Players Kept in Dressing Room - Ipswich Town News

The Town players were kept in the dressing room for an hour after last night's performance against Helsingborgs IF. Manager George Burley was clearly deeply unhappy with the display, although did have encouraging words for sub Sixto Peralta.

Burley said: "I have had a good chat with the lads. We were disappointed with one or two aspects and there are areas of the game which have to be better. It is clear we are not firing on all cylinders."

Of Peralta, a second half sub for Jim Magilton: "Sixto looked very lively when he came on, he is a player who like to get on the ball and he showed some good touches and I felt he did very well."

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