Not careless, or unlucky, or unfortunate

[DubaiDai]

This is one where you've got every reason to be pissed off. We got ourselves into a fantastic position and we couldn't manage it. Ipswich were forced into turning the screw, what did we expect them to do, yet we allowed it to happen. Didn't see the game Bob, was it poor defending?

The players should take some blame but not at the expense of Balut receiving a “get out of jail card”.
Some of the substitutions were badly timed and the players that were brought off/on messed up the balance of the side.
Again, we go in front and try to increase the number of defenders to try to see the game out (with over 30 minutes to go).
We caused the game to become a “rorkes drift” back against the wall as we had no forward players to hold the ball and take the pressure off the defence.
Everything was going so well - why the changes ?
Balut needs to reflect. His inexperience showed through yesterday

[Tuerto]

The players should take some blame but not at the expense of Balut receiving a “get out of jail card”.
Some of the substitutions were badly timed and the players that were brought off/on messed up the balance of the side.
Again, we go in front and try to increase the number of defenders to try to see the game out (with over 30 minutes to go).
We caused the game to become a “rorkes drift” back against the wall as we had no forward players to hold the ball and take the pressure off the defence.
Everything was going so well - why the changes ?
Balut needs to reflect. His inexperience showed through yesterday

Yup, i've said on a number of occasions that Bulut should be held accountable, and he will be, no matter what he says about players, performance etc.