'I don't want us to be good - I want us to be good and effective' - Frustrated Darren Moore on Doncaster Rovers' defeat at Ipswich Town

Dominance of the ball was not enough of a positive to appease frustrated Doncaster Rovers manager Darren Moore who was left to bemoan another defeat for his side at Ipswich Town.
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Rovers controlled large swathes of the game but could not convert possession into goals as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Portman Road - their fourth defeat in five matches.

And Moore was left disappointed again at the concentration levels shown by his players at key moments.

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“We’re good with the ball but I don’t want us to just be good with the ball - I want us to be good and effective with the ball,” Moore said.

Darren Moore boards the Rovers team coachDarren Moore boards the Rovers team coach
Darren Moore boards the Rovers team coach

“We were good with it. We had large percentages of possession, when they dropped off us we played through them, when they tried to press us, we played through them.

“So I’ve got no problems with that. It’s just probably the final contact on the ball in the box that eluded us today.

“And the concentration levels at the other end just caught us out because we had limited them to few chances.

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“I’m disappointed to lose a game where we relatively created enough to win it.

“I’m disappointed because we’ve conceded two basic, poor elementary goals for our standards. We’ve just got to cut them out at the end of the day.

“We had enough ball in the game, we had enough chances, we had enough possession but we didn’t capitalise on it and we’ve lost the game.

“We had enough to come away with something from it.”

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