Ipswich 2-3 West Brom - Manager Reaction

Last updated : 04 April 2004 By Site Editor

Speaking in the after match press conference Town boss Joe Royle admitted: "I am furious we have lost the game. We have conceded seven goals and six points this season to a team that may go up as champions, but there is very little between the two teams.

"To be fair we have played very well today, but for the first goal Horsfield was holding Elliott and for the third goal Horsfield was two yards offside and had a head start when the ball was played in.

"While I don't think the referee has had a bad game they are two decisions he has made which have cost us.

"It is not 'Royle slams ref', it is just a statement of incidents. I shall give him a decent overall mark."

Meanwhile Baggies Boss and former Norwich defender Gary Megson felt his side could have been more than one down at half time: "We were probably lucky to only go in 1-0 down.

"When we came in at half-time we didn't think we needed particularly re-organising, just that a lot of our players had not played like they can.

"In the second half we caused more of a problem for Ipswich. There is a lot said about tactics and formations, but the width came from people running and getting themselves out wide.

"I think we were an accident waiting to happen in the first half - I would have taken 0-0 at half-time."