Blues boss Paul Jewell was again left ruing his side’s tendency to give away goals when they come under pressure at vital times as Town conceded two in the final six minutes as they lost 3-2 at Nottingham Forest.

Jewell said: “It’s a bit of a sickener. I thought it was a good game. I thought there was plenty of effort and endeavour.

“I think that at vital times in games, and I’ve said it before, when we come under pressure we concede goals.”

The Town manager says his players were again guilty of making unforced mistakes: “Individual errors - the first goal is definitely the keeper’s fault and that’s right on half-time, a vital time in the game. The second one is someone not marking the man they were told to, although it was a good ball in.

“But Steve Cotterill will be saying the same thing about our goals - four set plays. In the end you need that little bit of luck, a deflection off Grant’s head has fallen right for their player. So, once again it’s a big disappointment for us.”

Jewell felt his side deserved more from the match: “It’s always frustrating but I think we came here and played quite well for periods of time. It was a game between two evenly matched sides, I thought. They were at home and the onus is on them.

“Again we’ve got ourselves in two winning positions and at vital times in the game we’ve given silly goals away.

“I thought we matched them all over the pitch at times and it’s still not an easy place to come, Nottingham Forest.”

He admits that the Blues’ form won’t improve until they stop giving away poor goals: “It doesn’t matter which way you dress it up, we concede goals and that’s not just the goalkeeper and the back four, that’s a whole team thing.

“I think we had the first corner of the game after about an hour, so it wasn’t a game of loads of chances, our keeper hasn’t had anything to do really. It was a game of two honest teams trying to win the game but not one with a plethora of chances.”

Jewell says midfielder Keith Andrews will be back for the Blues’ home game against Reading having undergone surgery on his broken nose: “He had an operation on Thursday morning and hopefully he’ll be back next week.”

Forest boss Steve Cotterill thought his side deserved the win: “What a fantastic advert for the Championship. Everybody was entertained today, that’s for sure.

"I think it was a game we deserved to win, it doesn’t matter about the two late goals.

“I think that showed their team spirit, their togetherness, their belief, I thought they worked extremely hard today and I felt it was a game they deserved to win.”

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BluePhilG added 18:06 - Nov 19 ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz When will the new kids on the block (Even et al) realise you have to BUILD success. Just as Sir Bobby and Mr Burley did before, we need to be building a team that has been playing together for 2-3 years by the time its gets promoted. Jeez.... Back to the drawing board!
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ipswichm8 added 18:06 - Nov 19 why didnt we push for a third and not relax. get the third then relax
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RYITFC added 18:10 - Nov 19 Gutted we couldn't hold on for 5 more minutes, Conceding 10 goals in 3 games is not good enough, We need to get back to basics and stop leaking goals.
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Jewell_do added 18:17 - Nov 19 Simple fact is we are a league one club in all but name. The last 6 years have been disgusting. We have n*rwich 2009 written all over us. The fans demand pace, youth and passion. Manager after manager do the complete opposite yet spend millions (£20m+ spent in 3 years) How Jewell picks Leadbitter to start is beyond me, how he gets the armband disgusts me. Maybe this is knee jerk but I haven't got a clue where the next win will come from.

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Garv added 18:18 - Nov 19 The first idiot to complain about the diamond is going to get a tonne of abuse from me. Just a polite warning.
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llewej_tuo added 18:20 - Nov 19 JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT JEWELL OUT
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h32 added 18:27 - Nov 19 ' i've said before, when we come under pressure we concede goals' - How many more times are we going to hear this ???? Mr Jewell - you are the person hired, paid, and expected to sort it - and not keep talking about it - JUST DO IT. And Garv - do you think we are really concerned reference your threat ?.
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GAlmond added 18:28 - Nov 19 UUnder pRessure due to tactically inept substitutions and the usual soundbites are still aimed at the players post match.
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Legend added 18:28 - Nov 19 Mid table awaits us yet again..................What joy!!
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IvorFeeling added 18:30 - Nov 19 'That diamond is just not working' I said to to the Mrs, alas she had already bought it. Sorry Garv couldn't resist! Hope a few of you took my advice as you would be nicely in profit (over 2.5 goals and a lay of the Town). With the current confidence and defending ermmmm skills likely more of the same next week. Think that this weeks excuse could be linked with one of the team hedging incorrectly against the Euro or perhaps are all relatives/friends of Freddie Star. Anyway I am sure there is a plausible excuse as poor coaching must be a 'misunderstanding'. Come on Bobble and cheer us up!

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roytheboy added 18:31 - Nov 19 More inconsistency, more sloppy defending set pieces, two good goals from Danny Collins but what a pity our Strikers could not add a couple also, he will feel his goals were in vain and it won't convince him to stay at Ipswich I think, it is becoming quite depressing again now, I do not doubt the efforts of the majority of our players, the coaches and Manager etc; however there seems to be something that needs to be seriously addressed, we are right behind our club but it would be nice to feel happy again on a Saturday evening and have some enthusiasm looking at the league tables, I know it is not too late but something has to be improved if we are to have any realistic chance of real success again this season.

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jert16 added 18:32 - Nov 19 SORT IT OUT THEN! Take a look at yourself jewell rather than always directing criticism at your players, getting rather sick and tired now!
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irishtim added 18:32 - Nov 19 please!!! whats happening on the training ground? International break work on formations systems. What happens? Same old crap. Time for change i think if it was sunday league with same excuses it would change. For me i want a manager with passion. Players with passion. Then work from there. We will go down if this continues @ thats with three teams in dire straights at present.

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Chicago_Blue added 18:33 - Nov 19 What I don't understand is the with, with us winning 2-1, we seemed to change to more of an attacking line-up, instead of closing down the game.
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manualthetisfanclub added 18:35 - Nov 19 Same old crap,different game!!!!these comments from pj all to familier! Boring boring boring
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Bluetone added 18:36 - Nov 19 "We Concede When We Come Under Pressure". A statement of the bleeding obvious. It's your job to put that right OJ.
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martin12120137 added 18:36 - Nov 19 GARV YOU KNOB! DO YOU REALLY THINK THE DIAMOND FORMATION IS WORKING THEN??
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Keaneish added 18:42 - Nov 19 Grant Leadbitter Why does this player get picked every single game? 1 - He hasn't a good range of passing 2 - He's not a great tackler 3 - He doesn't break well into the box 4 - He doesn't score many goals 5 - He's not good in the air 6 - He's not a motivator or leader 7 - He's not vocal enough 8 - His set pieces are poor 9 - I could go on.... So apart from tacking back, retaining possession and work rate which is a mandatory for any midfielder what does he bring to firstly the midfield and second captaincy of our football club because i haven't got a fookin' clue. He's a bad choice and in a position which is integral to the success of any team. Partnerships in central midfield are as important as central defence or attacking partnerships. We've tried Leadbitter with everyone and still we get little in return. Drop him! Oh, and, 10 goals conceded in 3 games, 3 defeats to bottom 6 clubs. We're in trouble.

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Crazee added 18:43 - Nov 19 @Legend - with the rubbish that this soulless, characterless, totally inept squad is dishing up at the moment, I will gladly settle for mid-table this season!! If we lose Andrews and Collins, as, reading between the lines would appear likely, fail to attract reasonable replacements (who'd want to come here at the moment?), pick up a couple of long term injuries etc etc then I truly fear a relegation battle could yet be on our hands!!

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jert16 added 18:55 - Nov 19 agree keanish.. he is shocking.. everytime i have seen him this season, wasnt at the game today but whenever his name was mentioned in commentary it was because he was giving away possession or setting up their winner! It really is a shambles that he is captain of our club
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irishtim added 18:55 - Nov 19 Try keen players. This lot wont move us up the table. Manager wont gamble. Leadbitter if i were manager would be out @ f..k whatever he is worth. we have to build from here give youth a chance it cant get any worse imo. hyman o connor murray cropper what must they think? They r just the 4 names that came in to my head. Pj sort it fast or f..k off
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Skippy93 added 18:58 - Nov 19 Something small but it's got to me: "the first goal is definitely the keeper's fault" - Mr. Jewell directly blames Stockdale for the first goal (rightly) though bar Cresswell he has been our most consistent performer this season and has saved us from more embarrassing results. Yet for the third goal: "a deflection off Grant's head has fallen right for their player" - he refuses to blame Leadbitter for what was a defensive error, the ball should have been headed clear. Leadbitter is the worst captain in the history of ITFC and any manager wouldn't have him in his starting XI, never mind skipper. Mr. Jewell, if you are going to blame individual players, be consistent about it, and at least blame the right ones.

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thechangingman added 19:00 - Nov 19 Just arrived back from this tortorous game. Overall, it was a pretty entertaining game and yet when a team as lame as Forest can drill two home in the dying minutes the realisation sinks home that we are a very, very poor team. Bullard was SHOCKING, with a frankly embarrassing level of incomplete passes. If I were him I'd be ashamed to collect my wages this week. It was hard to see where our goals might come from and our hoof-it-and-hope 'tactic' was abysmal. Certainly these are painful days to support the Town with little chance of any change with Jewell aimlessly floundering around at the helm. Along with politics, football is one of a few professions where absolute ineptitude is so royally rewarded. Still, my wife and I had some lovely chips before the match and these will be my abiding memory of this day... Those were the days is indeed the perfect name for this site. Our memories of days of old are all we have left to cling to...

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Skippy93 added 19:01 - Nov 19 That should say any half-decent manager.
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Jewell_do added 19:06 - Nov 19 Leadbitter as captain goes in the history books alongside Mills, Butcher, Wark, Mogga, Holland and JDV. Disgusts me. Jewell said he has watched "every minute of this season" in the past 2 weeks. Did he have a fuking blindfold on?
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