[Lord Stiffupperlip]

To use a boxing analogy, yesterdays game reminded me of the 1963 contest between Henry Cooper & (the then) Cassius Clay.
When 'Enery delivered his famous 'hammer' in the 4th round, the 'Louisville Lip' hit the canvas.
Unfortunately, the bell saved the champ & in the very next round Clay showed his class by exploiting Cooper's only weakness - his wafer thin skin, to destroy Cooper's dream of a title.
Like our 'Enery, Stanley started yesterday on the front foot & in the 15th minute Hamilton delivered a k.o. blow.
Despite their equaliser 8 minutes later - much against the run of play; by half time Stanley could have been ahead on points 3-1.
After some smelling salts were administered in the Ipswich dressing room, there came a masterclass in possession football - Ipswich simply denied Stanley the ball.
Some of their rapid one-touch passing had Stanley on the ropes & after 'floating like a butterfly' for long periods, the 65th produced the 'bee sting'.
Yesterday summarised Stanley's current position. Capable of going toe-to-toe with the best yet unable to produce the coup-de-grace.
Like a middleweight fighting a heavyweight, unless we deliver an early knock-out, our bigger more skilful opponents inevitably recover to win the match.
They say 'A good big un will always beat a good little un'. If so, Stanley are punching well above their weight.