The vocabulary of Norwich City was just the same. Unflattering references to Ipswich.
Fans imploring the side to 'have a little scrimmage' – one of the more curious lines from the legendary club anthem, 'On the Ball, City,' from which the club programme takes its name.
But those returning to this place otherwise found their side changed utterly by what can only be described as the German experiment: a high risk gamble to deliver Norwich back into the Premier League's promised land.
The club's parachute money is running out – £29m this season and that's their lot – so they are staking it on Daniel Farke, a 40-year-old whose CV lists little more than two year in charge of Borussia Dormund's coach.