Our season is now turning into something resembling a rollercoaster ride and ironically enough it was rock bottom Blackpool, (whose own Championship ride was terminated last weekend) who were the latest visitors to Portman Road.
We were lying in eighth position, three points off the play-offs, following our dismal 2-1 loss at Huddersfield on Easter Monday, in what Mick McCarthy described as our worse performance since he became manager.
Derby scraped a 1-1 draw with an injury time goal from Darren Bent, in the lunchtime game at home to Brentford, the perfect result from our point of view.
Blackpool, with nothing to play for took a shock lead in the fourth minute, courtesy of some poor defending, giving Portman Road a real nervy feel. Freddie Sears eased the tension with two goals in the space of four minutes mid-way through the half and from there on it seemed that there would only be one outcome, with Town well on top.
Things became edgy again in the second half when Blackpool managed to equalise - all too easily, with less twenty five minutes left to play.
I felt confident that we would find a winner and my faith was repaid when Christophe Berra headed in Daryl Murphy's deft cross from close range. We managed to hold on to the lead for the remaining seven minutes plus added on time to secure a vital, if not expected three points.
With Wolves losing at Birmingham, it meant that we had crept back in to the top six again!
 |
| What a waste of money! |
No comments:
Post a Comment