{"id":297002,"date":"2023-12-15T23:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T23:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=297002"},"modified":"2023-12-15T23:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T23:24:59","slug":"terry-butcher-backs-ipswich-to-continue-their-relentless-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/terry-butcher-backs-ipswich-to-continue-their-relentless-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Butcher backs Ipswich to continue their &apos;relentless surge&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Terry Butcher backs Ipswich to continue their &#8216;relentless surge&#8217; when they take on rivals Norwich in the East Anglian derby&#8230; as the Championship high-flyers look to score their first win over their bitter rivals since 2009<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0A host of ex-Ipswich stars have backed the club to defeat Norwich on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kieran McKenna&#8217;s side currently enjoying a record-breaking start to the season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is something stirring in the east. The Tractor Boys of Ipswich Town are gathering momentum with Kieran McKenna at the wheel, and legends of the past are enjoying the ride again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re higher than them in the league, playing better football, on a relentless surge, it\u2019s got to be a win,\u2019 insists Terry Butcher ahead of today\u2019s Old Farm derby against Norwich City.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can\u2019t see Ipswich losing but I\u2019ve played in enough derby games to know you never know,\u2019 he adds, wary perhaps of tempting fate against rivals they have not beaten since 2009. \u2018The atmosphere will be terrific. It will be more like an Old Firm game.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich could have sold Portman Road out many times over for this fixture. Second in the Championship, they are playing fast and fluent football under bright young boss McKenna and firing visions of a return to the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everybody\u2019s dreaming,\u2019 says John Wark \u2014 like Butcher, a hero of the golden era under Bobby Robson when they brought the FA Cup and UEFA Cup to Suffolk. \u2018It\u2019s too early to say we\u2019re going back to the Premier League but we\u2019re in a great position. It\u2019s a great feeling.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/22\/79023303-0-image-a-82_1702681024451.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kieran McKenna will look to continue his Ipswich side&#8217;s flying start to the season when they take on rivals Norwich<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/22\/79023271-0-image-a-83_1702681028845.jpg\" height=\"732\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Tractor Boys&#8217; boss has earned plaudits from several ex-stars, including former England international Terry Butcher<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The place is transformed since American investors bought the club in April 2021 and installed former Manchester United coach McKenna, two years ago to the day. \u2018An unbelievable coach who has bought into what Ipswich is about,\u2019 says Butcher. \u2018He leads the way \u2014 not only in the way they play but the way he represents the club. He doesn\u2019t seek glory, doesn\u2019t seek the limelight. He just wants to do his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He is like a young Bobby Robson. Quite revolutionary, he likes to do things well and doesn\u2019t get carried away. Very good with the press. Very, very good with the players, which Bobby was. There are lots of similarities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They zip the ball about, they don\u2019t lump it long in the channels. It\u2019s lovely to watch. It\u2019s not like watching Manchester City, it\u2019s more exciting than that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A goal by Wes Burns, curled in with the outside of the boot after a sweep out of defence against Coventry, is the latest illustration of the McKenna aesthetic. Another was Conor Chaplin\u2019s strike against Hull in October. It starts with a drag-back turn by keeper Vaclav Hladky in his six-yard box and ends when Chaplin smashes it into the top corner at the other end.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/22\/79023297-0-image-a-84_1702681047129.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The club have raced to second in the Championship table this season, with Conor Chaplin continuing his fine form from last season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/22\/79023285-0-image-a-85_1702681049891.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But McKenna&#8217;s side will have history against them when they take on Norwich on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Hladky has poise on the ball that makes him perfect for McKenna\u2019s passing style and after a career in the backwaters is now tipped for a Czech Republic call-up at the age of 33.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, midfielders Sam Morsy and Massimo Luongo are thriving in their 30s as the heartbeat of this team after jobbing around this level for years. Then there is emerging talent such as Leif Davis and Nathan Broadhead, signed for seven-figure fees, big money in League One terms, but whose value has soared since promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Davis is a stylish left back with the most assists in the division and Broadhead has seven goals.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna\u2019s mantra, however, is all about the collective and it extends beyond the dressing room, with Ipswich keen to recapture their old reputation at the heart of their community.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The buzz is back,\u2019 says Matt Holland, captain of the last Town team to win promotion to the Premier League, 23 years ago. \u2018And not just on the pitch. You see investment around the ground, the offices are being renovated. There\u2019s wet paint everywhere.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/23\/79023417-0-image-a-87_1702681300752.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jon Stead netted in stoppage time the last time Ipswich defeated the Canaries back in 2009<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Shirt sales are soaring and every game is sold out to capacity. \u2018Everything has changed for the better but it couldn\u2019t have got much worse,\u2019 says Butcher.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Mark Ashton tells a story about a broken toilet in the offices. Rather than mend it, someone stuck an \u2018out of order\u2019 sign on the door and it stayed there so long nobody could remember what was wrong with it by the time Ashton turned up and asked the question. The toilet is working again, symbolising a new flush of success, but McKenna has not been afraid to embrace the glittering past.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph of Robson adorns the wall of his office and he invited half a dozen players from that era to the boardroom to meet him and the owners, and canvass their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The first time that\u2019s happened in a long time,\u2019 says Wark. \u2018It was a nice touch.\u2019 One of many, as Ipswich weave their heritage into an exciting future.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12870385\/Terry-Butcher-backs-Ipswich-continue-relentless-surge-rivals-Norwich-East-Anglian-derby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Butcher backs Ipswich to continue their &#8216;relentless surge&#8217; when they take on rivals Norwich in the East Anglian derby&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Terry Butcher backs Ipswich to continue their &amp;apos;relentless surge&amp;apos; 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