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Mings: Fulham Win Showed What We're All About - Ipswich Town News

Left-back Tyrone Mings believes Saturday’s live-on-Sky 2-1 victory over former Premier League side Fulham will have shown the rest of the Championship what Town are all about.

"That throws down a marker in the Championship. Fulham came here and found out quite quickly how hard it is,” the 21-year-old said.

”It was on the television and it showed teams that Ipswich are hard to beat and we can score goals, when the chances come we can tuck them away.

"Fulham never really had any options once they realised they could not play their way through us.

"They had their diamond formation but never got much joy out of that and when they went wide they got no joy out of that either."

Mings was delighted to see David McGoldrick get back on the scoresheet after six months out with a knee injury, last season’s 16-goal top scorer adding Town's second goal just after the hour, Daryl Murphy having netted the opener on 32.

"It was great for McGoldrick to come back in that manner,” Mings said. "It was a great boost for him and it lifted the team as well.

”The first goal settled us down and the second goal helped and gave us a cushion.

"After they scored it gave them some momentum but it showed the character we have among the whole team how we held out and it showed the resilience the whole squad has.”

Mings has a chance to establish himself at left-back with Aaron Cresswell departing for West Ham in the summer and new signing Jonny Parr missing the start of the season with a groin injury.

Was filling Cresswell’s boots difficult? "He is only a size seven, so it wasn’t that hard!," he joked.

"No, me and Cressy have different attributes and I don't really compare myself to him or base my game on what he did.

"I don't look at stepping into his shoes, more my playing my own game. If I can get forward and put in crosses, which help the team then that is great."

"I felt I held my own. I did it against Reading [on the opening day] last season when they had just come down but got injured, which wasn't the plan but now I have played against Fulham and it went well.

"Everyone is buzzing, but we have 45 games to go so we will see what happens."

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