Town midfielder Jonathan Douglas is in favour of modern technology being introduced at Championship level after he appeared to have a legitimate goal disallowed in the 1-1 draw against Norwich at Portman Road on Sunday.
Douglas had the ball in the net inside the first two minutes of the latest East Anglian derby, only for a referee’s assistant to raise his flag for offside. Television replays immediately suggested the official had got it wrong.
Douglas, 34, said: "To be honest, at the time I thought I was offside so I didn’t really appeal for anything. But after the game I got a picture on my phone from my sister that she had taken off the television and I was a bit gutted.
"It would have been the ideal start for us and I suppose the use of technology is something that we’ve got to look at.
"But I also think it’s about the officials doing their job right. That’s two decisions in our last couple of games that have gone against us and cost us two goals.
"I know it’s tough for them and it wouldn’t take long to review the incident using the modern technology — maybe about five seconds — so people should start looking into doing something like that, especially in the big games.
"There’s a lot of pressure involved but a goal in the second minute would have been a great start for us.
"They say the bad luck evens itself out over the course of a season so I’m looking forward to that happening. It was a pity about the disallowed goal but overall we played well.
"It was a good game to be involved in, probably as good as any I’ve been involved in since I joined the club last year.
"I think we played really well. It was two good teams that were going at each other. Norwich didn’t come to sit back — they attacked as well — so it was a good open game and one that I was happy to be involved in.
"But it’s behind us and now it’s Preston on Saturday. It will be another tough game but we’re looking forward to it.”
Douglas is not concerned that Town’s display against the Canaries has set the standard and that supporters will want more of the same served up over the remaining 42 league fixtures of the season.
He added: "The fans might expect it but I think that’s what we expect as well. We played well away at Wolves in our previous game so we had a lot of confidence going into the Norwich game. We outplayed Wolves and were unlucky not to get three points there.
"Hopefully we can continue the momentum going into Saturday’s game and get all three points then have a few days off during the international break and come back raring to go.
"I think it’s very important that we build on the draws at Wolves and at home against Norwich by taking all three points from Preston, especially with the international break coming up because it will be a long time to wait if we don’t.
"Last season we did pretty well going into the international breaks but Preston will be tough to beat. If we go into the game with the same attitude that we did on Sunday I’m hopeful we will get the three points.”