We assumed a trip to rock bottom Doncaster Rovers would serve up a teatime treat on television and an accompanying three points.

But this was not the case and the doom-mongers have returned to get on the Blues' backs.

Yes, on paper the Yorkshiremen were, and still are, propping up the rest of the division and were engulfed in a goal drought.

But the truth is they were not a bad team and Ipswich had one of those nights.

When Jim Magilton summed up afterwards that too many players had off nights he not only hit the nail on the head, he nearly split the metaphorical plank of wood in two.

I can't remember the last time Owen Garvan was so anonymous nor Jon Walters so ineffective.

These are normally players we can rely on to set the tempo for Town but like so many of their team-mates they went missing.

Someone else that was absent was Lady Luck.

Although I'm sure Doncaster fans would say she has been neglecting them for most of the season, the result would have been very different if Richard Naylor's header had bounced in or the referee had spotted one of two Rovers' handballs or David Norris had hit the target from four yards.

They didn't and we were left with a missed opportunity to get within touching distance of the top six.

Although our defence is far from watertight, there does seem to be a growing assurance between the back five and the midfield in front of them.

The bigger concern, and it was all too apparent at Keepmoat Stadium, was that Town still lack a real cutting edge up front.

Kevin Lisbie has finally been given a run in the team but is still struggling to find the net.

To be fair to the former Colchester hitman, he is often being played up front on his own and is forced to play with his back to goal rather than on the shoulder of the defender, which is his forte.

Magilton biggest selection call tomorrow against Derby, will be whether he sticks with Lisbie.

Pablo Counago has not done enough to put pressure on him, coming off the bench in recent weeks, but Jon Stead certainly has and deserves his recall.

We're not the first victims of a surprise defeat this season, after all Wolves were stuffed 5-2 at Norwich.

It depends on how you bounce back.

Mick McCarthy's men have won the five games since their horror show at Carrow Road.

If Town can do the same, or similar, our bad night at Doncaster will soon be forgotten.