Match Day Thread Norwich v Ipswich Old Farm Derby Saturday 12:30 kick off

Head to head

Games won:42
Games drawn:23
Games lost:43

The last defeat to Ipswich was April 19th 2009 stretching back 13 games.

Norwich have won their previous 7 games at Carrow Road scoring 18 goals since the loss to Leeds back in January.

Team news

Giannoulis
Rowe
Handley
Hernandez
Sorensen

Injured or doubtful to make the squad

Ipswich are a whopping 23 points ahead of Norwich on 87 on top of the table Norwich in 6th on 64 points hoping to keep in the play off positions.
Depending on how the season ends there may be 2 more games against each other after Saturday.




The weekend train disruptions will make it uncomfortable on those replacement buses for London based canaries sitting alongside their noisy neighbours, a recipe for disaster .

I would rather not be doing the thread as I haven't been the luckiest on MDT duty recently, but someone has to .

Our home & away performances have been chalk & cheese so let's hope the stale nervous performance against Leicester last week was merely a blip .

At this stage it's not a must win but 3 points would help cement that play off spot with 5 to play .
Just don't lose & keep the run going .

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I feel some sympathy for what you are going to witness on Saturday, but it's that tight at the top we wanted the goal difference as well as the points.

 

Good job on the MDT, Dunc! Lead us to Victory!

 

Well done Dunc! Games don't come much bigger than this one. Here's WhoScored's Match Preview:

 

I’m a bit surprised the Ipswich player scores aren’t higher. Are they missing some of their best players by WhoScored rating?

 

Confident stuff! Nearly 15 years is a long wait to be fair.

 

No Burns, Moore, Broadhead, Hirst or Clarke in that line up. All big players.

 

Burns only has a rating of 6.75 so I’d say those ratings are pretty meaningless.

 

Burns scores higher for his attacking play but lower for his defensive play. Moore and Davis are the highest scorers. Al Hamadi has no starts and 11 sub appearances which accounts for his low score.

 

If we beat you tomorrow which is highly likely, we will go on and win the title. The silver lining for you boys is that we will have a big say in who reaches the play-offs as we have to play Hull, Coventry and to a lesser extent Middlesborough in our final few games.

 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

Gordon Brown was PM the last time Ipswich won a Derby & we have gone up & down several times since Ipswich were last in the Premier league over 20 years ago.

The closest return was when Norwich knocked you out in the play offs in 2015 & went on to yet another promotion.

I hope you aren't counting those chickens yet Warky

 

IF Ipswich win, all of your final fixtures will still have something to play for, perhaps not Watford

 

The silver lining will be watching the PL results next season
That defence of yours needs something of an overhaul to avoid some heavy defeats if you go up, as would ours should we sneak through the back door.

 

“highly likely” - loving this overconfidence. Keep it coming.

 

If the injury list is as is being suggested, I am not entirely sure where all this confidence is coming from, but hey, whatever. They were silenced earlier in the season, let's do it again

 

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Ipshit always classless blowhards .

 

Pity Rowe will be missing this game. We need to be at full strength. ITFC have had £ms poured into the club by wealthy Americans. If they get promoted it’s likely they will survive the EPL. If we get promoted, will be survive in the EPL?
Is Atannasio likely to provide the finance to strengthen the squad? For me, Gunn, Sara, Sainz, Rowe and Sargent could play in EPL. McClean and Handley have been there, so with that experience they might play a key role. This is all conjecture. Nervous about the match tomorrow

 

Good Evening, what's the weather forecast for the game tomorrow. I am in Cornwall and it is lashing it down with added strong winds.this is supposed to continue right through tomorrow.
I would take a draw as you really up your game for our meetings.
I hope we go up in one of the automatic spots and would like you to win the play offs.