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Huws: Time to Start Turning Draws Into Wins - Ipswich Town News

Blues goalscorer Emyr Huws says Town need to turn their draws into wins, starting with Tuesday’s home game against fourth-bottom Wolves.

The Blues are unbeaten in six but have won only one of their last 10 fixtures in all competitions and have drawn their last four games 1-1, the first time in the club's history that more than three successive matches have ended in the same scoreline.

The last time Town recorded four successive draws of any scoreline was back in the 1992/93 Premier League campaign during an overall run of five. The longest run in the club's history is seven in November and December 1990.

‘We were unlucky not to win some of those earlier games so there is not too much different needed,” on-loan Cardiff man Huws said after Saturday’s latest 1-1 stalemate against Brentford. "We just need a bit of luck and to be a bit more clinical.

"We just need to keep on with these sort of performances and wins will come. Tuesday against Wolves is a good time to start turning those draws into wins.

"We are confident if we can keep putting in the performances the wins will come.”

He added: "Every game is a big game, not getting beaten is not to be sniffed in this league and we want to stay unbeaten.”

Huws, who manager Mick McCarthy revealed after Saturday’s match has told him he’d be keen to join the Blues permanently in the summer, netted his second goal of his spell against the Bees - his first was the winner at Aston Villa - and says he’s looking to add more to his total.

"I’d like to score more and I would like to build on the couple I have,” the 23-year-old Wales international continued. "Ipswich play a 5-3-2 and are quite expansive so that suits my style.”

Brentford midfielder Romaine Sawyers, who created his side’s equaliser for Nico Yennaris, felt the Bees should have claimed all three points.

"We created enough chances to win the game,” he insisted. "It was not an easy pitch and they are a very physical team but we battled and could put our stamp on the game with our passing.

"If we continue to battle in every game like we did then we will be more than all right.

"The gaffer bangs on about consistency and performances and we are starting to do that.”

He added: "We gave a cheap goal against the run of play but we bounced back and got our goal to get a good point.

"We are maturing as a team and growing in this league and if we keep getting these performances right we will only get stronger.”

Meanwhile Town’s U18s were beaten 3-2 by Sheffield Wednesday at their Middlewood training ground on Saturday morning.

The Blues’ U23s, who are expected to include Jonny Williams as he makes his return from his shoulder injury, are in action against Bristol City at Playford Road this afternoon (KO 1pm).

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