ROY Keane’s pop at Ipswich Town fans this week was ill-judged and intemperate - missing a number of points by a wide margin.

One is that Ipswich Town fans away from home (some of the with a few dwinkies inside them) are a passionate, loud and vocal bunch - a True Blue army that any team would be proud to have singing for them.

But come to Portman Road, where the fans are not together, spread around all four stands, and the atmosphere dips.

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