide on 22:38 - Apr 21 with 5029 views | longtimefan |
| Fan divide on 21:08 - Apr 21 by Ely_Blue |
No that was the job of the manager to instruct the players to do so you idiot, you obviously didnt witness the ineptitude of the displays against Burton and Sheff Utd to name but 2 |
So you think the support plays no part - very weird. Why do fans cheer and sing then if it’s all to no avail. And for your information I did go to those two games - they were precisely the games i was thinking of where maybe, just maybe, decent support might just have made the difference in two inept performances. | | | |
| Fan divide on 22:45 - Apr 21 with 4994 views | Felstow1978 |
| Fan divide on 18:22 - Apr 21 by Garv |
There is an element of 'support the team' but on the flip side you can't just fake enjoyment. |
The ex could | |
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| Fan divide on 00:46 - Apr 22 with 4818 views | britbiker |
| Fan divide on 20:15 - Apr 21 by Bent_double |
I've just got back home from the game and was going to start a new thread about the excellent noise coming from our lot, but saw your thread and couldn't agree more!
I was sat right at the front, lower SBR, and the singing, chanting coming from all around the stand sounded magnificent - sounds like it carried well too.
Terrible result, but great afternoon, sitting in the sunshine watching my football team, and a beautiful drive back to dreary Norfok through the Suffolk countryside to boot. |
I witnessed a lot of crap over the years, but today's support was nothing to do with the game. We were very poor as a team, but It felt like the support was a message to the owner to show that we care if only we can be given something to get behind. Im not expecting a championship winning team ( although that would be nice), but just something to build on. |  | | |
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