| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends 23:13 - Dec 2 with 1720 views | Simonds92 |
We are the best team in this league, comfortably imo. Its just very Ipswich to find a way to not capitalise on the domination we've had in 90% of our games. |  | | |  |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:14 - Dec 2 with 1696 views | FromReuserWithLove |
EXACTLY this. |  | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:15 - Dec 2 with 1682 views | FrimleyBlue |
how are we the best team? this keeps getting mentioned, but why are we the best team? most expensively put together in league 1? maybe. but there could be 2 teams above us tomorrow, so best is stretching it imo. |  |
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:17 - Dec 2 with 1661 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:15 - Dec 2 by FrimleyBlue |
how are we the best team? this keeps getting mentioned, but why are we the best team? most expensively put together in league 1? maybe. but there could be 2 teams above us tomorrow, so best is stretching it imo. |
Statistically we are the best team in the league. Looking at goals scored, Possession, chance creation, essentially every positive stat, we are top of in league one.
But as you rightly point out, if you dont win those games, it dont really matter. We need a strong January, strengthen from a strong position and we will be ok. But im very worried about December tbh. |  |
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:21 - Dec 2 with 1614 views | strikalite |
Ha, you've at least made me smile tonight, you just know how the final chapter ends.. |  | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:41 - Dec 2 with 1524 views | FrimleyBlue |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:17 - Dec 2 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
Statistically we are the best team in the league. Looking at goals scored, Possession, chance creation, essentially every positive stat, we are top of in league one.
But as you rightly point out, if you dont win those games, it dont really matter. We need a strong January, strengthen from a strong position and we will be ok. But im very worried about December tbh. |
I get what you're saying, but stats don't win you promotion.
The best sides get more points than the others, wycombe were 24th in various league 1 stats yet still got promoted.. they were the best whilst being the worst. | |
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:51 - Dec 2 with 1488 views | RonFearonsHair |
I'm not convinced it's a 3 horse race. I have a nagging feeling that one of the places will be taken by a team that's not even in the top 3 at the moment. |  | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:55 - Dec 2 with 1464 views | Simonds92 |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:41 - Dec 2 by FrimleyBlue |
I get what you're saying, but stats don't win you promotion.
The best sides get more points than the others, wycombe were 24th in various league 1 stats yet still got promoted.. they were the best whilst being the worst. |
You don't always get what you deserve (although today we got exactly what we deserved). I haven't seen another team dominate games in the way we do and statistically we are the best team. I think we can justifiably also say that very poor refereeing decisions have cost us at least 4 more points and given 1 to Wednesday. | | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 07:28 - Dec 3 with 1296 views | CornishMariner |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:51 - Dec 2 by RonFearonsHair |
I'm not convinced it's a 3 horse race. I have a nagging feeling that one of the places will be taken by a team that's not even in the top 3 at the moment. |
If they win their game in hand Barnsley are only 6 points behind. Nobody seems to be mentioning them but they have now won their last 4 home games. Three more draws from us and they could be equal on points or certainly very close with half the season left.
This is definitely our difficult month and a real test for the boss. A lot of teams go through this but the past few years have seen us not get out of such ruts quickly enough. Hopefully this year is different but for the next couple of days, at least, I am not optimistic. |  |
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 07:54 - Dec 3 with 1254 views | Chrisd |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 23:15 - Dec 2 by FrimleyBlue |
how are we the best team? this keeps getting mentioned, but why are we the best team? most expensively put together in league 1? maybe. but there could be 2 teams above us tomorrow, so best is stretching it imo. |
You’re right Frimmers, the stats might say otherwise, but after 20 games that really is a good indicator and currently we are 2nd and could be 3rd after this weekend’s results and that’s the most important stat, regardless what all the other ones say. The league certainly doesn’t lie after that amount of games. Until we find a way to convert our chances our games will remain unnecessarily close ala last night. [Post edited 3 Dec 2022 7:56]
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 10:00 - Dec 3 with 1109 views | Simonds92 |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 07:54 - Dec 3 by Chrisd |
You’re right Frimmers, the stats might say otherwise, but after 20 games that really is a good indicator and currently we are 2nd and could be 3rd after this weekend’s results and that’s the most important stat, regardless what all the other ones say. The league certainly doesn’t lie after that amount of games. Until we find a way to convert our chances our games will remain unnecessarily close ala last night. [Post edited 3 Dec 2022 7:56]
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It does though doesn't it. Fleetwood are 17th in the league on account of the number of draws they have had. They've been better than a number of teams we've played this season but who are above them in the league. We would currently be sat 7 points ahead of Wednesday if it wasn't for standout awful refereeing. All this 'it evens itself out over a season' is rubbish imo but if it's true we're owed an absolute minimum of 4 points in the second half of the season. | | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 13:27 - Dec 3 with 997 views | Chrisd |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 10:00 - Dec 3 by Simonds92 |
It does though doesn't it. Fleetwood are 17th in the league on account of the number of draws they have had. They've been better than a number of teams we've played this season but who are above them in the league. We would currently be sat 7 points ahead of Wednesday if it wasn't for standout awful refereeing. All this 'it evens itself out over a season' is rubbish imo but if it's true we're owed an absolute minimum of 4 points in the second half of the season. |
The fact is we aren’t. The officiating excuse is really lame, because I’m sure every club in this league could say they have had decisions that have cost them points this season. The fact is the league doesn’t lie, you deserve to be where you are after 20 games. | |
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| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 13:46 - Dec 3 with 968 views | Simonds92 |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 13:27 - Dec 3 by Chrisd |
The fact is we aren’t. The officiating excuse is really lame, because I’m sure every club in this league could say they have had decisions that have cost them points this season. The fact is the league doesn’t lie, you deserve to be where you are after 20 games. |
Ok so in 3 games time and we've won 3 on the spin top of the league at the halfway point we are suddenly then the best team in the league? Just looking to confirm. Every team we've played this season, regardless of result have said we are the best team in this league, stats back that up. Like i said in the OP it's just very Ipswich to not be about 5 points clear at the top which is realistically where we should be based on performances this season. | | | |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 13:56 - Dec 3 with 935 views | Chrisd |
| We've all been Ipswich fans long enough to know how this 3 horse race ends on 13:46 - Dec 3 by Simonds92 |
Ok so in 3 games time and we've won 3 on the spin top of the league at the halfway point we are suddenly then the best team in the league? Just looking to confirm. Every team we've played this season, regardless of result have said we are the best team in this league, stats back that up. Like i said in the OP it's just very Ipswich to not be about 5 points clear at the top which is realistically where we should be based on performances this season. |
If we are top come May, then yes we were the best team in the league. Stats I take with a pinch of salt. What counts is where you are in the league. If we end up finishing 3rd and L1 managers have said we are the best team, then clearly we aren’t, managers say things at times that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the truth. We might be best in the way we play, but our inability to kill teams off suggests otherwise. | |
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