Hello, Ipswich fan here. Probably not desired lol but thought I'd provide a Town perspective, in light of chownie's attempt at representation.
It isn't true to suggest Bristol totally outplayed us for much of Tuesday night, that's expectation distorting reality. They worked incredibly hard without possession and arguably recorded the two best chances of the first hour, including their goal, which needed a large deflection over the keeper. They'd nullified us and we consequently made 4 substitutions, after which we gained more and more control before ultimately running riot, missing a penalty and twice hitting the post. 5 big chances to 2, 2.80xG to 0.97xG, very much reflected in Bristol fans' summary of a scoreline they all felt was fair.
In respect to "Fergie time", it may suprise posters to learn that our net gain in injury time is zero points. We gained a point against West Brom and Leicester, but lost two points at Rotherham. We did concede a penalty equaliser to Rotherham on 94' and then retook the lead on 95', at our place, with the game ending on 101', but this was ultimately 3 points retained. Saints, however, would have 8 points less if injury time were wiped from the season. Leeds would have 2 points less and Ipswich's position in the table would be much more comfortable (Leicester's points, like ours, would be unchanged). Think I'm right that most of your injury time winners have been closer to 96' than 90' too, excellent spirit.
Our top 6 record: W2, D2, L2. Leeds destroyed us away, good game at home, would hate them in the playoffs. West Brom outclassed us away, fair draw at home, rather not in the playoffs. Leicester objectively better, no doubt, but twice tried to see out the game from 45' and deservedly paid the price. We beat Hull comprehensively at home 3-0.
Norwich record: 😓 (dominated the home game but wasn't to be).
Morsy record: 121 games, 10.5K minutes, 42 yellows, 0 reds. Never subbed off, wouldn't count on getting him sent off. He's as streetwise as they come.
Woolfenden: our most comfortable defender on the ball, incidentally. Responsible for inviting the press.
We don't possess the quality of the PL 3, that's very true. Our starting XI is similar to much of this division, with our depth instead proving the difference. However, it's silly to suggest we've been lucky IMO. Scored more own goals than we've benefitted from, no points gain in injury time, conceded as many penalties as we've been awarded (despite comparable chance creation/concession numbers to Leicester, who are +11 on penalties), 2 points below Foxes and 4 points above Saints in the "xG league table" (excluding midweek fixtures), and we received an official apology for 2 goals conceded in our 3-2 loss to Preston.
Sorry for the long post and I won't intrude again. Hoping for Leicester to receive a 60-point FFP deduction and Leeds to fall on their faces final day!
