Town’s costly habit of surrendering the lead in games is frustrating everyone connected with the club — but especially captain Carlos Edwards.
Incredibly, Ipswich have taken the lead in each of their last four league games but have collected just two of a possible 12 points.
The Trinidadian said: "Last season it seemed we had to go a goal down to start playing — and now we go a goal up and we stop playing.
"We still have a lot to do on the drawing board. Getting the second goal is the problem. We seem to take our foot off the pedal and think that’s the end of it.
"But that’s when we should be kicking on, trying to get that second goal. We are creating chances but the guys are just not lethal enough in front of goal.
"With the opposition we seem to say ‘Okay, there you go, take a bite of the cherry’ but once we get in front teams are not giving us an easy opportunity and we need to fight hard to get goals.
"Why can’t we do the same to them? If they score good goals against us, tip your hat to them, but while you are going to make mistakes it’s happening week in, week out, and we need to cut it out as soon as possible.”
Edwards recalled the dramatic events of the weekend when the 2-1 defeat at Hull led an emotional boss Paul Jewell to admit to the media that he was considering his future at the club.
He described the situation in the dressing room, adding: "To be fair I was so disappointed that my head was down. He didn’t speak for long and I’m not too sure exactly what his words were.
"The disappointing thing is that we lost the game and he was down. You could tell from his voice and his body language that he couldn’t believe it and was under great strain.
"I didn’t go to sleep until five o’clock on Sunday morning and then I was in at the training ground despite having a day off. I was looking at the television to see if there was any breaking news but luckily he is still here and that’s a bonus.
"Sometimes getting rid of the manager doesn’t really help but sometimes it does. It all depends on how the players react when that happens but in a nutshell this is the same situation as Roy Keane’s last few weeks in the job.
"To be fair our owner is one of the most patient owners in English football. But everyone can see that if we don’t have any good results in our next two games it could be the manager’s last.
"We as players must try to help him. We need to rally round him and make sure we are focused on the task ahead, which is to get us out of the slump we are in. We are looking forward to the Derby game and picking up three points.”