Manager Mick McCarthy admitted that his side’s performance wasn’t pretty or sexy — aside from DJ Campbell’s winning goal - but was delighted with what was a gritty win over Burnley in his first home game in charge of the Blues.

McCarthy said: “It wasn’t pretty or silky or sexy, but it was dogged and determined and all those horrible words that people don’t like, but are vital to winning games.

“The goal was silky and sexy, that was a good finish. What was nice was that having conceded a goal, I didn’t think we looked like conceding another one, whereas the other night we got a bit flaky.

“It looked like there were chances coming and then the guys who have gone on have made the chance. It’s a great finish, it was a great break.”

He was delighted to see his team hit back after Burnley’s equaliser, having lost from a similar position all too often this season: “I’m pleased with it. I’ve been stressing the importance of being hard to beat.

“It’s a league of teams that are hard to beat or try and make themselves hard to beat, try and be organised.

“I said to them beforehand, there will be times when we make mistakes and we lose goals and we lose games, but what we don’t do is we don’t give up and we don’t give in, and the performance today epitomised that.”

Before the Clarets equalised, Carlos Edwards passed to Campbell from inside the area when he might have shot, but his manager wasn’t too critical of his skipper’s decision: “I hadn’t got a great view of that. I thought that what he did was right, but he just didn’t do it properly.

“I thought Nigel Reo-Coker immediately afterwards, we had a good break there where we’d won it back and he didn’t execute the final pass, maybe that’s indicative as well.

“I’ll have a look at it Monday, maybe he could have shot. I don’t know. If you’ve got DJ Campbell on your right-hand side in a good position, I’d maybe roll it to him myself because I’d fancy him to score.”

McCarthy thought there was little to complain about in Murphy’s goal: “I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, I thought he just stood his ground. He stood there and the keeper came and bumped into him, that’s all he did.

“I actually thought the one in the first half when he dropped it and the referee gave a freekick [wasn’t a foul], I was whinging like a drain because I thought he was giving a freekick unnecessarily.

“I can understand why Burnley are moaning about it. I haven’t seen it again, but I thought he stood his ground, and if he stands still and doesn’t back into him then I think it’s a goal, it’s legit.”

While delighted with the victory, the Blues boss did have one complaint, the way Look East portrayed his pre-match press conference.

“My press conference yesterday was full of fun,” he said. “And the bit I saw was just before it started and I was sat [slumped] like that, and they asked me the question ‘Is it a must-win game’ and I said 'Not really, but it would be nice to start like that'.

“I thought ‘What a negative perspective to put on the club’. On me, on the club. They didn’t show any of that when I was laughing and joking.

“I thought it would have been nice if they could have put a positive spin on it, we’d had three points out of six and we were coming into a home game.

"I thought they did me a disservice, I thought they did the club a disservice and made me look like I was dour and not looking forward to the game.”

Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who said Sam Vokes was claiming his side’s goal, felt his team deserved a point from the match.

Regarding Murphy’s goal, the former Watford boss was aggrieved if not angry: “I would say that I’m mildly disappointed. I’m not going to go over the top about it because I think referees have a really tough job.

“When there’s a coming together of that nature, then I think it’s fair to say in modern football that it gets given as a foul. We see them every week, even in the Premier League. I’d question the decision and I think it’s a soft one, which has gone against us."

He thought it was inconsistent given the first half decision in similar circumstances: “That was the disappointing thing.

"There has to be parity of decisions, especially key decisions. I thought the one in the first half, I was surprised, although Jason Shackell did great to react and clear it off the line. I thought that was a soft decision, but it didn’t matter because it was cleared and the game went on.

“The one the other end mattered because it went in, and they’re the big decisions which can change the feel of the game, and it changed the feel of the game, it wasn’t just the score. They suddenly believed.”

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itfc94 added 23:54 - Nov 10 Do not change the team for next week. For me, A Solid back four and Edwards on the right wing, at LAST! Also, N'Daw, may I add played 2, won 2 under MM's management.
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R_LAMB3 added 01:24 - Nov 11 A Mick you must be a great manager because you have done something in few days of which jewell could not do in years you have got loans players playing good football for you. I am very impressed with campbell and hope we can get him on a permanent contract and it seems he like playing for us. Great win today please keep up.
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AndrewPC added 04:59 - Nov 11 Delighted with the result and the peformance. Two goals scored in one game: not sen since the draw with Huddersfield. The changes in team selection and playing two up front and edwards wide right: MM didn't take long to decide on that did he ? Midfield of NDaw, RC, & Wellens sounded as if it was very effective. Problems ahead: Wellens has now gone back; DJ Campbell's time is soon up. MM has key decsions to make. Martin is not in form; Chopra not in form. Hyam does not have the same level of experience as RC. From the radio commentary today, it sounds as if we have at last got a back four worthy of the name. Congrats to Tommy Smith for doing a job on Charlie Austin.

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 06:12 - Nov 11 Well done to both the team and the supporters! Sounded on the Internet (Ipswich Player) as if the atmosphere was much improved. I can only get over 4-5 times a season, so why did I choose to come over for the Sheff. Wed match!? If only I'd known in advance, I would have altered my plans.... Well done MM for addressing so quickly some of the problems of balance in the team. I've never been too sure about Chambers at centre back, but I think he can do a job at right back - and if not, we have Hewitt waiting. Of course we need two strikers, especially at home. What we need now is a bit of stability and continuity. Again, I think MM's got the right approach: This is the team until you show me you are good enough to displace someone in it. We know it's going to be a long, hard struggle, and the outcome is by no means certain, but I'm sure feeling a lot more optimistic than after Sheff. Wed.!

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 06:16 - Nov 11 Oh, and I should say in addition to the above that PJ deserves some credit for bringing in such players as N'Daw, Hewitt, Reo-Coker, JET, and DJ, etc., all of whom were in the squad yesterday. That he wasn't successful in getting together a credible TEAM is another matter...
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DiamondGezzer added 07:30 - Nov 11 So many different plus's from the game, bringing back Tommy Smith, playing Carlos in his rightful position etc, etc. That game and result was as good as a pee - a great relief !
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Wickets added 12:29 - Nov 11 Wonky konk's balmy army!!
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Wickets added 12:35 - Nov 11 Didn't take long 4 Big Mick to suss out what we 'av all known for ages Carlos is a winger and Look East are Norwich bias!! Come on Wonky Konks balmy Army.
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Wickets added 12:37 - Nov 11 Tommy Smith future Ipswich skipper but Reo will do for now!
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Warkys_Tash added 13:10 - Nov 11 If I was Clegg & MM I would refuse to give Look East anymore interviews until they drop their silly Norwich biased that they have always have - we all know they are based in Norwich but their reporting should remain impartial. They are trying to stir up negativity down at PR. Reporting the other night that Ipswich had been 'thrashed' by Palace 5-0. They never used the same words when Norwich were 'Thrashed' 5-0 by Fulham on the first game of the season! Well done MM for moving Chambers to RB, Murphy upfront & Edwards to RF. Like he said not pretty but we got the right result.

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oldelsworthyfan added 13:37 - Nov 11 It's just great to have now a Manager who actually knows what he's doing! It has taken him no time at all to take 'round pegs out of square holes' and we can begin to see what Edwards, Cresswell and Smith (not to mention others) can really do for our team. It will be interesting to see which players develop under him and which ones he discards. With MM players will only play on merit and endeavour - not on reputations. He may well experiment with away matches that we are unlikely to win, but like yesterday, make sure that the team has a plan and is motivated to try, try and try until that last whistle sounds. How fortunate we are to have him at this time of crisis.

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billlm added 14:26 - Nov 11 ndaw was awsome yesterday, reo was good n smith played well and i hope we keep cambell works so hard good atmospere to
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bluefeast added 14:46 - Nov 11 Did anyone else see Chopra celebrating DJ Cambells goal with Jason Scotland. Brilliant and proof moral is good ,they went bezurk hugged and ran toward DJ . Bit by bit our club is coming back to us. You need a passionate manager to emphasise with fans ,as its us that are totally passionate. COYB
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choprawontcome added 19:07 - Nov 11 still think people on here exagerrate about just about everything, but a great result today, well done boys :)
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marcus139 added 20:43 - Nov 11 Choprawontcome? I wish not. Other than that, I feel mick m has done more to engage fans in a week than others did in ears. I think we have got our man.
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RetroBlue added 21:53 - Nov 11 Hopefully MM won't be fooled by the so called " local" press which as we all know is owned by Archant- Scum, and will take every oppotunity to slag off or try to belittle Ipswich Town FC - they will always be in our shadow and they know it. Super Mick McCarthy's Blue n White Army!...... Swivel on THAT narwich scum!
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