Boss Roy Keane slammed the defending which led to Preston’s first goal during the Blues’ 2-0 defeat at Deepdale and continues to be frustrated by his side’s own lack of goals.
Keane said: "From our point of view the first goal came from unbelievably bad defending. We don't score enough goals so we are putting ourselves under pressure all the time.
"We had our chances again and didn't take them and that's very disappointing.
"We looked fairly comfortable but we lacked a cutting edge and it looks as though we have to play unbelievably well to score one or two goals.
"When you are only scoring the odd goal, you are always going to be under pressure because at some stage, the opposition are going to create their own chances.
"We're looking over our shoulder now and we've got to fight our way up the table.
"The players have got to roll their sleeves up and scrap for the points. Our first priority is to get away from the bottom of the table and then we'll see where it takes us."
Asked whether he might look at signing Michael Chopra - who played for him at Sunderland - from cash-strapped Cardiff, the Blues boss didn’t entirely rule it out: "Chops is a very, very good striker. Whether our club can afford him on his wages remains to be seen."
Preston boss Darren Ferguson was delighted with loanee Danny Welbeck’s first Lilywhites goal: "You may call it cheeky but it was one hell of a finish. He showed great composure but we've got to be careful we don't place too much responsibility on him.
"He's only 19 and has come into a really hard league that he has never played in before.
"But as soon as he scored you could see the shackles come off and he grew in confidence. You would pay to see that sort of goal alone. What a magnificent finish."
Ferguson was quick to play down any rivalry with his former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane: "This wasn't about me or Roy. Roy is a good lad and the fact he was involved today had nothing to do with it.
"Ipswich had only lost one of their last 15 so this was a good result for us."