Town boss Roy Keane left his players in no doubt about what he thought of the performance at Watford, keeping them in the dressing room for 90 minutes after the 2-1 defeat.

Keane felt his side started poorly and never recovered: “We kicked the ball out play after three seconds, and it set the tone for the night. We’ll need to spend hours and hours now on the training pitch just practising kick-offs. It’s unbelievable."

The Blues boss was less than impressed that his side only started to show any form in the second half and then gave away a second poor goal: "The game started at quarter to eight.

“We couldn’t have been any worse in the second half, and we got ourselves back in the game, but we gave another bad goal away and shot ourselves in the foot.

“I freshened things up with one or two players coming in, but they didn’t give us the freshness we were hoping for. They say don’t change a winning team, and it could be true. You can bet your life I’ll be making changes now though.”

Keane replaced Owen Garvan after only 22 minutes and said he might have made other early tactical substitutions: "There could have been more. I really believe Watford wanted it more and that is hard to stomach."

Watford boss Malky Mackay said winning goalscorer Will Hoskins has been pressing for a place in the side: "Will has been close to getting in the team in last couple of weeks.

"He's matured this season, he's had a child with his partner and settled down. He's undoubtedly talented but it's also about workrate and we have seen that recently - I'm delighted for him.

“We had a lot of possession in the first half and it could have been two or three, so I was disappointed when their goal went in, but I had no doubt that they had the character to go on and win it.”

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leadbitter6 added 23:30 - Mar 19 legend u are f-in spot on, people need 2 realise that, we have 2 earn the right 2 play in the premiership, let alone the championship, not just turn up and win, but then again we win a couple and keane is turning things round, then we lose and every keane out MUG wants him sacked.
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towner1 added 23:29 - Mar 24 Agree with Chambers M and lsgblue, Roy keane and ipswich town simply do not go together it was disaster from day 1. His management skills are yet to be seen, he bought players into the club and hasnt used them what logic was that?! The team is a strong team and would be great with the right management, maybe one that doesnt scare them or who encourages them to play well and work them on their positives rather than have a go at simple mistakes that even roy keane made in his playing days. Got to disagree though, there are some harsh comments on this Lee Martin kid, i followed United when Keane was tere and followed it since with reserves and Martin is a good player (if ole recommends he must be) but hes not been given a chance!!! Wht manager pays 1.5mil for a player and play him 4 or 5 times.? Think this kid needs a chance to be honest, maybe next season under new management we will see the true ipswich town footballers and not these scared men who dont want a touch on the ball incase there manager doesnt play them....some players have just disapeared for no reason off the pitch, this isnt normal.!!

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towner1 added 23:30 - Mar 24 Agree with Chambers M and lsgblue, Roy keane and ipswich town simply do not go together it was disaster from day 1. His management skills are yet to be seen, he bought players into the club and hasnt used them what logic was that?! The team is a strong team and would be great with the right management, maybe one that doesnt scare them or who encourages them to play well and work them on their positives rather than have a go at simple mistakes that even roy keane made in his playing days. Got to disagree though, there are some harsh comments on this Lee Martin kid, i followed United when Keane was tere and followed it since with reserves and Martin is a good player (if ole recommends he must be) but hes not been given a chance!!! Wht manager pays 1.5mil for a player and play him 4 or 5 times.? Think this kid needs a chance to be honest, maybe next season under new management we will see the true ipswich town footballers and not these scared men who dont want a touch on the ball incase there manager doesnt play them....some players have just disapeared for no reason off the pitch, this isnt normal.!!

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