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McCarthy: Rosler's Comments "Disingenuous" - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Mick McCarthy was delighted with what he felt was an “outstanding win” at Wigan but not with some “real disingenuous comments" made about his team by Latics manager Uwe Rosler after the match.

Following the Blues’ 2-1 victory at the DW Stadium Rosler said the Blues "roughed us up and sometimes with illegal methods” and accused Town of targeting winger Callum McManaman, who was forced off injured after a Christophe Berra foul: "They wanted to take him out of the game and they succeeded.”

McCarthy was unrepentant after what he felt was one of the best away performances of his time in charge at Portman Road.

"It was an outstanding win and an outstanding performance,” he said. "I thought we were considerably the best team, despite some stuff I read and have seen since about us supposedly kicking them off the park, beating them up and targeting individual players. I should clear it up, we target all of them, not individuals.

"I thought we were outstanding and there were real disingenuous comments made about my team because I thought we were far and away the better team.

"We could have been four or five up. I think Gerks made one save after 74 minutes from a corner kick and then a lot was said about the last 10 minutes when they had a couple of chances. They did, we were knackered, we’d run all over the top of them and played well.

"And, of course, when you get to 2-1 you sit back, you get forced back, it’s almost inevitable and we got our little bit of luck when they hit the post and it came away. But I thought we were much better than them.”

He added: "It was very pleasing and even more so after all the bleating which had gone on as well.”

Town go into today’s game at home against Rotherham looking to win four games on the trot for the first time during McCarthy’s time in charge. The last time the Blues managed such a streak was back in January and February 2012 during Paul Jewell’s spell as boss.

McCarthy says the run of wins, which has taken Town up to seventh in the table, has boosted both confidence and optimism.

"It does help confidence for all of us,” he said. "It gives an optimism around the town and at the ground there’ll be an optimism.

"That has to be tempered slightly as Rotherham are no mugs and it’ll be a really hard game, as all Championship games are.

"But it certainly helps. It helps the spirit, it helps individually how you feel about yourself and certainly collectively as a team. Let’s hope we can take it forward and get another win.”

McCarthy is particularly pleased with the way players such as Luke Hyam, who scored his first goal of the season at Wigan, and Tommy Smith have accepted having been dropped from the side during the recent run.

"We like to try and keep it consistent,” he continued. "And it’s consistent in personality as much as anything.

"It doesn’t always work because none of them are happy when they’re not playing but it’s the reaction when they get back in, à la Luke Hyam when he came on and Tommy Smith when had his little bit in the game the week before.

"That is the reaction I expect. I’ve had it before where you get people who come in and have a bit of a sulk on. It does them no good because they’re not going to get back in again.”

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