Keane delighted for Town youngster

The 16-year-old, who turns 17 later this month, netted a brilliant injury-time winner to settle a poor contest at Portman Road.The substitute juggled the ball in the box, turned and slotted home with aplomb to notch his first league goal.His only other two strikes had come in a Carling Cup success at Shrewsbury in August.Blues boss Keane was full of praise for the youngster but warned of the pitfalls ahead."I'm pleased for Connor," he said."I had a feeling he might have an influence on the game."I was surprised by the way it opened up for him and it was a good time to score."But it remains to be seen if he's a natural finisher."We'll know in the next few years."Wickham is due to sign his first professional contract when he turns 17 on March 31.He has previously been linked with a host of Premier League big guns and, when asked if there was a chance his young star could be poached, Keane said: "There's always a danger."He hasn't given me a promise but his dad and agent have been speaking to the chairman and chief executive."All I can do is keep him involved and hopefully the contract will take care of itself."We believe this a good club to learn your trade at but I live in the real world and there's always dangers out there."There are pitfalls for lots of players, whether it be other clubs coming in, women, drugs or bad injuries."That's why I've never been one for getting carried away with Connor."Keane was delighted that his side notched their first back-to-back wins of the season in the Championship."It certainly wasn't a classic but they're the games we need to win if we're going to progress as a football club," he said."I've sat in front of the media enough times saying we've played really well but not got the results, so it's a change."It wasn't a great performance but we got the win and we'll take it."Aside from Wickham's heroics, the game will be remembered for two red cards.Scunthorpe's Cliff Byrne was dismissed for an off-the-ball barge on Jack Colback.Town's Damien Delaney then followed him down the tunnel for a trip on Jonathan Forte.Iron boss Nigel Adkins said: "It was very disappointing."Ipswich are a very good side. They play at a high tempo and pose a real threat from set plays. There's no apologies for our game plan."We nullified a good game of football but that was down to respect for the opposition."We tried to slow their tempo down but also felt we had a great opportunity to hit them on the counter-attack, which we did early on."We had a good solid, disciplined shape and defended resolutely, but the disappointing thing was one lapse of concentration in the 92nd minute."It's allowed them to go and get a vital three points."Now we'll regroup. We've got a good opportunity and it's about doing everything we can to keep our club in the Championship."Of Byrne's sending-off, Adkins added: "We will appeal it."

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