Boss Paul Jewell hailed Town’s goals as good enough to grace any game after strikes in either half from Carlos Edwards and Jimmy Bullard saw the Blues to a 2-0 victory over Scunthorpe. The Blues boss felt his side should have sealed their win before half-time.

Jewell said: “They were two really good goals which would grace any game, certainly the first one was a great strike.

“In between them, certainly in the first half, we had lots of opportunities where we should have put the game to bed, but missing chances and wasting opportunities is our Achilles' heel. But it was lovely to see the goals go in.”

The Town boss said his side couldn’t take the Iron lightly despite their lowly position: “I don’t think you can be disrespectful to Scunthorpe because they’ve beaten Notts Forest and Swansea over the last month.

“This league is tough and they’re an honest bunch of players and they never gave in, but I felt we should have scored three or four goals in the first half and if that had happened we might have had a better performance in the second half when the game petered out a little bit. But, given our recent home form, if we have 23 of them next year, I’ll take them.

“I thought we went about the game really well in the first half - attacked them, got at them, got down the sides, got good balls in the box but once again weren’t on the end of a enough of them.”

Jewell said he switched his keepers in order to see Arran Lee-Barrett in match action: “Basically, we wanted to just have a look at Arran really.

"Márton’s done OK and Arran’s been patiently waiting for an opportunity and I thought I’d give him his chance, simple as that. The same with Josh Carson, I thought I’d give him a go and both of them did OK.”

The Town manager confirmed that Kieron Dyer picked up a minor knock: “Kieron got injured just at the end of training yesterday when we were doing a little bit of team play. He just felt his thigh a little bit. We don’t think it’s anything serious but obviously he wasn’t fit today.”

Scunthorpe caretaker-manager Tony Daws also had praise for Town’s goals: “At the end of the day we were defeated by two really class goals. A great strike for the first one from distance and then the second one was a bit of quality from Jimmy Bullard.

“It’s been a difficult week for the club really and a lot of credit has to go to the players today because I thought we had a really good go.

“They are obviously lacking in confidence because we’ve had a difficult season but I don’t think they could have given any more in terms of effort.”

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brittaniaman added 08:46 - Mar 20 I am sure o"connor will get a chance now as Martin will be suspended for the next 2 games (the 10 yellows saga) unfortunately as games go Martin will be out until tues 12th april which as we know it is a hell of a long time for
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bluelady added 09:27 - Mar 20 Poor yellow too from very poor ref totally inconsistent scunthorpe got of lightly on the card front!!! Thinkin about Edwards gets a lot of stick but cost around half grant l I think know which one is prefer! Four goals this season how many had grant l scored from open play.?
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tractorboy11uk added 10:13 - Mar 20 While we are on the lookout for strikers I will throw another name in the ring. Sam Baldock from MK Dons. I watched him at Col Utd last week. He had 4 chances and scored 3 quality goals. It will be interesting to see him and Macail-Smith on the same pitch tomorrow night on sky. Shame I'm out though !
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VILJOEN67 added 15:18 - Mar 20 Yes lets give o connor a run in the side on the left until the end of the season to see what he can do when its not snowing
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moomoosereni added 18:10 - Mar 20 Lee-Barratt has the most irritating shout ever. Granted we shouldn't be able to hear it at what is fast becoming known as "The Library" on other football forums! Honestly, he sounds like an owl or something.
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IITFC1948 added 19:27 - Mar 20 Why do Grant get so much stick on here ,someone has to do the dirty work[cleaning up in midfield]
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tractorboy2434 added 20:29 - Mar 20 Probably because he cannot pick a forward pass, cannot beat a player, cannot take dead ball kicks but insists on doing so and contributes very little in team play, a very expensive ordinary player.
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chicorytwin added 07:38 - Mar 21 tractorboy2434....Your comments are typical of someone who knows very little about football.
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HarryfromBath added 13:38 - Mar 21 I am not going to referee the comments above, but I do have a fear that Grant is a decent squad player, but not a great deal more. We simply need to play with two up front unless we have a greater degree of inventiveness from the midfield when on the attack. I am glad that Paul is using these eight games to have a look at the wider squad. There will be a massive clearout in the summer, I would reckon. I feel sorry for Fulop - he can be outstanding (Cardiff) but he can cost us unnecessary goals (Arsenal).

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