By Aston
August 18 2007

Town manager Jim Magilton feels the penalty Town conceded late on against Plymouth was harsh but does agree Fabian Wilnis should have seen red. Wilnis was dismissed for a challenge on Plymouth midfielder David Norris only four minutes after coming on the pitch while David Wright gave away a late penalty.

Jim: "Let's get one thing straight, Fabian Wilnis is not a dirty player. He does not make dirty challenges, he had both eyes on the ball and made contact with the ball, not the player but the letter of the law says that if you have two feet off the ground, you have to go.

"On that basis, Fabian had to walk but David Norris made a similar challenge in the first-half. He didn't catch Dan Harding and the referee just had a word with him, which was the right thing to do but while I don't want to see any player sent-off, there was little between the incidents.

"I thought the referee did not have the best of games to say the least and the penalty looked very harsh but we have to take it on the chin and move on.

"We got off to a great start and if we had showed a bit more quality with the ball than I think we would have come away with three points.

"But this is a difficult place to come and before the game I would have settled for a point."

Source: Ipswich Town - the official website

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