| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? 17:28 - Jan 1 with 4834 views | unstableblue |
Someone put a fair summary of player grades over the half season up, in a recent post.
Well what would you give the Town fans today?
I thought it was awful, lifeless barring some valiant attempts from A Block.
This was a Town side who are fighting for 2nd place and AUTOMATIC promotion to the Premier League.
People stating it was a ‘frustrating and lacklustre’ display. But I’m afraid that up until their goal Town had dominated and played at times some innovative stuff and scored. Yet barely a murmur from the Lower North. And this from a returning Town side who had given us such cheer with a Coventry display of great merit on the road.
But let’s park the general lacklustre support, that didn’t back or motivate the team and focus us on some specific really poor examples of town support…
Multiple exciting moves in the second half which barely raised a murmur in the lower north… one brilliant move that led to Clarke breaking into the box…
Silence?!
Philogene the goal scorer subbed off… half the people round me couldn’t be arsed to get to their feet.
It’s affecting the players and the energy round the club, which we’ll need over the second half of the season, in a very tight top six.
Are we all tired and hungover? Or just not invested?
Must do better.
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| >>>>>THIS on 18:50 - Jan 1 with 984 views | unstableblue |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:40 - Jan 1 by TheBoyBlue |
Perhaps today was the perfect storm of a heavy night for many last night and that everyone was expecting us to win so there was either frustration or it was just what people expected.
That said I get annoyed with the lack of response to some of our play, some of which has been outstanding this season yet is met with nothing. |
Your second point on lack of response to some of our play is the key point and what prompted my original post.
It’s second half were 2-1 up, going second, under the lights, and we’re playing 1-2s and dribbling into the box and there is mass apathy
It is just odd… and not sustainable
The contrast to the last promotion season is weird | |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:51 - Jan 1 with 977 views | blueoutlook |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:44 - Jan 1 by jasondozzell |
I was shocked again today and the numbers streaming out on 90 minutes.
People leaving before the last Oxford corner too!!!!
I understand some have to get off.
But for most it's just convenience. 'i don't want to sit in a bit of traffic and get home later.'
Support the team!!! We've just gone second. Clap them off and clap KM off. |
Cold day, wanting to get home before the rush, is that so wrong ? |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:52 - Jan 1 with 975 views | Scuzzer |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:00 - Jan 1 by lazyblue |
Move them on and bring younger generation through then because lack of support from that stand is now embarrassing bad. |
What do you expect when Blue Action moved out and they don't turn up until about 7 minutes before kick off. No time to build the atmosphere. |  |
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| >>>>>THIS on 18:56 - Jan 1 with 959 views | TheBoyBlue |
| >>>>>THIS on 18:50 - Jan 1 by unstableblue |
Your second point on lack of response to some of our play is the key point and what prompted my original post.
It’s second half were 2-1 up, going second, under the lights, and we’re playing 1-2s and dribbling into the box and there is mass apathy
It is just odd… and not sustainable
The contrast to the last promotion season is weird |
Sorry, fat fingers. Didn't mean to down vote!
Totally agree. Even worse, they're pretty quick to make noise when they want to moan! |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:57 - Jan 1 with 958 views | pointofblue |
I disliked the use of the word "entitlement" before but that's the only word I can think of to describe today. I understand why it got tense after the subs, and it seemed to be one of those games where we would concede a sucker punch as we struggled to control the game. But before then we put some really good moves together, but the atmosphere was flat.
I think maybe, after Coventry, there was expectation we'd turn up and steam roll them and, indeed, from the start to midway through the first half that seemed to be the case. Then we had a drop off where we became too casual, they scored, but we hit back quickly. Second half we started well then went off the boil again.
But, in both cases, even when we were playing well, the crowd was flat. | |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:00 - Jan 1 with 942 views | jasondozzell |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:51 - Jan 1 by blueoutlook |
Cold day, wanting to get home before the rush, is that so wrong ? |
Yes. It is. But that's just my opinion.
Understand people getting off when they have to or if we've lost. But not before a good win. |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:08 - Jan 1 with 920 views | blueoutlook |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:00 - Jan 1 by jasondozzell |
Yes. It is. But that's just my opinion.
Understand people getting off when they have to or if we've lost. But not before a good win. |
Oblox. | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:08 - Jan 1 with 922 views | north_stand77 |
I feel sorry for Blue Action Cobbold. They didn't stop singing/ drumming all match. Occasionally where I sat in the Upper North today, some would get involved but there's very few around me joining in with them which must be disheartening for them. Lower North used to be where the main local support for the ground but it's pretty poor now -- don't know why? |  | | |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:09 - Jan 1 with 918 views | PhilsAngels |
We were too quite and not much singing to be honest. We were very disappointing. Lots of non season ticket holders in seats around us. But we were nervous. | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:37 - Jan 1 with 852 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 17:48 - Jan 1 by FrimleyBlue |
Tbh after reading some of twitter comments you do wonder what game people wr3 watching at PR
"Great to win, baffled how we don’t adapt to playing vs a low block. Look clueless at times. Onto another big week."
I mean it was near on perfect really for 80 minutes apart from the final ball and finish at times. I dont see how that equates to not adapting to the low block. |
More chances were created today than in almost any other game I can remember this season, and that was against a defensive side. It wouldn't be a stretch to suggest we could easily have had 5 or 6 goals through a combination of poor finishing and good keeping.
Top of my head - O Shea header cleared off the line, Philogene missing that great chance on the half volley first half, keeper made 2 fantastic diving stops 2nd half to keep out Nunez, didn't Egeli blaze one over from a really good position too?
Some people just can't see past the scoreline I reckon. |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:52 - Jan 1 with 828 views | ghostofescobar |
Seems to be getting flatter by the game. Directly linked to our rise up the table! The higher we get, the worse the atmosphere!! Getting a bit embarrassing. I think people have got to get over the old “band of brothers” team and actually start supporting the team that’s in front of us……and are second in the league!! Many seem to knock Nodge fans as plastic and entitled. I saw or heard little today that genuinely would set us apart from them. Those in glass houses…….. |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:11 - Jan 1 with 790 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
I hope I imagined it, but in the SAR Upper there appeared to be some booing from a small section - albeit brief - to Walton / O’Shea holding onto the ball in an attempt to draw a press. If it wasn’t booing, it was certainly an expression of negativity which was uncalled for. With the crowd being generally subdued, this sort of thing carries. Imagine how it would sound on the pitch.
I know there will always be some idiots like this, but if we were getting normal volumes out of the crowd showing their appreciation for what was going on on the pitch, it would most often be drowned out.
Hard to know what the answer is, but in the same way we expect the players to turn up, it’s not unreasonably the expect the crowd to turn up, is it? | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:26 - Jan 1 with 756 views | Reuser_is_God |
Doesn’t help when only about 10 people in the designated “singing section” actually sing. |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:29 - Jan 1 with 753 views | DarkBrandon |
First game of the season for me today, so I haven’t got anything to compare it to, but it was very negative near me.
I bought one of the “Oxford returns” in the safe standing area … and everyone was sitting down. Tch. |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:44 - Jan 1 with 718 views | bluelagos |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 17:32 - Jan 1 by Vic |
I don’t know about the crowd in the ground, but the crowd in the chat room was very angsty. All good and happy until they scored and then out came the boys - ‘disgusting’, ‘rubbish’ we’re just 2 of the descriptions of our testament. So little patience and makes the online following experience really difficult.
Have we really become that entitled so quickly? |
Evidently. |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:47 - Jan 1 with 701 views | Blue_Moses |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 17:40 - Jan 1 by lazyblue |
North stand non existent these days , what’s happened to them. |
There are still a few of us half way up the lower North behind the goal. | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:53 - Jan 1 with 684 views | bluelagos |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:57 - Jan 1 by pointofblue |
I disliked the use of the word "entitlement" before but that's the only word I can think of to describe today. I understand why it got tense after the subs, and it seemed to be one of those games where we would concede a sucker punch as we struggled to control the game. But before then we put some really good moves together, but the atmosphere was flat.
I think maybe, after Coventry, there was expectation we'd turn up and steam roll them and, indeed, from the start to midway through the first half that seemed to be the case. Then we had a drop off where we became too casual, they scored, but we hit back quickly. Second half we started well then went off the boil again.
But, in both cases, even when we were playing well, the crowd was flat. |
It absolutely sums up perfectly the attitude of many of our "fans", especially online.
Fans who sat through the dark years are much more circumspect but the band wagon jumpers are absolutely entitled and frankly, I don't really give a sh1t for the opinions of entitled pricks who moan the minute things go poorly.
Watching online, moaning online and thinking anyone cares for your opinion is quite something. On that note I'll duck out :-) | |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:57 - Jan 1 with 661 views | FrimleyBlue |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 18:57 - Jan 1 by pointofblue |
I disliked the use of the word "entitlement" before but that's the only word I can think of to describe today. I understand why it got tense after the subs, and it seemed to be one of those games where we would concede a sucker punch as we struggled to control the game. But before then we put some really good moves together, but the atmosphere was flat.
I think maybe, after Coventry, there was expectation we'd turn up and steam roll them and, indeed, from the start to midway through the first half that seemed to be the case. Then we had a drop off where we became too casual, they scored, but we hit back quickly. Second half we started well then went off the boil again.
But, in both cases, even when we were playing well, the crowd was flat. |
Problem i think too is alot of these games feel like youre watching a friendly.
80 odd % possession.
I think when a game goes end to end and you've got tackles flying in etc it gets you going naturally. When youre walking the ball from your box to theirs it doesnt get you off your feet.
Im going to assume that most people dont expect a goal
Ive never see a home end not stand up as the ball is being played into the box. [Post edited 1 Jan 21:02]
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:57 - Jan 1 with 663 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 19:08 - Jan 1 by north_stand77 |
I feel sorry for Blue Action Cobbold. They didn't stop singing/ drumming all match. Occasionally where I sat in the Upper North today, some would get involved but there's very few around me joining in with them which must be disheartening for them. Lower North used to be where the main local support for the ground but it's pretty poor now -- don't know why? |
I've said it before, but I think a mistake was made by moving into Cobbold A from S6.
I can hardly hear Blue Action now, as I sit right next to the away fans, you'd have to assume that they can't hear the singing section either.
A few of us try to get stuff going in the SAR, but its a tough ask, and lately seems to be the non season ticket seats (in the lower anyway) are filled with families, who aren't there to join in. |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:57 - Jan 1 with 662 views | Smoresy |
E for effort! | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 21:04 - Jan 1 with 643 views | BloomBlue |
The biggest irony being in the first half Cajuste does a flick with his left and looks like a miss pass, but its a cracking pass to Leif, however the groans when the crowd thought it was a miss pass was the loudest noise all game.
No patience these days within the crowd |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 21:20 - Jan 1 with 593 views | lazyblue |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 20:11 - Jan 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
I hope I imagined it, but in the SAR Upper there appeared to be some booing from a small section - albeit brief - to Walton / O’Shea holding onto the ball in an attempt to draw a press. If it wasn’t booing, it was certainly an expression of negativity which was uncalled for. With the crowd being generally subdued, this sort of thing carries. Imagine how it would sound on the pitch.
I know there will always be some idiots like this, but if we were getting normal volumes out of the crowd showing their appreciation for what was going on on the pitch, it would most often be drowned out.
Hard to know what the answer is, but in the same way we expect the players to turn up, it’s not unreasonably the expect the crowd to turn up, is it? |
I sit in the SAR Upper , it was certainly negatively as you say towards holding the ball to beat the press( which by the way worked countless times) and I hated them doing it and like you I just don’t get the frustration and told them to bloody relax as it doesn’t help the players. Then we rushed it hit the ball to forward to halfway and lost the ball to Oxford. | | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 21:50 - Jan 1 with 525 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
It was remarkably quiet today. There were several spells where the whole ground was silent. The Oxford fans had a few moments but there were very few of them and even most of them didn't seem fussed until someone got them chanting "yellow!" repeatedly or "football in a library," or "Ipswich is a ****hole, I want to go home."
I think some was a New Year's Day effect. Some was the cold and the acoustics were affected by the cold or where I was or something (I hardly heard A block even when I could hear the drum). Some was nervousness from fear Oxford would snatch something. Perhaps people who sing weren't well or were missing too. A lot of illness about but I haven't heard it as quiet as that for a long time.
However, where I was there was no criticism of players or singling out, etc. (apart from an occasional get rid of it when we played it out at the back). |  |
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| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 22:37 - Jan 1 with 472 views | StokieBlue |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 17:37 - Jan 1 by Vic |
Because there seem to be so many who get on the players backs after mistake or a setback, who even when we under a sustained spell of pressure. I can only says that for me it spoils the fun of following the team. Maybe I’ve just got old - but in my book supporters are meant to support and encourage, not be there to just critique and complaint if things aren’t done as they think they should! |
Quite a bit of this today, generally when we were trying to draw the press onto us. One bloke repeatedly kept shouting it was boring.
SB |  | | |
| What score would you give the crowd today? D-? on 22:42 - Jan 1 with 464 views | ashtonscoffeecup |
i barely moved a muscle in the stadium today, i’ve worked the last 7 nights getting by on 4 hours sleep in the day.
i doubt the highly motivated professionals playing the sport they love need me to be bouncing around for 90mins to get a result, and if they do and we lose because of it, then i can only say sorry in advance | | | |
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