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McCarthy: Victory Fully Deserved
Tuesday, 10th Feb 2015 22:41

Town boss Mick McCarthy was in no doubt that his side fully deserved their 2-1 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday, despite having fallen behind to Kieran Lee’s first-half goal which came after a mix-up between Bartosz Bialkowski and Christophe Berra. Daryl Murphy and skipper Luke Chambers headed home goals after the break to secure the Blues’ first win in four games.

“It would have been a travesty had we lost that one,” McCarthy said. “Comic cuts for the goal we’ve contrived to give away.

“And then chasing it they had a couple of chances on the break, but that was generally down to us that and they didn’t make the most of them. We deserved to win that.”

The Town manager made five changes and felt that that had given his side a lift: “Maybe having some fresh legs in the team helped. It’s bound to do, some of the lads have played all 30 matches, some of them have played most of them.

“I haven’t got that big a squad and I thought it was time to see if we could get a bit of zip back in the team and I think we did, to be honest.”

He says his team reacted well after Daryl Murphy, who later took his season’s total to 19, had hit the post just before the break: “Murph was so unlucky and we could have come in at half-time and felt sorry for ourselves, him having hit the post.

“If we’d started to think in that period that it wasn’t going to happen for us then it wouldn’t have happened. We had to force it a little bit and they were two good headers.”

He added: “In the first half I thought we certainly tried to play, we had to do that. I thought we were patient, which was good, and played some good football.


“The pitch certainly doesn’t help that, it’s cutting up at this time of the year. But it’s a lot easier to manage and coach and play when you’re winning.”

McCarthy was pleased with the way his half-time substitution - Tyrone Mings replaced Stephen Hunt - worked out.

“I just thought Jonny Parr would just give us a bit more zip if went and played there,” he continued. “Hunty’s been great but I just thought he’d give us a bit more legs, he’s been out of the team for a while.

“Getting Tyrone Mings on, he’d certainly go up the outside of Jonny, which he did. They caused problems between them.

“But it was Bru who actually crossed the ball for the second goal, wasn’t it? It was a great cross from Kevin Bru.”

McCarthy was delighted for his skipper Luke Chambers, who netted his first goal of the season: “Captains make the difference at times and I think he drives the team forward.

“He’s a really good character and he gets in the box. He’s a centre-half really but he’s played that full-back role brilliantly.”

The Town manager also had praise for Darren Ambrose, who was making his third full debut for the Blues.

“He’s got quality Daz, there’s no question," he said. "I made the point, if I don’t give them the chance when we’d not won one in five, when do they get a chance?

“And they needed to play and what’s lovely about the lads who have been on the periphery, they’ve supported everybody else and when they’ve got in, whenever they’ve got an opportunity they’ve always done well, and they’ve done well again tonight.

“Darren, I thought he was excellent and he was unlucky not to score.”

Having halted the recent downturn, the Blues boss wants to keep the run going when Town visit Fulham on Saturday: “It’s maintaining it now and doing it again on Saturday.

"If you play well and don’t make mistakes you’ve got a chance of winning games, and in the main throughout the season that’s what we’ve done.

“But just lately mistakes have cost us. Bad defending on Saturday, a bad one today. Derby it was a mistake. We haven’t played that badly but we’ve gifted teams goals.”

Striker David McGoldrick missed out due to the thigh injury he suffered at Rotherham on Saturday but McCarthy expects him to be fine for the visit to Craven Cottage.

Wednesday boss Stuart Gray admitted his side were second best: “It was our worst performance of the season, without a doubt.

“It wasn’t like us at all and we were like it from the kick-off. They had free headers, they bossed the ball, the possession and we just weren’t at it.

“I told the players at half time that I could have made several changes. We were out-fought and out-battled. Ipswich played to their strengths and deserved to win the game.”


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bluefeast added 22:43 - Feb 10
wonderful comments from the best manager this club has had in years
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Popeye added 22:48 - Feb 10
i think it would be a shame if sears doesn't start a fulham.
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rambohambo added 22:48 - Feb 10
2nd half brilliant, Bru proves every game he is one of our best players
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Suffolk_n_Good added 22:52 - Feb 10
Agree completely Popeye, thought Sears was a breath of fresh air tonight, chased everything, even when it looked a lost cause.
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rambohambo added 22:52 - Feb 10
Andd unlucky to everyone who parked along Cambridge drive haha, the game was worth it tho !
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76blue added 22:53 - Feb 10
Got a bit of the old feel a PR that we had at the end of 2014. Played well today and mainly played it on the deck more. Vital win hopefully the buzz will return now and I smell a little run maybe. Same again at fullham please mick.COYB
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ChestnutSe added 22:54 - Feb 10
Great result and well deserved. Well done to the manager who got everything right. I said at halftime we would win 3-1 so I was almost right.
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yogiblue added 23:01 - Feb 10
Skuse was immense tonight, possibly his best game in a Town shirt. He defended well, and got forward well, played less backward balls and much more positive forward balls.

Sears should start against Fulham, I can see a great partnership in the pipeline with Murphy
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JustSpivvyChops added 23:22 - Feb 10
"We haven't played that badly but gifted teams goals"....,,,,,head out of sand please Mick, we've been dire in several games recently.......heh ho, it's 3 points tonight, onwards and upwards!!
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TractorBeezer added 23:33 - Feb 10
Well done MM...and TC and the boys. You were correct to freshen things up tonight.

It's vital that we also revisit some of the basics especially communications at the back.

Let's get another 3 points at the Cottage.

UTTBs

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skusesrightpeg added 23:43 - Feb 10
I really do hate to say this but we didn't miss mcgoldrick one bit today.

Id keep with the team that finished today great sprit and fight lads. Onto Fulham coyb
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chevvymalc added 06:57 - Feb 11
I do'nt care who is fit ect mick leave a winning team alone and trust them for Saturday they played great last night.
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1Finshefki added 07:44 - Feb 11
Great tactics from the top, and a gutsy performance players with points to prove. But let's not forget ourselves! That was a rocking atmosphere! My voice is shot this morning..
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blueherts added 08:17 - Feb 11
Mick , you made the changes - we played some decent football and got the result !! well done all
Fantastic feel good a la Dec 2014!!
Now another boost would be go get JW on loan - that would be a massive feelgood factor and the wave will carry on - You can throw in Wood as well to that !
3 points at the Cottage - Happy Days
Only down side was another defensive mistake - for their goal - Hope MM gets that fixed
COMMUNICATE !
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Count_Arthur added 08:19 - Feb 11
I hold my hands up and apologise to Skuse, I thought he maybe should have been dropped but his performance last night was brilliant, man of the match in my opinion - sorry CS!

Great performance, thought Parr was great pushing forward, Bishop also brilliant, Bru looked the b*llocks, in fact we all looked a different team from Saturday.

But please, please, please, please, please can Sears keep his place above McGoldrick, he put in a real shift and paired up lovely with Murphy. McGoldrick needs to realise if he doesn't perform there are players who are just as good, if not better, waiting in the wings.
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walberswicks added 08:30 - Feb 11
why couldn't he see this 4 games ago?
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Wickets added 09:19 - Feb 11
And Freddy was great too,pace up front defenders hate it!!!
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ArnieMsBigToe added 11:12 - Feb 11
MM and TC have definitely got a problem with regards to McGoldrick now. Where could you slot him in? It is a better problem than we've had during previous seasons though.

Always liked Bru. Always liked Parr. Always liked Ambrose. Sears also like a sound bit of business. COYBs.
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BluJu added 12:45 - Feb 11
what happened in Cambridge Drive?
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scunnyblue added 12:50 - Feb 11
Listened to the match on sheffield radio. Sounded much more like the town that we got to know and love earlier this season when we were going 10/11 games unbeaten. Blip over i hope COYB!!!
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Deep_Blue added 13:09 - Feb 11
I think he meant Birkfield Drive, not Cambridge Drive, BluJu.

Apparently loads of people got parking tickets.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 14:28 - Feb 11
I think I agree with those suggesting MCG in the hole or at the top of a diamond, O think he could be a mercurial midfielder, he hasnt scored goals this season but he has been involved with so much of our best play. I think playing him there neagtes the need for a JW type player and he and Sears could interchange and cause real havc as the opposition would be unsure.

As for not seeing things 4 games ago, selection is baed on more than just the 90 mins, you would argue, given the poistion they got us in that the team he was putting out was our stongest, form tempoary class permanant and all that.

Skuse case in point, loads of ppl calling for him to be dropped and then last night MOM (Him or Sears anyway)


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