Ismael isn't worried... but the fans are

Valerian Ismael isn't worried. After 12 minutes on Saturday lunchtime he must have been the only person associated with Blackburn Rovers at Portman Road able to make that statement.

It was a game I expected nothing from but that is the joy of the Championship - you never know what you are going to get.

Unfortunately, those in the away end for a 12:30 kick-off, having paid £38 for the privilege, were delivered another dreadful performance. These are becoming too frequent and for me, despite Valerian not being concerned, we are firmly in a relegation scrap.

Whilst the squad is ravaged by injury, that does not excuse the performance on Saturday.

Valerian's insistence of sticking with his 3-5-2 formation gives a real feeling of square pegs in round holes. The players look lost. Whilst there was an undoubted gulf in quality, there should never be a gulf in commitment, basics, decision-making and leadership.

Goals remain a problem. Whilst the introduction of Mathias Jorgensen brought the tiniest glimmer of hope, I felt by that stage I was reduced to 'man chases ball' as something to applaud and that should never be the case.

Whilst we can feel aggrieved by Darnell Furlong's challenge on Yuki Ohashi and subsequent apparent elbow to Todd Cantwell, Ipswich also had a penalty denied and a number of chances saved by Balazs Toth which kept the result from being a cricket score.

So comes a huge week for Rovers on and off the pitch. On it they face Swansea on Tuesday night needing to bounce back from a performance that left even the most loyal of fans troubled. Then on to Saturday, Watford at home awaits.

The bigger story is perhaps off the pitch with the Blackburn Rovers Supporters' Coalition calling for a boycott of this game and a change in the club's ownership. As always there is never a dull moment following this club.

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