Boss Roy Keane said there were nothing but positives to be taken from the 2-1 Carling Cup victory over Millwall. The Blues manager, who is expecting news on his targeted loan signing in the next couple of days, says a number of the fringe players involved against the Lions have pressed their claim for inclusion at Scunthorpe on Saturday.

Keane said: “There were nothing but pluses for us. Another good finish from Tamás. I thought Reggie did well, Luke did well, Tom Eastman did well, Jaime in the middle of the park. A good game from Andros as well tonight.

“Damien Delaney got 90 minutes under his belt, Mark Kennedy did as well. Murphy did well in goal and I don’t think anyone’s really picked up any injuries tonight.

“Some players have held their hand up and said ‘I want to get involved on Saturday’, which is a good situation for me.”

Keane felt the Lions gave his team a tough evening: “The third goal was always going to dictate how the game was going to finish in the last 20 minutes. Credit to Millwall, they made it hard for us but we’re glad to be through.”

The Blues boss, who unsurprisingly would like a home draw in the next round, says there could be news on his targeted loanee in the next couple of days: “Judging by the results of other clubs tonight, I’d hope to have news on the player we’re interested in because of their result. I’d hope we’ll have positive news on that tomorrow or Thursday.”

Millwall manager Kenny Jackett thought his side were a touch unfortunate to be defeated: “We showed some spirit tonight and I think on the overall balance of the game we were unlucky to lose.

“We started the game very well and created several chances. Ipswich scored the first goal against the run of play and we lost our way after that for the rest of the half.

“It was a very poor and sloppy second goal straight from a freekick and that doubled the task. We needed to get in at 1-0 down. On the balance of play and the chances we would have been unlucky to go in 1-0 down at half-time.

“We showed some spirit in the second half,” Jackett continued, “but we perhaps made the wrong decisions. However, we showed some spirit and we put some pressure on Ipswich and if you’re going to lose, that’s the way to go down — playing with some spirit and competing.”

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Back_The_Boss added 17:12 - Sep 22 We have made a brilliant start to the season. QPR were a good side and we got we deserved. It should be 3 points on saturday although Scunthorpe is not an easy place to go to. Keep the good run going. COYB!
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jas0999 added 19:32 - Sep 22 Just logged on looking forward to ChambersM et al posting a 100% positive comment ... but oh well I suppose there are always disappointments! What happened to the complete idiot who posted after our only loss last week citing 'I don't feel the need to post on every article'. Looks like this foolONLY posts when we lose!!!! Says it all really. Anyway - well done to Roy and the players. Great result by our reserve team. Roy deserves great credit. But like every other team in this league we will have off days - last Tuesday was one, but good managers change it around. Well done Roy.

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gav_g added 19:43 - Sep 22 Well done lads. First aaway agme of the season on sat so hope we win and play weel. Off to uni next week so i must be one of the few fans wanting an awy draw in the next round of the league cup: Arsenal at the Emirates anyone?
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devontractorboy added 23:58 - Sep 22 I never mind admitting when I'm wrong & I have to give full credit to Keaneo for the way he appears to have turned our squad around and given them a winning mentality. ChambersM come on and give credit where it's due. As Delia would say "Where are you!!"
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