The Anonymous Widower

At Last a Win

Ipswich finally got a win in the Championship today against Doncaster.

A lot of managers would have panicked after going in 1-0 done, but Paul Jewell seems to let the team he picked get on with it.  The philosophy certainly worked today and he resisted the urge to waste time by using substitutes as the clock ticked down.  After all shouldn’t substitutes be for when you have serious problems like injuries.  The Doncaster manager, Sean O’Driscoll,  made all his and you almost thought he was wasting time, to get more added minutes at the end.  As it happened the fourth official still found three minutes from thin air.

And then after the match, Paul Jewell praised everybody including the crowd and criticised no-one.  After a hard-fought victory like this, there is probably some criticism to be made, but it should be done next week in a calm, constructive and intelligent manner.

Let’s hope that Town can hold Arsenal on Tuesday.

January 22, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Football, Ipswich Town