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McCarthy Happy to Grind Out Win as Dickov Fumes
Saturday, 12th Apr 2014 18:58

Town boss Mick McCarthy felt his side just about deserved their hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Doncaster Rovers. Rovers boss Paul Dickov believed Blues midfielder Luke Hyam should have been sent off for a challenge in the run-up to Luke Chambers’s winning goal.

“We just about deserved it, I think,” McCarthy said. “It was a hard game, as I expressed on Friday at the press conference. I thought it would be.

“I’d heard all sorts of things that they might do. I asked somebody if they were going to play 3-5-2, they said no, and of course they did.

“That caused a few problems to us and I thought they played well in the first half, it was just a scrap with not a lot in it. The changes, I think, helped and getting a goal early in the second half certainly helped.

“Murph was on the pitch anyway and he got the goal but [the changes] probably gave them something to think about.”

He added: “We just about deserved it, barely. That was one of those days where we’ve had to grind one out against a team who are well organised, prepared and fighting for their survival.”

The Town boss was pleased that his team again received praise for their own battling qualities: “It’s nice that people recognise that there’s a good spirit in the team and good players in the team, but you don’t always get them with the same character and spirit that ours have got.”

He was delighted with Chambers’s goal: “It was great, wasn’t it? The defenders have chipped in with goals, to be fair to them. Christophe, Chambo and Tommy.

“It was nice for him to get the winner, he’s been excellent, Chambo, playing out of position, but you wouldn’t know it, he’s been fabulous.”


Earlier, the Blues captain had received a blow to the head and McCarthy joked: “He had a bang on the head and he thought he was Carlos Alberto!”

Tyrone Mings came into the side for Aaron Cresswell and had an eventful afternoon, playing a part in all three goals.

“When he gave the penalty away I wasn’t very happy with him!” McCarthy said. “I’ve said to you before how much I think of Ty and I think he should have been helped [on the penalty incident], he should have been in front of [Mark Duffy] and Tommy Smith should have been behind the player that got fouled.

“It was only a tangle of legs but it was clumsy. He was knackered, but he kept going and he responded really well because he was involved in both goals for us.

“I thought it was a stonewall penalty. He brought him down. He’s run across him and I think Ty’s just tangled with his legs. It was a penalty, it was a stonewall penalty. I didn’t think there was any doubt about it at all.

“He’s great. It’s hard when you come in not having played. I remember Tabby coming back in and finding it really tough to get going. It’s a different ball game to the U21s and training. I’m really pleased with him.”

McCarthy said it was his decision not to risk Cresswell: “I think he quite fancied playing, which they all do but I didn’t want him to play and go off after 20 minutes when I’ve got such a good left-back as cover.

“Because if you come off after 60 minutes [as Cresswell did at Huddersfield] there’s something wrong. Yes, it might start to heal but he couldn’t carry on on Tuesday night.

“Yes, he’s recovered a great deal but if he came off in this game, he’d miss the rest of them because he’d probably strain it or pull it, and why risk it when I’ve got Tyrone? So I made the decision for him.”

Doncaster boss Paul Dickov was unhappy with Town’s second goal, believing that Luke Hyam should not only have been penalised for a foul on Gabriel Tamas but also red carded: “I feel really hard done by.

“We were 1-0 down, we reacted really well against a good team, got back in the game and then to lose it at the death in the manner we did when it was a blatant freekick on Gabby Tamas.

“He’s one of our defenders, the ball gets crossed in from his side. Gabby was lucky not to get his leg broken. He got a bad one right down his shin and the referee’s got to see that.

“If he gives the right decision, the goal doesn’t happen and I’m getting a little bit sick of talking about decisions which don’t go our way because you end up making yourself look stupid half the time. For him not to give it, I can’t get my head around it.”

He also felt his side ought to have been awarded an earlier spotkick: “Chris Brown should have had a blatant penalty at the back post in the first couple of minutes and then he got booked for winning the ball, then Gabby got six studs down his shin and nothing happens. That inconsistency is a little bit frustrating. I’m going to go and see the referee now.”

He added: “He got six studs down his shin from his knee all the way down his leg. I think Ipswich is a fantastic club, they’ve got a fantastic manager and really good players, good pros, and I don’t want to see anybody sent off, I want to make that straight, but it wasn’t just a foul it was red card.”

Having seen the incident after the game, McCarthy admitted that it was a foul, although said there was no malice on his player’s behalf: “I was just talking to [Doncaster assistant manager] Brian Horton and he’s said much the same.

“I said to him firstly that Luke Hyam doesn’t have a bad bone in his body and wouldn’t leave his foot in, but he didn’t do that, he just tried to win the ball.

“As it turns out, it was a foul. I’m not trying to be smug about it. We’ve had decisions go against us. It’s horrible when it goes against you but I’ve said to my players ‘If you think it’s offside put the ball in the net, if you think it’s a foul, put it in the net. Just put it in the net and argue about it afterwards. If he disallows it, he disallows it. If he gives it then maybe we’ve got away with one’.

“But certainly Luke did nothing other than try and win the ball. At the time I didn’t think it was a foul, I didn’t know what all the fuss was about, but I’ve just seen it.

“It’s great when we all see it afterwards, it’s a piece of piss the game then, I’m a great player afterwards, I know everything that’s gone wrong.”


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irishtim added 19:09 - Apr 12
Honest as ever Mick. Thanks for turning the club around.
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Jimmy86 added 19:11 - Apr 12
Shut up dickov you little rat. I remember u scoring a goal for blackpool at portman road that was yards offside, yet the goal stood. Plus brown had hands and arms all over our defenders whenever the ball went up!!! The ref may as well have had a red and white shirt on!! What about meite with 2 blatant deliberate hand balls, booked once, should have been off. Pipe down
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Sindre94 added 19:12 - Apr 12
Fantastic win! Feeling so optimistic ahead of the 4 remaining games. We can do this!!!

and... Be quite Dickov.. Sour grapes?
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Sindre94 added 19:16 - Apr 12
Quiet*
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bluefeast added 19:17 - Apr 12
Dickov you are stupid all the time not half the time. Great win ,an important win and a vital 3 points. COYB
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bluefeast added 19:19 - Apr 12
I wonder if this might just be our year ,we have the hardest away game of the season next as its watford and they are our bogey side. I just looked at the number of goals they have scored this season and gulp its loads ,so it won't be a game where we score 1 and win . I feel its a 2 all match ,but that point could be the one. COYB
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rollercoastertown added 19:40 - Apr 12
Haven't seen the tackle on video, but was about 10 yards from it today. And my initial reaction at the time was if you go in like a t@@t, you get what you deserve.

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warktheline added 19:48 - Apr 12
Blackburn, Watford and B'mouth now gone.....as I said earlier in week, between Brighton, Reading and us for 6th spot. Millwall's late leveller against Watford may prove fruitful for us, they will be feeling rather deflated, with nowt left to play for this season. Would of taken a point there Saturday, but believe we could take all 3 now. Back to today, we had to win this one, and it doesn't matter how you achieve it at this stage. What a turn around this season compared to last. Mick's style of play is obviously a big issue amongst us fans, but lets put that to one side, and roar the big man and the boys on, till end of season.
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WhosMcGoldrick added 20:11 - Apr 12
Dickov, what's the score?!
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oscarwhiting added 20:32 - Apr 12
shut up Dickov, I'm sure that had you won you wouldn't be complaining.
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TractorBoy666 added 20:37 - Apr 12
Maybe you should teach your players to stay on their feet more often, Dickov? Every time they went down, they got something, he always used to be a diver. Great win, feeling great to be a supporter of Ipswich again!
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martleshamitfc added 20:40 - Apr 12
walktheline - don't rule out Bournemouth? there will be some strange results still though, hopefully in the Brighton matches as they have the easier (on paper) run in!
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essextractorboy93 added 21:03 - Apr 12
We just about deserved to win the game as Mick said. Didn't create too many clear cut chances but we edged it.

Dickov can blame the referee all he wants but his defenders still have to do better than that. Also Brown was all over Berra and Smith for most of the game. He needs to stop blaming the referees and realise it's not the only reason they lost the game.

What a thumping finish by Chambers though! Onto Watford now! Lets make lots of noise like today, fantastic we won with all the school kids there, entertaining second half! COYB!
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Michael11 added 21:09 - Apr 12
Good result but we have to be much better than that if we want to be in the play offs. Watfords a massive game now. If we win that then Portman Road should be seeing 25,000+ for Bournemouth the week after!
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TractorBeezer added 21:27 - Apr 12
“He got six studs down his shin from his knee, all the way down his leg".....don't they wear shin pads these days?

Anyway, we'll take it. Again, well done MM, TC and the lads for your great spirit and making this a fun and exciting time!

UP THE TRACTOR BOYS!
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ArnieM added 21:30 - Apr 12
Dick off, blub, blub, blub, blub.

How many times today did Donny players hack our players down and get given a yellow card only to foul again and the ref bottle out given a second yellow card. Donny players should also all be awarded Oscars for their "platoon" style dives all afternoon.

The football team won!
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warktheline added 22:10 - Apr 12
Martles, I ruled them out a week ago, goal difference and a trip to Portman rd, amongst remaining fixtures, a bridge to far , sir !!!
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hairbear added 22:31 - Apr 12
great result again today. we have a resilience about us that I'm not sure that I've seen before at pr. i feel it should be mentioned how solid hyam/skuse were today. they give the back four the protection that allowed mick to play with 4 attackers in the second half and hyam got forward a fair bit to.
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coolcat added 22:33 - Apr 12
Jimmy86 fair comment.
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Warkys_Tash added 00:09 - Apr 13
Great post Jimmy86! Yeah, shut up Dikov, you little rat. Your num9 shouldn't have still been on the pitch to take the pen after his persistent fouling & neither should your num 4. The ref hardly gave us a sniff all game, he was wearing a red & white shirt, wasn't he??

Great result. Still in the mix, COYB!!
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Blue041273 added 06:43 - Apr 13
Doncaster got what they deserved - nothing. They only tried to play when they were a goal down, which for a team in their position, was hardly inspiring. It's all very well for Dickov to complain about Hyam's tackle in the lead up to the 2nd goal but Doncaster themselves could have, indeed should have, been two players down by then. Ipswich dictated the game and should have won more convincingly. If they had done, Dickov's moans and groans would have been rendered meaningless.
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Marcus added 07:17 - Apr 13
Six studs in the shin... Obviously he wasn't wearing shin pads, I thought they were a requirement (that's often overlooked)
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hogster1970 added 07:40 - Apr 13
yes dickov can f off, he should have been down to nine men thats for sure, and if you look at that tackle clearly it looks like he was no were near his shin more foot area, them stud marks were proberly from all the hacking he done on poor williams lol, great come back boys keep it up, im off to watford but looks like it will be streamed on the internet , how typical is that, how ever if we win i wouldnt want to be any were else other than vicarage road
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DiamondGezzer added 08:15 - Apr 13
Dickov the week perhaps ?
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warktheline added 09:33 - Apr 13
Irishtim,simple statement,but oh so true.....nice if more people acknowledged it.
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