Blues boss Paul Jewell admitted that Leeds will have felt hard done by after Town’s 2-1 victory at Portman Road. Jason Scotland and Keith Andrews netted late goals for the Blues after the visitors had been reduced to 10 men.

Jewell said: “Let’s have it right, Leeds are a good team and they outplayed us in the first half, we’ve got to say that.

“When you’ve lost by five and seven it doesn’t matter what you say, the players are edgy, very, very nervous and on the back foot.

“It’s difficult when you’ve just been humiliated. I saw Leeds last week at West Ham and they were excellent and they should have won.

“They will feel a little bit hard done by. Last week, we didn’t deserve any luck, let’s get that right, but we had three or four decisions that went against us.

“Today we had a couple that went our way and a deflection. Nothing’s all rosy in the garden, we know we’ve got a lot of work to do. But tonight’s not a night to analyse it, it’s just a night to go ‘thank Christ for that!’."

The Blues boss had praise for sub Jason Scotland: “He came back and has worked hard in pre-season. When I was naming the subs today I looked at his record against Leeds and he’s got a decent record against them from when he was at Swansea. So, I stuck him on the bench and he scored one and made one.”

Leeds boss Simon Grayson was unhappy with the decision which led to Aidy White being sent off for a foul on Jay Emmanuel-Thomas but Jewell felt there was no argument: “I just said to Larry [Simon Grayson] that if he’s the last man then he has to go. Larry seems to think it might have been a nudge but a nudge isn’t a foul.

“One’s 6ft 3 and the other kid’s 5ft 7. He lives round the corner from me in Leeds and is a friend of my kids! He’s a lovely kid as well.

“I was more interested in getting a penalty than getting the lad sent off. But once he’s last man and he brings him down, he’s got to go.”

The Town manager did agree with Grayson that Leeds should have been awarded a spotkick when Carlos Edwards fouled Max Gradel just before the Blues' winner: “I didn’t have a great view but it looked a penalty to me. I asked Carlos after the game and he said it was 50-50 which probably tells me all I need to know.”

Whites boss Simon Grayson thought the match hinged on the red card: “I think the whole game changed on the sending off decision. I thought in the first half we were outstanding.

“An Ipswich team which has been put together with some internationals and has cost a lot of money never created a chance against us.”

Grayson is considering an appeal as he feels Aidy White was fouled first: “I’ve seen it, and people might differ with me, but it’s a freekick on Aidy White to start with.

“He and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas are running through, Emmanuel-Thomas has nudged him in the back and he’s fallen over, which is why Aidy’s brought him down. That changed the game because we weren’t in any danger of losing that match today.”

Grayson also felt his side should have been given a spotkick: “Max Gradel could have had a penalty on another day. If it was a freekick outside the box we would have got it, inside it isn’t given.

“I’m not here to slaughter the referee but decisions can change the complexion of games and the whole result of games.”

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BrettenhamBlue added 06:04 - Aug 29 JET? Apparently he played badly and is a waste of money??? Who got us the penalty? Who has created chance after chance for us? I'll stick with JET thanks. Looks hungry and his work rate is good.
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tractorboykent added 09:18 - Aug 29 Whether or not this turns out to be a turning point remains to be seen. There wasn't much to suggest it in the first half but what's pretty obvious to anyone who was there was that the spirit and guts in the second bode very well. PJ need not apologise for winning ugly - bring it on. No idea what Grayson is on about - we apprently booed our lads off at half time as we were so depressed by Leeds playing us off the park (must have missed that myself.) The camera angle on telly didn't show the sending off very well but to any of us seeing them run diretly towards us in the Sir Bob stand it was very obvious that White took JET's leg once he knew JET had done him for pace. Straight red was bang on. Saturday have us something to hope for. Hope that we're all in it together.

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dubblue added 13:17 - Aug 29 We were lucky in the first half - but a lot stronger in the second. the sending off was clearly correct IMO. Interesting that JET was looking to be taken off 3 mins before PJ noticed. Has pace but not sure if he's that effective. Can't comment on their penalty too far from the sir bobby stand for me to see. Sonko and Murphy were brill, Jimmy was enthuastic but clearly not match fit - interesting the debates that appeared to be going in relation to the free kicks especially after Jimmy's two up and over attempts. As for weakspots - Leadbetter has to go - he is no captain, it was Andrews who again was organising the wall. Delaney was not as bad as I expected, he even managed a few passes to Jimmy in the second half and like Sonko won a few decent headers. He clearly is a CB who needs the reassurance of another decent CB. Scotland's goal well taken!

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Lightningboy added 21:10 - Aug 29 Just been reading some of the comments on here..it really does beggar belief how little some people really know about football..they'd probably happily change managers every few months. Give Jewell a break..yes last weeks results were poor but I think most fans would be very happy with the job he's done so far and the players he's brought in..he's made 11 signings this summer,it's going to take maybe a few months for everything to gel and start running smoothly and there are going to be defeats along the way...one thing PJ did last week was go out and buy a backbone for the team,saturday's win was massive,we could've easily crumbled and beating 10 men isn't always as easy as most think it should be. Let the guy get on with it..this is a tough bloody league and nobody has the divine right to walk it. In PJ I trust.

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