The Canaries legend is adamant that the Blues will be relegated from the Championship this season.
Former Norwich City striker Chris Sutton has offered a scathing assessment of Ipswich Town’s hopes for the rest of the Championship season.
The two bitter rivals are at opposite ends of the table, the Canaries in second, three points behind Leeds United, and the Blues rooted to the bottom, seven points adrift of safety.
Both sides will contest the East Anglian derby a week on Sunday, after Norwich get their crunch clash with Leeds out of the way and Ipswich host Sheffield Wednesday.
As recent fixtures between the two go, Daniel Farke’s charges are expected to be heavy favourites for victory, given the gulf in form and quality at present, plus home advantage.
Speaking about the derby and the Tractor Boys’ outlook for the rest of the campaign under his former Celtic teammate Paul Lambert, Sutton did not pull any punches, saying comments that are likely to result in Ipswich fans being not particularly impressed.
When asked whether Lambert could help keep Ipswich up, he is quoted by Pink Un as saying: “He can’t. Would I be disappointed to see them go down? Yeah, I would, but they’re going down, so…”
Sutton then spoke about Mick McCarthy, the former Blues manager who ended up departing last April amid fan criticism, saying he did a fantastic job with relatively scarce resources.
“I know Ipswich fans get slightly unhappy with me when I bring them back to the great job that Mick McCarthy did, and I know some of those situations that occurred with McCarthy and the supporters,” he said. “There was a bit of a standoff and this, that and the other, but I thought he did a fantastic job with the resources.”
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