Blues boss Mick McCarthy admitted that Town’s 5-0 defeat at Crystal Palace was “a sobering experience” and that the Eagles “murdered” his team.

McCarthy said: “It’s a bit of a sobering experience but I didn’t come away from Saturday thinking it was all sweetness and light, by any stretch of the imagination.

“I think I probably said afterwards that I didn’t think that one victory was just going to turn it all around. Crystal Palace are a different proposition to Birmingham, they’re a good side at the moment.”

He says the display continued his process of learning about his squad: “They made mistakes, they gave penalties away and as usual players are telling me that it wasn’t a penalty, it wasn’t a penalty, it wasn’t a penalty.

“Players are the same. If players give penalties away, they’re always going to say it’s not a penalty. I’ll have to look at them closer, I’ll have to look at them on the replay before I’m going to say categorically that they were penalties. Of course, I’ve learnt a lot about them. It’s been a long five days I can tell you.”

McCarthy had praise for Wilfried Zaha and the Palace team as a whole: “He’s been doing it to a lot of teams. We didn’t come here with one win and 10 points and suddenly become a really top team.

“I fully understood it was going to be a little bit that way. I took them on and I thought that it was going to be a little bit that way, but I decided to take them on.

“And you know what? For a part of it I think it worked. The first goal is a mistake, the second one’s a penalty. However they came about, we’ve a fair bit of work to do.”

He says his approach isn’t going to be altered by the performance: “It’s not changed it at all. I was fully aware of it.

“If anybody thought that me coming in and getting one win at Birmingham and was suddenly expecting us to come to Crystal Palace, who are flying high and are unbeaten in 13 or 14 now, [amd get a win] were a little bit misguided in their thoughts.

“I think there will be other teams around the league that we’ll have to beat and get points off. Crystal Palace, they murdered us tonight, they were much better than us.

“They were terrific all around the pitch. Ollie’s inherited a really good side there. That just doesn’t come over night, that’s been born through recruitment and then organising a team.

“You look at them, they’re all a good size, athletic, they’ve got two really good wingers. They’re a good team, worthy of being top.”

Despite the size of the defeat, McCarthy, who says he can’t remember a team conceding three penalties in a game, let alone in 11 minutes, was reasonably pleased with how his side had begun each half: “I thought we started well and I thought we started the second half well too, bizarrely enough, but within eight or 10 minutes we were 4-0 down.

“There’s got to be a thread running through it, hasn’t there? We’ve conceded more goals than anybody else.

“You can go through the whole catalogue there in terms of how we conceded. Even at 4-0, for the last goal, we’ve got a corner kick and the bloke [Damien Delaney] that prevented us scoring to make it 4-1, who has left our place, and they score from the resulting corner.

“That’s just organisation. Whatever you do, if you’re 4-0 down, don’t get beaten by five. My five years has told me a lot, I’ve a lot more to do.”

New Palace manager Ian Holloway was delighted with his team’s display: “It was a fantastic performance from start to finish and the great thing about this lot is that they grind on.”

Holloway’s Blackpool beat the Blues 6-0 earlier in the season and he believes Town didn’t deserve to be on the end of two such heavy defeats: “I’ve got to say both scorelines flattered us.

“I have to say I thought Ipswich were terrific, the spirit they showed, the way they got about the game, they controlled the ball for quite a long period but without the end product.

“Even the shot that DJ got off, Speroni’s focus on that ball when he picked that up was absolutely sublime. I’ve got nothing to do with that yet, that was what I inherited.

“What I want to try and do is free them up and smile and sing and join in and keep going. That’s not a clown, that’s someone who wants to get people to enjoy what they do, and I don’t care about the score. I want to enjoy their performance and I did tonight, and that’s all I can say really.”

Asked whether Ipswich had approached Blackpool before Mick McCarthy took over or he had spoken to the Blues, he said: “No, all it was was speculation.

“The truth is that [Palace chairman] Steve Parish rang [Blackpool] chairman Karl Oyston and Karl spoke to me like I knew he would and I said, for the first time ever, ‘I want to speak to someone else’.”

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pazelle added 23:22 - Nov 6 Team for Saturday Loach Chambers, Mohsni, Higginbotham, Smith Edwards, N'Daw, Reo-Coker, Cresswell JET Campbell
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TractorBeezer added 23:25 - Nov 6 It's still THEM not US. Don't blame you from distancing yourself a bit Mick but you're one of us now and we're counting on you to sort them (us) out!
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mutters added 23:29 - Nov 6 Onwards and upwards
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Walk_the_Wark added 23:29 - Nov 6 He won't
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NYCBlue added 23:29 - Nov 6 pazelle....you at the game tonight? I wouldn't let Reo-Coker near the team until he's lost a few pounds, demonstrated in training he gives a toss and perhaps made a successful pass/tackle. He was truly terrible tonight.
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Rentaghost added 23:30 - Nov 6 Thanks HOLLOWAY. Talking about rubbing it in twice. Thank god he isnt going to another championship club. 11-0 to him.
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MVBlue added 23:30 - Nov 6 Well heres me opening up TWTD in the morning here unaware there was a game and being greeted by this 5-0 defeat. What a blow. We need to win our home games this season. I have issues with a few players - Is Luke Chambers complete dross? Is Chopra the leader of the pub crew who have a laugh and don't care? Whats our first choice front two? Wheres JET? Can we have a nw captain now?

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itfc1981 added 23:32 - Nov 6 I want to see Simon Clegg mark Austin on Saturday then ask him if he thinks he was not worth the money.
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TractorBoy666 added 23:33 - Nov 6 Well I guess it's good in a way we got a good thrashing. This will show McCarthy how much dross we have. I don't understand why we went 4-5-1 though? 4-4-2 worked well with B'ham, closing down from the front. Murphy up top or doesn't get a place at all and Edwards is not a RB which hopefully MM will see. Martin has been moved around so much in a Town shirt and even I do not know his best position. Come on let's get a big crowd for Saturday and make some noise. Surely it cannot be any worse than tonight. COYB.

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TownOnTheUp added 23:36 - Nov 6 This team needs tearing to pieces in January. Gutless, spineless, no passion. Only Loach, Cresswell, Campbell, Moshni and N'Daw, Luongo and Hyam look like they can offer us anything. Team for Saturday Loach Chambers Moshni Higginbotham Cresswell Hyam Luongo N'Daw Murphy Campbell Scotland No width in the team anyway, nor any ability to defend, so we might as well go for it. Carson and Emmanuel-Thomas on the bench so that we could change things depending on how the game's going.

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VanIsleBlue added 23:39 - Nov 6 Almost beyond caring . I don't want Henderson chambers Edwards chopra Jet Martin reo Coker Murphy Drury near my team. Loach Hewitt mohsni ndaw cresswell Lawrence Hyam Carson Scotland Campbell wellens
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RedDust added 23:41 - Nov 6 i like that team ontheup!
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blueash78 added 23:41 - Nov 6 As I said when pj left, "unless clegg follows things will not change". We can refer to our town as a great club but I'm afraid after years of tearing it apart then we're purely talking history rather then the present. Believe me it pains me to say it but all the things that built our club up from a humble position have been replaced with quick fix, money splashing, nonsensical decision making. This is going to take more then a motivating manager to turn around the damage done. Get MM some footballing, blue blooded support, not Clegg. It's not personal, it's the solution. Look for a common thread to the deterioration of the club, and it goes further then players and managers. You can't keep blaming everyone else Mr C. Once upon a time we had a youth set up that regularly provided players that were gradually introduced to the first team and became our favourites. Ask yourselves, surely before 8 loanees we would expect at least one or two players to step in as replacements from the clubs younger teams. Unless things change radically then please for your own sake keep your expectations. low!

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algarvefan added 23:45 - Nov 6 Lets leave the team selection to Mick shall we, I'm quite sure he's seen enough tonight to make a few changes :)
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PortmanTerrorist added 23:47 - Nov 6 Holloway loves ITFC. Can't think why, or maybe it is the 11-0 goal difference over 2 games. They were ok tonight but now MM understands the scale of the problem at least. On plus side fans were fantastic....players have no excuse.
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warksonwater added 23:48 - Nov 6 OK, was always going to be tough. Yes, the scoreline couldn't have been worse, but before Brum I was going to settle for two points out of these two games. We've got three. Put this one down to experience, move on, win on Saturday, and I think we will, and that will be six points from three games. The perspective will change back again.
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Karlosfandangal added 00:12 - Nov 7 He has been here less than a week and the so called fans are already telling Mick how to run the club and who to get rid of lol
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Ravenblue52 added 00:14 - Nov 7 I dont understand why managers say nice things about our team, pity? I really feel for the travelling supporters cause they deserve better, alot better.
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londontractorboy added 00:14 - Nov 7 Of course, I've learnt a lot about them. It's been a long five days I can tell you.” It will be a lot longer next 5n months Mick!....
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Lennyboy added 00:18 - Nov 7 I've said it before and I'll say it again, get rid of the bl*ody lot and start again; and don't let Clegg anywhere near the negotiations.
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runningout added 00:38 - Nov 7 Spot on.. while Clegg is still drifting around our club, we will only go one way, and it's not up.. He's embarrassing the hell out of me
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itfchorry added 01:38 - Nov 7 Clegg Out
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hulltractor added 03:43 - Nov 7 @ ncyblue Strange, Radio Suffolk had Coker down as MOM?
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 05:40 - Nov 7 karlos- i was just thinking the same. All the anti SC brigade out as well cos they cant slag MM (yet !).
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Stato added 07:24 - Nov 7 bottom side loses away to top side is hardly headline news. I was surprised that MM picked Drury as I think he is out of his depth in the Championship and likewise Murphy is a hard worker but little else.
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