pauli Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Portman Rd Stadium 15:00 Saturday, 29 April 2017 TODAY’S OPPOSITES Little is known about the history of Ipswich. It is said that Chuck Norris wanted to own the land on which Ipswich now stands to build Chucktopia, but once he caught sight of the local people, he decided to go back to North America instead. There has been a long running feud in East Anglia between Ipswich and Norwich. Ipswich is typically the loser of the relationship, with Norwich being a marginally nicer place as it has a one more car park and a larger HMV store. However, social historians have looked into this rivalry and come to the conclusion that the main reason Norwich is a nicer place is because it has a more closely linked social network. That’s because everyone in Norwich is believed to be related to everyone else. This common misconception is widely held, but easily disproved. Take a short journey beyond Diss on the A140, and the nearer you get to Ipswich the more you feel you are entering the set of the film "The Village of the Damned”. Perhaps the biggest sign of deficiency Ipswich has with Norwich comes from the simple question; "Name someone famous from Suffolk?". In Norfolk they would probably suggest Stephen Fry or Horatio Nelson. In Ipswich they shout "Nik Kershaw" (actually born in Bristol, but raised in Ipswich which might explain his lack of musical talent) or "Delia Smith", (who has lived at Combs near Stowmarket for over 30 years) before realising that she prefers Norfolk and is owner of Norwich City Football club. The only other famous person from Suffolk apparently died in 1956. MATCHDAY THINGS Official Matchday Pie: Bartosz Białkowski and Leek. Official Matchday Drink: Last ever chance to take the 16 Pint Challenge at a Wednesday game in April 2017. Official Matchday Song: More Bounce To The Ounce by Zapp… Ipswich's top scorer Tom Lawrence (ankle) should return after missing their loss to relegated Rotherham. David McGoldrick, Cole Skuse, Emyr Huws and Grant Ward are likely to play after being rested for that game. Sheffield Wednesday midfielder David Jones is expected to come in for Kieran Lee after recovering from illness. Striker Fernando Forestieri is still not fully match fit after a knee problem, but is likely to feature off the bench for the third game in a row. Victory for the Owls will confirm their place in the Championship play-offs. Head To Head ▪ Ipswich are unbeaten in their last eight Football League encounters with the Owls (W4 D4). ▪ Sheffield Wednesday have won one of their last seven league visits to Portman Road, a 3-0 victory in October 2012. ▪ Mick McCarthy has never lost a league game against Sheffield Wednesday (W8 D6), despite his sides conceding in 13 of those 14 games. ▪ Sheffield Wednesday have won 78 points so far this season, their best return in a second-tier campaign since picking up 82 points in 1990-91. ▪ The Tractor Boys are unbeaten in their last seven home league games, winning the last two in a row. They last won three on the spin in August 2015 (five wins). ▪ Steven Fletcher has scored four goals in his last four league games for Sheffield Wednesday, after a run of 13 games without one. KING CARLOS’ PEARLS OF WISDOM We are with confidence, you can see the faces of the players are happy, the training during this week is really very good again and this is the most important, to rely on ourselves. We must be ready for all the problems Ipswich will create to us. We have broken down a lot of walls in the last weeks, with very good victories over Derby and QPR and five wins on the row, these are just a few of the positive things in the club. I must say, the players are doing a fantastic job and there is a very positive vibe at the club. My players are with big determination. I explained the problems we had before and explained what kind of changes we did, especially after the international break. Naturally the things are coming, the performances are better now, the confidence is better now, we are playing better, we are scoring more goals and consequently we have more points. We must control the emotions because everybody has responsibility and everybody knows we haven’t achieved anything yet. We must continue to do what we are doing with the same attitude and keep improving. I think we are improving game by game and I think we can play better. We depend only on us and it will remain that way for the next two games. We want to achieve three points this weekend in a stadium where only four teams have done this. We focus completely on this weekend, it will be very difficult to the both teams and we’ll have very good support.” MINTYNESS We are here to fight… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencerowl Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Will read fully in the morning, but I'm sure it's great Pauli, COME ON WEDNESDAY! WAWAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 COME ON WEDNESDAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardo Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 was late replying cos I actually did read it. Great as ever. not many left now Pauli....lets hope a win can give us three extras... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Missed last week's match as I spent 11 hours on a mtb trying to kill myself riding 123 miles along the Scottish Borders. Couldn't walk for the days afterwards but the only thing I wanted was the score against Derby. No ride this week so having to face listening to the full match. Honestly riding 123 miles off road is much less stressful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BRADDO Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Excellent Pauli as always. Come onnnnnn lads. Let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offalyowl Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Wel done again Pauli brilliant as ever, expecting a hard fought 2 nil win, fletcher and hooper to score come on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simaniac Owl Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Tractor's out! Ipswich is twinned with Barnsley. Each town only has one family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Superb OMDT Pauli , cant stop laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Brilliant Pauli! More bounce to the ounce, well we definitely need to bounce Ipswich tomorrow and if we do no doubt the fans will be bouncing all the way back to Sheffield, or wherever. 3 points no matter how we get them is all that matters so let's hope Nuhiu's arse is on song tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJH1867OWLS Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Great OMDT Pauli! I don't know if I'll be able to sleep properly tonight mainly because of mixture of excitement and nerves... but partly due to the fact I fell asleep on the sofa before match 1 and then again before match 2 in our 5 win run so I did the same for game 3,4 and 5 so it looks like I'm on the sofa before every game till we get to Wembley!.... superstitious?! Me!!!.... never just playing it safe honest COME ON WEDNESDAY!!! No píssing about waiting till we're a goal down before we think about attacking please, please, PLEASE be 5 nil up after 15 minutes and save me pulling my hair out! RELEASE THE LLAMA! AND SHOW UP T'OLD MICK HE'S GOT A WONKY NOSE THAT LOOKS LIKE A.... ....shovel has hit it (what did you think it was gonna be you mucky buggers?) UP THE MOTHERFLIPPIN' OWLS! WAWAW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Come! On! Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timrud Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 5-1 turbo win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Mick's run against us ends tomorrow And we go marching on 3-1 The MASSIVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikka Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 32 minutes ago, edmontonowl said: Mick's run against us ends tomorrow And we go marching on 3-1 The MASSIVE pretty sure Mick's running days are over . - which is nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Didn't have the points for an Ipswich ticket so I aim to be first in the queue for the £20 Seth Bennett Wednesday Anthems CD. So I'll be at the Owl Shop with my Flask, Sausage Rolls and my Transistor Radio & head Phones living every kick of the ball on our way to the Play Offs. COME ON WEDNESDAY, UTO, WAWAW ! Next seasons Kit Preview ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresh Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Similar to Derby we've also had a bad run against Ispwich in recent times. However, I can see us overcoming this hoodoo and coming away with a narrow 0 v 1 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Tough game today. Our away for me has been better recently though! Hoping for a win but think it will be 1-1. Hopefully Leeds lose or draw so it's irrelevant anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Loving your OMDT Pauli as always , think Chuck Norris should have gone to Norfolk instead then . Do the people ( farmers ) of Suffolk feel inferior to their nice , rich neighbours in Norfolk ? . On paper and going by our recent record this looks a tough one to win , but we are Sheffield Wednesday and we of the confidence , could be an epic win UTO come on boys do it !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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