I’m probably a bit more philosophical about today’s performance. We were playing a very good Ipswich side with an athletic forward line that rotated frequently and broke quickly, exposing the lack of pace in the centre of our defence.
Our front two Forrester and Tarrelle Whittaker were starved of the ball in the first half and tried to do too much on the rare occasions they did get it.
The damage had already been done by then, but I was pleased we kept going and made more of a match of it in the 2nd half, a couple of chances coming to Morgan, Forrester and Margetson with no reward.
Tivonge Rushesha, who performed well throughout, switched to midfield when Jacob Jones came on at right back. Dylan Morgan always looked to create openings, although he’s clearly not a natural left winger.
Martyn Margetson was present, watching his son play. He was quick to explain to anyone who’d listen that he was wearing his England outfit as he was straight off after to the game to join the England set-up!
Kieron Dyer coached the visitors.
Here’s the official match report.