Town manager Roy Keane was understandably disappointed with his side's 3-1 home defeat to Barnsley. In addition to the loss, Mark Kennedy and Luke Hyam damaged their hamstrings and are out of next week’s trip to Hull.

Keane said the game typified how things are at the present time: “Poor result, poor performance, not a great day and a couple more injuries. That’s the way it’s going for us. No sympathy, we’ll look to bounce back next weekend.”

The Portman Road crowd booed their team off and were vocally critical of the substitution of Tamás Priskin, something the Blues boss feels is inevitable when a team is doing poorly: “When you don’t win matches every decision is going to be analysed and criticised, that’s the nature of football.

“They were pretty supportive last year when we went 14 games without a victory - the Watford game I’ll never forget - they were very, very good to us. But at this moment in time, you’re still hoping that fans would understand where we’re at.

“Don’t underestimate the loss of Gareth McAuley, David Norris and Grant Leadbitter. I don’t want to use that as an excuse but they are important players for us. We just have to get on with it.”

Keane explained the thinking behind his substitutions: “We thought we’d get a bit more from Jack and Jake getting a bit more forward. They’re two young players and it’s a big responsibility doing a job in the middle of the park, so with the extra support from Luke we thought we might get back into it.

“But, of course, the next goal changed things and we tried to mix it up again. We tried a few different things and it just didn’t work.”

Keane's controversial decision to withdraw Priskin was amongst those alternative options: “When we took Tamás off we changed it with Connor going up with Ronan and actually I thought they did OK in the last 20 minutes. OK, they’re young players and you could say the game was over.

“Obviously there were a few people disappointed and they probably thought we were going to stick with the one up front, but of course we changed that with Jack coming over to the left and I thought Ronan did quite well and was perhaps unlucky not to score. It was a straight swap in that sense."

Tykes manager Mark Robins was delighted with his players’ display: “It was without doubt the best performance since I became Barnsley manager and it was a continuation of what we saw on Tuesday night against Preston.

“The players took the confidence they gleaned from that game into today. We passed it well, the movement was fantastic and what we added today was our finishing. It's a step in the right direction and pleasing.”

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OrkneyBlue added 09:34 - Nov 14 I personally have always tryed to sit on the fence with Keane,there have always been those who were/are staunch anti or pro Keane. After reading these posts, the thing that stands out for me is that alot of 'on the fencers' and even alot of pro Keaneites have run out patience, and i have to say i too have the same opinion. I was at the Millwall game a couple of weeks back, and until then i had hit it lucky i guess with the games i managed to attend in terms of performance, ok we beat them 2-0 but,apart from maybe 15-20mins of 2nd half, the football was dyer. No width, passing, movement etc etc. It dawned on me yesterday and i could nearly sense the feeling in PR from way up here when watching soccer saturday. What dawned on me was that we are mid table fodder and Magilts got the heave ho for the very same reason. Therefore, in my humble opinion, Mr Evans has to stick with that ethic and get rid. Please.

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nobrain added 09:35 - Nov 14 A hugely disappointing result. Barnsely simply outplayed us for much of the game with some excellent passing, whilst we slipped into our 'comedy defending' game again. We do have some excellent players - well capable of acheiving promotion - BUT, yet again we lacked confidence against a side that we should have beaten and this has to be down to the managment. I've never been pro or anti Keane and he will always accept responsibility, but that's not enough - he now needs to lift the team and produce some wins. Anyway..... ...COYB!!!

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foster added 09:54 - Nov 14 were not going to get promotion if we keep playing eastman hes awfull peters much better player and for god sack kennedy injured again we missed mcauley so much yesterday give it up keane QUIT
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ArnieM added 09:59 - Nov 14 For God's sake Marcus - ACT NOW!! I have backed RK since his installment as our manager. But enough is enough. The very soul is being torn out of this once proud Club. The fans are registering their objection by leaving in their droves - I have never in all my 45 years of following this Club been part of such down trodden, negative vibe that I feel at every home game. Where has my beloved Club gone? The very ethos of "friendly," ("happy"?), doing things "the right way", has evapourated over the last few years (not all under RK). Marcus! We NEED an experienced manager NOW !There's no doubtig that Roy is trying his best - but it is patently clear to anyone that knws about the game , he simply doens not have the required credentials for the "here and now" at Ipswich Town FC. Please ACT NOW !!

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foster added 10:00 - Nov 14 were not going to get promotion if we keep playing eastman hes awfull peters much better player and for god sack kennedy injured again we missed mcauley so much yesterday give it up keane QUIT
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borge added 10:02 - Nov 14 Dantown, I find it interesting that you claim to have a sense of perspective and that you suggest you are looking at the long term view. I can only assume you are either very young or have a very short memory. Anyone genuinely viewing our current situation with a sense of perspective will tell you that things can't go on as they are. Look at our history. Look at the comments from opposition managers just a few years ago: "They passed us to death." Those with any real sense of perspective simply can't stomach the dross that is being served up under Roy Keane. And if you think I am harking back to some long forgotten and now unobtainable glory days, think Joe Royle. Not the fans' choice at the time, but he got us playing fantastic football on a budget far smaller than Keane's. It ain't difficult. I firmly believe that if you compare our squad player for player with those of most other teams in the division we have enough to get us promoted. We just need a manager who can motivate players (not scare them sh*teless), gets tactics right (playing players in the right position would be a start) and most of all, is able to encourage real Ipswich Town passing football. Keane out. Now.

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arazisgreat added 10:06 - Nov 14 Great post Borge. Agree with everything you say!
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bluelady added 10:08 - Nov 14 The team came out heads were down, they looked nervous from the off. Tactical suicide - they played everything down the right week as we were left wide open. I'm afraid my patience has run out he has to go. Want a big name evans - matrin o neil is a big name a great footballing manager and a gentleman, the time has come!
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Zico added 10:21 - Nov 14 Keane, your not as disappointed as the rest of us - what a load of rubbish, I myself have had enough, Keane you have go!
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warwickblue added 10:26 - Nov 14 Borge, I have to say that I agree with you. I think that if we calmly analyse Keane's tenure at Portman Road then my judgement is that he disrupted the basis of a good squad; he has hindered rather than assisted the development of youngsters by putting them in the wrong places at the wrong times; he has eliminated the 'family' ethos of the club and he has introduced a style of football which appears to be borne of a desperation not to lose, rather than a will to win. There will be hundreds of fans, of course, who might feel slightly embarrassed or contemptuous about the 'family club' reference but I'm afraid that it has, until recently, always been inextricably linked to the success of the club. We, as a team and as body of supporters, have always enjoyed a certain respect for our values, throughout the UK and Europe. I have to tell you, people, that the spectacle of our dejected young players being booed, jeered at and derided yesterday is emphatically not what ITFC was all about. Mr Keane was appointed with much gung-ho, swashbuckling rhetoric about toughening things up, boot-camps, army training and getting rid of the 'cosiness' pervading the club. Well, yesterday, all I can observe is that he has certainly succeeded in that objective. But can anyone continue to be happy with what we have in its place?

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dagenhamtown added 10:29 - Nov 14 Does anybody also believe that he thrives on the fear factor and players are scared of making mistakes i personally feel that players just dont want to play for him they are so scared of making mistakes because of the backlash and as john walters put it treading on egg shells.We all know he was a class player but does he expect everybody to be as good as him and if they are not he cant accept that.Lets be fair the man is arrogant just look at the mick macarthey episode re the world cup he dont care about anyone or anything other than himself.Also again other than a goodish spell at sunderland where does his track record lie as a manager i will tell u knowhere.Come on looking back i dont honestly think it was this bad under jim at least we tried to open up and play.Lets get this club back to the way we were playing entertaining football and knowing 8.out of 10 that when we turn up4 home games we will generally get a result.Take a long walk on southwold pier Mr Keane and if u feelthe time has come to fall on your sword jump in.Ps can anybody give me 5 names they would like toc in the hat as our next manager.

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AshFinland added 10:34 - Nov 14 I do not understand how anyone could still be pro-Keane. Our style of play is horrendous and it's not even as if we are getting the results to justify such blatant anti-football. I have read so many comments making the point that the league is open and we are still in with a chance, but that is no indication of progress. If anyone thinks we are 4 points off 4th place (or whatever it is) because we are a good side, they are deluded and not watching the same games that I am. Let's face it...most teams in this league are rubbish. We are slightly less rubbish than some of them and a good deal more rubbish than others. Nothing to be proud of.

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tractorboynathan added 10:40 - Nov 14 As previous comments from Above I don't mind us losing if we actually played football! But I'm afraid we don't do that. Look at barnsley, they have no big namesin there team but pass it around so easily that it just makes us look s*it. Which we are. I'm fed up of this boring football and keane sitting on his arse doing Nothing! Mark robins and co get up and cheer there team, shout out what to do ect. Even magilton did that! However saying that I don't think we have a bad team! And I think the likes of curbs and brown and whoever would be intrested In our team. Scotland who is a proven goalscorer at this level, wickam who is the 'new best thing' and priskin who is looking quality atm. We have the pace and creativity of townsend and Edwards, the experiecend Norris an leadbitter, with the young and enthusiam youngers in colback and Livermore. Macualy and delaney I still think are the best two centre halfs In the league, with smith a quality youngster who went to the world cup. And a keeper that has been in the top flight. On paper we have a decent team. And I still believe we could get into the players with maybe 2 new full backs. Evans you have got a decision mate, and I agree with others by saying KEANE OUT!

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gypo added 10:51 - Nov 14 Disgusted and Embarassed . In all my years of watching football i have never heard home fans cheering the other teams every pass .I know people are pissed off but come on, call for keanes head if thats your problem but dont do that . I will always support ipswich town football club and whoever is in charge untill the chairman decides otherwise. I`m also pissed off But to cheer another team to get at them = NO FECKING WAY!

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big_gaz67 added 11:03 - Nov 14 About a month ago I posted on here how Keane's appointment was totally against the ethos of the club I had supported as a boy and if even if we were successful under his 'leadership' then it would be a hollow victory. I was shot down in flames and have not posted since. However the posts on this subject states exactly how I felt then and now. We need the club to be repaired long term, youth players having time invested in them. Please Mr Evans/Clegg appoint Alan Curbishley with Matt Holland as his assistant. An experienced manager who can immediately address the serious motivation/organisational problems in the first team squad helped with a man of integrity, universally respected by the fans who can aid the reparation of the true meaning of ITFC.

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BlueFinn added 11:05 - Nov 14 Ei tästä mitään tule.Keane ulos! Although I still vaguely hope I will come to regret this post...
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Lightningboy added 11:33 - Nov 14 big_gaz67...I and many others have been saying that for well over a year. Roy Keane is not suited to ipswich town fc..the whole situation has sat uncomfortably since day 1. Seriously,how much worse does the football & atmosphere at PR have to get before our owner does something about it?..open your eyes & ears Marcus. Bringing in a "Ray Wilkins" to assist will not help the problem..Keane "IS" the problem and needs removing asap.

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Mungo added 11:44 - Nov 14 I might as well throw my 2 pence worth in! I've never been a huge fan of RK, but I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. This has become increasingly hard to do however, with a number of disappointing results and performances coupled with peculiar and needless media comments. Yes we are only 2 or 3 points off the play offs, but this is more down to the inconsistency of every other team in the league (who are also only a few points off) than any sort of achievement by ITFC. Its hard to argue that any real progress is being made and defeats at home to Coventry and Derby, who haven't won at PR since the dark ages seem to underline this. Maybe if RK was given another 5 years (like Nigel Clough at Derby) then he might be able to build a successful team, but this isn't what either RK or anyone else signed up for when he was appointed. Given his record I think ME has been incredibly patient and supportive so far, but I would be surprised if that continued much longer...

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62WasBest added 11:46 - Nov 14 Maybe Ipswich fans were cheering Barnsley's passing purely because they appreciate an entertaining, passing style. After all, that's what they have been brought up on. Keane's idea of football doesn't seem to have any place at Ipswich as far as I can see. Looks like we have a team bereft of imagination - but is that down to the players or the manager, or both? You have to make up your own mind. And to think, when Keane was appointed we had an outpouring on here about how pleased they were that it wasn't Neil Warnock. Well, I know which of the two I believed had the better track record. As stated before, I don't think Keane will go, barring a bust up, until out of contract unless we are hovering around the relegation zone after New Year.

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havinit69 added 11:54 - Nov 14 WOW! - Almost 100 posts already! - We must have lost!! I rarely post on here and I am a Keane fan, however, even I would be lying if I said that I am happy with how things are going, However.... It makes me laugh when I read how you all EXPECT success! - Say we did get rid of Keane, who would replace him ? - And how long would you give them ? If ANYONE on this forum really believe that Martin O'Neill would come here then you really are living in dreamland! Also, same can be said for Curbushley, you really think that he has been sat out of football all this time waiting to manage a club like Ipswich ? - WAKE UP !! The championship is a lottery and its no surprise that QPR and Cardiff lead the way. QPR have a bottomless pit of money and Cardiff have the best attacking options outside of the Premiership which are worth more than our entire squad put together. I agree with an earlier post i read, like it or not Keane is going no where. For all his faults, he gives the club too much publicity and thats why Evans appointed him in the first place IMO. I am not saying its right, but its reality and perhaps some of you could return to reality and accept that we have no given right to be walking this league. You only have to look at recently relegated teams from the Prem, where are Boro, Hull, Portsmouth, Reading etc ? - Surely they have a right to success before us ? The top two aside, everyone is going to keep beating each other and the play off spots will be a lottery, lets just hope that Keane has bought a ticket !!

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osborne1nil added 11:55 - Nov 14 Agree Lightningboy, I am not convinved that getting an experienced assistant in will help matters greatly (other than run the team when RK is kicked out until new manager appointed,) as Keane will still have the final say. Does anybody know what coaching qualification he has (if any) as his tactics and team selection are appauling. Anybody bleating on about us still being in the Cup, yes we are but look who we have played so far, we were expected to beat those teams and have been lucky not to pull out any difficult draws so far until now. Based on the performances this year as a whole we will be ripped apart, and I shall be daft enough to pay £20 for the privilage, in the hope that a miracle can happen! Having been going to PR for many years as a season ticket holder I am sure that the oleying of the oppositions passing has happened before under previous managers but not when or against who. ME act now and get Keane out and try and take advantage of the potential managers that are available.

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JayT added 12:02 - Nov 14 Personally i didnt likr RKs appiontment as manager however i was willing to give him the chance to see how it would turn out. But now the football being played is just tragic. i think that ME will give him until janurary and if we are anywhere near the bottom 8 of the league he will go or if we are in the same place, unfortuanatly he will be here until the end of the season. As much as i want to see an O'Neil or Curbishley in charge i somewhat doubt it will happen...

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62WasBest added 12:11 - Nov 14 havinit69 I think you have missed the real point regards success. No one has a right to success, but what the majority of posts are saying is that Mr. Keane has no tactical nous for one, and two that they want and DEMAND to be entertained by the quality of the football played even if we end up losing. Of course, that's not going to happen every week, but that should be the aspiration. Good football will bring its own rewards - both in spectator satisfaction and player confidence. It will also bring recognition and publicity in its own right. And I don't believe the set up at Town is unlikely to attract decent managers. How much latitude and cash is available are probably the more important additional factors to consider.

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BlooooCD added 12:28 - Nov 14 I deliberately waited til today to post my comment so my comments were a little more orchestrated from my brain rather than my emotions as I was seething yesterday after what I saw... Like many others I backed keano 110% and defended him in arguments and was sure he could do the right thing by us! However.... No more I'm afraid. Yesterday was bloody farcical at best! His inept ability to apply tactics and playing players out of position has cost us so much already. Next 3 games will be the equivalent to a piece of rope with which he gets us out of this hole or indeed he hangs himself! I'm afraid to say I fear the latter will prevail! I'd this is at the expense of us god forbid losing to the budgies at sparrow road I will lose any respect for him. It's just nowhere near good enough and I'm afraid my head has now been turned.. We need a new, more experienced manager, preferably proven at this level! Sorry keano in you I no longer have faith or trust. In the blue army I offer my full support to the club and players! COYB's!!!

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BlooooCD added 12:33 - Nov 14 One final point to make.... Mr Evans and 'can't sign a player' Clegg... You cannot charge premiership prices to your supporters if your only offering 3rd division football!!!! I have never felt so robbed as I did yesterday.. Worked out my boys and mine season tickets equivalent and I gave you over £70 for watching that shower yesterday!!! Carry on as we are and the supporter numbers will continue to drop! Sad times to feel so disgruntled.. Losing to better teams is acceptable! Losing like we did is a bloody disgrace!

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