Match reaction
'We need men who want to stand up and fight'... Fleetwood boss after defeat
Fleetwood Town manager Stephen Crainey. - Credit: PA
Fleetwood Town Head Coach Stephen Crainey admitted to being 'disappointed' after his side fell to a 0-2 defeat to Ipswich on Saturday.
After a goalless first-half, a quickfire brace from Sam Morsy and Kayden Jackson secured all three points for the Blues on a sunny Fylde Coast afternoon.
“We’re obviously disappointed to lose the game; there wasn’t much in the game in the first half, not many chances in the game and I thought as if a goal was going to come from a set play," Crainey told the Fleetwood Town website.
"We gave the foul away and don’t react well enough and Ipswich break away and score.
“The second goal we’re chasing the game a little bit and they break in behind us and get the second goal. From that point of view a little bit frustrating but we need to dust ourselves down and go again at Sunderland on Tuesday.
“The first 10 minutes of the second half were really encouraging. That’s what I said to them at halftime. Get we get a little bit more in their faces and credit to the lads they did that. Frustrating but the reality is we need to dust ourselves down and go again.”
Fleetwood remain two points out of the relegation zone in League One, but Crainey is remaining positive.
Most Read
- 1 Man 'punched and slashed' in serious assault in car park at Ipswich B&M
- 2 Ellie uses 4 tonne truck to make impressive entrance at school prom
- 3 Burger van owner's anger after thieves steal food from trailer in Ipswich
- 4 Ipswich firm admits mis-selling foam loft insulation to Suffolk customers
- 5 'Fantastic opportunity' as Ipswich's Thomas Wolsey pub listed for sale
- 6 Travellers remain at Ipswich park after arrival last week
- 7 Tent, kitchen units and bedding dumped in 'unsightly' fly-tipping
- 8 Ipswich man, 27, arrested after stabbing in Bury St Edmunds car park
- 9 Search ongoing for 29-year-old Suffolk man missing for three weeks
- 10 'We're going to push back!' - Ashton's message to Norwich City
“We’ve got a good squad of players at the football club," he said.
"Everyone is going to be needed from now on until the end of the season so there are no excuses in terms of injuries.
“The effort and energy are always there every day. I see it every day (at training) and I see it in the game so we need to maintain those levels and eventually our luck will change. They’re a great group of lads.
“It’s going to take a group of men to stand up and be counted. We need men who want to stand up and fight and I’m sure I’ll get that because they are a good group."
