Manager's comments after City beat Ipswich

Last updated : 25 November 2007 By Michael Morris
Dave Jones

"Winning ugly is not a bad thing.

"I thought we played some fantastic football in the first half, but we battled, stayed strong and won the game.

"We needed a bit of luck at the start, but it didn't affect us and the players must deserve praise for that.

"The second half was a non-event but we didn't switch off, which we have been doing, and we earned our luck.

"We got our heads down and worked our socks off.

"We took our anger out on the opposition rather than each other.

"Negativity isn't new, but the players rose above that and stayed strong.

"I've got nothing but praise for my players."


Jim Magilton

"They showed more desire than we did especially in the first 45 minutes and that disappointed me.

"It was sloppy defending for their goal although it was a good strike from their lad.

"But we bossed in the middle of the park, bossed up front but there wasn't enough belief in the side that we could go on and get a result."