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Rosenior: Peterborough Defeat Was Embarrassing - Ipswich Town News

Full-back Liam Rosenior admits that Town’s defeat to table-propping Peterborough United was embarrassing. The loanee from Reading has also refuted suggestions that the players don’t care enough.

Rosenior said: "I got home around 2am after the Peterborough game and I couldn't sleep.

"I was analysing my performance and I know when I got in to training yesterday that other lads had done the same. Losing to the bottom team is nothing short of a disgrace. It is embarrassing.

"When I came here in August I was looking at automatic promotion or the play-offs. This looked a realistic target to me with what we had to offer. It's what a club like Ipswich should be looking for. Now we're in a fight for survival. And it's not right.”

Rosenior, who has been one of the Blues more impressive performers this season, says the players are not taking the situation lightly: "We do care. OK, the current loanees, including myself, might not be here next season.

"But we have our pride and I can assure everyone that we are doing our best every game, but we're coming up short.”

Peterborough boss Jim Gannon says that Town’s second half capitulation at London Road came as no shock to him: "If I'm being truthful, then yes, I could see it coming."

"Having seen the Ipswich game at QPR, Ipswich have been the worst performing second half team in matches. So I'm not surprised."

Striker Daryl Murphy says the team perhaps need to relax after going ahead: "We're doing well at the start of games, scoring early goals, but then we should be relaxing a bit and keeping the ball. It's happened in each of the three games I've played so far.

”We've looked comfortable and then in the second half looked a totally different team. I don't know whether it's concentration or what it is. We're just coming out for the second half and not starting at all.”

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