Ipswich's high flight state is increasing

There is a feeling of fatalism about how all this could result for Ipswich.

The talk on the train that was heading south of the city early on Saturday night was consumed by the question of whether the club, now five security points, had been promoted too early and manager Kieran McKenna also emphasized the perspective .

“The followers know the trip they have been in,” he said. “Five years ago, we were in the middle of League one and they (Tottenham) were in the champions League final.”

But although McKenna seemed moderate: “He is not in our hands,” he said: Ipswich at least played with Brio and Fire, and the 4-1 score was flattered to the flattered spurs. In a weekend when Southampton and Leicester were crushed again, you thanked God for Ipswich's fight. At least one of the lower three is doing a fist of this.

Portman Road is a world away from the global elite of the division. 'Always proud. Always Ipswich, always Suffolk 'Read the legend on the wall off the club's store. No Premier League club feels more par excellence. It is a setback, which contributes to the feeling that they can barely believe they are up here. Echoes of the great days of the 70s and 80s when the club also hit over its weight.

The moss grows on the main roof of the support, but the club did not let the grass grow under their feet when they reached the top again. That was evident in a first convincing half against the Spurs, full of Ipswich and Flair team work.

Ipswich's hopes for the survival of the Premier League received a blow with a 4-1 defeat against the Spurs on Saturday

Despite the non -flatter, the club had many positive aspects to take from its performance

Kalvin Phillips produced a good performance in the midfield and seemed to return to his best time with regular football

There seems to be a trend among some Ipswich players to use their socks around their calves. Telegraphs The Ethics of Work and it happened that the three who did it on Saturday, Liam Delap, Jack Clarke and Leif Davis, were working triangles on the same side of the field.

They shone together in front of that old stand, and delapan above all. There is a feeling in the courtyard of the school in his football, hitting his foot in any opportunity, jumping to navigate in high balls along the paths of others. Quality of superstar.

There was a subtlety to the excellent contribution of Omari Hutchinson, carrying the ball and relieving the pressure. It was good to see some of the old Kalvin Phillips back, in the center of the Ipswich field, skillful touches and unwavering collisions. There was a wonderful balance for this team.

The holes that Ipswich let Spurs be in their center of the field for them. Counterattack walks so that your son Heung-min complete Ben Godfrey for dead. The evaluation after the McKenna party bordered these defensive failures.

The problem with the aspiration of the manager of 'collecting points at a larger pace, now' is that Ipswich does not have a sequence of 'won' games until the end, when they face West Ham and Leicester in May. This week's visit to Old Trafford is one of the only three games before May 3 against a team outside the first eight. Some story would be if they could find a path and survive.