S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Ipswich Town 3 Swansea City 0 | Att: 27,594 | 28/02/26 | The EFL Championship | Portman Road

[LeonWasTheDogs]

The difference in willing runners and first time passing into space between Ipswich and us have been night and day

We looked quite tidy for the first 20 mins of that second half. We were moving it around well, but it doesn’t go anywhere. First attack they have, they score. Same old story.

 

[magicdaps10]

Our spend was peanuts considering the state of the squad in pre season.

2025/26 - 45 points (-3 GD)
2024/25 - 41 points (-9 GD)
2023/24 - 42 points (-11 GD)
2022/23 - 43 points (-5 GD)
2021-22 - 45 points (-12 GD)

Our spend wasn't peanuts.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Crikey. Does Vip hit the ball harder than Bony?

Yes

 

[K23]

What's everyone having for tea? Might have beans on toast... I need to talk about something

Had beans on toast for lunch.

 

[Flash]

Aldi beans are supposed to be the best. Haven't tried them though, so don't come back to me if they aren't what you hoped and dreamed of, OK?

I have them I wouldn’t say they’re the best but for the price you can’t beat it

 

[theallseeingdai]

I remember when they was 5p. It's all about Heinze now

I watched a bean documentary the other day. Heinz are cutting corners so need to be avoided at £1.25 a tin. Branson are right up there too, mind. I like to get a tin of Heinz and mix them with bush"s beans. It's the ultimate beans day

 

[TruckerJack]

Our spend wasn't peanuts.

Relative peanuts. It hasn’t even got us into the top half when we look at squad value relative to
others. Our squad was bare bones in the summer, 1 senior CB at the club. Our spend simply helped us to get to a point we could be competitive, it will take several windows to get us anything like competing towards the top 6.

 

[magicdaps10]

It’s the position you finish that counts towards finishing positions but points will tell you how you have played in comparison to other years.

If you finish 10th on 60 points on year and another you finish 11th on 65 points. You have done better in the year you get 65 points regardless of position.

Would that apply if you get 50 points one season and get relegated but stayed in the league with 46 points the previous?

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

It’s the position you finish that counts towards finishing positions but points will tell you how you have played in comparison to other years.

If you finish 10th on 60 points on year and another you finish 11th on 65 points. You have done better in the year you get 65 points regardless of position.

We’ll agree to disagree on that.

You’re playing different teams in different seasons so the strength of the league changes. You could say the same about position I guess, but what never changes is that top 2 gets you promoted, top 6 in the playoffs and bottom 3 are relegated irrespective of how many points you get.

Give me 6th on 70 points as opposed to 7th/8th/9th on 75 points every day of the week.

 

[TruckerJack]

Would that apply if you get 50 points one season and get relegated but stayed in the league with 46 points the previous?

Yes.

Finishing in the relegation places would be more impactful to your club, but you would have done better amassing 50 points than the 46 you survived with the year before.

 

[K23]

Aldi beans are supposed to be the best. Haven't tried them though, so don't come back to me if they aren't what you hoped and dreamed of, OK?

Don't know what brand the ones I had for lunch were as I had them in a cafe. They tasted fine so I don't really care

 

[Swanjaxs]

Simply too good for us, no disgrace. Learn from it and move on.

 

[TruckerJack]

We’ll agree to disagree on that.

You’re playing different teams in different seasons so the strength of the league changes. You could say the same about position I guess, but what never changes is that top 2 gets you promoted, top 6 in the playoffs and bottom 3 are relegated irrespective of how many points you get.

Give me 6th on 70 points as opposed to 7th/8th/9th on 75 points every day of the week.

But points is the strongest predictor of where you finish. The aim of football is to win games and get points, the more you get the better you are.

Once you start looking at positions over points then you move away from how good you are and start taking into consideration results elsewhere.

It’s like saying Vipotnik scores 25 this season, but doesn’t win the golden boot. You think he has a better season next year if he scored 13 and does win the golden boot.

 

[magicdaps10]

Relative peanuts. It hasn’t even got us into the top half when we look at squad value relative to
others. Our squad was bare bones in the summer, 1 senior CB at the club. Our spend simply helped us to get to a point we could be competitive, it will take several windows to get us anything like competing towards the top 6.

There needs to be several improvements in places if we think it will take several windows to compete to that level.

 

[Smurph]

I remember when they was 5p. It's all about Heinze now

Can't go wrong with Branston baked beans.