Ouch!

It gets worse. One-nil at Burnley and Portman Road next. Sounds like a desperately hard fought Charlton performance but not good enough to win the game and we lose to a "wonder" strike. We desperately need a bit of good fortune and the right opponents to come along but I don't think Ipswich are that team.

Meanwhile, the frustration and disappointment surrounding our current plight is only being underlined by the fact that no-one around us is actually any better. We cling on to 5th place but the pack is on our shoulder as we approach the last ten games. Itś going to take some bottle to get through this. The West Brom and Wolves home games will be crucial if we are to make the play-offs. The players need us right behind them in those two games but they look to have offended the majority so deeply that they won't get that without a rousing start and full-blooded performance against the Baggies.

I am off to the beach for some sunshine and an evening with my Spurs-loving brother-in-law. At least PSV might ease the mickey-taking tonight.