Fallon Warns Dogfight Ahead - Ipswich Town News

Striker Rory Fallon has warned his new Town team-mates that they’ll find themselves in a relegation fight sooner rather than later if the current run of bad results isn't ended. The loanee New Zealand international made his full debut in Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Preston.

Fallon, who was relegated from the Championship with parent club Plymouth last season, said: "If we don’t watch it we will be in a dogfight and then every game is a battle, a cup final. The effort is there and, with no disrespect to Plymouth, the team is there for Ipswich to move back up the table.

"You cannot leave it until the end of the season to start winning or Ipswich will be like Plymouth last year. I’ve been in a lot of dogfights and the only way out of it is through hard work.”

Fallon says he’s been at clubs where players have waited for a change of manager to provide impetus: "I’ve been through it all before with players wanting managers to get sacked so the club brings someone else in.

"It’s wrong to wait for someone else to come in and kick us up the backside — we’ve got to do it. By the time you know it you are playing catch-up. And I tell you - you don’t want to be playing catch up.”

The 28-year-old wouldn’t be drawn on whether there are players at Town not giving their all at present: "It’s not up to me to say.

"But we must all look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we are giving 100%. That’s what the lads have got to think.”

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