Keane's Ipswich blow away a two-goal lead

Poor Roy Keane and Ipswich Town. After a dreadful start to the season which had secured just four points from four draws in the opening nine games of the season, they found themselves 3-1 up at promotion hopefuls Sheffield United last night with just 13 minutes left.

But football - as we all know - is a cruel game, and a goal from Darius Henderson and an equaliser from Chris Morgan two minutes into added time denied Town their first win of the season.

To add insult to injury, fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle won their first game of the season - 2-1 at Peterborough - to leave Ipswich at the foot of the Championship table.

Boss Roy Keane said afterwards: "It's got nothing to do with luck. We were 3-1 up and should have seen it out but it was two bad goals to concede. We gave the ball away cheaply. There was a spell in the second half where we needed one or two players to see the game through but nobody did."

It is interesting that Keane's management is followed so closely by the media. Why is that? The some time bad boy of top flight English football now seems to court popularity rather than controversy. There seems to be an underlying feeling of wanting him to do well.

The trouble is, he's not doing well at the moment. With only five points in the bank from ten games, the patience of Ipswich's fans and board will not last forever.