Ipswich fan in peace.
You're the best team in the league and so you're top for a reason. When you have had a couple of losses, you do manage to turn it around. But there are still a lot of games to go, and anything can happen. But I full expect you to go up as champions.
Southampton: have never rated Martin that much as a manager. They still have a Premier League squad, but even when they were on that amazing run against lower placed teams, they still had the potential to go on a bad run, once they came up against better opposition - and I don't think Martin has the quality to get them going again.
Leeds: The best attacking players in the league. They manage to turn up for the big games, but don't seem to have the desire to grind out other games over a season. You should have been out of sight against them on Friday. I hope we can overtake them, it'll be tight.
Us: If you think we're just going to fall away again then you don't understand where our success has come from. We have the best manager in the league - he will manage at the very top. But the players at his disposal are a level well below Leicester, Leeds and Southampton. Our blip was down to one thing - the injury to George Hirst. Our formation is so dependent on a big target upfront. The replacements we had were Ladapo (just not good enough for this level, but great in League One) and Jackson (a league one level utility player who gives 100% but has mostly been playing for us as a winger). As soon as Moore came in, we're straight back to winning games. We can afford to lose players in most other positions as we have cover, but if Moore gets injured, then we'd struggle again.
As for luck... every team thinks they're the unlucky ones, but if any fan is honest, these things even out. Someone on here pointed out penalties - you've had 11 in the past 28 games. We've had 2. It does feel like a lot of decisions have gone against us recently. But then again, you remember the ones that go against you, and forget the ones that don't. What we do have is stamina and belief. Our players do say that training is a level well beyond what they're used to, and I think that fitness, as well as squad harmony and options from the bench that are as good as the starting 11 is why we've scored a lot of goals towards the end of games.
It'll be an exciting end to the season.
