Magilton happy to silence snipers

Pablo Counago and Jon Walters reignited Town's Championship promotion hopes with superb second-half strikes.The two sides, with billionaire owners and lofty ambitions but currently treading water just outside the top six, were locked at 1-1 at the interval.But Counago pounced on a mistake by Gavin Mahon to fire the visitors into the lead and substitute Walters killed Rangers off in style to leave Magilton's men two points off the play-off pace.The Town boss said: "It's not about me, it's about preparing these lads, being professional and they have shone like beacons this week."There is a tremendous spirit in my camp regardless of what you hear outside of it - they are a great bunch of lads and they showed their honesty and determination."When asked if the recent criticism surprised him, Magilton replied: "It's part of the modern game."While the Irishman walked off to the strains of 'there's only one Jim Magilton', opposite number Paulo Sousa incurred the wrath of a section of the home faithful.The fans reacted angrily to Sousa's decision to substitute their best player, Liam Miller, and barracked their hapless skipper Mahon."It's normal, I can understand it," said Sousa. "It was not a good game for Gavin."When you are afraid to make a mistake, you make a mistake. But when you lose you lose together, and when you win you win together."It wasn't a good game for him but we can count on him in the future."England boss Fabio Capello, fresh from watching Chelsea's win at Aston Villa, made it back to west London in time to enjoy the hospitality of QPR chairman Flavio Briatore.And the two Italians were treated to a goal by one of their countrymen after just two minutes, Samuel Di Carmine tucking away Wayne Routledge's cross.But Ipswich dragged themselves level in the 14th minute, Jon Stead diverting in David Norris' wayward shot.The visitors went ahead on the hour following a mistake by Mahon, who dawdled on the ball and allowed Counago to rob him, stride into the penalty area and curl a fine finish past Lee Camp.And 10 minutes later substitute Walters took a stunning cross-field pass from Alan Quinn, bringing the ball down with his first touch and lashing it past Camp with his second."My aim is still to create a good base looking to the future," added Sousa, whose side remain five points off the play-offs."I hope next season to be looking for the Premier League. But when you are very close to the play-offs you need to think about them."There are five or six teams very close and each one can be up there."

Source: Team_Talk