Ipswich Town column: Latest ban for Matheus Cunha at Wolves gives us hope but it’s now about concentrating on ourselves ahead of Premier League resuming at Crystal Palace

It feels a long time since Ipswich Town last won a football match. And I thought for a minute that may change at The City Ground on Monday night, but for the first time in our club’s proud history we were knocked out in a FA Cup penalty shootout.

How do you feel about it? I've seen mixed reviews. I thought we did alright.

The first half dragged, but I thought the second served up a really decent cup tie. Two teams going at it, only to be separated by spot-kicks, which sadly didn't go our way.

Forest were there for the taking in my opinion and it has given me encouragement going into our home fixture with them next weekend, following Saturday’s trip to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace (3pm).

But ultimately it was they who progressed on the night and it's goodbye FA Cup glory for another year.

I did enjoy 'the run' though, if you can call it that and hope we can have another good go at this competition next year, whatever division we're in.

So it's now just the league left. Five home games and six away. Is there a chance? I'm not sure, but I was pleased to see our display on Monday.

Play like that for the remaining 11 and hopefully we'll see our points tally increase at least.

Obviously it's not over until it's over. But it's not necessarily the points gap for me, it's more the fact Wolves above us have won double the amount of games and seem far more capable of getting a result, than we do.

That said, there is 33 points still up for grabs and the absence of Matheus Cunha for Wolves, who stupidly got himself banned again, will of course weaken them. It may also help us that the majority of our remaining games are away where we seem to perform so much better.

We just need to concentrate on ourselves.

Whatever happens, I think it's important to finish this season as strong as possible. Whether that's enough to get us out of trouble, I don't know. But one thing’s for sure, Kieran Mckenna’s boys will not have given up yet. And as supporters, we certainly shouldn’t either.