Blues boss Paul Jewell felt his side deserved more than just a point from their trip to Crystal Palace. Jason Scotland’s second half goal saw Town to a 1-1 draw after Chris Martin had put the Eagles in front during a first period in which the Blues were very much on top.
Jewell said: "I thought we dominated the first half completely. They had a chance for Darren Ambrose and the goal, but I thought we were outstanding football-wise. The only thing that was missing was that killer instinct.
"We had 10 crosses and 10 shots as the away team. We passed the ball really well. The only thing that was missing was a goal. I don’t think it was a fair result, but you’re never disappointed when you come from behind.”
He felt the first half performance was one of his team’s best passing displays of the campaign: "I don’t know what the possession stats were but sometimes we were overpassing it. There were some quality balls going across the box, but we didn’t have enough devilment.
"I know we’re talking about a world class striker, but someone like Shearer would have had a hat-trick today with the balls going across the box.
"We’ve got to want to score more goals and get across people in the box. Arran’s made a good save at 0-0 from Ambrose but other than that and the goal, I don’t think they’ve really had a shot.”
The Blues boss says his players have got to be prepared to put their heads in where it hurts inside the penalty area: "To score goals you’ve got to get a cut eye - you get your just rewards if you’re brave.
"I’m not going to be too critical of the players but the only thing missing, certainly in the first half was that. We had 10 crosses go in from those crosses I don’t think we made the keeper make a save.
"We had plenty of shots, twice as many as them but, even though we’ve scored a lot of goals this year, in the last five or six games we’ve struggled because we’ve had lots of possession but we haven’t made it count.”
Jewell had praise for scorer Scotland, who he believed came close to a goal in the first half when his volley was stopped by Julian Speroni: "Their keeper made a fantastic save from Jason in the first half when he tipped it around the post and it was a really good goal.
"I thought we had our worst spell just after we scored. They’re a hard team to play against Palace. I think Dougie’s done a great job here. They hit you on the break and counter-attack with their pace, but I thought we played well today.”
The Liverpudlian had praise for central midfield pairing Grant Leadbitter and Andy Drury, who he said ran the first half: "I though Grant and Andy Drury were terrific in the middle of the park. We got the ball wide, we got crosses in. I couldn’t be critical of them in the first half other than that we were a goal down and asking them how much we want to score goals.”
Jewell says he has no new injuries from today’s game but that keeper Richard Wright tore his cartilage in training: "He had a scan on Thursday afternoon and it revealed a little nick in his cartilage and looks like he’ll probably need a scope.”
Wright would appear unlikely to feature again this season with his third spell at the club set to come to an end this summer.
Palace boss Dougie Freedman felt the game ended in the right scoreline: "I thought it was a fair result. We’re a little bit disappointed after taking the lead.
"But I felt that Ipswich had a very experienced side out there today and it was hard to cope with them at times, very clever movement from them.
"Maybe when you look back on it it was a good point. It stopped the rut that we’ve been in for the last three or four games.”