Brian McDermott gives his verdict on the Ipswich game
leedsunited.com 29/1/14
United boss Brian McDermott reflected on “the bigger picture” after watching his side pick up a point against Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.
Ipswich striker David McGoldrick opened the scoring but Ross McCormack levelled the evening with a penalty just five minutes later to secure a point at Elland Road.
The boss admits to it being tough at the moment but says that he has to remain positive.
“It’s tough at the moment, on and off the pitch,” said the manager. “They got a free-kick in the 93rd minute and you know something can happen at that point. At the moment I have to take that point.
“I can’t be negative after that game. There is enough negativity around the place at the moment so I can’t be negative in the dressing room. We don’t want that to filter down to the fans.
"I think that it is important that we try and stay as positive as possible as we can. We came from behind on Tuesday night to get a draw so I’ll take the point and move on.
“The bigger picture for me has always been the stability of this club. I’m not going to hide behind the performances, we know we are not doing as well as we want to be.
"We know that we will be better and we know that we have to be better. At the moment the most important thing at this football club is the ownership and where it goes in the future.
The manager had to re-shuffle his pack from the one which performed so well against Leicester last time out. El-Hadjio Diouf came in for his first start since September, in place of Luke Varney.
“With Luke Varney Blackburn have come in for him,” admitted the boss.
“I spoke to Luke before the game and he said that he didn’t want to get injured in the game. So if someone said that to you, you can’t play him.”
United boss Brian McDermott reflected on “the bigger picture” after watching his side pick up a point against Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.
Ipswich striker David McGoldrick opened the scoring but Ross McCormack levelled the evening with a penalty just five minutes later to secure a point at Elland Road.
The boss admits to it being tough at the moment but says that he has to remain positive.
“It’s tough at the moment, on and off the pitch,” said the manager. “They got a free-kick in the 93rd minute and you know something can happen at that point. At the moment I have to take that point.
“I can’t be negative after that game. There is enough negativity around the place at the moment so I can’t be negative in the dressing room. We don’t want that to filter down to the fans.
"I think that it is important that we try and stay as positive as possible as we can. We came from behind on Tuesday night to get a draw so I’ll take the point and move on.
“The bigger picture for me has always been the stability of this club. I’m not going to hide behind the performances, we know we are not doing as well as we want to be.
"We know that we will be better and we know that we have to be better. At the moment the most important thing at this football club is the ownership and where it goes in the future.
The manager had to re-shuffle his pack from the one which performed so well against Leicester last time out. El-Hadjio Diouf came in for his first start since September, in place of Luke Varney.
“With Luke Varney Blackburn have come in for him,” admitted the boss.
“I spoke to Luke before the game and he said that he didn’t want to get injured in the game. So if someone said that to you, you can’t play him.”